Willoughby Avenue & Classon Avenue

Willoughby Avenue and Classon Avenue meet at a four-way crossing in Clinton Hill, Brooklyn. Between 2021 and 2025, 17 police-reported crashes were recorded here, against a median of seven crashes for a Brooklyn corner. Ohel Elozer is 180 feet away, and Pratt Institute is 1,070 feet away. The nearest subway, Classon Av, is about five minutes on foot, for the G. Within a five-minute walk are 15 public places, five of them schools, and 17 places to eat. About 1,800 homes stand within 820 feet, most in buildings of ten homes or more.

Safety record
12 hurt
17 police-reported crashes, 2021–2025
Nearest subway
Classon Av
0.3 miles · 5 min on foot · G
Nearest bus stop
150 feet
Classon Av/Willoughby Av · B48
Within a walk
15 places
5 schools, 4 playgrounds and 6 more kinds, within five minutes

Map

Layers
Willoughby Avenue & Classon Avenue Nearby corners, linked

Getting there

How walks are measured

Subway

The nearest subway station is Classon Av, 0.3 miles from this corner, about five minutes on foot.

  1. Classon Av G
    0.3 miles
    G

Next trains at this station

Queens
1 line
  1. G …
Southbound
1 line
  1. G …

Bus

The nearest bus stop is Classon Av/Willoughby Av, 150 feet away, for the B48.

  • 9 routes within a ten-minute walk
  1. Classon Av/Willoughby Av B48
    150 feet
    B48

Next buses at this stop

  1. B48 …

Live arrivals

Cycling

A marked bike lane runs on Classon Avenue and Willoughby Avenue.

  • 21 bicycle racks within 820 feet

Nearest bike-share station

  1. Emerson Pl & Myrtle Ave 63 docks in all
    840 feet

By car

The nearest highway entrance is the ramp to the Brooklyn-Queens Expressway eastbound at Bedford Avenue, 0.8 miles by car along the streets.

  1. 184 Classon Avenue Gas station
    740 feet
  2. 325 Lafayette Avenue Charging for electric cars, four Level 2 chargers
    0.8 miles
  3. 28-17 42nd Road Fast charging for electric cars
    1 mile

Safety record

How crashes are counted

Between 2021 and 2025, police reported 17 crashes at this corner, more than the median of seven crashes for a Brooklyn corner.

  • 12 people injured
  • 0 people killed
  • 1 of those hurt, on foot
  • 1 of those hurt, on a bike

The most recent crash recorded here was in April 2025.

About this corner

Where facts come from
ZIP code
11205
Community board
Brooklyn Community Board 2
City Council district
33 and 35 (the boundary runs through this corner)
Police precinct
79 and 88 (the boundary runs through this corner)
Neighborhood (City Planning area)
Clinton Hill
Elevation
54 feet above sea level

The streets

  • One travel lane
  • Two of the streets are one-way

Homes

About 1,800 homes stand within 820 feet of this corner, most of them in buildings of ten homes or more.

Since 2014 at least 56 new affordable homes have been completed within 820 feet.

Trees

NYC Parks records 56 trees within 330 feet; the most common is the London planetree.

Parking on the streets meeting here

How signs are read
  • 36 signs on these blocks
  • 9 different rules

The sign wording is DOT's, as recorded between August 2017 and June 2026, and the sign on the street decides.

East side of Classon Avenue

  • No parking 9 signs NO PARKING TUESDAY 8:30AM-10AM

West side of Classon Avenue

  • Authorized vehicles only 2 signs AVO POLICE DEPARTMENT
  • No parking 2 signs NO PARKING ANYTIME
  • No parking 10 signs NO PARKING MONDAY 8:30AM-10AM

North side of Willoughby Avenue

  • No parking 3 signs NO PARKING MONDAY 8:30AM-10AM
  • No parking 3 signs NO PARKING MONDAY THURSDAY 1PM-2:30PM

South side of Willoughby Avenue

  • Loading only 2 signs LOADING ONLY MONDAY-FRIDAY 7AM-7PM
  • No parking 3 signs NO PARKING TUESDAY 8:30AM-10AM
  • No parking 2 signs NO PARKING TUESDAY FRIDAY 1PM-2:30PM

Landmarks and historic districts

Within 820 feet are three Individual Landmarks, and 30 buildings in all are designated by the Landmarks Preservation Commission, recorded mostly as Colonial Revival. They were mostly built in 1907.

  1. Pratt Row Houses Designated landmark
    370 feet
  2. M. H. Renken Dairy Company (Office Building) Designated landmark
    510 feet
  3. M. H. Renken Dairy Company (Engine Room Building) Designated landmark
    530 feet

Schools, parks and places within a walk

How places are listed

Fifteen public places are within a five-minute walk.

  • 5 schools
  • 4 playgrounds
  • 1 college
  • 1 community center
  • 1 day care or pre-K site
  • 3 other places

Schools and child care

  1. Ohel Elozer School
    180 feet
  2. Brooklyn Community Arts & Media High School (Bcam) School
    840 feet
  3. Brooklyn High School for Leadership and Community Service School
    840 feet
Show all 7
  1. Billy Martin Child Development Center Preschool, ages 2 to 5 · Pre-K
    980 feet
  2. Pratt Institute College · listed historic place
    1,070 feet
  3. Community Partnership Charter School
    1,210 feet
  4. P.S. 270 Johann Dekalb School
    1,210 feet

Parks, playgrounds and gardens

  1. Pratt Playground
    400 feet
  2. Myrtle Village Green Garden
    570 feet
  3. Star Spangled Playground
    660 feet
Show all 5
  1. Taaffe Playground
    710 feet
  2. Classon Playground
    920 feet

Houses of worship

  1. St Marys Episcopal Church Landmark · listed historic place
    190 feet

Community centers and public services

  1. Lafayette Community Center
    990 feet

Fire and police

  1. 88th Precinct Police station
    940 feet

Supermarkets

  1. CTown Supermarket
    770 feet
  2. Key Food Supermarket
    0.3 miles
  3. Food Emporium Supermarket
    0.4 miles

Other stores

  1. Family Dollar Store
    0.4 miles

Food stores and places to eat

Within a five-minute walk there are 17 places to eat and 12 food stores.

Not on record for this corner: a signal or safety change.

Nearby corners

The eight nearest corners on foot, six of them within a three-minute walk:

See every intersection along Classon Avenue or Willoughby Avenue.

Sources: NYC Technology and Innovation, NYPD, MTA, NYC DOT, NYC City Planning, New York City's bike-share system, NYS Environmental Conservation, US Department of Energy, NYC Housing Preservation and Development, Landmarks Preservation Commission, NYC Parks, NYC Health, NYS Agriculture and Markets and USDA, retrieved September 18 – October 6, 2026.