Dekalb Avenue & St Felix Street

Dekalb Avenue and St Felix Street meet at a three-way junction in Fort Greene, Brooklyn. Between 2021 and 2025, 19 police-reported crashes were recorded here, against a median of seven crashes for a Brooklyn corner. Brooklyn Hospital-Caledonia Hospital is 310 feet away, and Betty Carter Park is 910 feet away. The nearest subway, DeKalb Av, is about three minutes on foot, and 13 subway lines stop within a ten-minute walk. Within a five-minute walk are 18 public places, three of them parks, and 27 places to eat.

Safety record
13 hurt
19 police-reported crashes, 2021–2025
Nearest subway
DeKalb Av
910 feet · 3 min on foot · B, Q, R
Nearest bus stop
270 feet
De Kalb Av/Fort Greene Pl · B38, B93
Within a walk
18 places
3 parks, 3 schools and 9 more kinds, within five minutes

Map

Layers
Dekalb Avenue & St Felix Street Nearby corners, linked

Getting there

How walks are measured

Subway

The nearest subway station is DeKalb Av, 910 feet from this corner, about three minutes on foot.

  • 3 lines at the nearest station
  • 13 lines within a ten-minute walk
  1. DeKalb Av B, Q, R
    910 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. Fulton St G
    1,090 feet
    G
  2. Nevins St 2, 3, 4, 5
    0.3 miles
    2 3 4 5

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/Fort Greene Pl, 270 feet away, for the B38 and B93.

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

Next buses at this stop

  1. B38 …
  2. B93 …

Live arrivals

Cycling

A marked bike lane runs on Dekalb Avenue.

  • 58 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
    290 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
    0.5 miles
  2. 152 Ashland Place Charging for electric cars, 20 Level 2 chargers
    810 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 19 crashes at this corner, more than the median of seven crashes for a Brooklyn corner.

  • 13 people injured
  • 0 people killed
  • 2 of those hurt, on foot
  • 8 of those hurt, on a bike

The most recent crash recorded here was in April 2026.

What the city has done here

  • Turn calming, February 2020

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
34 feet above sea level

The streets

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

Homes

About 4,800 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 2011 and 2023.

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

Trees

NYC Parks records 46 trees within 330 feet; the most common are the thornless honeylocust and the maidenhair tree.

Parking on the streets meeting here

How signs are read
  • 23 signs on these blocks
  • 8 different rules
  • 2 active meters
  • 1 pay-by-cell zone

The sign wording is DOT's, as recorded between February 2018 and November 2024, and the sign on the street decides.

South side of Dekalb Avenue

  • Metered parking 2 signs 2 HOUR METERED PARKING 9AM-7PM EXCEPT SUNDAY
  • Metered parking 2 signs 2 HOUR METERED PARKING MONDAY-FRIDAY 10AM-7PM SATURDAY 9AM-7PM
  • No parking 4 signs NO PARKING FRIDAY 9:30AM-11AM
  • Truck loading only 2 signs TRUCK LOADING ONLY MONDAY-FRIDAY 7AM-10AM

East side of St Felix Street

  • Ambulances and ambulettes only 1 sign AMBULANCE AMBULETTE ONLY MONDAY-FRIDAY 8AM-5PM
  • No parking 5 signs NO PARKING FRIDAY 9:30AM-11AM
  • Truck loading only 1 sign TRUCK LOADING ONLY 8AM-6PM EXCEPT SUNDAY

West side of St Felix Street

  • No standing 6 signs NO STANDING ANYTIME

ParkNYC pay-by-cell zone: 303343.

Landmarks and historic districts

Within 820 feet, 31 buildings are designated by the Landmarks Preservation Commission, recorded mostly as Italianate, and mostly built between 1870 and 1875.

Schools, parks and places within a walk

How places are listed

Eighteen public places are within a five-minute walk.

  • 3 parks
  • 3 schools
  • 2 gardens
  • 2 public spaces
  • 2 theaters or concert halls
  • 6 other places

Schools and child care

  1. Brooklyn Hospital-Caledonia Hospital College
    310 feet
  2. Brooklyn Technical High School
    700 feet
  3. Brooklyn Independent School
    1,150 feet
Show all 4
  1. The International Charter School of New York Annex School
    1,160 feet

Parks, playgrounds and gardens

  1. Fort Greene Park
    270 feet
  2. Greene Garden
    680 feet
  3. Betty Carter Park
    910 feet
Show all 7
  1. University Place Park
    960 feet
  2. MoCADA Ubuntu Garden
    1,220 feet
  3. Fort Greene Park Playground
    1,260 feet
  4. Prison Ship Martyrs Monument in Fort Greene Park Park feature
    1,280 feet

Plazas and public spaces

  1. Public space at Forte Public space
    840 feet
  2. Public space at 620 Fulton Street Public space
    1,020 feet
  3. Fox Square Plaza Pedestrian plaza
    1,240 feet

Health care

  1. Brooklyn Hospital Center - Downtown Campus Hospital
    310 feet

Theaters, arts and venues

  1. BAM Harvey Theater Theater or concert hall
    820 feet
  2. Polonsky Shakespeare Center Theater or concert hall
    1,100 feet
  3. Brooklyn Academy of Music Arts or cultural center · listed historic place
    1,180 feet

Bank branches

  1. Bank of America Bank branch
    1,210 feet

Supermarkets

  1. Whole Foods Market Supermarket
    0.3 miles
  2. Lidl Supermarket
    0.3 miles
  3. Trader Joe's Supermarket
    0.3 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 Terminal Shopping center
    0.3 miles

Food stores and places to eat

Within a five-minute walk there are 27 places to eat and eight food stores.

Nearby corners

The eight corners within a three-minute walk:

See every intersection along Dekalb Avenue or St Felix Street.

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.