Fort Greene Place & Hanson Place

Fort Greene Place and Hanson Place meet at a four-way crossing in Fort Greene, Brooklyn. The corner lies on the edge of the Brooklyn Academy of Music Historic District. Between 2021 and 2025, 14 police-reported crashes were recorded here, against a median of seven crashes for a Brooklyn corner. Brooklyn Music School stands 420 feet away, and Barclays Center is 920 feet away. The nearest subway, Atlantic Av-Barclays Ctr, is about a minute on foot, for the 2, 3, 4 and six more. Within a five-minute walk are 30 public places and 89 places to eat.

Safety record
8 hurt
14 police-reported crashes, 2021–2025
Nearest subway
Atlantic Av-Barclays Ctr
350 feet · 1 min on foot · 2, 3, 4, 5, B, D, N, Q, R
Nearest bus stop
660 feet
Flatbush Av/Atlantic Av · B41, B45, B67
Within a walk
30 places
4 listed historic places, 4 schools and 14 more kinds, within five minutes

Map

Layers
Fort Greene Place & Hanson Place Nearby corners, linked

Getting there

How walks are measured

Subway

The nearest subway station is Atlantic Av-Barclays Ctr, 350 feet from this corner, about a minute on foot.

  • 9 lines at the nearest station
  • 11 lines within a ten-minute walk
  1. Atlantic Av-Barclays Ctr 2, 3, 4, 5, B, D, N, Q, R
    350 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
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Also within a walk

  1. Fulton St G
    760 feet
    G
  2. Lafayette Av C
    760 feet
    C

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 Flatbush Av/Atlantic Av, 660 feet away, for the B41, B45 and B67.

  • 15 routes within a ten-minute walk
  1. Flatbush Av/Atlantic Av B41, B45, B67
    660 feet
    B41 B45 B67

Next buses at this stop

  1. B41 …
  2. B45 …
  3. B67 …

Live arrivals

Cycling

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

Nearest bike-share station

  1. Hanson Pl & Ashland Pl 39 docks in all
    500 feet

By car

The nearest highway entrance is the ramp to the Brooklyn-Queens Expressway eastbound at Navy Street, 0.9 miles by car along the streets.

  1. 300 Bergen Street Gas station
    0.6 miles
  2. 625 Atlantic Avenue Charging for electric cars, Level 2 chargers
    310 feet
  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 14 crashes at this corner, more than the median of seven crashes for a Brooklyn corner.

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

The most recent crash recorded here was in November 2025.

What the city has done here

  • Accessible pedestrian signal, December 2024

About this corner

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

The streets

  • Up to two travel lanes
  • One of the streets is one-way

Homes

About 2,300 homes stand within 820 feet of this corner, most of them in buildings of ten homes or more.

Since 2014 at least 226 new affordable homes have been completed within 820 feet.

Trees

NYC Parks records 53 trees within 330 feet; the most common is the Callery pear.

Parking on the streets meeting here

How signs are read
  • 15 signs on these blocks
  • 5 different rules

The sign wording is DOT's, as recorded between August 2017 and August 2026, and the sign on the street decides.

East side of Fort Greene Place

  • No parking 5 signs NO PARKING TUESDAY 11:30AM-1PM

West side of Fort Greene Place

  • No parking 5 signs NO PARKING MONDAY 11:30AM-1PM

South side of Hanson Place

  • Metered parking 2 signs 2 HOUR METERED PARKING 9AM-7PM EXCEPT SUNDAY
  • Authorized vehicles only 1 sign AVO MTA POLICE
  • No parking 2 signs NO PARKING TUESDAY THURSDAY SATURDAY MIDNIGHT-3AM

Landmarks and historic districts

The corner stands at the edge of the Brooklyn Academy of Music Historic District.

Within 820 feet is one Individual Landmark, and 95 buildings in all are designated by the Landmarks Preservation Commission, recorded mostly as Italianate. They were mostly built between 1857 and 1864.

  1. Central Methodist Episcopal Church Designated landmark
    330 feet
  2. Brooklyn Music School Designated landmark
    420 feet
  3. Williamsburgh Savings Bank Designated landmark
    430 feet

Schools, parks and places within a walk

How places are listed

Within a five-minute walk there are 30 public places.

  • 4 listed historic places
  • 4 schools
  • 3 parks
  • 3 religious buildings
  • 2 gardens
  • 14 other places

Schools and child care

  1. Hanson Place Child Development Center Infant, toddler and preschool care, ages 0 to 5 · Pre-K
    180 feet
  2. Dental Auxiliary Training Center Trade or language school
    500 feet
  3. Masters Refrigeration Learning Cntr Trade or language school
    530 feet
Show all 7
  1. Brooklyn Independent School
    850 feet
  2. The International Charter School of New York Annex School
    860 feet
  3. Khalil Gibran International Academy School
    1,210 feet
  4. The Elizabeth Jennings School for Bold Explorers School
    1,210 feet

Parks, playgrounds and gardens

  1. MoCADA Ubuntu Garden
    600 feet
  2. Betty Carter Park
    710 feet
  3. Fowler Square
    850 feet
Show all 6
  1. Cuyler Gore Park
    960 feet
  2. Brooklyn Bears/Pacific Street Garden
    1,150 feet
  3. Cuyler Gore Park Playground
    1,170 feet

Plazas and public spaces

  1. Fowler Square Plaza Pedestrian plaza
    840 feet
  2. Public space at BAM South Public space
    930 feet
  3. Public space at 620 Fulton Street Public space
    1,280 feet

Health care

  1. Oxford Nursing Home Nursing home or hospice
    960 feet

Libraries, museums and history

  1. Atlantic Avenue Subway Station (IRT) Listed historic place
    640 feet
  2. Hanson Place Seventh Day Adventist Church Listed historic place
    670 feet
  3. General Edward Big Ned Fowler Monument Monument or memorial
    830 feet
Show all 7
  1. Atlantic Avenue Control House Listed historic place
    790 feet
  2. Library for Arts & Culture Library
    930 feet
  3. Pacific Library
    1,160 feet
  4. Fort Greene Historic District (Boundary Increase) Listed historic place
    1,220 feet

Theaters, arts and venues

  1. Brooklyn Academy of Music Arts or cultural center · landmark · listed historic place
    920 feet
  2. Barclays Center Stadium or arena
    920 feet

Community centers and public services

  1. Times Plaza Post Office
    950 feet

Bank branches

  1. Bank of America Bank branch
    660 feet
  2. Citibank Bank branch
    790 feet
  3. Chase Bank branch
    900 feet

Supermarkets

  1. Stop & Shop Supermarket
    530 feet
  2. Whole Foods Market Supermarket
    1,000 feet
  3. Foodtown Supermarket
    0.4 miles

Pharmacies

  1. Walgreens Pharmacy
    0.3 miles
  2. CVS Pharmacy
    0.4 miles

Other stores

  1. Target Store
    430 feet

Shopping centers

  1. Atlantic Center Shopping center
    50 feet
  2. Atlantic Terminal Shopping center
    60 feet

Food stores and places to eat

Within a five-minute walk there are 89 places to eat and 18 food stores.

Nearby corners

The eight nearest of the 12 corners within a three-minute walk:

See every intersection along Fort Greene Place or Hanson Place.

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