Fulton Street & Elton Street

Fulton Street and Elton Street meet at a four-way crossing in Cypress Hills, Brooklyn. Between 2021 and 2025, 21 police-reported crashes were recorded here, against a median of seven crashes for a Brooklyn corner. Essex Street Community Garden is 500 feet away. The nearest subway, Cleveland St, is about a minute on foot, and two subway lines stop within a ten-minute walk. Within a five-minute walk are 12 public places, seven of them religious buildings, and 17 places to eat.

Safety record
13 hurt
21 police-reported crashes, 2021–2025
Nearest subway
Cleveland St
310 feet · 1 min on foot · J
Nearest bus stop
750 feet
Atlantic Av/Elton St · Q24, T340
Within a walk
12 places
7 religious buildings, 1 garden and 4 more kinds, within five minutes

Map

Layers
Fulton Street & Elton Street Nearby corners, linked

Getting there

How walks are measured

Subway

The nearest subway station is Cleveland St, 310 feet from this corner, about a minute on foot.

  • 2 lines within a ten-minute walk
  1. Cleveland St J
    310 feet
    J

Next trains at this station

Outbound
1 line
  1. J …
Manhattan
1 line
  1. J …

Also within a walk

  1. Norwood Av J, Z
    0.3 miles
    J Z
  2. Van Siclen Av J, Z
    0.4 miles
    J Z

The MTA's permanent art catalog lists “Las Flores” (2007) by Amy Cheng at the Cleveland St station.

Bus

The nearest bus stop is Atlantic Av/Elton St, 750 feet away, for the Q24 and T340.

  • 5 routes within a ten-minute walk
  1. Atlantic Av/Elton St Q24, T340
    750 feet
    Q24 T340

Next buses at this stop

  1. Q24 …
  2. T340 …

Live arrivals

Cycling

  • 26 bicycle racks within 820 feet
  • 2 more bike-share stations within a five-minute walk

Nearest bike-share station

  1. Cleveland St & Fulton St 16 docks in all
    300 feet

By car

The nearest highway entrance is the ramp to the Jackie Robinson Parkway eastbound at Jamaica Avenue & J Robinson Parkway, 0.7 miles by car along the streets.

  1. 3170 Atlantic Avenue Gas station
    0.5 miles
  2. 570 Jamaica Avenue Charging for electric cars, four Level 2 chargers
    0.5 miles
  3. 1-01 Forest Park Drive Fast charging for electric cars
    2.9 miles

Safety record

How crashes are counted

Between 2021 and 2025, police reported 21 crashes at this corner, more than the median of seven crashes for a Brooklyn corner.

  • 13 people injured
  • 0 people killed
  • 7 of those hurt, on foot

The most recent crash recorded here was in October 2025.

About this corner

Where facts come from
ZIP code
11208
Community board
Brooklyn Community Board 5
City Council district
37
Police precinct
75
Neighborhood (City Planning area)
Cypress Hills
Elevation
37 feet above sea level

The streets

  • One travel lane
  • Two of the streets are one-way

Homes

About 1,200 homes stand within 820 feet of this corner, a mix of apartment buildings and smaller houses. The buildings holding them mostly went up between 1905 and 1925.

Since 2014 at least 118 new affordable homes have been completed within 820 feet.

Trees

NYC Parks records 51 trees within 330 feet; the most common is the pin oak.

Parking on the streets meeting here

How signs are read
  • 25 signs on these blocks
  • 7 different rules

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

East side of Elton Street

  • No parking 6 signs NO PARKING TUESDAY FRIDAY 11AM-12:30PM

West side of Elton Street

  • No parking 6 signs NO PARKING MONDAY THURSDAY 11AM-12:30PM

North side of Fulton Street

  • No parking 5 signs NO PARKING MONDAY THURSDAY 11AM-12:30PM
  • No standing 1 sign NO STANDING ANYTIME
  • Truck loading only 1 sign TRUCK LOADING ONLY SUNDAY THURSDAY 4AM-8AM

South side of Fulton Street

  • No parking 5 signs NO PARKING TUESDAY FRIDAY 11AM-12:30PM
  • No standing 1 sign NO STANDING ANYTIME

Landmarks and historic districts

One building within 820 feet is designated by the Landmarks Preservation Commission, recorded as Romanesque Revival, and built in 1895.

  1. Public School 108 Designated landmark
    500 feet

Schools, parks and places within a walk

How places are listed

Twelve public places are within a five-minute walk.

  • 7 religious buildings
  • 1 garden
  • 1 library
  • 1 listed historic place
  • 1 playground
  • 1 school

Schools and child care

  1. P.S. 108 Sal Abbracciamento School
    650 feet

Parks, playgrounds and gardens

  1. Essex Street Community Garden
    500 feet
  2. Sperandeo Brothers Playground
    740 feet

Libraries, museums and history

  1. Substation #401 (BMT) Listed historic place
    670 feet
  2. Arlington Library
    1,080 feet

Supermarkets

  1. CTown Supermarket
    1,220 feet
  2. Shop Fair Supermarket
    0.5 miles

Other stores

  1. Family Dollar Store
    0.3 miles

Food stores and places to eat

Within a five-minute walk there are 17 places to eat and 12 food stores.

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

Nearby corners

The eight nearest of the 12 corners within a three-minute walk:

See every intersection along Elton 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.