Brooklyn-Queens Expressway & Vanderbilt Avenue

Brooklyn-Queens Expressway and Vanderbilt Avenue meet at a four-way crossing in Fort Greene, Brooklyn. Between 2021 and 2025, one police-reported crash was recorded here, fewer than the median of seven crashes for a Brooklyn corner. Benjamin Banneker Academy is 600 feet away. The nearest bus stop, Vanderbilt Av/Park Av, is 80 feet away for the B69, and six bus routes stop within a ten-minute walk. Within a five-minute walk are 20 public places, six of them schools, and 20 places to eat. A bike lane separated from traffic runs along Vanderbilt Avenue.

Safety record
1 hurt
1 police-reported crash, 2021–2025
Nearest highway entrance
Brooklyn-Queens Expressway
0.6 miles by car along the streets
Nearest bus stop
80 feet
Vanderbilt Av/Park Av · B69
Within a walk
20 places
6 schools, 4 listed historic places and 4 more kinds, within five minutes

Map

Layers
Brooklyn-Queens Expressway & Vanderbilt Avenue Nearby corners, linked

Getting there

How walks are measured

Bus

The nearest bus stop is Vanderbilt Av/Park Av, 80 feet away, for the B69.

  • 6 routes within a ten-minute walk
  1. Vanderbilt Av/Park Av B69
    80 feet
    B69

Next buses at this stop

  1. B69 …

Live arrivals

Cycling

A bike lane separated from traffic runs on Vanderbilt Avenue.

  • 27 bicycle racks within 820 feet
  • 5 more bike-share stations within a five-minute walk

Nearest bike-share station

  1. Clermont Ave & Park Ave 19 docks in all
    350 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.

  1. 168 Flushing Avenue Gas station
    1,060 feet
  2. 15 Washington Avenue Charging for electric cars, three Level 2 chargers
    0.5 miles
  3. 28-17 42nd Road Fast charging for electric cars
    1.2 miles

Safety record

How crashes are counted

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

  • 1 person injured
  • 0 people killed

The most recent crash recorded here was in January 2024.

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

Homes

About 1,600 homes stand within 820 feet of this corner, a mix of apartment buildings and smaller houses.

Since 2014 at least 98 new affordable homes have been completed within 820 feet.

Trees

NYC Parks records 39 trees within 330 feet; the most common is the thornless honeylocust.

Landmarks and historic districts

Within 820 feet is one Individual Landmark, and 55 buildings in all are designated by the Landmarks Preservation Commission, recorded most often as Italianate. They were mostly built between 1852 and 1878.

Schools, parks and places within a walk

How places are listed

Twenty public places are within a five-minute walk.

  • 6 schools
  • 4 listed historic places
  • 4 religious buildings
  • 3 day care or pre-K sites
  • 2 playgrounds
  • 1 park

Schools and child care

  1. Benjamin Banneker Academy School
    600 feet
  2. Greene Hill School
    720 feet
  3. Fort Greene Preparatory Academy School
    960 feet
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  1. P.S. 046 Edward C. Blum School
    960 feet
  2. United Talmudical Academy 25 School
    1,000 feet
  3. Atlantic Collective Preschool, ages 2 to 5
    1,170 feet
  4. Discovery PitStop 2 Infant, toddler and preschool care, ages 0 to 5
    1,240 feet
  5. Child Study Center of New York School
    1,280 feet
  6. Growth Mindset Learning Lab Preschool, ages 2 to 5
    1,290 feet

Parks, playgrounds and gardens

  1. Washington Hall Park
    940 feet
  2. Oracle Playground
    990 feet
  3. Washington Hall Park Playground
    1,250 feet

Libraries, museums and history

  1. Wallabout Historic District Listed historic place
    830 feet
  2. Rockwood Chocolate Factory Historic District Listed historic place
    970 feet
  3. Lefferts-Laidlaw House Listed historic place
    980 feet
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  1. Brooklyn Garden Apartments (Navy Yard) Listed historic place
    1,210 feet

Houses of worship

  1. Sacred Heart Church House of worship
    610 feet

Bank branches

  1. Chase Bank branch
    1,120 feet
  2. Apple Bank Bank branch
    1,280 feet

Supermarkets

  1. Bravo Supermarket
    0.4 miles
  2. Key Food Supermarket
    0.4 miles

Pharmacies

  1. Walgreens Pharmacy
    0.3 miles

Food stores and places to eat

Within a five-minute walk there are 20 places to eat and 14 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:

See every intersection along Brooklyn-Queens Expressway or Vanderbilt Avenue.

Sources: 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 Technology and Innovation, NYC Health, FDIC, NYS Agriculture and Markets and USDA, retrieved September 18 – October 6, 2026.