Willow Street & Cranberry Street

Willow Street and Cranberry Street meet at a four-way crossing in Brooklyn Heights, Brooklyn. The corner lies inside the Brooklyn Heights Historic District. Between 2021 and 2025, two police-reported crashes were recorded here, fewer than the median of seven crashes for a Brooklyn corner. Harry Chapin Playground is 230 feet away. The nearest subway, Clark St, is about five minutes on foot, and four subway lines stop within a ten-minute walk. Within a five-minute walk are 18 public places, seven of them parks, and 24 places to eat.

Safety record
Nobody hurt
2 police-reported crashes, 2021–2025
Nearest subway
Clark St
0.3 miles · 5 min on foot · 2, 3
Nearest bus stop
1,220 feet
Old Fulton St/Henry St · B25
Within a walk
18 places
7 parks, 4 religious buildings and 6 more kinds, within five minutes

Map

Layers
Willow Street & Cranberry Street Nearby corners, linked

Getting there

How walks are measured

Subway

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

  • 2 lines at the nearest station
  • 4 lines within a ten-minute walk
  1. Clark St 2, 3
    0.3 miles
    2 3

Next trains at this station

Manhattan
2 lines
  1. 2 …
  2. 3 …
Outbound
2 lines
  1. 2 …
  2. 3 …

Also within a walk

  1. High St A, C
    0.3 miles
    A C

The MTA's permanent art catalog lists “Clark Street Passage” (1987) by Ray Ring at the Clark St station.

Bus

The nearest bus stop is Old Fulton St/Henry St, 1,220 feet away, for the B25.

  • 8 routes within a ten-minute walk
  1. Old Fulton St/Henry St B25
    1,220 feet
    B25

Next buses at this stop

  1. B25 …

Live arrivals

Cycling

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

Nearest bike-share station

  1. Columbia Heights & Cranberry St 37 docks in all
    290 feet

By car

The nearest highway entrance is the ramp to the Brooklyn-Queens Expressway westbound at Brooklyn-Queens Expressway & Vine Street, 0.5 miles by car along the streets.

  1. 160 Johnson Street Gas station
    0.9 miles
  2. 35 Red Cross Place Charging for electric cars, six Level 2 chargers
    0.7 miles
  3. 28-17 42nd Road Fast charging for electric cars
    2.8 miles

Safety record

How crashes are counted

Between 2021 and 2025, police reported two crashes 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 May 2024.

About this corner

Where facts come from
ZIP code
11201
Community board
Brooklyn Community Board 2
City Council district
33
Police precinct
84
Neighborhood (City Planning area)
Brooklyn Heights
Elevation
65 feet above sea level

The streets

  • One travel lane
  • A posted limit of 20 mph
  • Two of the streets are one-way

Homes

About 2,300 homes stand within 820 feet of this corner, most of them in buildings of ten homes or more.

Trees

NYC Parks records 166 trees within 330 feet; the most common is the pin oak.

Parking on the streets meeting here

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

The sign wording is DOT's, as recorded between August 2017 and October 2018, and the sign on the street decides.

North side of Cranberry Street

  • No standing 2 signs NO STANDING FIRE ZONE
  • Other rule 4 signs PARKING PERMITTED TUESDAY 8AM-6PM ONLY

South side of Cranberry Street

  • No parking 4 signs NO PARKING TUESDAY 8AM-6PM
  • No standing 2 signs NO STANDING FIRE ZONE

East side of Willow Street

  • No parking 4 signs NO PARKING TUESDAY 8AM-6PM
  • No standing 3 signs NO STANDING FIRE ZONE

West side of Willow Street

  • No standing 2 signs NO STANDING FIRE ZONE
  • Other rule 4 signs PARKING PERMITTED TUESDAY 8AM-6PM ONLY

Landmarks and historic districts

The corner stands in the Brooklyn Heights Historic District.

Within 820 feet, 260 buildings are designated by the Landmarks Preservation Commission, recorded most often as Eclectic, and mostly built between 1840 and 1899.

  1. Hotel Margaret Designated landmark
    260 feet
  2. Roman Catholic Church of the Assumption Rectory Designated landmark
    520 feet
  3. Public School No. 8 Designated landmark
    530 feet

Schools, parks and places within a walk

How places are listed

Eighteen public places are within a five-minute walk.

  • 7 parks
  • 4 religious buildings
  • 2 day care or pre-K sites
  • 1 fire station
  • 1 garden
  • 3 other places

Schools and child care

  1. Plymouth Church School Preschool, ages 2 to 5 · landmark
    450 feet
  2. The Emily Warren Roebling School
    750 feet
  3. Seedlings Playschool Preschool, ages 2 to 5
    830 feet

Parks, playgrounds and gardens

  1. Harry Chapin Playground
    230 feet
  2. Fruit Street Sitting Area Park
    280 feet
  3. Hillside Dog Park
    290 feet
Show all 9
  1. Squibb Park
    370 feet
  2. Poplar Street Community Garden
    570 feet
  3. Brooklyn Heights Promenade
    660 feet
  4. Brooklyn Bridge Park
    710 feet
  5. Fort Stirling Park
    960 feet
  6. Cadman Plaza Park
    1,200 feet

Libraries, museums and history

  1. Brooklyn War Memorial Monument or memorial
    1,250 feet

Houses of worship

  1. Assumption Blessed Virgin Mary Church Landmark
    480 feet
  2. Plymouth Church Landmark · listed historic place
    530 feet

Fire and police

  1. Engine 205/Ladder 118 Fire station
    920 feet

Supermarkets

  1. Gristedes Supermarket
    1,320 feet
  2. Key Food Supermarket
    0.4 miles

Pharmacies

  1. CVS Pharmacy
    0.4 miles

Food stores and places to eat

Within a five-minute walk there are 24 places to eat and three food stores.

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

Nearby corners

The eight nearest of the 19 corners within a three-minute walk:

See every intersection along Cranberry Street or Willow Street.

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