Fulton Street & Classon Avenue

Fulton Street and Classon Avenue meet at a four-way crossing in Bedford-Stuyvesant (West), Brooklyn. Between 2021 and 2025, 48 police-reported crashes were recorded here, against a median of seven crashes for a Brooklyn corner. In 2025, 16 red-light camera tickets were recorded here. Crispus Attucks Playground is 40 feet away, and Adlephi Post Office is 1,190 feet away. The nearest subway, Franklin Av, is about three minutes on foot, and four subway lines stop within a ten-minute walk. Within a five-minute walk are 31 public places, 13 of them religious buildings, and 24 places to eat.

Safety record
43 hurt
48 police-reported crashes, 2021–2025
Nearest subway
Franklin Av
820 feet · 3 min on foot · C, S
Nearest bus stop
30 feet
Classon Av/Fulton St · B48
Within a walk
31 places
13 religious buildings, 4 day care or pre-K sites and 8 more kinds, within five minutes

Map

Layers
Fulton Street & Classon Avenue Nearby corners, linked

Getting there

How walks are measured

Subway

The nearest subway station is Franklin Av, 820 feet from this corner, about three minutes on foot.

  • 2 lines at the nearest station
  • 4 lines within a ten-minute walk
  1. Franklin Av C, S
    820 feet
    C S

Next trains at this station

Manhattan
1 line
  1. C …
Outbound
1 line
  1. C …
Prospect Park
1 line
  1. S …

Also within a walk

  1. Nostrand Av A, C
    0.3 miles
    A C
  2. Clinton-Washington Avs C
    0.3 miles
    C

The MTA's permanent art catalog lists “Life and Continued Growth” (1999) by Eric Pryor at the Franklin Av station.

Bus

The nearest bus stop is Classon Av/Fulton St, 30 feet away, for the B48.

  • 10 routes within a ten-minute walk
  1. Classon Av/Fulton St B48
    30 feet
    B48

Next buses at this stop

  1. B48 …

Live arrivals

Cycling

A signed bike route shared with traffic runs on Classon Avenue.

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

Nearest bike-share station

  1. Fulton St & Irving Pl 31 docks in all
    260 feet

By car

The nearest highway entrance is the ramp to the Brooklyn-Queens Expressway eastbound at Bedford Avenue, 1.5 miles by car along the streets.

  1. 506 Grand Avenue Gas station
    0.3 miles
  2. 540 Waverly Charging for electric cars, two Level 2 chargers
    1,020 feet
  3. 28-17 42nd Road Fast charging for electric cars
    1.8 miles

Safety record

How crashes are counted

Between 2021 and 2025, police reported 48 crashes at this corner, more than the median of seven crashes for a Brooklyn corner.

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

The most recent crash recorded here was in May 2026.

What the city has done here

  • Leading pedestrian interval, April 2017
  • Turn calming, February 2024

Camera tickets

How tickets are counted

In 2025, 16 red-light camera tickets were issued for violations recorded at this corner, the 195th most of the 200 corners in the city where any were issued.

In 2026 so far, through July 26, 869 more were issued.

Every corner with red-light camera tickets

About this corner

Where facts come from
ZIP code
11238
Community board
Brooklyn Community Board 2
City Council district
35 and 36 (the boundary runs through this corner)
Police precinct
79 and 88 (the boundary runs through this corner)
Neighborhood (City Planning area)
Bedford-Stuyvesant (West)
Elevation
67 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 81 trees within 330 feet; the most common is the maidenhair tree.

Parking on the streets meeting here

How signs are read
  • 51 signs on these blocks
  • 15 different rules
  • 2 active meters
  • 2 pay-by-cell zones

The sign wording is DOT's, as recorded between July 2017 and September 2024; the 12 rules shown are the first by street and side, and the sign on the street decides.

