Dekalb Avenue & Ashland Place

Dekalb Avenue and Ashland Place meet at a four-way crossing in Fort Greene, Brooklyn. Between 2021 and 2025, 31 police-reported crashes were recorded here, against a median of seven crashes for a Brooklyn corner. The city lists this corner as a Vision Zero priority intersection. BAM Harvey Theater is 660 feet away, and Brooklyn Academy of Music is 1,200 feet away. The nearest subway, DeKalb Av, is about three minutes on foot, and 13 subway lines stop within a ten-minute walk. Within a five-minute walk are 17 public places, three of them parks, and 29 places to eat.

Safety record
13 hurt
31 police-reported crashes, 2021–2025
Nearest subway
DeKalb Av
720 feet · 3 min on foot · B, Q, R
Nearest bus stop
460 feet
De Kalb Av/Fort Greene Pl · B38, B93
Within a walk
17 places
3 parks, 3 schools and 8 more kinds, within five minutes

Map

Layers
Dekalb Avenue & Ashland Place Nearby corners, linked

Getting there

How walks are measured

Subway

The nearest subway station is DeKalb Av, 720 feet from this corner, about three minutes on foot.

  • 3 lines at the nearest station
  • 13 lines within a ten-minute walk
  1. DeKalb Av B, Q, R
    720 feet
    B Q R

Next trains at this station

Manhattan
3 lines
  1. B …
  2. Q …
  3. R …
Southbound
3 lines
  1. B …
  2. Q …
  3. R …

Also within a walk

  1. Nevins St 2, 3, 4, 5
    1,150 feet
    2 3 4 5
  2. Fulton St G
    1,240 feet
    G

The MTA's permanent art catalog lists “Masstransiscope” (1980) by Bill Brand and “DeKalb Improvisation” (2005) by Stephen Johnson at the DeKalb Av station.

Bus

The nearest bus stop is De Kalb Av/Fort Greene Pl, 460 feet away, for the B38 and B93.

  • 15 routes within a ten-minute walk
  1. De Kalb Av/Fort Greene Pl B38, B93 · Shelter
    460 feet
    B38 B93
    Shelter

Next buses at this stop

  1. B38 …
  2. B93 …

Live arrivals

Cycling

A bike lane separated from traffic runs on Ashland Place and Dekalb Avenue.

  • 78 bicycle racks within 820 feet
  • 4 more bike-share stations within a five-minute walk

Nearest bike-share station

  1. Ashland Pl & Dekalb Ave 47 docks in all
    100 feet

By car

The nearest highway entrance is the ramp to the Brooklyn-Queens Expressway eastbound at Navy Street, 0.5 miles by car along the streets.

  1. 160 Johnson Street Gas station
    0.5 miles
  2. 152 Ashland Place Charging for electric cars, 20 Level 2 chargers
    620 feet
  3. 28-17 42nd Road Fast charging for electric cars
    2.1 miles

Safety record

How crashes are counted

Between 2021 and 2025, police reported 31 crashes at this corner, more than the median of seven crashes for a Brooklyn corner.

  • 13 people injured
  • 0 people killed
  • 3 of those hurt, on foot
  • 9 of those hurt, on a bike

The most recent crash recorded here was in July 2025.

The city lists this corner as a Vision Zero priority intersection, a designation it applies to corners selected for attention on their injury record. It is not a record of work done.

What the city has done here

  • Accessible pedestrian signal, May 2022

About this corner

Where facts come from
ZIP code
11201
Community board
Brooklyn Community Board 2
City Council district
35
Police precinct
88
Neighborhood (City Planning area)
Fort Greene
Elevation
31 feet above sea level

The streets

  • Up to two travel lanes
  • A designated truck route
  • Two of the streets are one-way

Homes

About 5,300 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 2011 and 2022.

Since 2014 at least 307 new affordable homes have been completed within 820 feet.

Trees

NYC Parks records 24 trees within 330 feet; the most common is the maidenhair tree.

Parking on the streets meeting here

How signs are read
  • 46 signs on these blocks
  • 18 different rules
  • 4 active meters
  • 2 pay-by-cell zones

The sign wording is DOT's, as recorded between January 2024 and December 2025; the 12 rules shown are the first by street and side, and the sign on the street decides.

