Dekalb Avenue & Brooklyn Hospital Center Driveway

Dekalb Avenue and Brooklyn Hospital Center Driveway meet at a three-way junction in Fort Greene, Brooklyn. The corner lies on the edge of the Fort Greene Historic District. Between 2021 and 2025, seven police-reported crashes were recorded here, the median for a Brooklyn corner. Fort Greene Park is 70 feet away. The nearest subway, Fulton St, is about four minutes on foot, and 12 subway lines stop within a ten-minute walk. Within a five-minute walk are 17 public places, four of them parks, and 22 places to eat.

Safety record
3 hurt
7 police-reported crashes, 2021–2025
Nearest subway
Fulton St
1,060 feet · 4 min on foot · G
Nearest bus stop
80 feet
De Kalb Av/Fort Greene Pl · B38, B93
Within a walk
17 places
4 parks, 2 gardens and 9 more kinds, within five minutes

Map

Layers
Dekalb Avenue & Brooklyn Hospital Center Driveway Nearby corners, linked

Getting there

How walks are measured

Subway

The nearest subway station is Fulton St, 1,060 feet from this corner, about four minutes on foot.

  • 12 lines within a ten-minute walk
  1. Fulton St G
    1,060 feet
    G

Next trains at this station

Queens
1 line
  1. G …
Southbound
1 line
  1. G …

Also within a walk

  1. DeKalb Av B, Q, R
    1,110 feet
    B Q R
  2. Nevins St 2, 3, 4, 5
    0.3 miles
    2 3 4 5

Bus

The nearest bus stop is De Kalb Av/Fort Greene Pl, 80 feet away, for the B38 and B93.

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

Next buses at this stop

  1. B38 …
  2. B93 …

Live arrivals

Cycling

A marked bike lane runs on Dekalb Avenue.

  • 41 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
    480 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
    0.6 miles
  2. 152 Ashland Place Charging for electric cars, 20 Level 2 chargers
    1,010 feet
  3. 28-17 42nd Road Fast charging for electric cars
    2.2 miles

Safety record

How crashes are counted

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

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

The most recent crash recorded here was in April 2024.

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
38 feet above sea level

The streets

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

Homes

About 3,900 homes stand within 820 feet of this corner, most of them in buildings of ten homes or more.

Since 2014 at least 171 new affordable homes have been completed within 820 feet.

Trees

NYC Parks records 83 trees within 330 feet; the most common is the Austrian pine.

Landmarks and historic districts

The corner stands at the edge of the Fort Greene Historic District.

Within 820 feet, 70 buildings are designated by the Landmarks Preservation Commission, recorded most often as Italianate, and mostly built between 1864 and 1875.

Schools, parks and places within a walk

How places are listed

Seventeen public places are within a five-minute walk.

  • 4 parks
  • 2 gardens
  • 2 public spaces
  • 2 theaters or concert halls
  • 1 college
  • 6 other places

Schools and child care

  1. Brooklyn Hospital-Caledonia Hospital College
    380 feet
  2. Brooklyn Technical High School
    500 feet

Parks, playgrounds and gardens

  1. Fort Greene Park
    70 feet
  2. Greene Garden
    490 feet
  3. Betty Carter Park
    1,030 feet
Show all 8
  1. Fort Greene Park Playground
    1,070 feet
  2. Prison Ship Martyrs Monument in Fort Greene Park Park feature
    1,080 feet
  3. University Place Park
    1,150 feet
  4. MoCADA Ubuntu Garden
    1,260 feet
  5. Fowler Square
    1,290 feet

Plazas and public spaces

  1. Public space at Forte Public space
    1,040 feet
  2. Public space at 620 Fulton Street Public space
    1,220 feet

Health care

  1. Brooklyn Hospital Center - Downtown Campus Hospital
    380 feet

Libraries, museums and history

  1. Fort Greene Historic District Listed historic place
    1,220 feet
  2. General Edward Big Ned Fowler Monument Monument or memorial
    1,270 feet

Theaters, arts and venues

  1. BAM Harvey Theater Theater or concert hall
    1,010 feet
  2. Polonsky Shakespeare Center Theater or concert hall
    1,290 feet

Supermarkets

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

Pharmacies

  1. CVS Pharmacy
    0.3 miles

Other stores

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

Shopping centers

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

Food stores and places to eat

Within a five-minute walk there are 22 places to eat and five food stores.

Not on record for this corner: a signal or safety change and a parking sign or meter on the blocks meeting here.

Nearby corners

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

See every intersection along Brooklyn Hospital Center Driveway or Dekalb Avenue.

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