Fulton Street & Downing Street

Fulton Street and Downing Street meet at a four-way crossing in Bedford-Stuyvesant (West), Brooklyn. Between 2021 and 2025, six police-reported crashes were recorded here, fewer than the median of seven crashes for a Brooklyn corner. St Johns Church God FBH is 140 feet away, and P.S. 056 Lewis H. Latimer is 980 feet away. The nearest subway, Clinton-Washington Avs, is about five minutes on foot, and three subway lines stop within a ten-minute walk. Within a five-minute walk are 36 public places, 19 of them religious buildings, and 31 places to eat.

Safety record
10 hurt
6 police-reported crashes, 2021–2025
Nearest subway
Clinton-Washington Avs
1,190 feet · 5 min on foot · C
Nearest bus stop
230 feet
Fulton St/Grand Av · B25, B26
Within a walk
36 places
19 religious buildings, 5 day care or pre-K sites and 7 more kinds, within five minutes

Map

Layers
Fulton Street & Downing Street Nearby corners, linked

Getting there

How walks are measured

Subway

The nearest subway station is Clinton-Washington Avs, 1,190 feet from this corner, about five minutes on foot.

  • 3 lines within a ten-minute walk
  1. Clinton-Washington Avs C
    1,190 feet
    C

Next trains at this station

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

Also within a walk

  1. Franklin Av C, S
    0.3 miles
    C S
  2. Nostrand Av A, C
    0.4 miles
    A C

Bus

The nearest bus stop is Fulton St/Grand Av, 230 feet away, for the B25 and B26.

  • 11 routes within a ten-minute walk
  1. Fulton St/Grand Av B25, B26
    230 feet
    B25 B26

Next buses at this stop

  1. B25 …
  2. B26 …

Live arrivals

Cycling

  • 37 bicycle racks within 820 feet

Nearest bike-share station

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

By car

The nearest highway entrance is the ramp to the Brooklyn-Queens Expressway eastbound at Navy Street, 1.6 miles by car along the streets.

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

Safety record

How crashes are counted

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

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

The most recent crash recorded here was in April 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)
Bedford-Stuyvesant (West)
Elevation
68 feet above sea level

The streets

  • Up to two travel lanes
  • Posted limits from 20 to 25 mph
  • One of the streets is one-way

Homes

About 2,400 homes stand within 820 feet of this corner, a mix of apartment buildings and smaller houses.

Since 2014 at least 214 new affordable homes have been completed within 820 feet.

Trees

NYC Parks records 70 trees within 330 feet; the most common are the Japanese pagoda tree and the bald cypress.

Parking on the streets meeting here

How signs are read
  • 13 signs on these blocks
  • 5 different rules
  • 3 active meters
  • 2 pay-by-cell zones

The sign wording is DOT's, as recorded between December 2017 and June 2024, and the sign on the street decides.

Meters are posted as 2 hour passenger vehicles Monday to Saturday 9am to 7pm on Fulton Street (south side).

East side of Downing Street

  • No parking 2 signs NO PARKING TUESDAY 9:30AM-11AM
  • No standing 1 sign NO STANDING ANYTIME

West side of Downing Street

  • No parking 2 signs NO PARKING MONDAY 9:30AM-11AM

North side of Fulton Street

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

ParkNYC pay-by-cell zones: 303371 and 312326.

Landmarks and historic districts

Within 820 feet are two Individual Landmarks, and 79 buildings in all are designated by the Landmarks Preservation Commission, recorded mostly as Italianate. They were mostly built between 1869 and 1879.

  1. Lincoln Club Designated landmark
    490 feet

Schools, parks and places within a walk

How places are listed

Within a five-minute walk there are 36 public places.

  • 19 religious buildings
  • 5 day care or pre-K sites
  • 4 schools
  • 3 gardens
  • 1 listed historic place
  • 4 other places

Schools and child care

  1. Brooklyn Doodles Preschool
    280 feet
  2. Fort Greene Council Preschool, ages 2 to 5 · Pre-K
    400 feet
  3. P.S. 056 Lewis H. Latimer School
    980 feet
Show all 10
  1. Bumblebees-R-Us Infant and toddler care, ages 0 to 2 · Pre-K
    710 feet
  2. Magic Moments Academy Preschool & Child Care Infant, toddler and preschool care, ages 0 to 5 · Pre-K
    810 feet
  3. The Urban Assembly Unison School
    980 feet
  4. Brooklyn Schoolhouse Daycare Preschool, ages 2 to 5
    1,080 feet
  5. Brooklyn Prospect Charter School-Clinton Hill Middle School
    1,130 feet
  6. Brooklyn Prospect Charter School - CSD 13 School
    1,130 feet
  7. Careskills Training School Trade or language school
    1,210 feet

Parks, playgrounds and gardens

  1. Crispus Attucks Playground
    300 feet
  2. Brooklyn's Finest Garden
    730 feet
  3. Classon / Fulgate Block Association Garden
    990 feet
Show all 4
  1. Lefferts Place Community Garden
    1,190 feet

Plazas and public spaces

  1. Jitu Weusi Plaza Pedestrian plaza
    490 feet

Libraries, museums and history

  1. Clinton Hill South Historic District Listed historic place
    1,020 feet

Houses of worship

  1. St Johns Church God FBH House of worship
    140 feet
  2. Elim International Fellowship House of worship
    880 feet
  3. St Peter Claver Church House of worship
    1,000 feet
Show all 6
  1. Zion Baptist Church House of worship
    1,090 feet
  2. Epiphany RC Church House of worship
    1,100 feet
  3. Mount Zion Christian Mission Church House of worship
    1,310 feet

Community centers and public services

  1. Adlephi Post Office
    610 feet

Supermarkets

  1. Key Food Supermarket
    800 feet
  2. Shop Fair Supermarket
    1,160 feet
  3. Lincoln Market Supermarket
    0.3 miles

Other stores

  1. Family Dollar Store
    1,040 feet

Food stores and places to eat

Within a five-minute walk there are 31 places to eat and 14 food stores.

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

Nearby corners

The eight nearest of the 10 corners within a three-minute walk:

See every intersection along Downing Street or Fulton Street.

Sources: NYC Technology and Innovation, NYPD, MTA, NYC DOT, New York City's bike-share system, NYS Environmental Conservation, NYC City Planning, 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.