Albany Avenue & Fenimore Street

Albany Avenue and Fenimore Street meet at a three-way junction in Prospect Lefferts Gardens-Wingate, Brooklyn. Between 2021 and 2025, eight police-reported crashes were recorded here, against a median of seven crashes for a Brooklyn corner. Dr Susan Smith McKinney Nursing and Rehabilitation Center is 270 feet away. The nearest bus stop, Albany Av/Fenimore St, is 40 feet away for the B12, and three bus routes stop within a ten-minute walk. Within a five-minute walk are eight public places, three of them religious buildings, and four places to eat.

Safety record
6 hurt
8 police-reported crashes, 2021–2025
Nearest highway entrance
Prospect Expressway
2.2 miles by car along the streets
Nearest bus stop
40 feet
Albany Av/Fenimore St · B12
Within a walk
8 places
3 religious buildings, 2 schools and 3 more kinds, within five minutes

Map

Layers
Albany Avenue & Fenimore Street Nearby corners, linked

Getting there

How walks are measured

Bus

The nearest bus stop is Albany Av/Fenimore St, 40 feet away, for the B12.

  • 3 routes within a ten-minute walk
  1. Albany Av/Fenimore St B12 · Shelter
    40 feet
    B12
    Shelter

Next buses at this stop

  1. B12 …

Live arrivals

Cycling

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

Nearest bike-share station

  1. Winthrop St & Albany Ave 21 docks in all
    640 feet

By car

The nearest highway entrance is the ramp to the Prospect Expressway westbound at Prospect Avenue & Prospect Expressway, 2.2 miles by car along the streets.

  1. 720 New York Avenue Gas station
    0.6 miles
  2. 581 Clarkson Avenue Charging for electric cars, four Level 2 chargers
    0.3 miles
  3. 1389 Rockaway Parkway Fast charging for electric cars
    2.5 miles

Safety record

How crashes are counted

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

  • 6 people injured
  • 0 people killed
  • 2 of those hurt, on foot

The most recent crash recorded here was in April 2025.

About this corner

Where facts come from
ZIP code
11203
Community board
Brooklyn Community Board 9
City Council district
40
Police precinct
71
Neighborhood (City Planning area)
Prospect Lefferts Gardens-Wingate
Elevation
32 feet above sea level

The streets

  • Up to two travel lanes

Homes

About 1,500 homes stand within 820 feet of this corner, a mix of apartment buildings and smaller houses. The buildings holding them mostly went up between 1931 and 1964.

Since 2014 at least 316 new affordable homes have been completed within 820 feet.

Trees

NYC Parks records 30 trees within 330 feet; the most common is the London planetree.

Parking on the streets meeting here

How signs are read
  • 16 signs on these blocks
  • 4 different rules

The sign wording is DOT's, as recorded between July 2018 and August 2020, and the sign on the street decides.

East side of Albany Avenue

  • No parking 1 sign NO PARKING ANYTIME
  • No parking 5 signs NO PARKING TUESDAY FRIDAY 11AM-12:30PM

North side of Fenimore Street

  • No parking 5 signs NO PARKING MONDAY THURSDAY NOON-1:30PM

South side of Fenimore Street

  • No parking 5 signs NO PARKING TUESDAY FRIDAY NOON-1:30PM

Schools, parks and places within a walk

How places are listed

Eight public places are within a five-minute walk.

  • 3 religious buildings
  • 2 schools
  • 1 field
  • 1 nursing home or hospice
  • 1 older adult center

Schools and child care

  1. P.S. 091 the Albany Avenue School
    940 feet
  2. League School
    970 feet

Parks, playgrounds and gardens

  1. Hamilton Metz Field
    1,100 feet

Health care

  1. Dr Susan Smith McKinney Nursing and Rehabilitation Center Nursing home or hospice
    270 feet

Community centers and public services

  1. Older adult center at 720 East New York Avenue Older adult center
    1,280 feet

Supermarkets

  1. Ideal Food Basket Supermarket
    0.5 miles

Other stores

  1. Family Dollar Store
    0.4 miles

Food stores and places to eat

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

Not on record for this corner: a subway entrance within a ten-minute walk, a signal or safety change and a designated landmark or historic district within 820 feet.

Nearby corners

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

See every intersection along Albany Avenue or Fenimore 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, NYC Housing Preservation and Development, NYC Parks, NYC Health, NYS Agriculture and Markets and USDA, retrieved September 18 – October 6, 2026.