Dekalb Avenue & Carlton Avenue

Dekalb Avenue and Carlton Avenue meet at a four-way crossing in Fort Greene, Brooklyn. The corner lies inside the Fort Greene Historic District. Between 2021 and 2025, 12 police-reported crashes were recorded here, against a median of seven crashes for a Brooklyn corner. Fort Greene Park is 330 feet away, and Greene Garden is 860 feet away. The nearest subway, Fulton St, is about six minutes on foot, and five subway lines stop within a ten-minute walk. Within a five-minute walk are 19 public places, six of them religious buildings, and 33 places to eat.

Safety record
7 hurt
12 police-reported crashes, 2021–2025
Nearest subway
Fulton St
0.3 miles · 6 min on foot · G
Nearest bus stop
40 feet
De Kalb Av/Carlton Av · B38
Within a walk
19 places
6 religious buildings, 3 playgrounds and 7 more kinds, within five minutes

Map

Layers
Dekalb Avenue & Carlton Avenue Nearby corners, linked

Getting there

How walks are measured

Subway

The nearest subway station is Fulton St, 0.3 miles from this corner, about six minutes on foot.

  • 5 lines within a ten-minute walk
  1. Fulton St G
    0.3 miles
    G

Next trains at this station

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

Also within a walk

  1. Clinton-Washington Avs G
    0.3 miles
    G
  2. Lafayette Av C
    0.3 miles
    C

Bus

The nearest bus stop is De Kalb Av/Carlton Av, 40 feet away, for the B38.

  • 10 routes within a ten-minute walk
  1. De Kalb Av/Carlton Av B38
    40 feet
    B38

Next buses at this stop

  1. B38 …

Live arrivals

Cycling

A marked bike lane runs on Carlton Avenue and Dekalb Avenue.

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

Nearest bike-share station

  1. DeKalb Ave & S Portland Ave 23 docks in all
    870 feet

By car

The nearest highway entrance is the ramp to the Brooklyn-Queens Expressway eastbound at Navy Street, 0.8 miles by car along the streets.

  1. 168 Flushing Avenue Gas station
    0.8 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
    1.8 miles

Safety record

How crashes are counted

Between 2021 and 2025, police reported 12 crashes at this corner, more than the median of seven crashes for a Brooklyn corner.

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

The most recent crash recorded here was in October 2025.

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
68 feet above sea level

The streets

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

Homes

About 1,800 homes stand within 820 feet of this corner, a mix of apartment buildings and smaller houses. The buildings holding them mostly went up between 1864 and 1899.

Trees

NYC Parks records 81 trees within 330 feet; the most common is the London planetree.

Parking on the streets meeting here

How signs are read
  • 14 signs on these blocks
  • 4 different rules

The sign wording is DOT's, as recorded between December 2017 and April 2025, and the sign on the street decides.

North side of Dekalb Avenue

  • No parking 4 signs NO PARKING THURSDAY 9:30AM-11AM
  • No standing 4 signs NO STANDING MONDAY-FRIDAY 7AM-10AM

South side of Dekalb Avenue

  • No parking 5 signs NO PARKING FRIDAY 9:30AM-11AM
  • Truck loading only 1 sign TRUCK LOADING ONLY MONDAY-FRIDAY 8AM-4PM

Landmarks and historic districts

The corner stands in the Fort Greene Historic District.

Within 820 feet, 469 buildings are designated by the Landmarks Preservation Commission, recorded mostly as Italianate, and mostly built between 1860 and 1869.

  1. Simon F. Rothschild Junior High School (J.H.S. 294) Designated landmark
    400 feet
  2. St. Mark's Protestant Episcopal Church Designated landmark
    450 feet
  3. St. Michael's and St. Mark's Protestant Episcopal Church Designated landmark
    480 feet

Schools, parks and places within a walk

How places are listed

Nineteen public places are within a five-minute walk.

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

Schools and child care

  1. Compass Charter School
    530 feet
  2. M.S. 113 Ronald Edmonds Learning Center School
    530 feet
  3. P.S. 020 Clinton Hill School · landmark
    940 feet
Show all 4
  1. La Petite Colline Infant, toddler and preschool care, ages 0 to 5
    1,120 feet

Parks, playgrounds and gardens

  1. Edmonds Playground
    60 feet
  2. Fort Greene Park
    330 feet
  3. Albert L. Parham Playground
    420 feet
Show all 5
  1. Fort Greene Park Playground
    580 feet
  2. Greene Garden
    860 feet

Libraries, museums and history

  1. Fort Greene Historic District Listed historic place
    250 feet
  2. Feuchtwanger Stable Listed historic place
    1,270 feet

Houses of worship

  1. Queen All Saints Church House of worship
    1,110 feet
  2. Institutional Church of God House of worship
    1,120 feet
  3. Zion Shiloh Baptist Church House of worship
    1,270 feet
Show all 4
  1. French Speaking Baptist Church House of worship
    1,270 feet

Community centers and public services

  1. Albert J Parham Playground Pool Swimming pool
    530 feet

Fire and police

  1. Engine 210 Fire station
    1,280 feet

Supermarkets

  1. Bravo Supermarket
    0.3 miles
  2. Urban Market Supermarket
    0.4 miles

Pharmacies

  1. Walgreens Pharmacy
    0.4 miles

Shopping centers

  1. Atlantic Center Shopping center
    0.5 miles

Food stores and places to eat

Within a five-minute walk there are 33 places to eat and three food stores.

Not on record for this corner: a signal or safety change.

Nearby corners

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

See every intersection along Carlton Avenue 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, Landmarks Preservation Commission, NYC Parks, NYC Health, NYS Agriculture and Markets, USDA and NYC Finance, retrieved September 18 – October 6, 2026.