Dekalb Avenue & Washington Park

Dekalb Avenue and Washington Park meet at a five-way junction in Fort Greene, Brooklyn. The corner lies inside the Fort Greene Historic District. Between 2021 and 2025, 12 police-reported crashes were recorded here, against a median of seven crashes for a Brooklyn corner. St. Mark's Protestant Episcopal Church stands 570 feet away, and Fort Greene Visitors Center in Fort Greene Park is 1,150 feet away. The nearest subway, Fulton St, is about five minutes on foot, for the G. Within a five-minute walk are 15 public places, four of them schools, and 31 places to eat.

Safety record
12 hurt
12 police-reported crashes, 2021–2025
Nearest subway
Fulton St
0.3 miles · 5 min on foot · G
Nearest bus stop
320 feet
De Kalb Av/Carlton Av · B38
Within a walk
15 places
4 schools, 3 playgrounds and 6 more kinds, within five minutes

Map

Layers
Dekalb Avenue & Washington Park Nearby corners, linked

Getting there

How walks are measured

Subway

The nearest subway station is Fulton St, 0.3 miles from this corner, about five minutes on foot.

  • 5 lines within a ten-minute walk
  1. Fulton St G
    0.3 miles
    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. Clinton-Washington Avs G
    0.4 miles
    G

Bus

The nearest bus stop is De Kalb Av/Carlton Av, 320 feet away, for the B38.

  • 8 routes within a ten-minute walk
  1. De Kalb Av/Carlton Av B38
    320 feet
    B38

Next buses at this stop

  1. B38 …

Live arrivals

Cycling

A marked bike lane runs on Cumberland Street, Dekalb Avenue and Washington Park.

  • 35 bicycle racks within 820 feet
  • 3 more bike-share stations within a five-minute walk

Nearest bike-share station

  1. DeKalb Ave & S Portland Ave 23 docks in all
    600 feet

By car

The nearest highway entrance is the ramp to the Brooklyn-Queens Expressway eastbound at Navy Street, 0.8 miles by car along the streets.

  1. 160 Johnson Street Gas station
    0.8 miles
  2. 152 Ashland Place Charging for electric cars, 20 Level 2 chargers
    0.4 miles
  3. 28-17 42nd Road Fast charging for electric cars
    2.1 miles

Safety record

How crashes are counted

Between 2021 and 2025, police reported 12 crashes at this corner, more than the median of seven crashes for a Brooklyn corner.

  • 12 people injured
  • 0 people killed
  • 2 of those hurt, on foot
  • 3 of those hurt, on a bike

The most recent crash recorded here was in June 2026.

What the city has done here

  • Leading pedestrian interval, June 2019

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
66 feet above sea level

The streets

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

Homes

About 2,000 homes stand within 820 feet of this corner, a mix of apartment buildings and smaller houses.

Trees

NYC Parks records 88 trees within 330 feet; the most common is the London planetree.

Parking on the streets meeting here

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

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

North side of Dekalb Avenue

  • Ambulances only 3 signs AMBULANCE ONLY
  • No parking 10 signs NO PARKING THURSDAY 9:30AM-11AM
  • No standing 2 signs NO STANDING ANYTIME
  • No standing 2 signs NO STANDING MONDAY-FRIDAY 7AM-10AM
  • No stopping 2 signs NO STOPPING ANYTIME

South side of Dekalb Avenue

  • No parking 5 signs NO PARKING FRIDAY 9:30AM-11AM
  • Truck loading only 1 sign TRUCK LOADING ONLY MONDAY-FRIDAY 7AM-10AM
  • Truck loading only 1 sign TRUCK LOADING ONLY MONDAY-FRIDAY 8AM-4PM

Landmarks and historic districts

The corner stands in the Fort Greene Historic District.

Within 820 feet, 438 buildings are designated by the Landmarks Preservation Commission, recorded mostly as Italianate, and mostly built between 1860 and 1870.

  1. St. Mark's Protestant Episcopal Church Designated landmark
    570 feet
  2. Simon F. Rothschild Junior High School (J.H.S. 294) Designated landmark
    590 feet
  3. St. Michael's and St. Mark's Protestant Episcopal Church Designated landmark
    600 feet

Schools, parks and places within a walk

How places are listed

Fifteen public places are within a five-minute walk.

  • 4 schools
  • 3 playgrounds
  • 2 park features
  • 2 religious buildings
  • 1 garden
  • 3 other places

Schools and child care

  1. Compass Charter School
    800 feet
  2. M.S. 113 Ronald Edmonds Learning Center School
    800 feet
  3. P.S. 020 Clinton Hill School · landmark
    1,210 feet
Show all 4
  1. Brooklyn Technical High School
    1,240 feet

Parks, playgrounds and gardens

  1. Fort Greene Park
    60 feet
  2. Fort Greene Park Playground
    310 feet
  3. Edmonds Playground
    330 feet
Show all 7
  1. Greene Garden
    590 feet
  2. Albert L. Parham Playground
    690 feet
  3. Fort Greene Visitors Center in Fort Greene Park Park feature
    1,150 feet
  4. Prison Ship Martyrs Monument in Fort Greene Park Park feature
    1,310 feet

Libraries, museums and history

  1. Fort Greene Historic District Listed historic place
    80 feet

Community centers and public services

  1. Albert J Parham Playground Pool Swimming pool
    800 feet

Supermarkets

  1. Bravo Supermarket
    0.3 miles

Pharmacies

  1. Walgreens Pharmacy
    0.4 miles

Shopping centers

  1. Atlantic Center Shopping center
    0.4 miles
  2. Atlantic Terminal Shopping center
    0.5 miles

Food stores and places to eat

Within a five-minute walk there are 31 places to eat and three food stores.

Nearby corners

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

See every intersection along Cumberland Street, Dekalb Avenue or Washington Park.

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