Willoughby Avenue & Clermont Avenue

Willoughby Avenue and Clermont Avenue meet at a four-way crossing in Fort Greene, Brooklyn. The corner lies on the edge of the Fort Greene Historic District. Between 2021 and 2025, five police-reported crashes were recorded here, fewer than the median of seven crashes for a Brooklyn corner. French Speaking Baptist Church is 120 feet away, and St. Michael's and St. Mark's Protestant Episcopal Church stands 420 feet away. The nearest subway, Clinton-Washington Avs, is about seven minutes on foot, for the G. Within a five-minute walk are 28 public places, eight of them religious buildings, and 50 places to eat.

Safety record
4 hurt
5 police-reported crashes, 2021–2025
Nearest subway
Clinton-Washington Avs
0.4 miles · 7 min on foot · G
Nearest bus stop
400 feet
Vanderbilt Av/Willoughby Av · B69
Within a walk
28 places
8 religious buildings, 6 day care or pre-K sites and 8 more kinds, within five minutes

Map

Layers
Willoughby Avenue & Clermont Avenue Nearby corners, linked

Getting there

How walks are measured

Subway

The nearest subway station is Clinton-Washington Avs, 0.4 miles from this corner, about seven minutes on foot.

  1. Clinton-Washington Avs G
    0.4 miles
    G

Next trains at this station

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

Bus

The nearest bus stop is Vanderbilt Av/Willoughby Av, 400 feet away, for the B69.

  • 7 routes within a ten-minute walk
  1. Vanderbilt Av/Willoughby Av B69
    400 feet
    B69

Next buses at this stop

  1. B69 …

Live arrivals

Cycling

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

  • 68 bicycle racks within 820 feet
  • 3 more bike-share stations within a five-minute walk

Nearest bike-share station

  1. Adelphi St & Myrtle Ave 28 docks in all
    830 feet

By car

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

  1. 168 Flushing Avenue Gas station
    0.5 miles
  2. 325 Lafayette Avenue Charging for electric cars, four Level 2 chargers
    0.6 miles
  3. 28-17 42nd Road Fast charging for electric cars
    1.5 miles

Safety record

How crashes are counted

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

  • 4 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 February 2025.

About this corner

Where facts come from
ZIP code
11205
Community board
Brooklyn Community Board 2
City Council district
35
Police precinct
88
Neighborhood (City Planning area)
Fort Greene
Elevation
68 feet above sea level

The streets

  • Up to two travel lanes
  • One of the streets is one-way

Homes

About 2,400 homes stand within 820 feet of this corner, a mix of apartment buildings and smaller houses.

Since 2014 at least 19 new affordable homes have been completed within 820 feet.

Trees

NYC Parks records 73 trees within 330 feet; the most common is the London planetree.

Parking on the streets meeting here

How signs are read
  • 37 signs on these blocks
  • 8 different rules

The sign wording is DOT's, as recorded between May 2016 and January 2026, and the sign on the street decides.

East side of Clermont Avenue

  • No parking 1 sign NO PARKING ANYTIME
  • No parking 12 signs NO PARKING THURSDAY 11:30AM-1PM
  • No standing 1 sign NO STANDING ANYTIME
  • No standing 2 signs NO STANDING SCHOOL DAYS 8AM-4PM

West side of Clermont Avenue

  • No parking 1 sign NO PARKING ANYTIME
  • No parking 10 signs NO PARKING FRIDAY 11:30AM-1PM

North side of Willoughby Avenue

  • No parking 5 signs NO PARKING THURSDAY 11:30AM-1PM

South side of Willoughby Avenue

  • No parking 5 signs NO PARKING FRIDAY 11:30AM-1PM

Landmarks and historic districts

The corner stands at the edge of the Fort Greene Historic District.

Within 820 feet, 211 buildings are designated by the Landmarks Preservation Commission, recorded mostly as Italianate, and mostly built between 1863 and 1871.

  1. St. Michael's and St. Mark's Protestant Episcopal Church Designated landmark
    420 feet
  2. St. Mark's Protestant Episcopal Church Designated landmark
    440 feet

Schools, parks and places within a walk

How places are listed

Within a five-minute walk there are 28 public places.

  • 8 religious buildings
  • 6 day care or pre-K sites
  • 4 schools
  • 3 playgrounds
  • 2 listed historic places
  • 5 other places

Schools and child care

  1. P.S. 020 Clinton Hill School · landmark
    330 feet
  2. Concordia Fort Greene Infant, toddler and preschool care, ages 0 to 5
    370 feet
  3. Child Study Center of New York School
    470 feet
Show all 11
  1. William T Dillon Child Study Center at St. Joseph's College Preschool, ages 2 to 5
    580 feet
  2. Growth Mindset Learning Lab Preschool, ages 2 to 5
    610 feet
  3. Dillon Child Study Center Preschool
    650 feet
  4. Discovery PitStop 2 Infant, toddler and preschool care, ages 0 to 5
    670 feet
  5. Atlantic Collective Preschool, ages 2 to 5
    740 feet
  6. St Joseph's University - Main Campus College
    1,140 feet
  7. Fort Greene Preparatory Academy School
    1,230 feet
  8. P.S. 046 Edward C. Blum School
    1,230 feet

Parks, playgrounds and gardens

  1. Albert L. Parham Playground
    270 feet
  2. Fort Greene Park
    870 feet
  3. Oracle Playground
    940 feet
Show all 5
  1. Edmonds Playground
    1,100 feet
  2. Fort Greene Visitors Center in Fort Greene Park Park feature
    1,180 feet

Libraries, museums and history

  1. Feuchtwanger Stable Listed historic place
    930 feet
  2. Lefferts-Laidlaw House Listed historic place
    1,290 feet

Houses of worship

  1. French Speaking Baptist Church Landmark
    120 feet
  2. Zion Shiloh Baptist Church House of worship
    240 feet
  3. Institutional Church of God House of worship
    520 feet

Community centers and public services

  1. Albert J Parham Playground Pool Swimming pool
    430 feet

Fire and police

  1. Engine 210 Fire station
    1,060 feet

Bank branches

  1. Chase Bank branch
    870 feet
  2. Apple Bank Bank branch
    1,100 feet
  3. Citibank Bank branch
    1,200 feet

Supermarkets

  1. Bravo Supermarket
    1,320 feet
  2. Key Food Supermarket
    0.4 miles
  3. Urban Market Supermarket
    0.5 miles

Pharmacies

  1. Walgreens Pharmacy
    620 feet

Food stores and places to eat

Within a five-minute walk there are 50 places to eat and ten 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 Clermont 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, NYCHA, NYC Housing Preservation and Development, Landmarks Preservation Commission, NYC Parks, NYC Health, FDIC, NYS Agriculture and Markets and USDA, retrieved September 18 – October 6, 2026.