Fleet Street & Fleet Place

Fleet Street and Fleet Place meet at a three-way junction in Downtown Brooklyn-DUMBO-Boerum Hill, Brooklyn. Between 2021 and 2025, five police-reported crashes were recorded here, fewer than the median of seven crashes for a Brooklyn corner. Albee Square Plaza is 660 feet away. The nearest subway, DeKalb Av, is about a minute on foot, and 11 subway lines stop within a ten-minute walk. Within a five-minute walk are 19 public places, four of them day care or pre-K sites, and 75 places to eat.

Safety record
1 hurt
5 police-reported crashes, 2021–2025
Nearest subway
DeKalb Av
80 feet · 1 min on foot · B, Q, R
Nearest bus stop
750 feet
Myrtle Av/Fleet Pl · B54
Within a walk
19 places
4 day care or pre-K sites, 3 schools and 9 more kinds, within five minutes

Map

Layers
Fleet Street & Fleet Place Nearby corners, linked

Getting there

How walks are measured

Subway

The nearest subway station is DeKalb Av, 80 feet from this corner, about a minute on foot.

  • 3 lines at the nearest station
  • 11 lines within a ten-minute walk
  1. DeKalb Av B, Q, R
    80 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. Jay St-MetroTech A, C, F, R
    1,110 feet
    A C F R
  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 Myrtle Av/Fleet Pl, 750 feet away, for the B54.

  • 16 routes within a ten-minute walk
  1. Myrtle Av/Fleet Pl B54
    750 feet
    B54

Next buses at this stop

  1. B54 …

Live arrivals

Cycling

  • 55 bicycle racks within 820 feet, 3 of them on-street corrals
  • 5 more bike-share stations within a five-minute walk

Nearest bike-share station

  1. Willoughby St & Fleet St 62 docks in all
    190 feet

By car

The nearest highway entrance is the ramp to the Brooklyn-Queens Expressway eastbound at Navy Street, 0.4 miles by car along the streets.

  1. 160 Johnson Street Gas station
    0.3 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 five crashes at this corner, fewer than the median of seven crashes for a Brooklyn corner.

  • 1 person injured
  • 0 people killed
  • 1 of those hurt, on foot

The most recent crash recorded here was in September 2024.

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)
Downtown Brooklyn-DUMBO-Boerum Hill
Elevation
45 feet above sea level

The streets

  • One travel lane
  • Two of the streets are one-way

Homes

About 5,800 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 263 new affordable homes have been completed within 820 feet.

Trees

NYC Parks records 74 trees within 330 feet; the most common is the pin oak.

Parking on the streets meeting here

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

The sign wording is DOT's, as recorded between October 2015 and January 2016, and the sign on the street decides.

West side of Fleet Place

  • Authorized vehicles only 2 signs AUTHORIZED VEHICLES ONLY NYC DEPT OF HEALTH & MENTAL HYGIENE 8AM-6PM EXCEPT SUNDAY
  • No parking 2 signs NO PARKING MONDAY WEDNESDAY FRIDAY MIDNIGHT-3AM
  • No stopping 1 sign NO STOPPING ANYTIME

North side of Fleet Street

  • No stopping 1 sign NO STOPPING ANYTIME

Landmarks and historic districts

Two buildings within 820 feet are designated by the Landmarks Preservation Commission, recorded as Greek Revival and Neoclassical, one each, and built between 1848 and 1908.

  1. Dime Savings Bank Designated landmark
    500 feet

Schools, parks and places within a walk

How places are listed

Nineteen public places are within a five-minute walk.

  • 4 day care or pre-K sites
  • 3 schools
  • 2 parks
  • 2 pedestrian plazas
  • 2 trade or language schools
  • 6 other places

Schools and child care

  1. Long Island Univ-Brooklyn Campus College
    100 feet
  2. Fullstack Academy Trade or language school
    470 feet
  3. Basis Independent Brooklyn School
    510 feet
Show all 10
  1. Metro Training Inst Trade or language school
    620 feet
  2. Brooklyn Bureau Community Services Preschool, ages 2 to 5 · Pre-K
    960 feet
  3. Albee Square Montessori Public School
    1,040 feet
  4. New Albee Square Es Pre-K
    1,040 feet
  5. Bright Horizons Children's Centers Infant, toddler and preschool care, ages 0 to 5
    1,070 feet
  6. Brooklyn Prospect Charter School-Csd 13 School
    1,210 feet
  7. Imagine Early Learning Centers Infant, toddler and preschool care, ages 0 to 5 · Pre-K
    1,210 feet

Parks, playgrounds and gardens

  1. University Place Park
    30 feet
  2. Garden of Eden - Ingersoll Houses (NYCHA) Garden
    770 feet
  3. Fort Greene Park
    1,260 feet

Plazas and public spaces

  1. Albee Square Plaza Pedestrian plaza
    660 feet
  2. Public space at Avalon Fort Greene Public space
    1,170 feet
  3. Fox Square Plaza Pedestrian plaza
    1,310 feet

Health care

  1. The Phoenix Rehabilitation and Nursing Center Nursing home or hospice
    1,300 feet

Houses of worship

  1. Oratory Church of Saint Boniface House of worship
    940 feet

Community centers and public services

  1. Ingersoll Community Center
    810 feet

Bank branches

  1. Chase Bank branch
    1,110 feet
  2. Citizens Bank Bank branch
    1,150 feet

Supermarkets

  1. Trader Joe's Supermarket
    390 feet
  2. NYC Fresh Market Supermarket
    920 feet
  3. Lidl Supermarket
    0.3 miles

Pharmacies

  1. CVS Pharmacy
    0.3 miles
  2. Duane Reade Pharmacy
    0.4 miles

Other stores

  1. Target Store
    580 feet
  2. Dollar Tree Store
    1,310 feet

Shopping centers

  1. City Point Shopping center
    250 feet

Food stores and places to eat

Within a five-minute walk there are 75 places to eat and 11 food stores.

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

Nearby corners

The eight corners within a three-minute walk:

See every intersection along Fleet Place or Fleet Street.

Sources: NYC Technology and Innovation, NYPD, MTA, NYC DOT, New York City's bike-share system, NYS Environmental Conservation, NYC City Planning, 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.