Brooklyn-Queens Expressway & Adelphi Street
Brooklyn-Queens Expressway and Adelphi Street meet at a four-way crossing in Fort Greene, Brooklyn. The corner has a clean safety record in city data between 2021 and 2025. Greene Hill School is 200 feet away. The nearest bus stop, Park Av/Carlton Av, is 230 feet away for the B62, and five bus routes stop within a ten-minute walk. Within a five-minute walk are 12 public places, five of them schools, and 22 places to eat. About 2,400 homes stand within 820 feet, most in buildings of ten homes or more.
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Getting there
How walks are measuredBus
The nearest bus stop is Park Av/Carlton Av, 230 feet away, for the B62.
- 5 routes within a ten-minute walk
- Park Av/Carlton Av B62230 feetB62
Next buses at this stop
- B62 …
Cycling
- 27 bicycle racks within 820 feet
- 5 more bike-share stations within a five-minute walk
Nearest bike-share station
- Clermont Ave & Park Ave 19 docks in all390 feet
By car
The nearest highway entrance is the ramp to the Brooklyn-Queens Expressway eastbound at Navy Street, 0.6 miles by car along the streets.
- 168 Flushing Avenue Gas station0.3 miles
- 15 Washington Avenue Charging for electric cars, three Level 2 chargers0.6 miles
- 28-17 42nd Road Fast charging for electric cars1.4 miles
Safety record
How crashes are countedNo police-reported crashes between 2021 and 2025, against a median of seven crashes for a Brooklyn corner.
The most recent crash recorded here was in January 2019.
About this corner
Where facts come from- ZIP code
- 11205
- Community board
- Brooklyn Community Board 2
- City Council district
- 35
- Police precinct
- 88
- Neighborhood (City Planning area)
- Fort Greene
The streets
- Up to two travel lanes
- One of the streets is one-way
Homes
About 2,400 homes stand within 820 feet of this corner, most of them in buildings of ten homes or more.
Since 2014 at least 103 new affordable homes have been completed within 820 feet.
Trees
NYC Parks records 37 trees within 330 feet; the most common is the thornless honeylocust.
Landmarks and historic districts
Within 820 feet, 31 buildings are designated by the Landmarks Preservation Commission, recorded most often as Italianate, and mostly built between 1850 and 1878.
Schools, parks and places within a walk
How places are listedTwelve public places are within a five-minute walk.
- 5 schools
- 4 religious buildings
- 1 day care or pre-K site
- 1 listed historic place
- 1 playground
Schools and child care
- Greene Hill School200 feet
- Fort Greene Preparatory Academy School730 feet
- P.S. 046 Edward C. Blum School730 feet
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- Atlantic Collective Preschool, ages 2 to 51,170 feet
- Benjamin Banneker Academy School1,170 feet
- Dr. Susan S. McKinney Secondary School of the Arts School1,260 feet
Parks, playgrounds and gardens
- Oracle Playground760 feet
Libraries, museums and history
- Brooklyn Garden Apartments (Navy Yard) Listed historic place650 feet
Houses of worship
- Sacred Heart Church House of worship260 feet
- Institutional Church of God House of worship1,300 feet
Supermarkets
- Bravo Supermarket0.3 miles
- Wegmans Supermarket0.5 miles
Pharmacies
- Walgreens Pharmacy1,290 feet
Food stores and places to eat
Within a five-minute walk there are 22 places to eat and 13 food stores.
Not on record for this corner: a subway entrance within a ten-minute walk, a signal or safety change and a parking sign or meter on the blocks meeting here.
Nearby corners
The eight nearest of the 10 corners within a three-minute walk:
- Park Avenue & Adelphi Street 60 feet
- Park Avenue & Carlton Avenue 330 feet
- Park Avenue & Clermont Avenue 330 feet
- Brooklyn-Queens Expressway & Clermont Avenue 390 feet
- Park Avenue & Cumberland Walk 570 feet
- Park Avenue & Cumberland Street 610 feet
- Park Avenue & Vanderbilt Avenue 630 feet
- Brooklyn-Queens Expressway & Vanderbilt Avenue 680 feet
See every intersection along Adelphi Street or Brooklyn-Queens Expressway.