Fulton Street & Adelphi Street

Fulton Street and Adelphi Street meet at a three-way junction in Fort Greene, Brooklyn. Between 2021 and 2025, seven police-reported crashes were recorded here, the median for a Brooklyn corner. Paul Robeson Theatre, one of two Individual Landmarks within 820 feet, stands 500 feet away. The nearest subway, Lafayette Av, is about three minutes on foot, and 11 subway lines stop within a ten-minute walk. Within a five-minute walk are 20 public places, three of them day care or pre-K sites, and 20 places to eat.

Safety record
5 hurt
7 police-reported crashes, 2021–2025
Nearest subway
Lafayette Av
870 feet · 3 min on foot · C
Nearest bus stop
110 feet
Fulton St/Adelphi St · B25, B26
Within a walk
20 places
3 day care or pre-K sites, 3 parks and 9 more kinds, within five minutes

Map

Layers
Fulton Street & Adelphi Street Nearby corners, linked

Getting there

How walks are measured

Subway

The nearest subway station is Lafayette Av, 870 feet from this corner, about three minutes on foot.

  • 11 lines within a ten-minute walk
  1. Lafayette Av C
    870 feet
    C

Next trains at this station

Manhattan
1 line
  1. C …
Outbound
1 line
  1. C …

Also within a walk

  1. Clinton-Washington Avs C
    980 feet
    C
  2. Fulton St G
    0.3 miles
    G

Bus

The nearest bus stop is Fulton St/Adelphi St, 110 feet away, for the B25 and B26.

  • 11 routes within a ten-minute walk
  1. Fulton St/Adelphi St B25, B26
    110 feet
    B25 B26

Next buses at this stop

  1. B25 …
  2. B26 …

Live arrivals

Fulton Street carries a lane DOT records as a shared lane, not a bus-only lane, 2pm to 7pm on weekdays.

Cycling

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

Nearest bike-share station

  1. Fulton St & Clermont Ave 75 docks in all
    320 feet

By car

The nearest highway entrance is the ramp to the Brooklyn-Queens Expressway eastbound at Navy Street, 1.1 miles by car along the streets.

  1. 506 Grand Avenue Gas station
    0.6 miles
  2. 510 Waverly Avenue Charging for electric cars, six Level 2 chargers
    0.3 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 seven crashes at this corner, the median for a Brooklyn corner.

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

The most recent crash recorded here was in May 2026.

About this corner

Where facts come from
ZIP code
11238
Community board
Brooklyn Community Board 2
City Council district
35
Police precinct
88
Neighborhood (City Planning area)
Fort Greene
Elevation
73 feet above sea level

The streets

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

Homes

About 2,500 homes stand within 820 feet of this corner, a mix of apartment buildings and smaller houses.

Since 2014 at least 131 new affordable homes have been completed within 820 feet.

Trees

NYC Parks records 51 trees within 330 feet; the most common is the thornless honeylocust.

Parking on the streets meeting here

How signs are read
  • 16 signs on these blocks
  • 4 different rules

The sign wording is DOT's, as recorded between June 2016 and February 2021, and the sign on the street decides.

East side of Adelphi Street

  • No parking 4 signs NO PARKING TUESDAY 11:30AM-1PM

West side of Adelphi Street

  • No parking 4 signs NO PARKING MONDAY 11:30AM-1PM

North side of Fulton Street

  • No parking 4 signs NO PARKING MONDAY 11:30AM-1PM
  • No standing 4 signs NO STANDING MONDAY-FRIDAY 7AM-10AM

Landmarks and historic districts

Within 820 feet are two Individual Landmarks, and 130 buildings in all are designated by the Landmarks Preservation Commission, recorded mostly as Italianate. They were mostly built between 1860 and 1872.

  1. Paul Robeson Theatre Designated landmark
    500 feet
  2. Chancery of the Roman Catholic Diocese of Brooklyn Designated landmark
    680 feet
  3. Episcopal Residence of the Roman Catholic Church Designated landmark
    780 feet

Schools, parks and places within a walk

How places are listed

Twenty public places are within a five-minute walk.

  • 3 day care or pre-K sites
  • 3 parks
  • 3 religious buildings
  • 3 schools
  • 2 nursing homes or hospices
  • 6 other places

Schools and child care

  1. L & L Studio Infant, toddler and preschool care, ages 0 to 5
    350 feet
  2. Npower New York Trade or language school
    590 feet
  3. Discovery Pitstop Infant, toddler and preschool care, ages 0 to 5
    770 feet
Show all 7
  1. P.S. K753 - School for Career Development School
    1,010 feet
  2. League School - Vanderbilt School
    1,080 feet
  3. Bishop Loughlin Memorial High School
    1,180 feet
  4. Shining Smiles Daycare I Infant, toddler and preschool care, ages 0 to 5
    1,250 feet

Parks, playgrounds and gardens

  1. Cuyler Gore Park
    420 feet
  2. Gateway Triangle
    500 feet
  3. Brooklyn Bears/Carlton Avenue Garden
    540 feet
Show all 5
  1. Cuyler Gore Park Playground
    740 feet
  2. South Oxford Park
    1,170 feet

Plazas and public spaces

  1. Gates Avenue Plaza Pedestrian plaza
    540 feet

Health care

  1. New Carlton Rehab and Nursing Center Nursing home or hospice
    530 feet
  2. Oxford Nursing Home Nursing home or hospice
    1,310 feet

Libraries, museums and history

  1. Hanson Place Seventh Day Adventist Church Listed historic place
    1,290 feet

Houses of worship

  1. St Luke St Mathew Church Listed historic place
    1,110 feet

Community centers and public services

  1. Atlantic Terminal Site 4b Community Center
    1,260 feet

Supermarkets

  1. Urban Market Supermarket
    0.3 miles
  2. Key Food Supermarket
    0.4 miles
  3. Stop & Shop Supermarket
    0.4 miles

Other stores

  1. Target Store
    0.4 miles

Shopping centers

  1. Atlantic Center Shopping center
    0.3 miles
  2. Atlantic Terminal Shopping center
    0.4 miles

Food stores and places to eat

Within a five-minute walk there are 20 places to eat and seven food stores.

Not on record for this corner: a signal or safety change.

Nearby corners

The eight corners within a three-minute walk:

See every intersection along Adelphi Street or Fulton Street.

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