Flatbush Avenue & Schermerhorn Street

Flatbush Avenue and Schermerhorn Street meet at a three-way junction in Fort Greene, Brooklyn. Between 2021 and 2025, seven police-reported crashes were recorded here, the median for a Brooklyn corner. The Elizabeth Jennings School for Bold Explorers is 150 feet away. The nearest subway, Atlantic Av-Barclays Ctr, is about three minutes on foot, and 12 subway lines stop within a ten-minute walk. Within a five-minute walk are 35 public places, six of them religious buildings, and 63 places to eat. A bus lane runs along Flatbush Avenue, all day.

Safety record
5 hurt
7 police-reported crashes, 2021–2025
Nearest subway
Atlantic Av-Barclays Ctr
680 feet · 3 min on foot · 2, 3, 4, 5, B, D, N, Q, R
Nearest bus stop
570 feet
3 Av/State St · B103
Within a walk
35 places
6 religious buildings, 4 schools and 13 more kinds, within five minutes

Map

Layers
Flatbush Avenue & Schermerhorn Street Nearby corners, linked

Getting there

How walks are measured

Subway

The nearest subway station is Atlantic Av-Barclays Ctr, 680 feet from this corner, about three minutes on foot.

  • 9 lines at the nearest station
  • 12 lines within a ten-minute walk
  1. Atlantic Av-Barclays Ctr 2, 3, 4, 5, B, D, N, Q, R
    680 feet
    2 3 4 5 B D N Q R

Next trains at this station

Manhattan
9 lines
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Outbound
4 lines
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Southbound
5 lines
  1. B …
  2. D …
  3. N …
  4. Q …
  5. R …

Also within a walk

  1. Nevins St 2, 3, 4, 5
    730 feet
    2 3 4 5
  2. Fulton St G
    950 feet
    G

The MTA's permanent art catalog lists “Hook (Archean Reach), Line (Sea House), and Sinker (Mined Swell),” (2004) by George Trakas (in collaboration with di Domenico + Partners) at the Atlantic Av-Barclays Ctr station.

Bus

The nearest bus stop is 3 Av/State St, 570 feet away, for the B103.

  • 14 routes within a ten-minute walk
  1. 3 Av/State St B103
    570 feet
    B103

Next buses at this stop

  1. B103 …

Live arrivals

Flatbush Avenue carries a bus lane, all day, every day.

Cycling

  • 120 bicycle racks within 820 feet, 2 of them on-street corrals
  • 4 more bike-share stations within a five-minute walk

Nearest bike-share station

  1. 3 Ave & Schermerhorn St 35 docks in all
    300 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. 300 Bergen Street Gas station
    0.5 miles
  2. 625 Atlantic Avenue Charging for electric cars, Level 2 chargers
    0.4 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 seven crashes at this corner, the median for a Brooklyn corner.

  • 5 people injured
  • 0 people killed
  • 1 of those hurt, on foot
  • 2 of those hurt, on a bike

The most recent crash recorded here was in June 2026.

About this corner

Where facts come from
ZIP code
11217
Community board
Brooklyn Community Board 2
City Council district
33 and 35 (the boundary runs through this corner)
Police precinct
84 and 88 (the boundary runs through this corner)
Neighborhood (City Planning area)
Fort Greene
Elevation
41 feet above sea level

The streets

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

Homes

About 4,700 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 2016.

Since 2014 at least 407 new affordable homes have been completed within 820 feet.

Trees

NYC Parks records 54 trees within 330 feet; the most common is the London planetree.

Parking on the streets meeting here

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

The sign wording is DOT's, as recorded between February 2018 and July 2026, and the sign on the street decides.

West side of Flatbush Avenue

  • No standing 5 signs NO STANDING ANYTIME

North side of Schermerhorn Street

  • No standing 1 sign NO STANDING ANYTIME

South side of Schermerhorn Street

  • No standing 2 signs NO STANDING ANYTIME

Landmarks and historic districts

Within 820 feet, 57 buildings are designated by the Landmarks Preservation Commission, recorded mostly as Italianate, and mostly built between 1856 and 1859.

