Dekalb Avenue & Fort Greene Place

Dekalb Avenue and Fort Greene Place 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, five police-reported crashes were recorded here, fewer than the median of seven crashes for a Brooklyn corner. Brooklyn Technical High School is 470 feet away, and MoCADA Ubuntu Garden is 1,230 feet away. The nearest subway, Fulton St, is about four minutes on foot, for the G. Within a five-minute walk are 17 public places, four of them parks, and 26 places to eat.

Safety record
1 hurt
5 police-reported crashes, 2021–2025
Nearest subway
Fulton St
1,020 feet · 4 min on foot · G
Nearest bus stop
40 feet
De Kalb Av/Fort Greene Pl · B38, B93
Within a walk
17 places
4 parks, 2 gardens and 10 more kinds, within five minutes

Map

Layers
Dekalb Avenue & Fort Greene Place Nearby corners, linked

Getting there

How walks are measured

Subway

The nearest subway station is Fulton St, 1,020 feet from this corner, about four minutes on foot.

  • 12 lines within a ten-minute walk
  1. Fulton St G
    1,020 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
    1,140 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, 40 feet away, for the B38 and B93.

  • 15 routes within a ten-minute walk
  1. De Kalb Av/Fort Greene Pl B38, B93 · Shelter
    40 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. DeKalb Ave & S Portland Ave 23 docks in all
    520 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
    1,050 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 five crashes at this corner, fewer than the median of seven crashes 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 May 2024.

What the city has done here

  • Leading pedestrian interval, June 2019

About this corner

Where facts come from
ZIP code
11217
Community board
Brooklyn Community Board 2
City Council district
35
Police precinct
88
Neighborhood (City Planning area)
Fort Greene
Elevation
39 feet above sea level

The streets

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

Homes

About 4,000 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 86 trees within 330 feet; the most common is the Austrian pine.

Parking on the streets meeting here

How signs are read
  • 16 signs on these blocks
  • 3 different rules

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

South side of Dekalb Avenue

  • No parking 2 signs NO PARKING FRIDAY 9:30AM-11AM

East side of Fort Greene Place

  • No parking 7 signs NO PARKING FRIDAY 9:30AM-11AM

West side of Fort Greene Place

  • No parking 7 signs NO PARKING THURSDAY 9:30AM-11AM

Landmarks and historic districts

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

Within 820 feet, 84 buildings are designated by the Landmarks Preservation Commission, recorded mostly 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
  • 1 college
  • 1 hospital
  • 7 other places

Schools and child care

  1. Brooklyn Hospital-Caledonia Hospital College
    420 feet
  2. Brooklyn Technical High School
    470 feet

Parks, playgrounds and gardens

  1. Fort Greene Park
    40 feet
  2. Greene Garden
    450 feet
  3. Betty Carter Park
    990 feet
Show all 8
  1. Fort Greene Park Playground
    1,030 feet
  2. Prison Ship Martyrs Monument in Fort Greene Park Park feature
    1,040 feet
  3. University Place Park
    1,190 feet
  4. MoCADA Ubuntu Garden
    1,230 feet
  5. Fowler Square
    1,250 feet

Plazas and public spaces

  1. Public space at Forte Public space
    1,080 feet
  2. Public space at 620 Fulton Street Public space
    1,260 feet
  3. Fowler Square Plaza Pedestrian plaza
    1,300 feet

Health care

  1. Brooklyn Hospital Center - Downtown Campus Hospital
    420 feet

Libraries, museums and history

  1. Fort Greene Historic District Listed historic place
    1,180 feet
  2. General Edward Big Ned Fowler Monument Monument or memorial
    1,230 feet

Theaters, arts and venues

  1. BAM Harvey Theater Theater or concert hall
    1,050 feet

Supermarkets

  1. Whole Foods Market Supermarket
    0.3 miles
  2. Lidl Supermarket
    0.4 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
    0.3 miles

Food stores and places to eat

Within a five-minute walk there are 26 places to eat and five food stores.

Nearby corners

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

See every intersection along Dekalb Avenue or Fort Greene Place.

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, NYS Agriculture and Markets, USDA and NYC Finance, retrieved September 18 – October 6, 2026.