Fulton Street & Franklin Avenue

Fulton Street and Franklin Avenue meet at a four-way crossing in Bedford-Stuyvesant (West), Brooklyn. Between 2021 and 2025, 54 police-reported crashes were recorded here, against a median of seven crashes for a Brooklyn corner. The city lists this corner as a Vision Zero priority intersection. Brooklyn Prospect Charter School-Clinton Hill Middle is 410 feet away, and Madison Hill Community Garden is 1,130 feet away. The nearest subway, Franklin Av, is about a minute on foot, for the C and S. Within a five-minute walk are 29 public places, 15 of them religious buildings, and 34 places to eat.

Safety record
40 hurt
54 police-reported crashes, 2021–2025
Nearest subway
Franklin Av
50 feet · 1 min on foot · C, S
Nearest bus stop
50 feet
Fulton St/Franklin Av · B25, T440
Within a walk
29 places
15 religious buildings, 4 schools and 6 more kinds, within five minutes

Map

Layers
Fulton Street & Franklin Avenue Nearby corners, linked

Getting there

How walks are measured

Subway

The nearest subway station is Franklin Av, 50 feet from this corner, about a minute on foot.

  • 2 lines at the nearest station
  • 3 lines within a ten-minute walk
  1. Franklin Av C, S
    50 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
    730 feet
    A C
  2. Clinton-Washington Avs C
    0.5 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 Fulton St/Franklin Av, 50 feet away, for the B25 and T440.

  • 9 routes within a ten-minute walk
  1. Fulton St/Franklin Av B25, T440
    50 feet
    B25 T440

Next buses at this stop

  1. B25 …
  2. T440 …

Live arrivals

Cycling

A marked bike lane runs on Franklin Avenue.

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

Nearest bike-share station

  1. Lefferts Pl & Franklin Ave 25 docks in all
    350 feet

By car

The nearest highway entrance is the ramp to the Brooklyn-Queens Expressway eastbound at Bedford Avenue, 1.7 miles by car along the streets.

  1. 1285 Bedford Avenue Gas station
    0.3 miles
  2. 540 Waverly Charging for electric cars, two Level 2 chargers
    0.4 miles
  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 54 crashes at this corner, more than the median of seven crashes for a Brooklyn corner.

  • 39 people injured
  • 1 person killed
  • 11 of those hurt, on foot
  • 11 of those hurt, on a bike

The most recent crash recorded here was in May 2026.

The city lists this corner as a Vision Zero priority intersection, a designation it applies to corners selected for attention on their injury record. It is not a record of work done.

What the city has done here

  • Turn calming, December 2019

About this corner

Where facts come from
ZIP code
11238
Community board
Brooklyn Community Board 3
City Council district
36
Police precinct
79
Neighborhood (City Planning area)
Bedford-Stuyvesant (West)
Elevation
66 feet above sea level

The streets

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

Homes

About 2,200 homes stand within 820 feet of this corner, a mix of apartment buildings and smaller houses.

Since 2014 at least 101 new affordable homes have been completed within 820 feet.

Trees

NYC Parks records 28 trees within 330 feet; the most common are the thornless honeylocust and the maidenhair tree.

Parking on the streets meeting here

How signs are read
  • 56 signs on these blocks
  • 15 different rules
  • 6 active meters
  • 3 pay-by-cell zones

The sign wording is DOT's, as recorded between December 2015 and October 2024; the 12 rules shown are the first by street and side, and the sign on the street decides.

East side of Franklin Avenue

  • Metered parking 2 signs 2 HOUR METERED PARKING MONDAY-FRIDAY 9AM-4PM SATURDAY 9AM-7PM
  • No parking 3 signs NO PARKING 8AM-9AM EXCEPT SUNDAY
  • No standing 3 signs NO STANDING ANYTIME
  • No standing 3 signs NO STANDING MONDAY-FRIDAY 4PM-7PM

West side of Franklin Avenue

  • No parking 3 signs NO PARKING ANYTIME
  • No parking 5 signs NO PARKING MONDAY THURSDAY 8AM-9:30AM
  • No standing 1 sign NO STANDING ANYTIME

North side of Fulton Street

  • Metered parking 5 signs 2 HOUR METERED PARKING 8:30AM-7PM EXCEPT SUNDAY
  • Metered parking 1 sign 2 HOUR METERED PARKING MONDAY-FRIDAY 1PM-7PM SATURDAY 8:30AM-7PM
  • No parking 5 signs NO PARKING 8AM-8:30AM EXCEPT SUNDAY
  • Truck loading only 1 sign TRUCK LOADING ONLY MONDAY-FRIDAY 7AM-1PM

South side of Fulton Street

  • Metered parking 9 signs 2 HOUR METERED PARKING 8AM-7PM EXCEPT SUNDAY

ParkNYC pay-by-cell zones: 300636, 310832 and 311559.

Landmarks and historic districts

Eleven buildings within 820 feet are designated by the Landmarks Preservation Commission, recorded most often as neo-Grec with alterations, and mostly built between 1878 and 1883.

Schools, parks and places within a walk

How places are listed

Within a five-minute walk there are 29 public places.

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

Schools and child care

  1. Careskills Training School Trade or language school
    380 feet
  2. Brooklyn Prospect Charter School-Clinton Hill Middle School
    410 feet
  3. Brooklyn Prospect Charter School - CSD 13 School
    410 feet
Show all 7
  1. P.S. 003 the Bedford Village School
    610 feet
  2. Magic Moments Academy Preschool & Child Care Infant, toddler and preschool care, ages 0 to 5 · Pre-K
    620 feet
  3. Bumblebees-R-Us Infant and toddler care, ages 0 to 2 · Pre-K
    720 feet
  4. Brooklyn Waldorf School
    960 feet

Parks, playgrounds and gardens

  1. John Hancock Playground
    370 feet
  2. Crispus Attucks Playground
    880 feet
  3. Lefferts Place Community Garden
    980 feet
Show all 4
  1. Madison Hill Community Garden
    1,130 feet

Libraries, museums and history

  1. Bedford Library
    370 feet
  2. Bedford Library Learning Center Library
    370 feet
  3. Twenty-Third Regiment Armory Listed historic place
    1,260 feet

Houses of worship

  1. Redemption Church of Christ House of worship
    540 feet
  2. St Peter Claver Church House of worship
    690 feet
  3. Pilgrim Holiness Church House of worship
    1,210 feet
Show all 5
  1. St Johns Church God FBH House of worship
    1,290 feet
  2. Elim International Fellowship House of worship
    1,290 feet

Supermarkets

  1. Lincoln Market Supermarket
    90 feet
  2. Shop Fair Supermarket
    330 feet
  3. Food Garden Market Supermarket
    0.3 miles

Pharmacies

  1. Walgreens Pharmacy
    0.3 miles

Other stores

  1. Family Dollar Store
    510 feet

Food stores and places to eat

Within a five-minute walk there are 34 places to eat and 19 food stores.

Nearby corners

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

See every intersection along Franklin Avenue 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 and USDA, retrieved September 18 – October 6, 2026.