  1. The Salvation Army Building Designated landmark
    370 feet
  2. Williamsburgh Savings Bank Designated landmark
    470 feet
  3. Brooklyn Music School Designated landmark
    490 feet

Schools, parks and places within a walk

How places are listed

Within a five-minute walk there are 35 public places.

  • 6 religious buildings
  • 4 schools
  • 3 gardens
  • 3 public spaces
  • 3 trade or language schools
  • 16 other places

Schools and child care

  1. Khalil Gibran International Academy School
    150 feet
  2. The Elizabeth Jennings School for Bold Explorers School
    150 feet
  3. Brooklyn Independent School
    800 feet
Show all 7
  1. The International Charter School of New York Annex School
    810 feet
  2. Masters Refrigeration Learning Cntr Trade or language school
    820 feet
  3. Dental Auxiliary Training Center Trade or language school
    1,240 feet
  4. Medical Aid Training Schools Trade or language school
    1,290 feet

Parks, playgrounds and gardens

  1. Brooklyn Bears/Rockwell Place Garden
    220 feet
  2. Sixteen Sycamores Playground
    470 feet
  3. Betty Carter Park
    770 feet
Show all 7
  1. MoCADA Ubuntu Garden
    880 feet
  2. Brooklyn Bears/Pacific Street Garden
    1,210 feet
  3. Fowler Square
    1,220 feet
  4. North Pacific Playground
    1,240 feet

Plazas and public spaces

  1. Public space at BAM South Public space
    230 feet
  2. Fox Square Plaza Pedestrian plaza
    960 feet
  3. Fowler Square Plaza Pedestrian plaza
    1,270 feet
Show all 5
  1. Public space at 620 Fulton Street Public space
    790 feet
  2. Public space at Forte Public space
    950 feet

Libraries, museums and history

  1. Library for Arts & Culture Library
    230 feet
  2. Atlantic Avenue Subway Station (IRT) Listed historic place
    650 feet
  3. Atlantic Avenue Control House Listed historic place
    800 feet
Show all 5
  1. Pacific Library
    1,160 feet
  2. General Edward Big Ned Fowler Monument Monument or memorial
    1,200 feet

Theaters, arts and venues

  1. Brooklyn Academy of Music Arts or cultural center · landmark · listed historic place
    370 feet
  2. Polonsky Shakespeare Center Theater or concert hall
    490 feet
  3. BAM Harvey Theater Theater or concert hall
    890 feet

Houses of worship

  1. Recovery House of Worship Church Listed historic place
    360 feet
  2. Temple of Restoration House of worship
    1,110 feet

Community centers and public services

  1. Times Plaza Post Office
    460 feet

Fire and police

  1. Engine 226 Fire station
    1,220 feet

Bank branches

  1. Chase Bank branch
    330 feet
  2. Bank of America Bank branch
    540 feet
  3. Citibank Bank branch
    800 feet

Supermarkets

  1. Whole Foods Market Supermarket
    160 feet
  2. Foodtown Supermarket
    0.3 miles
  3. Stop & Shop Supermarket
    0.3 miles

Pharmacies

  1. CVS Pharmacy
    910 feet
  2. Walgreens Pharmacy
    0.3 miles

Other stores

  1. Target Store
    1,130 feet
  2. Dollar Tree Store
    0.3 miles

Shopping centers

  1. Atlantic Terminal Shopping center
    700 feet
  2. Atlantic Center Shopping center
    1,190 feet

Food stores and places to eat

Within a five-minute walk there are 63 places to eat and 16 food stores.

Not on record for this corner: a signal or safety change.

Nearby corners

The eight nearest of the 14 corners within a three-minute walk:

See every intersection along Flatbush Avenue or Schermerhorn Street.

Sources: NYC Technology and Innovation, NYPD, MTA, NYC DOT, 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.