East side of Classon Avenue

  • No parking 1 sign NO PARKING ANYTIME
  • No parking 6 signs NO PARKING TUESDAY 9:30AM-11AM
  • No standing 1 sign NO STANDING ANYTIME

West side of Classon Avenue

  • No parking 7 signs NO PARKING MONDAY 9:30AM-11AM
  • No standing 1 sign NO STANDING ANYTIME

North side of Fulton Street

  • Metered parking 2 signs 2 HOUR METERED PARKING 9AM-7PM EXCEPT SUNDAY
  • No parking 1 sign NO PARKING ANYTIME
  • No parking 2 signs NO PARKING MONDAY 9:30AM-11AM
  • No parking 4 signs NO PARKING MONDAY THURSDAY 8AM-9:30AM

South side of Fulton Street

  • Metered parking 6 signs 2 HOUR METERED PARKING 8AM-7PM EXCEPT SUNDAY
  • Metered parking 4 signs 2 HOUR METERED PARKING 9AM-7PM EXCEPT SUNDAY
  • No parking 6 signs NO PARKING 7:30AM-8AM EXCEPT SUNDAY

ParkNYC pay-by-cell zones: 303310 and 312326.

Landmarks and historic districts

Within 820 feet are two Individual Landmarks, and seven buildings in all are designated by the Landmarks Preservation Commission, recorded mostly as Italianate. They were mostly built between 1874 and 1881.

  1. Lincoln Club Designated landmark
    540 feet

Schools, parks and places within a walk

How places are listed

Within a five-minute walk there are 31 public places.

  • 13 religious buildings
  • 4 day care or pre-K sites
  • 3 gardens
  • 3 schools
  • 2 libraries
  • 6 other places

Schools and child care

  1. Bumblebees-R-Us Infant and toddler care, ages 0 to 2 · Pre-K
    130 feet
  2. Magic Moments Academy Preschool & Child Care Infant, toddler and preschool care, ages 0 to 5 · Pre-K
    230 feet
  3. Brooklyn Prospect Charter School-Clinton Hill Middle School
    550 feet
Show all 8
  1. Brooklyn Prospect Charter School - CSD 13 School
    550 feet
  2. Careskills Training School Trade or language school
    630 feet
  3. Brooklyn Waldorf School
    820 feet
  4. Brooklyn Doodles Preschool
    850 feet
  5. Fort Greene Council Preschool, ages 2 to 5 · Pre-K
    980 feet

Parks, playgrounds and gardens

  1. Crispus Attucks Playground
    40 feet
  2. Lefferts Place Community Garden
    620 feet
  3. Classon / Fulgate Block Association Garden
    790 feet
Show all 5
  1. John Hancock Playground
    1,210 feet
  2. Brooklyn's Finest Garden
    1,310 feet

Plazas and public spaces

  1. Jitu Weusi Plaza Pedestrian plaza
    1,070 feet

Libraries, museums and history

  1. Clinton Hill South Historic District Listed historic place
    840 feet
  2. Bedford Library
    840 feet
  3. Bedford Library Learning Center Library
    840 feet

Houses of worship

  1. St Peter Claver Church House of worship
    420 feet
  2. St Johns Church God FBH House of worship
    450 feet
  3. Elim International Fellowship House of worship
    630 feet
Show all 4
  1. Mount Zion Christian Mission Church House of worship
    1,270 feet

Community centers and public services

  1. Adlephi Post Office
    1,190 feet

Supermarkets

  1. Shop Fair Supermarket
    590 feet
  2. Lincoln Market Supermarket
    930 feet
  3. Key Food Supermarket
    0.3 miles

Pharmacies

  1. Walgreens Pharmacy
    0.5 miles

Other stores

  1. Family Dollar Store
    470 feet

Food stores and places to eat

Within a five-minute walk there are 24 places to eat and 18 food stores.

Nearby corners

The eight nearest of the 11 corners within a three-minute walk:

See every intersection along Classon Avenue 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, NYS Agriculture and Markets and USDA, retrieved September 18 – October 6, 2026.