Atlantic Avenue & Carlton Avenue

Atlantic Avenue and Carlton Avenue meet at a four-way crossing in Prospect Heights, Brooklyn, at the edge of NYCHA's Atlantic Terminal Site 4B development. Between 2021 and 2025, 46 police-reported crashes were recorded here, against a median of seven crashes for a Brooklyn corner. Atlantic Terminal Site 4b Community Center is 310 feet away. The nearest subway, Lafayette Av, is about six minutes on foot, and 11 subway lines stop within a ten-minute walk. Within a five-minute walk are 12 public places, four of them schools, and 12 places to eat.

Safety record
43 hurt
46 police-reported crashes, 2021–2025
Nearest subway
Lafayette Av
0.3 miles · 6 min on foot · C
Nearest bus stop
140 feet
Atlantic Av/Carlton Av · B45
Within a walk
12 places
4 schools, 2 parks and 5 more kinds, within five minutes

Map

Layers
Atlantic Avenue & Carlton Avenue Nearby corners, linked

Getting there

How walks are measured

Subway

The nearest subway station is Lafayette Av, 0.3 miles from this corner, about six minutes on foot.

  • 11 lines within a ten-minute walk
  1. Lafayette Av C
    0.3 miles
    C

Next trains at this station

Manhattan
1 line
  1. C …
Outbound
1 line
  1. C …

Also within a walk

  1. Atlantic Av-Barclays Ctr 2, 3, 4, 5, B, D, N, Q, R
    0.3 miles
    2 3 4 5 B D N Q R
  2. Bergen St 2, 3
    0.3 miles
    2 3

Bus

The nearest bus stop is Atlantic Av/Carlton Av, 140 feet away, for the B45.

  • 14 routes within a ten-minute walk
  1. Atlantic Av/Carlton Av B45
    140 feet
    B45

Next buses at this stop

  1. B45 …

Live arrivals

Cycling

A marked bike lane runs on Carlton Avenue.

  • 58 bicycle racks within 820 feet, 2 of them on-street corrals

Nearest bike-share station

  1. Carlton Ave & Dean St 29 docks in all
    560 feet

By car

The nearest highway entrance is the ramp to the Brooklyn-Queens Expressway eastbound at Navy Street, 1.2 miles by car along the streets.

  1. 300 Bergen Street Gas station
    0.7 miles
  2. 625 Atlantic Avenue Charging for electric cars, Level 2 chargers
    0.4 miles
  3. 28-17 42nd Road Fast charging for electric cars
    2.2 miles

Safety record

How crashes are counted

Between 2021 and 2025, police reported 46 crashes at this corner, more than the median of seven crashes for a Brooklyn corner.

  • 43 people injured
  • 0 people killed
  • 1 of those hurt, on foot
  • 1 of those hurt, on a bike

The most recent crash recorded here was in May 2026.

About this corner

Where facts come from
ZIP code
11238
Community board
Brooklyn Community Board 2
City Council district
35
Police precinct
78 and 88 (the boundary runs through this corner)
Neighborhood (City Planning area)
Prospect Heights
Elevation
64 feet above sea level

The streets

  • Up to two travel lanes

Homes

About 2,900 homes stand within 820 feet of this corner, most of them in buildings of ten homes or more.

The corner stands at the edge of NYCHA's Atlantic Terminal Site 4B development.

Since 2014 at least 742 new affordable homes have been completed within 820 feet.

Trees

NYC Parks records 27 trees within 330 feet; the most common is the thornless honeylocust.

Parking on the streets meeting here

How signs are read
  • 45 signs on these blocks
  • 11 different rules

The sign wording is DOT's, as recorded between August 2017 and March 2024, and the sign on the street decides.

North side of Atlantic Avenue

  • No parking 5 signs NO PARKING MONDAY WEDNESDAY FRIDAY MIDNIGHT-3AM

South side of Atlantic Avenue

  • No parking 5 signs NO PARKING 6PM-MIDNIGHT ALL DAYS
  • No parking 10 signs NO PARKING TUESDAY THURSDAY SATURDAY MIDNIGHT-3AM
  • No standing 5 signs NO STANDING 4PM-7PM EXCEPT SUNDAY
  • No standing 1 sign NO STANDING ANYTIME

East side of Carlton Avenue

  • No parking 7 signs NO PARKING TUESDAY 11:30AM-1PM
  • No standing 1 sign NO STANDING FIRE ZONE
  • No stopping 2 signs NO STOPPING ANYTIME

West side of Carlton Avenue

  • Loading only 1 sign LOADING ONLY MONDAY-FRIDAY 7AM-7PM
  • No parking 2 signs NO PARKING ANYTIME
  • No parking 6 signs NO PARKING MONDAY 11:30AM-1PM

Landmarks and historic districts

Within 820 feet, 43 buildings are designated by the Landmarks Preservation Commission, recorded most often as Renaissance Revival, and mostly built between 1869 and 1902.

Schools, parks and places within a walk

How places are listed

Twelve public places are within a five-minute walk.

  • 4 schools
  • 2 parks
  • 2 religious buildings
  • 1 community center
  • 1 garden
  • 2 other places

Schools and child care

  1. P.S. K753 - School for Career Development School
    490 feet
  2. League School - Vanderbilt School
    830 feet
  3. Bridges: a School for Exploration and Equity School
    1,270 feet
Show all 4
  1. Design Works High School
    1,270 feet

Parks, playgrounds and gardens

  1. South Oxford Park
    660 feet
  2. South Oxford Park Playground
    680 feet
  3. Cuyler Gore Park
    1,040 feet
Show all 4
  1. Brooklyn Bears/Carlton Avenue Garden
    1,270 feet

Health care

  1. New Carlton Rehab and Nursing Center Nursing home or hospice
    1,150 feet

Houses of worship

  1. Dean St Baptist Church House of worship
    900 feet
  2. St Luke St Mathew Church Listed historic place
    1,040 feet

Community centers and public services

  1. Atlantic Terminal Site 4b Community Center
    310 feet

Supermarkets

  1. Stop & Shop Supermarket
    0.3 miles

Pharmacies

  1. Duane Reade Pharmacy
    0.4 miles
  2. Walgreens Pharmacy
    0.5 miles

Other stores

  1. Target Store
    0.4 miles

Shopping centers

  1. Atlantic Center Shopping center
    980 feet
  2. Atlantic Terminal Shopping center
    0.3 miles

Food stores and places to eat

Within a five-minute walk there are 12 places to eat and one food store.

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

Nearby corners

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

See every intersection along Atlantic Avenue or Carlton 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, NYCHA, NYC Housing Preservation and Development, Landmarks Preservation Commission, NYC Parks, NYC Health, NYS Agriculture and Markets, USDA and NYC Finance, retrieved September 18 – October 6, 2026.