Fulton Street & Ashland Place

Fulton Street and Ashland Place meet at a four-way crossing in Fort Greene, Brooklyn. Between 2021 and 2025, 37 police-reported crashes were recorded here, against a median of seven crashes for a Brooklyn corner. In 2025, 69 bus-lane camera tickets were recorded here. Polonsky Shakespeare Center is 190 feet away, and Library for Arts & Culture is 750 feet away. The nearest subway, Fulton St, is about two minutes on foot, and 12 subway lines stop within a ten-minute walk. Within a five-minute walk are 32 public places, six of them schools, and 59 places to eat.

Safety record
24 hurt
37 police-reported crashes, 2021–2025
Nearest subway
Fulton St
520 feet · 2 min on foot · G
Nearest bus stop
100 feet
Fulton St/Ashland Pl · B38
Within a walk
32 places
6 schools, 4 parks and 13 more kinds, within five minutes

Map

Layers
Fulton Street & Ashland Place Nearby corners, linked

Getting there

How walks are measured

Subway

The nearest subway station is Fulton St, 520 feet from this corner, about two minutes on foot.

  • 12 lines within a ten-minute walk
  1. Fulton St G
    520 feet
    G

Next trains at this station

Queens
1 line
  1. G …
Southbound
1 line
  1. G …

Also within a walk

  1. Nevins St 2, 3, 4, 5
    690 feet
    2 3 4 5
  2. Atlantic Av-Barclays Ctr 2, 3, 4, 5, B, D, N, Q, R
    1,100 feet
    2 3 4 5 B D N Q R

Bus

The nearest bus stop is Fulton St/Ashland Pl, 100 feet away, for the B38.

  • 15 routes within a ten-minute walk
  1. Fulton St/Ashland Pl B38
    100 feet
    B38

Next buses at this stop

  1. B38 …

Live arrivals

Fulton Street carries a bus lane, 7am to 7pm on weekdays.

Cycling

A bike lane separated from traffic runs on Ashland Place.

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

Nearest bike-share station

  1. Lafayette Ave & Ft Greene Pl 36 docks in all
    710 feet

By car

The nearest highway entrance is the ramp to the Brooklyn-Queens Expressway eastbound at Navy Street, 0.6 miles by car along the streets.

  1. 160 Johnson Street Gas station
    0.6 miles
  2. 152 Ashland Place Charging for electric cars, 20 Level 2 chargers
    0.3 miles
  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 37 crashes at this corner, more than the median of seven crashes for a Brooklyn corner.

  • 24 people injured
  • 0 people killed
  • 6 of those hurt, on foot
  • 6 of those hurt, on a bike

The most recent crash recorded here was in April 2026.

What the city has done here

  • Turn calming, August 2017
  • Leading pedestrian interval, May 2019

Camera tickets

How tickets are counted

In 2025, 69 bus-lane camera tickets were issued for violations recorded at this corner, the 169th most of the 174 corners in the city where any were issued.

In 2026 so far, through August 3, 17 more were issued.

Every corner with bus-lane camera tickets

About this corner

Where facts come from
ZIP code
11217
Community board
Brooklyn Community Board 2
City Council district
35
Police precinct
88
Neighborhood (City Planning area)
Fort Greene
Elevation
36 feet above sea level

The streets

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

Homes

About 5,900 homes stand within 820 feet of this corner, most of them in buildings of ten homes or more. The buildings holding them mostly went up between 2012 and 2022.

Since 2014 at least 380 new affordable homes have been completed within 820 feet.

Trees

NYC Parks records 31 trees within 330 feet; the most common is the thornless honeylocust.

Parking on the streets meeting here

How signs are read
  • 39 signs on these blocks
  • 14 different rules

The sign wording is DOT's, as recorded between July 2014 and December 2025; the 12 rules shown are the first by street and side, and the sign on the street decides.