Meters are posted as 6 hour passenger vehicles Monday to Saturday 9am to 10pm on Ashland Place (west side).

West side of Ashland Place

  • Loading only 1 sign LOADING ONLY MONDAY-FRIDAY 7AM-7PM
  • No parking 5 signs NO PARKING THURSDAY 9:30AM-11AM
  • No standing 2 signs NO STANDING ANYTIME
  • Truck loading only 2 signs TRUCK LOADING ONLY 7AM-4PM ALL DAYS

North side of Dekalb Avenue

  • Metered parking 3 signs 2 HOUR METERED PARKING 9AM-7PM EXCEPT SUNDAY
  • Ambulances only 3 signs AMBULANCE ONLY
  • No parking 4 signs NO PARKING MONDAY WEDNESDAY FRIDAY MIDNIGHT-3AM
  • No parking 8 signs NO PARKING THURSDAY 9:30AM-11AM
  • No standing 3 signs NO STANDING ANYTIME
  • No standing 2 signs NO STANDING MONDAY-FRIDAY 7AM-7PM
  • No stopping 2 signs NO STOPPING ANYTIME

South side of Dekalb Avenue

  • Metered parking 1 sign 2 HOUR METERED PARKING 9AM-7PM EXCEPT SUNDAY

ParkNYC pay-by-cell zones: 300592 and 331372.

Landmarks and historic districts

Seven buildings within 820 feet are designated by the Landmarks Preservation Commission, recorded mostly as Italianate, and mostly built in 1872.

Schools, parks and places within a walk

How places are listed

Seventeen public places are within a five-minute walk.

  • 3 parks
  • 3 schools
  • 2 pedestrian plazas
  • 2 public spaces
  • 2 theaters or concert halls
  • 5 other places

Schools and child care

  1. Brooklyn Hospital-Caledonia Hospital College
    350 feet
  2. Brooklyn Technical High School
    890 feet
  3. Brooklyn Independent School
    1,300 feet
Show all 4
  1. The International Charter School of New York Annex School
    1,310 feet

Parks, playgrounds and gardens

  1. Fort Greene Park
    420 feet
  2. University Place Park
    770 feet
  3. Greene Garden
    870 feet
Show all 4
  1. Betty Carter Park
    1,060 feet

Plazas and public spaces

  1. Public space at Forte Public space
    650 feet
  2. Fox Square Plaza Pedestrian plaza
    1,050 feet
  3. Albee Square Plaza Pedestrian plaza
    1,230 feet
Show all 4
  1. Public space at 620 Fulton Street Public space
    970 feet

Health care

  1. Brooklyn Hospital Center - Downtown Campus Hospital
    350 feet
  2. The Phoenix Rehabilitation and Nursing Center Nursing home or hospice
    1,200 feet

Theaters, arts and venues

  1. BAM Harvey Theater Theater or concert hall
    660 feet
  2. Polonsky Shakespeare Center Theater or concert hall
    910 feet
  3. Brooklyn Academy of Music Arts or cultural center · listed historic place
    1,200 feet

Bank branches

  1. Bank of America Bank branch
    1,020 feet
  2. Citizens Bank Bank branch
    1,240 feet

Supermarkets

  1. Whole Foods Market Supermarket
    0.3 miles
  2. Lidl Supermarket
    0.3 miles
  3. Trader Joe's Supermarket
    0.3 miles

Pharmacies

  1. CVS Pharmacy
    1,310 feet
  2. Duane Reade Pharmacy
    0.5 miles

Other stores

  1. Dollar Tree Store
    0.3 miles
  2. Target Store
    0.3 miles

Shopping centers

  1. City Point Shopping center
    0.3 miles
  2. Atlantic Terminal Shopping center
    0.4 miles

Food stores and places to eat

Within a five-minute walk there are 29 places to eat and nine food stores.

Nearby corners

The eight nearest of the 10 corners within a three-minute walk:

See every intersection along Ashland Place or Dekalb Avenue.

Sources: NYC Technology and Innovation, NYPD, NYC DOT, MTA, NYC City Planning, New York City's bike-share system, NYS Environmental Conservation, US Department of Energy, NYC Housing Preservation and Development, Landmarks Preservation Commission, NYC Parks, NYC Health, FDIC, NYS Agriculture and Markets, USDA and NYC Finance, retrieved September 18 – October 6, 2026.