Dekalb Avenue & Hudson Avenue

Dekalb Avenue and Hudson Avenue meet at a three-way junction in Fort Greene, Brooklyn. Between 2021 and 2025, five police-reported crashes were recorded here, fewer than the median of seven crashes for a Brooklyn corner. Dime Savings Bank stands 550 feet away. The nearest subway, DeKalb Av, is about a minute on foot, and 13 subway lines stop within a ten-minute walk. Within a five-minute walk are 15 public places, two of them career or business centers, and 85 places to eat.

Safety record
2 hurt
5 police-reported crashes, 2021–2025
Nearest subway
DeKalb Av
220 feet · 1 min on foot · B, Q, R
Nearest bus stop
260 feet
De Kalb Av/Flatbush Av Ext · B38
Within a walk
15 places
2 career or business centers, 2 colleges and 7 more kinds, within five minutes

Map

Layers
Dekalb Avenue & Hudson Avenue Nearby corners, linked

Getting there

How walks are measured

Subway

The nearest subway station is DeKalb Av, 220 feet from this corner, about a minute on foot.

  • 3 lines at the nearest station
  • 13 lines within a ten-minute walk
  1. DeKalb Av B, Q, R
    220 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
    650 feet
    2 3 4 5
  2. Hoyt St 2, 3
    1,200 feet
    2 3

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/Flatbush Av Ext, 260 feet away, for the B38.

  • 18 routes within a ten-minute walk
  1. De Kalb Av/Flatbush Av Ext B38
    260 feet
    B38

Next buses at this stop

  1. B38 …

Live arrivals

Cycling

A marked bike lane runs on Dekalb Avenue.

  • 104 bicycle racks within 820 feet, 3 of them on-street corrals
  • 5 more bike-share stations within a five-minute walk

Nearest bike-share station

  1. DeKalb Ave & Hudson Ave 74 docks in all
    170 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. 160 Johnson Street Gas station
    0.4 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
    2.3 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.

  • 2 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 September 2025.

What the city has done here

  • Accessible pedestrian signal, May 2015

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
29 feet above sea level

The streets

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

Homes

About 6,600 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 2012 and 2023.

Since 2014 at least 593 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
  • 15 signs on these blocks
  • 6 different rules
  • 3 active meters
  • 2 pay-by-cell zones

The sign wording is DOT's, as recorded between October 2015 and November 2024, and the sign on the street decides.

Meters are posted as 2 hour passenger vehicles Monday to Saturday 9am to 7pm on Dekalb Avenue (north side).

South side of Dekalb Avenue

  • Metered parking 2 signs 2 HOUR METERED PARKING 9AM-7PM EXCEPT SUNDAY
  • No parking 3 signs NO PARKING TUESDAY THURSDAY SATURDAY MIDNIGHT-3AM
  • No standing 2 signs NO STANDING ANYTIME
  • Truck loading only 1 sign TRUCK LOADING ONLY 7AM-7PM EXCEPT SUNDAY

East side of Hudson Avenue

  • No standing 3 signs NO STANDING ANYTIME

West side of Hudson Avenue

  • No standing 4 signs NO STANDING ANYTIME

ParkNYC pay-by-cell zones: 300105 and 300195.

Landmarks and historic districts

One building within 820 feet is designated by the Landmarks Preservation Commission, recorded as Neoclassical, and built between 1906 and 1908.

  1. Dime Savings Bank Designated landmark
    550 feet

Schools, parks and places within a walk

How places are listed

Fifteen public places are within a five-minute walk.

  • 2 career or business centers
  • 2 colleges
  • 2 parks
  • 2 pedestrian plazas
  • 2 schools
  • 5 other places

Schools and child care

  1. Brooklyn Hospital-Caledonia Hospital College
    810 feet
  2. Long Island Univ-Brooklyn Campus College
    960 feet
  3. Brooklyn Rise Charter School
    1,120 feet
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  1. Basis Independent Brooklyn School
    1,280 feet

Parks, playgrounds and gardens

  1. University Place Park
    270 feet
  2. Fort Greene Park
    910 feet

Plazas and public spaces

  1. Fox Square Plaza Pedestrian plaza
    550 feet
  2. Albee Square Plaza Pedestrian plaza
    730 feet
  3. Public space at Forte Public space
    930 feet

Health care

  1. Brooklyn Hospital Center - Downtown Campus Hospital
    810 feet

Theaters, arts and venues

  1. BAM Harvey Theater Theater or concert hall
    840 feet
  2. Polonsky Shakespeare Center Theater or concert hall
    1,110 feet

Community centers and public services

  1. Brooklyn Workforce1 Career Center Career or business center
    1,060 feet
  2. NYC Business Solutions Brooklyn Center Career or business center
    1,060 feet

Bank branches

  1. Bank of America Bank branch
    520 feet
  2. Citizens Bank Bank branch
    730 feet
  3. Chase Bank branch
    900 feet

Supermarkets

  1. Lidl Supermarket
    950 feet
  2. Trader Joe's Supermarket
    1,000 feet
  3. NYC Fresh Market Supermarket
    0.3 miles

Pharmacies

  1. CVS Pharmacy
    910 feet
  2. Duane Reade Pharmacy
    0.4 miles

Other stores

  1. Dollar Tree Store
    910 feet
  2. Target Store
    1,200 feet

Shopping centers

  1. City Point Shopping center
    850 feet
  2. Atlantic Terminal Shopping center
    0.4 miles

Food stores and places to eat

Within a five-minute walk there are 85 places to eat and 13 food stores.

Nearby corners

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

See every intersection along Dekalb Avenue or Hudson 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.