East side of Ashland Place

  • Metered parking 1 sign 2 HOUR METERED PARKING 9AM-7PM EXCEPT SUNDAY
  • Ambulances and ambulettes only 1 sign AMBULANCE AMBULETTE ONLY MONDAY-FRIDAY 7AM-7PM
  • No parking 2 signs NO PARKING TUESDAY THURSDAY SATURDAY MIDNIGHT-3AM
  • No stopping 7 signs NO STOPPING ANYTIME

West side of Ashland Place

  • Metered parking 3 signs 2 HOUR METERED PARKING 9AM-7PM EXCEPT SUNDAY
  • Loading only 1 sign LOADING ONLY MONDAY-FRIDAY 7AM-7PM
  • No parking 8 signs NO PARKING THURSDAY 9:30AM-11AM
  • No standing 4 signs NO STANDING ANYTIME
  • Truck loading only 2 signs TRUCK LOADING ONLY 7AM-4PM ALL DAYS

North side of Fulton Street

  • No parking 3 signs NO PARKING MONDAY WEDNESDAY FRIDAY MIDNIGHT-3AM
  • No standing 2 signs NO STANDING ANYTIME
  • No standing 3 signs NO STANDING MONDAY-FRIDAY 7AM-7PM

Landmarks and historic districts

Within 820 feet, 51 buildings are designated by the Landmarks Preservation Commission, recorded most often as Italianate, and mostly built between 1856 and 1874.

  1. The Salvation Army Building Designated landmark
    710 feet
  2. Brooklyn Music School Designated landmark
    730 feet

Schools, parks and places within a walk

How places are listed

Within a five-minute walk there are 32 public places.

  • 6 schools
  • 4 parks
  • 3 public spaces
  • 3 religious buildings
  • 2 gardens
  • 14 other places

Schools and child care

  1. Brooklyn Independent School
    580 feet
  2. The International Charter School of New York Annex School
    590 feet
  3. Dental Auxiliary Training Center Trade or language school
    960 feet
Show all 9
  1. Masters Refrigeration Learning Cntr Trade or language school
    960 feet
  2. Brooklyn Hospital-Caledonia Hospital College
    1,030 feet
  3. Khalil Gibran International Academy School
    1,030 feet
  4. The Elizabeth Jennings School for Bold Explorers School
    1,030 feet
  5. Brooklyn Rise Charter School
    1,250 feet
  6. Brooklyn Technical High School
    1,310 feet

Parks, playgrounds and gardens

  1. Betty Carter Park
    340 feet
  2. MoCADA Ubuntu Garden
    660 feet
  3. Brooklyn Bears/Rockwell Place Garden
    680 feet
Show all 7
  1. Fowler Square
    850 feet
  2. Sixteen Sycamores Playground
    1,070 feet
  3. Fort Greene Park
    1,100 feet
  4. University Place Park
    1,270 feet

Plazas and public spaces

  1. Public space at Forte Public space
    230 feet
  2. Fox Square Plaza Pedestrian plaza
    690 feet
  3. Fowler Square Plaza Pedestrian plaza
    900 feet
Show all 5
  1. Public space at 620 Fulton Street Public space
    260 feet
  2. Public space at BAM South Public space
    750 feet

Health care

  1. Brooklyn Hospital Center - Downtown Campus Hospital
    1,030 feet

Libraries, museums and history

  1. Library for Arts & Culture Library
    750 feet
  2. General Edward Big Ned Fowler Monument Monument or memorial
    830 feet
  3. Atlantic Avenue Subway Station (IRT) Listed historic place
    1,170 feet
Show all 4
  1. Fort Greene Historic District (Boundary Increase) Listed historic place
    1,180 feet

Theaters, arts and venues

  1. Polonsky Shakespeare Center Theater or concert hall
    190 feet
  2. BAM Harvey Theater Theater or concert hall
    240 feet
  3. Brooklyn Academy of Music Arts or cultural center · landmark · listed historic place
    490 feet

Houses of worship

  1. Recovery House of Worship Church Listed historic place
    980 feet

Bank branches

  1. Bank of America Bank branch
    650 feet
  2. Citizens Bank Bank branch
    870 feet
  3. TD Bank Bank branch
    1,060 feet

Supermarkets

  1. Whole Foods Market Supermarket
    710 feet
  2. Lidl Supermarket
    0.3 miles
  3. Stop & Shop Supermarket
    0.4 miles

Pharmacies

  1. CVS Pharmacy
    1,040 feet
  2. Walgreens Pharmacy
    0.4 miles

Other stores

  1. Dollar Tree Store
    1,300 feet
  2. Target Store
    0.3 miles

Shopping centers

  1. Atlantic Terminal Shopping center
    1,150 feet
  2. Atlantic Center Shopping center
    0.3 miles

Food stores and places to eat

Within a five-minute walk there are 59 places to eat and 16 food stores.

Nearby corners

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

See every intersection along Ashland Place or Fulton Street.

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