Carlton Avenue & Cumberland Walk

Carlton Avenue and Cumberland Walk meet at a three-way junction in Fort Greene, Brooklyn, at the edge of NYCHA's Whitman development. Between 2021 and 2025, seven police-reported crashes were recorded here, the median for a Brooklyn corner. Fort Greene Park is 670 feet away. The nearest bus stop, Myrtle Av/Carlton Av, is 450 feet away for the B54, and five bus routes stop within a ten-minute walk. Within a five-minute walk are 20 public places, five of them religious buildings, and 24 places to eat.

Safety record
1 hurt
7 police-reported crashes, 2021–2025
Nearest highway entrance
Brooklyn-Queens Expressway
0.6 miles by car along the streets
Nearest bus stop
450 feet
Myrtle Av/Carlton Av · B54
Within a walk
20 places
5 religious buildings, 3 day care or pre-K sites and 8 more kinds, within five minutes

Map

Layers
Carlton Avenue & Cumberland Walk Nearby corners, linked

Getting there

How walks are measured

Bus

The nearest bus stop is Myrtle Av/Carlton Av, 450 feet away, for the B54.

  • 5 routes within a ten-minute walk
  1. Myrtle Av/Carlton Av B54 · Shelter
    450 feet
    B54
    Shelter

Next buses at this stop

  1. B54 …

Live arrivals

Cycling

  • 31 bicycle racks within 820 feet, 2 of them on-street corrals
  • 4 more bike-share stations within a five-minute walk

Nearest bike-share station

  1. Carlton Ave & Park Ave 23 docks in all
    580 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
    0.6 miles
  2. 152 Ashland Place Charging for electric cars, 20 Level 2 chargers
    0.5 miles
  3. 28-17 42nd Road Fast charging for electric cars
    1.6 miles

Safety record

How crashes are counted

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

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

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
Elevation
51 feet above sea level

Homes

About 2,200 homes stand within 820 feet of this corner, a mix of apartment buildings and smaller houses. The buildings holding them mostly went up between 1905 and 1939.

The corner stands at the edge of NYCHA's Whitman development.

Since 2014 at least 21 new affordable homes have been completed within 820 feet.

Trees

NYC Parks records 60 trees within 330 feet; the most common is the Japanese zelkova.

Landmarks and historic districts

Within 820 feet, 41 buildings are designated by the Landmarks Preservation Commission, recorded most often as neo-Grec, and 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.

  • 5 religious buildings
  • 3 day care or pre-K sites
  • 3 schools
  • 2 listed historic places
  • 2 park features
  • 5 other places

Schools and child care

  1. Growth Mindset Learning Lab Preschool, ages 2 to 5
    1,010 feet
  2. Greene Hill School
    1,120 feet
  3. Atlantic Collective Preschool, ages 2 to 5
    1,130 feet
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  1. Concordia Fort Greene Infant, toddler and preschool care, ages 0 to 5
    1,180 feet
  2. Fort Greene Preparatory Academy School
    1,270 feet
  3. P.S. 046 Edward C. Blum School
    1,270 feet

Parks, playgrounds and gardens

  1. Fort Greene Park
    670 feet
  2. Oracle Playground
    910 feet
  3. Fort Greene Visitors Center in Fort Greene Park Park feature
    990 feet
Show all 4
  1. Prison Ship Martyrs Monument in Fort Greene Park Park feature
    1,300 feet

Libraries, museums and history

  1. Brooklyn Garden Apartments (Navy Yard) Listed historic place
    200 feet
  2. Feuchtwanger Stable Listed historic place
    600 feet

Houses of worship

  1. Institutional Church of God House of worship
    750 feet
  2. Sacred Heart Church House of worship
    1,100 feet
  3. Zion Shiloh Baptist Church House of worship
    1,140 feet

Community centers and public services

  1. Community center at Whitman Community center
    630 feet
  2. Older adult center at 105 North Portland Avenue Older adult center
    1,060 feet

Fire and police

  1. Engine 210 Fire station
    580 feet

Supermarkets

  1. Bravo Supermarket
    530 feet
  2. Key Food Supermarket
    0.5 miles

Pharmacies

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

Food stores and places to eat

Within a five-minute walk there are 24 places to eat and 15 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 corners on foot, six of them within a three-minute walk:

See every intersection along Carlton Avenue or Cumberland Walk.

Sources: NYC Technology and Innovation, NYPD, MTA, NYC DOT, 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 and USDA, retrieved September 18 – October 6, 2026.