Fleet Street & University Plaza

Fleet Street and University Plaza meet at a four-way crossing in Fort Greene, Brooklyn. Between 2021 and 2025, one police-reported crash was recorded here, fewer than the median of seven crashes for a Brooklyn corner. University Place is 30 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
1 police-reported crash, 2021–2025
Nearest subway
DeKalb Av
190 feet · 1 min on foot · B, Q, R
Nearest bus stop
720 feet
De Kalb Av/Flatbush Av Ext · B38
Within a walk
19 places
4 day care or pre-K sites, 3 schools and 10 more kinds, within five minutes

Map

Layers
Fleet Street & University Plaza Nearby corners, linked

Getting there

How walks are measured

Subway

The nearest subway station is DeKalb Av, 190 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
    190 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
    1,100 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 De Kalb Av/Flatbush Av Ext, 720 feet away, for the B38.

  • 16 routes within a ten-minute walk
  1. De Kalb Av/Flatbush Av Ext B38
    720 feet
    B38

Next buses at this stop

  1. B38 …

Live arrivals

Cycling

  • 52 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
    80 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 one crash at this corner, fewer than the median of seven crashes for a Brooklyn corner.

  • 1 person injured
  • 0 people killed

The most recent crash recorded here was in February 2025.

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

The streets

  • One travel lane

Homes

About 5,300 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 2021.

Since 2014 at least 172 new affordable homes have been completed within 820 feet.

Trees

NYC Parks records 60 trees within 330 feet; the most common is the pin oak.

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
    620 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 trade or language schools
  • 1 college
  • 7 other places

Schools and child care

  1. Long Island Univ-Brooklyn Campus College
    90 feet
  2. Fullstack Academy Trade or language school
    460 feet
  3. Basis Independent Brooklyn School
    490 feet
Show all 10
  1. Metro Training Inst Trade or language school
    600 feet
  2. Brooklyn Bureau Community Services Preschool, ages 2 to 5 · Pre-K
    940 feet
  3. Albee Square Montessori Public School
    1,030 feet
  4. New Albee Square Es Pre-K
    1,030 feet
  5. Bright Horizons Children's Centers Infant, toddler and preschool care, ages 0 to 5
    1,060 feet
  6. Brooklyn Prospect Charter School-Csd 13 School
    1,190 feet
  7. Imagine Early Learning Centers Infant, toddler and preschool care, ages 0 to 5 · Pre-K
    1,200 feet

Parks, playgrounds and gardens

  1. University Place Park
    30 feet
  2. Garden of Eden - Ingersoll Houses (NYCHA) Garden
    760 feet
  3. Fort Greene Park
    1,150 feet
Show all 4
  1. Fort Greene Playground
    1,310 feet

Plazas and public spaces

  1. Albee Square Plaza Pedestrian plaza
    770 feet
  2. Public space at Avalon Fort Greene Public space
    1,160 feet

Health care

  1. The Phoenix Rehabilitation and Nursing Center Nursing home or hospice
    1,190 feet

Houses of worship

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

Community centers and public services

  1. Ingersoll Community Center
    800 feet

Bank branches

  1. Chase Bank branch
    1,100 feet
  2. Citizens Bank Bank branch
    1,200 feet

Supermarkets

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

Pharmacies

  1. CVS Pharmacy
    1,290 feet
  2. Duane Reade Pharmacy
    0.4 miles

Other stores

  1. Target Store
    700 feet
  2. Dollar Tree Store
    0.3 miles

Shopping centers

  1. City Point Shopping center
    360 feet

Food stores and places to eat

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

Not on record for this corner: a signal or safety change and a parking sign or meter on the blocks meeting here.

Nearby corners

The eight nearest of the 9 corners within a three-minute walk:

See every intersection along Fleet Street.

Sources: NYPD, MTA, NYC DOT, New York City's bike-share system, NYS Environmental Conservation, NYC City Planning, US Department of Energy, NYCHA, NYC Housing Preservation and Development, Landmarks Preservation Commission, NYC Parks, NYC Technology and Innovation, NYC Health, FDIC, NYS Agriculture and Markets, USDA and NYC Finance, retrieved September 18 – October 6, 2026.