Dekalb Avenue & Vanderbilt Avenue

Dekalb Avenue and Vanderbilt Avenue meet at a four-way crossing in Fort Greene, Brooklyn. The corner lies on the edge of the Fort Greene Historic District. Between 2021 and 2025, 20 police-reported crashes were recorded here, against a median of seven crashes for a Brooklyn corner. Queen All Saints Church is 470 feet away, and Compass Charter School is 1,060 feet away. The nearest subway, Clinton-Washington Avs, is about three minutes on foot, and two subway lines stop within a ten-minute walk. Within a five-minute walk are 25 public places, eight of them religious buildings, and 34 places to eat.

Safety record
16 hurt
20 police-reported crashes, 2021–2025
Nearest subway
Clinton-Washington Avs
860 feet · 3 min on foot · G
Nearest bus stop
50 feet
Vanderbilt Av/De Kalb Av · B69
Within a walk
25 places
8 religious buildings, 5 schools and 6 more kinds, within five minutes

Map

Layers
Dekalb Avenue & Vanderbilt Avenue Nearby corners, linked

Getting there

How walks are measured

Subway

The nearest subway station is Clinton-Washington Avs, 860 feet from this corner, about three minutes on foot.

  • 2 lines within a ten-minute walk
  1. Clinton-Washington Avs G
    860 feet
    G

Next trains at this station

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

Also within a walk

  1. Fulton St G
    0.4 miles
    G
  2. Lafayette Av C
    0.4 miles
    C

Bus

The nearest bus stop is Vanderbilt Av/De Kalb Av, 50 feet away, for the B69.

  • 10 routes within a ten-minute walk
  1. Vanderbilt Av/De Kalb Av B69 · Shelter
    50 feet
    B69
    Shelter

Next buses at this stop

  1. B69 …

Live arrivals

Cycling

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

  • 24 bicycle racks within 820 feet
  • 1 more bike-share station within a five-minute walk

Nearest bike-share station

  1. DeKalb Ave & Vanderbilt Ave 23 docks in all
    70 feet

By car

The nearest highway entrance is the ramp to the Brooklyn-Queens Expressway eastbound at Navy Street, 1 mile by car along the streets.

  1. 168 Flushing Avenue Gas station
    0.6 miles
  2. 325 Lafayette Avenue Charging for electric cars, four Level 2 chargers
    0.5 miles
  3. 28-17 42nd Road Fast charging for electric cars
    1.6 miles

Safety record

How crashes are counted

Between 2021 and 2025, police reported 20 crashes at this corner, more than the median of seven crashes for a Brooklyn corner.

  • 16 people injured
  • 0 people killed
  • 1 of those hurt, on foot
  • 7 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
11205
Community board
Brooklyn Community Board 2
City Council district
35
Police precinct
88
Neighborhood (City Planning area)
Fort Greene
Elevation
84 feet above sea level

The streets

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

Homes

About 1,500 homes stand within 820 feet of this corner, a mix of apartment buildings and smaller houses.

Trees

NYC Parks records 60 trees within 330 feet; the most common is the London planetree.

Parking on the streets meeting here

How signs are read
  • 12 signs on these blocks
  • 6 different rules

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

North side of Dekalb Avenue

  • No parking 2 signs NO PARKING MONDAY THURSDAY 9:30AM-11AM
  • No parking 1 sign NO PARKING THURSDAY 9:30AM-11AM
  • No standing 3 signs NO STANDING MONDAY-FRIDAY 7AM-10AM

South side of Dekalb Avenue

  • No parking 4 signs NO PARKING FRIDAY 9:30AM-11AM
  • No standing 1 sign NO STANDING ANYTIME
  • Truck loading only 1 sign TRUCK LOADING ONLY 7AM-7PM EXCEPT SUNDAY

Landmarks and historic districts

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

Within 820 feet, 353 buildings are designated by the Landmarks Preservation Commission, recorded most often as Italianate, and mostly built between 1867 and 1879.

  1. Brooklyn Masonic Temple Designated landmark
    530 feet
  2. Sister Vincent Therese Hall Designated landmark
    540 feet
  3. Graham Home for Old Ladies Designated landmark
    670 feet

Schools, parks and places within a walk

How places are listed

Within a five-minute walk there are 25 public places.

  • 8 religious buildings
  • 5 schools
  • 4 day care or pre-K sites
  • 3 playgrounds
  • 2 parks
  • 3 other places

Schools and child care

  1. La Petite Colline Infant, toddler and preschool care, ages 0 to 5
    270 feet
  2. William T Dillon Child Study Center at St. Joseph's College Preschool, ages 2 to 5
    490 feet
  3. St Joseph's University - Main Campus College
    820 feet
Show all 10
  1. Dillon Child Study Center Preschool
    540 feet
  2. Compass Charter School
    1,060 feet
  3. M.S. 113 Ronald Edmonds Learning Center School
    1,060 feet
  4. P.S. 020 Clinton Hill School
    1,070 feet
  5. Bishop Loughlin Memorial High School
    1,080 feet
  6. Discovery PitStop 2 Infant, toddler and preschool care, ages 0 to 5
    1,160 feet
  7. Child Study Center of New York School
    1,300 feet

Parks, playgrounds and gardens

  1. Edmonds Playground
    610 feet
  2. Albert L. Parham Playground
    700 feet
  3. Underwood Park Playground
    1,080 feet
Show all 5
  1. Underwood Park
    1,090 feet
  2. Fort Greene Park
    1,170 feet

Libraries, museums and history

  1. Fort Greene Historic District Listed historic place
    1,090 feet

Houses of worship

  1. Queen All Saints Church Landmark
    470 feet
  2. Cadman Memorial Church House of worship
    740 feet
  3. French Speaking Baptist Church House of worship
    930 feet
Show all 4
  1. Zion Shiloh Baptist Church House of worship
    1,220 feet

Community centers and public services

  1. Albert J Parham Playground Pool Swimming pool
    530 feet

Supermarkets

  1. Urban Market Supermarket
    0.3 miles
  2. Food Emporium Supermarket
    0.4 miles
  3. Bravo Supermarket
    0.4 miles

Pharmacies

  1. Walgreens Pharmacy
    0.3 miles

Food stores and places to eat

Within a five-minute walk there are 34 places to eat and five food stores.

Nearby corners

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

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