Atlantic Avenue & Fort Greene Place

Atlantic Avenue and Fort Greene Place meet at a three-way junction in Fort Greene, Brooklyn. Between 2021 and 2025, 62 police-reported crashes were recorded here, against a median of seven crashes for a Brooklyn corner. In 2025, 1,624 red-light camera tickets were recorded here. South Oxford Park Playground is 1,070 feet away, and MoCADA Ubuntu Garden is 1,250 feet away. The nearest subway, Atlantic Av-Barclays Ctr, is about a minute on foot, and 11 subway lines stop within a ten-minute walk. Within a five-minute walk are 20 public places, five of them religious buildings, and 55 places to eat.

Safety record
27 hurt
62 police-reported crashes, 2021–2025
Nearest subway
Atlantic Av-Barclays Ctr
160 feet · 1 min on foot · 2, 3, 4, 5, B, D, N, Q, R
Nearest bus stop
310 feet
Atlantic Av/Flatbush Av · B45
Within a walk
20 places
5 religious buildings, 2 day care or pre-K sites and 9 more kinds, within five minutes

Map

Layers
Atlantic Avenue & Fort Greene Place Nearby corners, linked

Getting there

How walks are measured

Subway

The nearest subway station is Atlantic Av-Barclays Ctr, 160 feet from this corner, about a minute on foot.

  • 9 lines at the nearest station
  • 11 lines within a ten-minute walk
  1. Atlantic Av-Barclays Ctr 2, 3, 4, 5, B, D, N, Q, R
    160 feet
    2 3 4 5 B D N Q R

Next trains at this station

Manhattan
9 lines
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Outbound
4 lines
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Southbound
5 lines
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Also within a walk

  1. Fulton St G
    0.3 miles
    G
  2. Lafayette Av C
    0.3 miles
    C

The MTA's permanent art catalog lists “Hook (Archean Reach), Line (Sea House), and Sinker (Mined Swell),” (2004) by George Trakas (in collaboration with di Domenico + Partners) at the Atlantic Av-Barclays Ctr station.

Bus

The nearest bus stop is Atlantic Av/Flatbush Av, 310 feet away, for the B45.

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

Next buses at this stop

  1. B45 …

Live arrivals

Cycling

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

Nearest bike-share station

  1. Atlantic Ave & Fort Greene Pl 53 docks in all
    190 feet

By car

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

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

Safety record

How crashes are counted

Between 2021 and 2025, police reported 62 crashes at this corner, more than the median of seven crashes for a Brooklyn corner.

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

The most recent crash recorded here was in April 2026.

What the city has done here

  • Leading pedestrian interval, November 2017

Camera tickets

How tickets are counted

In 2025, 1,624 red-light camera tickets were issued for violations recorded at this corner, the 110th most of the 200 corners in the city where any were issued.

In 2026 so far, through July 26, 603 more were issued.

Every corner with red-light camera tickets

About this corner

Where facts come from
ZIP code
11217
Community board
Brooklyn Community Board 2
City Council district
35
Police precinct
78
Neighborhood (City Planning area)
Fort Greene
Elevation
45 feet above sea level

The streets

  • Up to six travel lanes
  • A designated truck route

Homes

About 2,800 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 2002 and 2019.

Since 2014 at least 797 new affordable homes have been completed within 820 feet.

Trees

Eight trees recorded by NYC Parks stand within 330 feet; the most common is the Japanese zelkova.

Parking on the streets meeting here

How signs are read
  • 17 signs on these blocks
  • 5 different rules

The sign wording is DOT's, as recorded in April 2026, and the sign on the street decides.

North side of Atlantic Avenue

  • For-hire vehicles only 2 signs FOR-HIRE VEHICLES ONLY 7PM-MIDNIGHT ALL DAYS
  • No parking 2 signs NO PARKING 7AM-7PM ALL DAYS
  • No parking 5 signs NO PARKING MONDAY WEDNESDAY FRIDAY MIDNIGHT-3AM
  • No standing 5 signs NO STANDING ANYTIME
  • Taxis and for-hire vehicles 3 signs TAXI/FHV 7AM-MIDNIGHT ALL DAYS PICK-UP/DROP-OFF ONLY

Landmarks and historic districts

Eleven buildings within 820 feet are designated by the Landmarks Preservation Commission, recorded mostly as Italianate, and mostly built between 1858 and 1859.

Schools, parks and places within a walk

How places are listed

Twenty public places are within a five-minute walk.

  • 5 religious buildings
  • 2 day care or pre-K sites
  • 2 gardens
  • 2 listed historic places
  • 2 schools
  • 7 other places

Schools and child care

  1. Hanson Place Child Development Center Infant, toddler and preschool care, ages 0 to 5 · Pre-K
    840 feet
  2. Masters Refrigeration Learning Cntr Trade or language school
    1,060 feet
  3. Wonderforest Nature Preschool Infant, toddler and preschool care, ages 0 to 5
    1,120 feet
Show all 6
  1. Dental Auxiliary Training Center Trade or language school
    1,150 feet
  2. Bridges: a School for Exploration and Equity School
    1,150 feet
  3. Design Works High School
    1,150 feet

Parks, playgrounds and gardens

  1. Brooklyn Bears/Pacific Street Garden
    490 feet
  2. South Oxford Park Playground
    1,070 feet
  3. South Oxford Park
    1,070 feet
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  1. MoCADA Ubuntu Garden
    1,250 feet

Libraries, museums and history

  1. Atlantic Avenue Control House Listed historic place
    720 feet
  2. Atlantic Avenue Subway Station (IRT) Listed historic place
    750 feet
  3. Pacific Library
    1,150 feet

Theaters, arts and venues

  1. Barclays Center Stadium or arena
    280 feet

Houses of worship

  1. Dean St Baptist Church House of worship
    1,230 feet

Community centers and public services

  1. Times Plaza Post Office
    1,180 feet

Bank branches

  1. Citibank Bank branch
    600 feet
  2. Bank of America Bank branch
    910 feet
  3. Chase Bank branch
    1,150 feet

Supermarkets

  1. Stop & Shop Supermarket
    200 feet
  2. Whole Foods Market Supermarket
    0.3 miles
  3. Foodtown Supermarket
    0.4 miles

Pharmacies

  1. Walgreens Pharmacy
    950 feet
  2. CVS Pharmacy
    0.4 miles

Other stores

  1. Target Store
    450 feet

Shopping centers

  1. Atlantic Terminal Shopping center
    80 feet
  2. Atlantic Center Shopping center
    90 feet

Food stores and places to eat

Within a five-minute walk there are 55 places to eat and nine food stores.

Nearby corners

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

See every intersection along Atlantic Avenue or Fort Greene Place.

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