Fort Hamilton Parkway & Caton Avenue

Fort Hamilton Parkway and Caton Avenue meet at a three-way junction in Kensington, Brooklyn, at the edge of Green-Wood Cemetery. Between 2021 and 2025, seven police-reported crashes were recorded here, the median for a Brooklyn corner. Fort Hamilton Parkway Entrance (Visitors' Lounge) stands 160 feet away. The nearest subway, Church Av, is about five minutes on foot, for the F and G. Within a five-minute walk are six public places, three of them schools, and eight places to eat. About 1,000 homes stand within 820 feet, mostly built between 1935 and 1960, a mix of apartment buildings and smaller houses.

Safety record
7 hurt
7 police-reported crashes, 2021–2025
Nearest subway
Church Av
1,240 feet · 5 min on foot · F, G
Nearest bus stop
480 feet
Caton Av/McDonald Av · B16
Within a walk
6 places
3 schools, 1 day care or pre-K site and 2 more kinds, within five minutes

Map

Layers
Fort Hamilton Parkway & Caton Avenue Nearby corners, linked

Getting there

How walks are measured

Subway

The nearest subway station is Church Av, 1,240 feet from this corner, about five minutes on foot.

  • 2 lines at the nearest station
  1. Church Av F, G
    1,240 feet
    F G

Next trains at this station

Northbound
2 lines
  1. F …
  2. G …
Southbound
2 lines
  1. F …
  2. G …

Also within a walk

  1. Fort Hamilton Pkwy F, G
    0.4 miles
    F G

Bus

The nearest bus stop is Caton Av/McDonald Av, 480 feet away, for the B16.

  • 8 routes within a ten-minute walk
  1. Caton Av/McDonald Av B16 · Shelter
    480 feet
    B16
    Shelter

Next buses at this stop

  1. B16 …

Live arrivals

Cycling

  • 3 bicycle racks within 820 feet
  • 2 more bike-share stations within a five-minute walk

Nearest bike-share station

  1. Dahill Rd & 12 Ave 22 docks in all
    600 feet

By car

The nearest highway entrance is the ramp to the Prospect Expressway westbound at 11th Avenue & 18th Street, 0.7 miles by car along the streets.

  1. 20 Caton Avenue Gas station
    380 feet
  2. 5115 15th Avenue Charging for electric cars, six Level 2 chargers
    1.3 miles

Safety record

How crashes are counted

Between 2021 and 2025, police reported seven crashes at this corner, the median for a Brooklyn corner.

  • 7 people injured
  • 0 people killed

The most recent crash recorded here was in February 2026.

About this corner

Where facts come from
ZIP code
11218
Community board
Brooklyn Community Board 7
City Council district
38 and 39 (the boundary runs through this corner)
Police precinct
66 and 72 (the boundary runs through this corner)
Neighborhood (City Planning area)
Kensington; the corner is on the edge of the Green-Wood Cemetery area
Elevation
63 feet above sea level

The streets

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

Homes

About 1,000 homes stand within 820 feet of this corner, a mix of apartment buildings and smaller houses. The buildings holding them mostly went up between 1935 and 1960.

Trees

NYC Parks records 37 trees within 330 feet; the most common is the London planetree.

Landmarks and historic districts

Within 820 feet is one Individual Landmark, and two buildings in all are designated by the Landmarks Preservation Commission, recorded as High Victorian Gothic. They were built between 1876 and 1877.

  1. Fort Hamilton Parkway Entrance (Visitors' Lounge) Designated landmark
    160 feet
  2. Fort Hamilton Parkway Entrance (Residence) Designated landmark
    220 feet

Schools, parks and places within a walk

How places are listed

Six public places are within a five-minute walk.

  • 3 schools
  • 1 day care or pre-K site
  • 1 playground
  • 1 religious building

Schools and child care

  1. Mesivta Meor Hatorah 2 School
    710 feet
  2. P.S. 230 Doris L. Cohen School
    920 feet
  3. Brooklyn Prospect Charter School - CSD 15.2 School
    1,030 feet
Show all 4
  1. Windsor Terrace Little Learners Infant, toddler and preschool care, ages 0 to 5
    1,030 feet

Parks, playgrounds and gardens

  1. Albemarle Playground
    600 feet

Supermarkets

  1. Foodtown Supermarket
    1,230 feet
  2. Met Fresh Supermarket
    0.5 miles

Pharmacies

  1. Walgreens Pharmacy
    0.4 miles

Food stores and places to eat

Within a five-minute walk there are eight places to eat and four 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 12 corners within a three-minute walk:

See every intersection along Caton Avenue or Fort Hamilton Parkway.

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, Landmarks Preservation Commission, NYC Parks, NYC Health, NYS Agriculture and Markets and USDA, retrieved September 18 – October 6, 2026.