Dekalb Avenue & South Elliott Place

Dekalb Avenue and South Elliott 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, 17 police-reported crashes were recorded here, against a median of seven crashes for a Brooklyn corner. Greene Garden is 170 feet away, and Prison Ship Martyrs Monument (Fort Greene Park) stands 760 feet away. The nearest subway, Fulton St, is about four minutes on foot, for the G. Within a five-minute walk are 15 public places, three of them parks, and 33 places to eat.

Safety record
19 hurt
17 police-reported crashes, 2021–2025
Nearest subway
Fulton St
1,150 feet · 4 min on foot · G
Nearest bus stop
260 feet
De Kalb Av/Fort Greene Pl · B38, B93
Within a walk
15 places
3 parks, 2 gardens and 8 more kinds, within five minutes

Map

Layers
Dekalb Avenue & South Elliott Place Nearby corners, linked

Getting there

How walks are measured

Subway

The nearest subway station is Fulton St, 1,150 feet from this corner, about four minutes on foot.

  • 11 lines within a ten-minute walk
  1. Fulton St G
    1,150 feet
    G

Next trains at this station

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

Also within a walk

  1. Lafayette Av C
    0.3 miles
    C
  2. DeKalb Av B, Q, R
    0.3 miles
    B Q R

Bus

The nearest bus stop is De Kalb Av/Fort Greene Pl, 260 feet away, for the B38 and B93.

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

Next buses at this stop

  1. B38 …
  2. B93 …

Live arrivals

Cycling

A marked bike lane runs on Dekalb Avenue.

  • 24 bicycle racks within 820 feet
  • 2 more bike-share stations within a five-minute walk

Nearest bike-share station

  1. DeKalb Ave & S Portland Ave 23 docks in all
    240 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
    0.6 miles
  2. 152 Ashland Place Charging for electric cars, 20 Level 2 chargers
    0.3 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 17 crashes at this corner, more than the median of seven crashes for a Brooklyn corner.

  • 19 people injured
  • 0 people killed
  • 2 of those hurt, on foot
  • 6 of those hurt, on a bike

The most recent crash recorded here was in April 2025.

What the city has done here

  • Turn calming, December 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
46 feet above sea level

The streets

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

Homes

About 1,700 homes stand within 820 feet of this corner, a mix of apartment buildings and smaller houses.

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

Trees

NYC Parks records 122 trees within 330 feet; the most common is the Austrian pine.

Parking on the streets meeting here

How signs are read
  • 27 signs on these blocks
  • 8 different rules

The sign wording is DOT's, as recorded between May 2018 and June 2025, and the sign on the street decides.

South side of Dekalb Avenue

  • No parking 4 signs NO PARKING FRIDAY 9:30AM-11AM
  • No standing 1 sign NO STANDING ANYTIME

East side of South Elliott Place

  • Loading only 2 signs LOADING ONLY MONDAY-FRIDAY 8AM-6PM
  • No parking 6 signs NO PARKING FRIDAY 9:30AM-11AM

West side of South Elliott Place

  • No parking 1 sign NO PARKING ANYTIME
  • No parking 9 signs NO PARKING THURSDAY 9:30AM-11AM
  • No standing 2 signs NO STANDING MONDAY-FRIDAY 7AM-4PM
  • No standing 2 signs NO STANDING SCHOOL DAYS 7AM-4PM

Landmarks and historic districts

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

Within 820 feet, 153 buildings are designated by the Landmarks Preservation Commission, recorded mostly as Italianate, and mostly built between 1864 and 1875.

  1. Prison Ship Martyrs Monument (Fort Greene Park) Designated landmark
    760 feet

Schools, parks and places within a walk

How places are listed

Fifteen public places are within a five-minute walk.

  • 3 parks
  • 2 gardens
  • 2 listed historic places
  • 2 playgrounds
  • 1 college
  • 5 other places

Schools and child care

  1. Brooklyn Technical High School
    410 feet
  2. Brooklyn Hospital-Caledonia Hospital College
    690 feet

Parks, playgrounds and gardens

  1. Fort Greene Park
    50 feet
  2. Greene Garden
    170 feet
  3. Fort Greene Park Playground
    750 feet
Show all 8
  1. Prison Ship Martyrs Monument in Fort Greene Park Park feature
    770 feet
  2. Fowler Square
    1,020 feet
  3. Edmonds Playground
    1,150 feet
  4. Betty Carter Park
    1,270 feet
  5. MoCADA Ubuntu Garden
    1,300 feet

Plazas and public spaces

  1. Fowler Square Plaza Pedestrian plaza
    1,030 feet

Health care

  1. Brooklyn Hospital Center - Downtown Campus Hospital
    690 feet

Libraries, museums and history

  1. Fort Greene Historic District Listed historic place
    910 feet
  2. General Edward Big Ned Fowler Monument Monument or memorial
    1,020 feet
  3. Fort Greene Historic District (Boundary Increase) Listed historic place
    1,140 feet

Supermarkets

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

Pharmacies

  1. CVS Pharmacy
    0.4 miles

Other stores

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

Shopping centers

  1. Atlantic Center 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 33 places to eat and eight 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 South Elliott 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.