Willoughby Avenue & Ryerson Street

Willoughby Avenue and Ryerson Street meet at a four-way crossing in Clinton Hill, Brooklyn. Between 2021 and 2025, one police-reported crash was recorded here, fewer than the median of seven crashes for a Brooklyn corner. Pratt Institute is 150 feet away, and Ohel Elozer is 1,290 feet away. The nearest subway, Clinton-Washington Avs, is about seven minutes on foot, for the G. Within a five-minute walk are six public places, two of them colleges, and 26 places to eat. About 2,000 homes stand within 820 feet, mostly built between 1920 and 1958, most in buildings of ten homes or more.

Safety record
Nobody hurt
1 police-reported crash, 2021–2025
Nearest subway
Clinton-Washington Avs
0.3 miles · 7 min on foot · G
Nearest bus stop
950 feet
De Kalb Av/Ryerson Av · B38
Within a walk
6 places
2 colleges, 2 religious buildings and 2 more kinds, within five minutes

Map

Layers
Willoughby Avenue & Ryerson 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 seven 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 …

Also within a walk

  1. Classon Av G
    0.5 miles
    G

Bus

The nearest bus stop is De Kalb Av/Ryerson Av, 950 feet away, for the B38.

  • 8 routes within a ten-minute walk
  1. De Kalb Av/Ryerson Av B38
    950 feet
    B38

Next buses at this stop

  1. B38 …

Live arrivals

Cycling

A marked bike lane runs on Willoughby Avenue.

  • 26 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
    210 feet

By car

The nearest highway entrance is the ramp to the Brooklyn-Queens Expressway eastbound at Bedford Avenue, 1 mile by car along the streets.

  1. 184 Classon Avenue Gas station
    0.3 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
    1.2 miles

Safety record

How crashes are counted

Between 2021 and 2025, police reported one crash at this corner, fewer than the median of seven crashes for a Brooklyn corner. Nobody was hurt.

The most recent crash recorded here was in June 2022.

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
59 feet above sea level

The streets

  • One travel lane
  • One of the streets is one-way

Homes

About 2,000 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 1920 and 1958.

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

Trees

NYC Parks records 33 trees within 330 feet; the most common is the London planetree.

Landmarks and historic districts

Within 820 feet are three Individual Landmarks, and 120 buildings in all are designated by the Landmarks Preservation Commission, recorded most often as Colonial Revival. They were mostly built between 1875 and 1907.

  1. Memorial Hall Designated landmark
    220 feet
  2. Pratt Institute Main Building Designated landmark
    290 feet
  3. South Hall Designated landmark
    370 feet

Schools, parks and places within a walk

How places are listed

Six public places are within a five-minute walk.

  • 2 colleges
  • 2 religious buildings
  • 1 playground
  • 1 school

Schools and child care

  1. Pratt Institute College · listed historic place
    150 feet
  2. Ohel Elozer School
    1,290 feet
  3. St Joseph's University - Main Campus College
    1,300 feet

Parks, playgrounds and gardens

  1. Pratt Playground
    570 feet

Houses of worship

  1. St Marys Episcopal Church Listed historic place
    1,050 feet

Bank branches

  1. TD Bank Bank branch
    910 feet

Supermarkets

  1. Key Food Supermarket
    1,090 feet
  2. CTown Supermarket
    0.4 miles
  3. Food Emporium Supermarket
    0.4 miles

Pharmacies

  1. Walgreens Pharmacy
    0.4 miles

Food stores and places to eat

Within a five-minute walk there are 26 places to eat and four food stores.

Not on record for this corner: a signal or safety change and a parking sign or meter on the blocks meeting here.

Nearby corners

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

See every intersection along Ryerson 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.