Flushing Avenue & Cumberland Street

Flushing Avenue and Cumberland Street meet at a four-way crossing in Fort Greene, Brooklyn. Between 2021 and 2025, 36 police-reported crashes were recorded here, against a median of seven crashes for a Brooklyn corner. Dr. Susan S. McKinney Secondary School of the Arts is 800 feet away. The nearest bus stop, Flushing Av/Cumberland St, is 30 feet away for the B57 and B69, and five bus routes stop within a ten-minute walk. Within a five-minute walk are eight public places, two of them playgrounds, and 14 places to eat.

Safety record
13 hurt
36 police-reported crashes, 2021–2025
Nearest highway entrance
Brooklyn-Queens Expressway
0.4 miles by car along the streets
Nearest bus stop
30 feet
Flushing Av/Cumberland St · B57, B69
Within a walk
8 places
2 playgrounds, 2 schools and 3 more kinds, within five minutes

Map

Layers
Flushing Avenue & Cumberland Street Nearby corners, linked

Getting there

How walks are measured

Bus

The nearest bus stop is Flushing Av/Cumberland St, 30 feet away, for the B57 and B69.

  • 5 routes within a ten-minute walk
  1. Flushing Av/Cumberland St B57, B69
    30 feet
    B57 B69

Next buses at this stop

  1. B57 …
  2. B69 …

Live arrivals

Cycling

A bike lane separated from traffic runs on Cumberland Street and Flushing Avenue.

  • 11 bicycle racks within 820 feet
  • 6 more bike-share stations within a five-minute walk

Nearest bike-share station

  1. Carlton Ave & Flushing Ave 46 docks in all
    340 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. 168 Flushing Avenue Gas station
    0.3 miles
  2. 15 Washington Avenue Charging for electric cars, three 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 36 crashes at this corner, more than the median of seven crashes for a Brooklyn corner.

  • 13 people injured
  • 0 people killed
  • 1 of those hurt, on foot
  • 3 of those hurt, on a bike

The most recent crash recorded here was in September 2025.

What the city has done here

  • Leading pedestrian interval, September 2017

About this corner

Where facts come from
ZIP code
11205
Community board
Brooklyn Community Board 2
City Council district
33 and 35 (the boundary runs through this corner)
Police precinct
88
Neighborhood (City Planning area)
Fort Greene
Elevation
11 feet above sea level

The streets

  • Up to four travel lanes
  • A designated truck route

Homes

About 500 homes stand within 820 feet of this corner, a mix of apartment buildings and smaller houses. The buildings holding them mostly went up between 1905 and 1942.

Since 2014 at least 3 new affordable homes have been completed within 820 feet.

Trees

Eleven trees recorded by NYC Parks stand within 330 feet; the most common is the thornless honeylocust.

Parking on the streets meeting here

How signs are read
  • 38 signs on these blocks
  • 9 different rules

The sign wording is DOT's, as recorded between April 2014 and August 2026, and the sign on the street decides.

East side of Cumberland Street

  • No parking 4 signs NO PARKING FRIDAY 11:30AM-1PM
  • No standing 1 sign NO STANDING ANYTIME
  • Truck loading only 2 signs TRUCK LOADING ONLY 7AM-7PM EXCEPT SUNDAY

West side of Cumberland Street

  • No parking 2 signs NO PARKING 7AM-7PM EXCEPT SUNDAY
  • No parking 3 signs NO PARKING THURSDAY 11:30AM-1PM
  • No standing 1 sign NO STANDING ANYTIME

North side of Flushing Avenue

  • No stopping 20 signs NO STOPPING ANYTIME

South side of Flushing Avenue

  • No parking 4 signs NO PARKING TUESDAY THURSDAY SATURDAY 3AM-6AM
  • No standing 1 sign NO STANDING ANYTIME

Monuments and public art

How landmarks are placed

The City's public art inventory lists one work near this corner, in Commodore Barry Park.

  1. Commodore John Barry Stele, 1996
    800 feet

Schools, parks and places within a walk

How places are listed

Eight public places are within a five-minute walk.

  • 2 playgrounds
  • 2 schools
  • 2 swimming pools
  • 1 park
  • 1 religious building

Schools and child care

  1. Dr. Susan S. McKinney Secondary School of the Arts School
    800 feet
  2. Greene Hill School
    1,130 feet

Parks, playgrounds and gardens

  1. Oxport Playground
    320 feet
  2. Commodore Barry Park
    800 feet
  3. Commodore Barry Park Playground
    1,010 feet

Houses of worship

  1. Sacred Heart Church House of worship
    1,140 feet

Community centers and public services

  1. Commodore Barry Pool Swimming pool
    930 feet
  2. Commodore Barry Park Wading Pool Swimming pool
    980 feet

Supermarkets

  1. Wegmans Supermarket
    0.3 miles
  2. Bravo Supermarket
    0.4 miles

Pharmacies

  1. Walgreens Pharmacy
    0.5 miles

Food stores and places to eat

Within a five-minute walk there are 14 places to eat and 11 food stores.

Not on record for this corner: a subway entrance within a ten-minute walk and a designated landmark or historic district within 820 feet.

Nearby corners

The eight nearest of the 13 corners within a three-minute walk:

See every intersection along Cumberland Street or Flushing 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, NYCHA, NYC Housing Preservation and Development, NYC Public Design Commission, NYC Parks, NYC Health, NYS Agriculture and Markets and USDA, retrieved September 18 – October 6, 2026.