Willoughby Avenue & Clinton Avenue

Willoughby Avenue and Clinton Avenue meet at a four-way crossing in Clinton Hill, Brooklyn. The corner lies on the edge of the Clinton Hill Historic District. Between 2021 and 2025, seven police-reported crashes were recorded here, the median for a Brooklyn corner. St. Luke's Evangelical Lutheran Church stands 730 feet away, and Albert L. Parham Playground is 840 feet away. The nearest subway, Clinton-Washington Avs, is about five minutes on foot, for the G. Within a five-minute walk are 21 public places, eight of them religious buildings, and 44 places to eat.

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

Map

Layers
Willoughby Avenue & Clinton Avenue Nearby corners, linked

Getting there

How walks are measured

Subway

The nearest subway station is Clinton-Washington Avs, 0.3 miles from this corner, about five minutes on foot.

  1. Clinton-Washington Avs 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 Vanderbilt Av/Willoughby Av, 390 feet away, for the B69.

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

Next buses at this stop

  1. B69 …

Live arrivals

Cycling

A marked bike lane runs on Willoughby Avenue.

  • 65 bicycle racks within 820 feet
  • 2 more bike-share stations within a five-minute walk

Nearest bike-share station

  1. Clinton Ave & Myrtle Ave 33 docks in all
    640 feet

By car

The nearest highway entrance is the ramp to the Brooklyn-Queens Expressway eastbound at Navy Street, 0.9 miles by car along the streets.

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

Safety record

How crashes are counted

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

  • 6 people injured
  • 0 people killed
  • 5 of those hurt, on a bike

The most recent crash recorded here was in June 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)
Clinton Hill
Elevation
72 feet above sea level

The streets

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

Homes

About 2,300 homes stand within 820 feet of this corner, a mix of apartment buildings and smaller houses.

Trees

NYC Parks records 81 trees within 330 feet; the most common is the maidenhair tree.

Parking on the streets meeting here

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

The sign wording is DOT's, as recorded between November 2016 and July 2025, and the sign on the street decides.

East side of Clinton Avenue

  • No parking 9 signs NO PARKING THURSDAY 11:30AM-1PM

West side of Clinton Avenue

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

North side of Willoughby Avenue

  • No parking 2 signs NO PARKING MONDAY 8:30AM-10AM
  • No parking 2 signs NO PARKING THURSDAY 11:30AM-1PM
  • No standing 1 sign NO STANDING ANYTIME

South side of Willoughby Avenue

  • No parking 3 signs NO PARKING FRIDAY 11:30AM-1PM
  • No parking 3 signs NO PARKING TUESDAY 8:30AM-10AM
  • No standing 1 sign NO STANDING ANYTIME

Landmarks and historic districts

The corner stands at the edge of the Clinton Hill Historic District.

Within 820 feet, 174 buildings are designated by the Landmarks Preservation Commission, recorded most often as Italianate, and mostly built between 1868 and 1887.

  1. Sister Vincent Therese Hall Designated landmark
    440 feet
  2. St. Luke's Evangelical Lutheran Church Designated landmark
    730 feet
  3. St. Angela Hall Academy Designated landmark
    740 feet

Schools, parks and places within a walk

How places are listed

Within a five-minute walk there are 21 public places.

  • 8 religious buildings
  • 5 day care or pre-K sites
  • 2 colleges
  • 2 listed historic places
  • 2 schools
  • 2 other places

Schools and child care

  1. St Joseph's University - Main Campus College
    560 feet
  2. William T Dillon Child Study Center at St. Joseph's College Preschool, ages 2 to 5
    580 feet
  3. Child Study Center of New York School
    810 feet
Show all 9
  1. Dillon Child Study Center Preschool
    650 feet
  2. Discovery PitStop 2 Infant, toddler and preschool care, ages 0 to 5
    670 feet
  3. P.S. 020 Clinton Hill School · landmark
    900 feet
  4. Concordia Fort Greene Infant, toddler and preschool care, ages 0 to 5
    940 feet
  5. Growth Mindset Learning Lab Preschool, ages 2 to 5
    1,110 feet
  6. Pratt Institute College · listed historic place
    1,220 feet

Parks, playgrounds and gardens

  1. Albert L. Parham Playground
    840 feet

Libraries, museums and history

  1. Lefferts-Laidlaw House Listed historic place
    960 feet
  2. Wallabout Historic District Listed historic place
    1,150 feet

Houses of worship

  1. French Speaking Baptist Church Landmark
    470 feet
  2. Zion Shiloh Baptist Church House of worship
    730 feet
  3. Institutional Church of God House of worship
    1,090 feet

Community centers and public services

  1. Albert J Parham Playground Pool Swimming pool
    800 feet

Bank branches

  1. Citibank Bank branch
    630 feet
  2. Apple Bank Bank branch
    650 feet
  3. Chase Bank branch
    840 feet

Supermarkets

  1. Key Food Supermarket
    0.3 miles
  2. Bravo Supermarket
    0.4 miles
  3. Urban Market Supermarket
    0.4 miles

Pharmacies

  1. Walgreens Pharmacy
    1,190 feet

Food stores and places to eat

Within a five-minute walk there are 44 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, seven of them within a three-minute walk:

See every intersection along Clinton 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, Landmarks Preservation Commission, NYC Parks, NYC Health, FDIC, NYS Agriculture and Markets and USDA, retrieved September 18 – October 6, 2026.