Willoughby Avenue & Hall Street

Willoughby Avenue and Hall Street 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, three police-reported crashes were recorded here, fewer than the median of seven crashes for a Brooklyn corner. St. Luke's Evangelical Lutheran Church Parish Hall stands 300 feet away, and Emmanuel Baptist Church is 1,230 feet away. The nearest subway, Clinton-Washington Avs, is about six minutes on foot, for the G. Within a five-minute walk are 15 public places, eight of them religious buildings, and 29 places to eat.

Safety record
1 hurt
3 police-reported crashes, 2021–2025
Nearest subway
Clinton-Washington Avs
0.3 miles · 6 min on foot · G
Nearest bus stop
760 feet
Myrtle Av/Washington Av · B54
Within a walk
15 places
8 religious buildings, 2 colleges and 4 more kinds, within five minutes

Map

Layers
Willoughby Avenue & Hall Street 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 six 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 Myrtle Av/Washington Av, 760 feet away, for the B54.

  • 8 routes within a ten-minute walk
  1. Myrtle Av/Washington Av B54
    760 feet
    B54

Next buses at this stop

  1. B54 …

Live arrivals

Cycling

A marked bike lane runs on Willoughby Avenue.

  • 47 bicycle racks within 820 feet
  • 1 more bike-share station within a five-minute walk

Nearest bike-share station

  1. Willoughby Ave & Hall St 51 docks in all
    70 feet

By car

The nearest highway entrance is the ramp to the Brooklyn-Queens Expressway eastbound at Bedford Avenue, 1.1 miles by car along the streets.

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

Safety record

How crashes are counted

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

  • 1 person injured
  • 0 people killed
  • 1 of those hurt, on foot

The most recent crash recorded here was in March 2026.

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
65 feet above sea level

The streets

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

Homes

About 2,600 homes stand within 820 feet of this corner, most of them in buildings of ten homes or more. The buildings holding them mostly went up between 1925 and 1958.

Since 2014 at least 55 new affordable homes have been completed within 820 feet.

Trees

NYC Parks records 58 trees within 330 feet; the most common is the London planetree.

Parking on the streets meeting here

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

The sign wording is DOT's, as recorded between February 2018 and June 2022, and the sign on the street decides.

East side of Hall Street

  • No parking 9 signs NO PARKING TUESDAY 8:30AM-10AM
  • No standing 1 sign NO STANDING ANYTIME
  • Truck loading only 1 sign TRUCK LOADING ONLY MONDAY-FRIDAY 7AM-7PM

West side of Hall Street

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

North side of Willoughby Avenue

  • No parking 9 signs NO PARKING MONDAY 8:30AM-10AM
  • No standing 5 signs NO STANDING ANYTIME

South side of Willoughby Avenue

  • No parking 12 signs NO PARKING TUESDAY 8:30AM-10AM
  • No standing 3 signs NO STANDING ANYTIME

Landmarks and historic districts

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

Within 820 feet are two Individual Landmarks, and 123 buildings in all are designated by the Landmarks Preservation Commission, recorded most often as Italianate. They were built between 1865 and 1929.

  1. St. Luke's Evangelical Lutheran Church Parish Hall Designated landmark
    300 feet
  2. St. Luke's Evangelical Lutheran Church Designated landmark
    340 feet
  3. Pratt Institute Library Designated landmark
    410 feet

Schools, parks and places within a walk

How places are listed

Fifteen public places are within a five-minute walk.

  • 8 religious buildings
  • 2 colleges
  • 2 playgrounds
  • 1 day care or pre-K site
  • 1 park
  • 1 pedestrian plaza

Schools and child care

  1. Pratt Institute College · listed historic place
    410 feet
  2. St Joseph's University - Main Campus College
    1,040 feet
  3. Beyond Basic Learning on the Green Infant and toddler care, ages 0 to 2
    1,090 feet

Parks, playgrounds and gardens

  1. Pratt Playground
    830 feet
  2. Washington Hall Park
    1,230 feet
  3. Washington Hall Park Playground
    1,240 feet

Plazas and public spaces

  1. Myrtle Avenue Plaza Pedestrian plaza
    1,170 feet

Houses of worship

  1. Emmanuel Baptist Church Listed historic place
    1,230 feet
  2. French Speaking Baptist Church House of worship
    1,280 feet
  3. St Marys Episcopal Church Listed historic place
    1,310 feet

Bank branches

  1. TD Bank Bank branch
    650 feet
  2. Bank of America Bank branch
    1,060 feet

Supermarkets

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

Pharmacies

  1. Walgreens Pharmacy
    0.4 miles

Food stores and places to eat

Within a five-minute walk there are 29 places to eat and five food stores.

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

Nearby corners

The eight corners within a three-minute walk:

See every intersection along Hall Street 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, FDIC, NYS Agriculture and Markets and USDA, retrieved September 18 – October 6, 2026.