Fountain Avenue & Wells Street

Fountain Avenue and Wells Street meet at a three-way junction in East New York-City Line, Brooklyn. Between 2021 and 2025, 12 police-reported crashes were recorded here, against a median of seven crashes for a Brooklyn corner. City Line Park is 300 feet away. The nearest subway, Euclid Av, is about seven minutes on foot, and four subway lines stop within a ten-minute walk. Within a five-minute walk are 18 public places, seven of them religious buildings, and one place to eat. About 1,100 homes stand within 820 feet, a mix of apartment buildings and smaller houses.

Safety record
1 hurt
12 police-reported crashes, 2021–2025
Nearest subway
Euclid Av
0.4 miles · 7 min on foot · A, C
Nearest bus stop
1,140 feet
Atlantic Av/Logan St · Q24, T340, T430, T434
Within a walk
18 places
7 religious buildings, 3 gardens and 7 more kinds, within five minutes

Map

Layers
Fountain Avenue & Wells Street Nearby corners, linked

Getting there

How walks are measured

Subway

The nearest subway station is Euclid Av, 0.4 miles from this corner, about seven minutes on foot.

  • 2 lines at the nearest station
  • 4 lines within a ten-minute walk
  1. Euclid Av A, C
    0.4 miles
    A C

Next trains at this station

Manhattan
2 lines
  1. A …
  2. C …
Queens
2 lines
  1. A …
  2. C …

Also within a walk

  1. Norwood Av J, Z
    0.4 miles
    J Z

Bus

The nearest bus stop is Atlantic Av/Logan St, 1,140 feet away, for the Q24, T340, T430 and T434.

  • 8 routes within a ten-minute walk
  1. Atlantic Av/Logan St Q24, T340, T430, T434
    1,140 feet
    Q24 T340 T430 T434

Next buses at this stop

  1. Q24 …
  2. T340 …
  3. T430 …
  4. T434 …

Live arrivals

Cycling

  • 10 bicycle racks within 820 feet

By car

The nearest highway entrance is the ramp to the Jackie Robinson Parkway eastbound at Jamaica Avenue & J Robinson Parkway, 1.4 miles by car along the streets.

  1. 3170 Atlantic Avenue Gas station
    0.5 miles
  2. 570 Jamaica Avenue Charging for electric cars, four Level 2 chargers
    0.9 miles
  3. 1-01 Forest Park Drive Fast charging for electric cars
    2.9 miles

Safety record

How crashes are counted

Between 2021 and 2025, police reported 12 crashes at this corner, more 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 2025.

About this corner

Where facts come from
ZIP code
11208
Community board
Brooklyn Community Board 5
City Council district
37
Police precinct
75
Neighborhood (City Planning area)
East New York-City Line
Elevation
30 feet above sea level

The streets

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

Homes

About 1,100 homes stand within 820 feet of this corner, a mix of apartment buildings and smaller houses.

Since 2014 at least 188 new affordable homes have been completed within 820 feet.

Trees

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

Parking on the streets meeting here

How signs are read
  • 22 signs on these blocks
  • 7 different rules

The sign wording is DOT's, as recorded between October 2017 and October 2025, and the sign on the street decides.

East side of Fountain Avenue

  • No parking 1 sign NO PARKING ANYTIME
  • No parking 9 signs NO PARKING TUESDAY FRIDAY 11AM-12:30PM
  • No standing 2 signs NO STANDING TUESDAY & FRIDAY MIDNIGHT-7AM

North side of Wells Street

  • No parking 4 signs NO PARKING MONDAY THURSDAY 11AM-12:30PM
  • No standing 1 sign NO STANDING ANYTIME
  • No standing 3 signs NO STANDING SCHOOL DAYS 7AM-4PM

South side of Wells Street

  • No standing 2 signs NO STANDING ANYTIME

Schools, parks and places within a walk

How places are listed

Eighteen public places are within a five-minute walk.

  • 7 religious buildings
  • 3 gardens
  • 2 trade or language schools
  • 1 day care or pre-K site
  • 1 fire station
  • 4 other places

Schools and child care

  1. Transit Tech Career and Technical Education High School
    340 feet
  2. Friends of Crown Heights #18 Preschool, ages 2 to 5 · Pre-K
    940 feet
  3. Career Academy of New York Trade or language school
    1,010 feet
Show all 4
  1. Great Oaks Health Academy Trade or language school
    1,010 feet

Parks, playgrounds and gardens

  1. Crystal Wells Community Garden
    130 feet
  2. City Line Park
    300 feet
  3. City Line Park Playground
    580 feet
Show all 5
  1. Green Gems Garden
    760 feet
  2. Shield of Faith Garden
    1,090 feet

Libraries, museums and history

  1. Talmud Torah Atereth Israel Listed historic place
    90 feet

Houses of worship

  1. St Lydia Episcopal Church House of worship
    1,080 feet

Fire and police

  1. Engine 236 Fire station
    1,130 feet

Supermarkets

  1. Golden Farms Supermarket
    0.3 miles
  2. Key Food Supermarket
    0.5 miles

Other stores

  1. Dollar Tree Store
    0.3 miles
  2. Family Dollar Store
    0.4 miles

Food stores and places to eat

Within a five-minute walk there is one place to eat and five food stores.

Not on record for this corner: a signal or safety change and a designated landmark or historic district within 820 feet.

Nearby corners

The eight nearest corners on foot, seven of them within a three-minute walk:

See every intersection along Fountain Avenue or Wells Street.

Sources: NYC Technology and Innovation, NYPD, MTA, NYC DOT, NYS Environmental Conservation, NYC City Planning, US Department of Energy, NYC Housing Preservation and Development, NYC Parks, NYC Health, NYS Agriculture and Markets and USDA, retrieved September 18 – October 6, 2026.