Fulton Street & Cumberland Street

Fulton Street and Cumberland Street meet at a three-way junction in Fort Greene, Brooklyn. Between 2021 and 2025, nine police-reported crashes were recorded here, against a median of seven crashes for a Brooklyn corner. Paul Robeson Theatre, one of two Individual Landmarks within 820 feet, stands 430 feet away, and General Edward Big Ned Fowler Monument is 1,070 feet away. The nearest subway, Lafayette Av, is about a minute on foot, and 11 subway lines stop within a ten-minute walk. Within a five-minute walk are 20 public places, four of them parks, and 34 places to eat.

Safety record
4 hurt
9 police-reported crashes, 2021–2025
Nearest subway
Lafayette Av
190 feet · 1 min on foot · C
Nearest bus stop
180 feet
Fulton St/Greene Av · B25, B26, T440
Within a walk
20 places
4 parks, 2 day care or pre-K sites and 9 more kinds, within five minutes

Map

Layers
Fulton Street & Cumberland Street Nearby corners, linked

Getting there

How walks are measured

Subway

The nearest subway station is Lafayette Av, 190 feet from this corner, about a minute on foot.

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

Next trains at this station

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

Also within a walk

  1. Fulton St G
    970 feet
    G
  2. Atlantic Av-Barclays Ctr 2, 3, 4, 5, B, D, N, Q, R
    0.3 miles
    2 3 4 5 B D N Q R

Bus

The nearest bus stop is Fulton St/Greene Av, 180 feet away, for the B25, B26 and T440.

  • 15 routes within a ten-minute walk
  1. Fulton St/Greene Av B25, B26, T440
    180 feet
    B25 B26 T440

Next buses at this stop

  1. B25 …
  2. B26 …
  3. T440 …

Live arrivals

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

Cycling

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

Nearest bike-share station

  1. S Portland Ave & Hanson Pl 27 docks in all
    640 feet

By car

The nearest highway entrance is the ramp to the Brooklyn-Queens Expressway eastbound at Navy Street, 1 mile by car along the streets.

  1. 506 Grand Avenue Gas station
    0.7 miles
  2. 625 Atlantic Avenue Charging for electric cars, 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 nine crashes at this corner, more than the median of seven crashes for a Brooklyn corner.

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

The most recent crash recorded here was in April 2026.

What the city has done here

  • Barnes Dance all-way crossing, undated in the City's record

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
78 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 104 new affordable homes have been completed within 820 feet.

Trees

NYC Parks records 140 trees within 330 feet; the most common is the Japanese pagoda tree.

Parking on the streets meeting here

How signs are read
  • 17 signs on these blocks
  • 8 different rules

The sign wording is DOT's, as recorded between September 2017 and September 2018, and the sign on the street decides.

East side of Cumberland Street

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

West side of Cumberland Street

  • No parking 2 signs NO PARKING TUESDAY 11:30AM-1PM
  • No standing 1 sign NO STANDING ANYTIME
  • Other rule 3 signs PARKING PERMITTED MONDAY 7AM-7PM ONLY

South side of Fulton Street

  • No parking 4 signs NO PARKING TUESDAY 11:30AM-1PM
  • No standing 1 sign NO STANDING ANYTIME
  • No standing 4 signs NO STANDING MONDAY-FRIDAY 2PM-7PM

Landmarks and historic districts

Within 820 feet are two Individual Landmarks, and 173 buildings in all are designated by the Landmarks Preservation Commission, recorded mostly as Italianate. They were mostly built between 1857 and 1860.

  1. Paul Robeson Theatre Designated landmark
    430 feet
  2. Hanson Place Baptist Church Designated landmark
    470 feet
  3. Lafayette Avenue Presbyterian Church Designated landmark
    600 feet

Schools, parks and places within a walk

How places are listed

Twenty public places are within a five-minute walk.

  • 4 parks
  • 2 day care or pre-K sites
  • 2 nursing homes or hospices
  • 2 pedestrian plazas
  • 2 playgrounds
  • 8 other places

Schools and child care

  1. Hanson Place Child Development Center Infant, toddler and preschool care, ages 0 to 5 · Pre-K
    960 feet
  2. Npower New York Trade or language school
    980 feet
  3. L & L Studio Infant, toddler and preschool care, ages 0 to 5
    1,030 feet
Show all 4
  1. Dental Auxiliary Training Center Trade or language school
    1,230 feet

Parks, playgrounds and gardens

  1. Cuyler Gore Park
    50 feet
  2. Cuyler Gore Park Playground
    60 feet
  3. South Oxford Park
    490 feet
Show all 7
  1. Brooklyn Bears/Carlton Avenue Garden
    640 feet
  2. South Oxford Park Playground
    810 feet
  3. Fowler Square
    1,090 feet
  4. Gateway Triangle
    1,180 feet

Plazas and public spaces

  1. Fowler Square Plaza Pedestrian plaza
    1,080 feet
  2. Gates Avenue Plaza Pedestrian plaza
    1,220 feet

Health care

  1. New Carlton Rehab and Nursing Center Nursing home or hospice
    490 feet
  2. Oxford Nursing Home Nursing home or hospice
    640 feet

Libraries, museums and history

  1. General Edward Big Ned Fowler Monument Monument or memorial
    1,070 feet
  2. Fort Greene Historic District (Boundary Increase) Listed historic place
    1,150 feet

Community centers and public services

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

Supermarkets

  1. Stop & Shop Supermarket
    0.3 miles
  2. Whole Foods Market Supermarket
    0.4 miles
  3. Urban Market Supermarket
    0.4 miles

Pharmacies

  1. Walgreens Pharmacy
    0.5 miles

Other stores

  1. Target Store
    0.3 miles

Shopping centers

  1. Atlantic Center Shopping center
    920 feet
  2. Atlantic Terminal Shopping center
    1,200 feet

Food stores and places to eat

Within a five-minute walk there are 34 places to eat and nine food stores.

Nearby corners

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

See every intersection along Cumberland Street or Fulton Street.

Sources: NYC Technology and Innovation, NYPD, 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, USDA and NYC Finance, retrieved September 18 – October 6, 2026.