Atlantic Avenue & Cumberland Street

Atlantic Avenue and Cumberland Street meet at a three-way junction in Fort Greene, Brooklyn. Between 2021 and 2025, 13 police-reported crashes were recorded here, against a median of seven crashes for a Brooklyn corner. Dean St Baptist Church is 560 feet away, and Barclays Center is 1,110 feet away. The nearest subway, Lafayette Av, is about five minutes on foot, and 11 subway lines stop within a ten-minute walk. Within a five-minute walk are 15 public places, four of them schools, and 40 places to eat.

Safety record
12 hurt
13 police-reported crashes, 2021–2025
Nearest subway
Lafayette Av
1,220 feet · 5 min on foot · C
Nearest bus stop
230 feet
Atlantic Av/Carlton Av · B45
Within a walk
15 places
4 schools, 2 parks and 7 more kinds, within five minutes

Map

Layers
Atlantic Avenue & Cumberland Street Nearby corners, linked

Getting there

How walks are measured

Subway

The nearest subway station is Lafayette Av, 1,220 feet from this corner, about five minutes on foot.

  • 11 lines within a ten-minute walk
  1. Lafayette Av C
    1,220 feet
    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, 230 feet away, for the B45.

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

Next buses at this stop

  1. B45 …

Live arrivals

Cycling

  • 52 bicycle racks within 820 feet

Nearest bike-share station

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

By car

The nearest highway entrance is the ramp to the Brooklyn-Queens Expressway eastbound at Navy Street, 1.3 miles by car along the streets.

  1. 300 Bergen Street Gas station
    0.8 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
    2.3 miles

Safety record

How crashes are counted

Between 2021 and 2025, police reported 13 crashes at this corner, more than the median of seven crashes for a Brooklyn corner.

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

The most recent crash recorded here was in June 2026.

What the city has done here

  • Leading pedestrian interval, March 2019

About this corner

Where facts come from
ZIP code
11217
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)
Fort Greene
Elevation
59 feet above sea level

The streets

  • Up to two travel lanes
  • One of the streets is one-way

Homes

About 4,200 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 1996 and 2019.

Since 2014 at least 1,047 new affordable homes have been completed within 820 feet.

Trees

NYC Parks records 44 trees within 330 feet; the most common is the Callery pear.

Parking on the streets meeting here

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

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

North side of Atlantic Avenue

  • No parking 4 signs NO PARKING MONDAY WEDNESDAY FRIDAY MIDNIGHT-3AM

East side of Cumberland Street

  • No standing 1 sign NO STANDING ANYTIME

West side of Cumberland Street

  • No standing 3 signs NO STANDING ANYTIME
  • Other rule 4 signs PARKING PERMITTED MONDAY 7AM-7PM ONLY

Landmarks and historic districts

Within 820 feet, 37 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

Fifteen public places are within a five-minute walk.

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

Schools and child care

  1. P.S. K753 - School for Career Development School
    830 feet
  2. Wonderforest Nature Preschool Infant, toddler and preschool care, ages 0 to 5
    1,030 feet
  3. Bridges: a School for Exploration and Equity School
    1,070 feet
Show all 5
  1. Design Works High School
    1,070 feet
  2. League School - Vanderbilt School
    1,170 feet

Parks, playgrounds and gardens

  1. South Oxford Park
    320 feet
  2. South Oxford Park Playground
    340 feet
  3. Cuyler Gore Park
    1,080 feet
Show all 4
  1. Cuyler Gore Park Playground
    1,090 feet

Health care

  1. Oxford Nursing Home Nursing home or hospice
    1,130 feet

Theaters, arts and venues

  1. Barclays Center Stadium or arena
    1,110 feet

Houses of worship

  1. Dean St Baptist Church House of worship
    560 feet

Community centers and public services

  1. Atlantic Terminal Site 4b Community Center
    640 feet

Fire and police

  1. Engine 219/Ladder 105 Fire station
    1,270 feet

Supermarkets

  1. Stop & Shop Supermarket
    1,300 feet
  2. Whole Foods Market Supermarket
    0.5 miles

Pharmacies

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

Other stores

  1. Target Store
    0.3 miles

Shopping centers

  1. Atlantic Center Shopping center
    640 feet
  2. Atlantic Terminal Shopping center
    1,250 feet

Food stores and places to eat

Within a five-minute walk there are 40 places to eat and two food stores.

Nearby corners

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

See every intersection along Atlantic Avenue or Cumberland Street.

Sources: NYC Technology and Innovation, NYPD, NYC DOT, MTA, New York City's bike-share system, NYS Environmental Conservation, NYC City Planning, 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.