Fulton Street & Greene Avenue

Fulton Street and Greene Avenue meet at a four-way crossing in Fort Greene, Brooklyn. The corner lies on the edge of the Fort Greene Historic District. Between 2021 and 2025, 18 police-reported crashes were recorded here, against a median of seven crashes for a Brooklyn corner. Hanson Place Baptist Church, one of two Individual Landmarks within 820 feet, stands 310 feet away, and MoCADA Ubuntu Garden is 1,140 feet away. The nearest subway, Lafayette Av, is about a minute on foot, for the C. Within a five-minute walk are 22 public places and 36 places to eat.

Safety record
8 hurt
18 police-reported crashes, 2021–2025
Nearest subway
Lafayette Av
80 feet · 1 min on foot · C
Nearest bus stop
90 feet
Fulton St/Greene Av · B25, B26, T440
Within a walk
22 places
4 parks, 3 religious buildings and 9 more kinds, within five minutes

Map

Layers
Fulton Street & Greene Avenue Nearby corners, linked

Getting there

How walks are measured

Subway

The nearest subway station is Lafayette Av, 80 feet from this corner, about a minute on foot.

  • 11 lines within a ten-minute walk
  1. Lafayette Av C
    80 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
    730 feet
    G
  2. Atlantic Av-Barclays Ctr 2, 3, 4, 5, B, D, N, Q, R
    1,250 feet
    2 3 4 5 B D N Q R

Bus

The nearest bus stop is Fulton St/Greene Av, 90 feet away, for the B25, B26 and T440.

  • 15 routes within a ten-minute walk
  1. Fulton St/Greene Av B25, B26, T440
    90 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

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

Nearest bike-share station

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

By car

The nearest highway entrance is the ramp to the Brooklyn-Queens Expressway eastbound at Navy Street, 0.9 miles by car along the streets.

  1. 506 Grand Avenue Gas station
    0.8 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 18 crashes at this corner, more than the median of seven crashes for a Brooklyn corner.

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

The most recent crash recorded here was in June 2026.

About this corner

Where facts come from
ZIP code
11217
Community board
Brooklyn Community Board 2
City Council district
35
Police precinct
88
Neighborhood (City Planning area)
Fort Greene
Elevation
75 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 89 trees within 330 feet; the most common is the Japanese pagoda tree.

Parking on the streets meeting here

How signs are read
  • 19 signs on these blocks
  • 9 different rules

The sign wording is DOT's, as recorded between November 2016 and December 2023, and the sign on the street decides.

North side of Fulton Street

  • No parking 4 signs NO PARKING MONDAY 11:30AM-1PM
  • No standing 1 sign NO STANDING ANYTIME
  • No standing 4 signs NO STANDING MONDAY-FRIDAY 7AM-10AM

South side of Fulton Street

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

North side of Greene Avenue

  • No standing 1 sign NO STANDING ANYTIME

South side of Greene Avenue

  • No parking 2 signs NO PARKING TUESDAY 11:30AM-1PM

South side of Hanson Place

  • No standing 2 signs NO STANDING ANYTIME

Landmarks and historic districts

The corner stands at the edge of the Fort Greene Historic District.

Within 820 feet are two Individual Landmarks, and 173 buildings in all are designated by the Landmarks Preservation Commission, recorded most often as Italianate. They were mostly built between 1857 and 1864.

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

Schools, parks and places within a walk

How places are listed

Within a five-minute walk there are 22 public places.

  • 4 parks
  • 3 religious buildings
  • 2 day care or pre-K sites
  • 2 gardens
  • 2 nursing homes or hospices
  • 9 other places

Schools and child care

  1. Hanson Place Child Development Center Infant, toddler and preschool care, ages 0 to 5 · Pre-K
    720 feet
  2. Npower New York Trade or language school
    750 feet
  3. L & L Studio Infant, toddler and preschool care, ages 0 to 5
    1,270 feet
Show all 6
  1. Dental Auxiliary Training Center Trade or language school
    990 feet
  2. Brooklyn Independent School
    1,300 feet
  3. The International Charter School of New York Annex School
    1,310 feet

Parks, playgrounds and gardens

  1. Cuyler Gore Park
    60 feet
  2. Cuyler Gore Park Playground
    280 feet
  3. Brooklyn Bears/Carlton Avenue Garden
    600 feet
Show all 8
  1. South Oxford Park
    680 feet
  2. South Oxford Park Playground
    840 feet
  3. Fowler Square
    850 feet
  4. MoCADA Ubuntu Garden
    1,140 feet
  5. Betty Carter Park
    1,150 feet

Plazas and public spaces

  1. Fowler Square Plaza Pedestrian plaza
    840 feet

Health care

  1. Oxford Nursing Home Nursing home or hospice
    400 feet
  2. New Carlton Rehab and Nursing Center Nursing home or hospice
    730 feet

Libraries, museums and history

  1. General Edward Big Ned Fowler Monument Monument or memorial
    830 feet
  2. Fort Greene Historic District (Boundary Increase) Listed historic place
    920 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
    0.4 miles
  2. CVS Pharmacy
    0.5 miles

Other stores

  1. Target Store
    0.3 miles

Shopping centers

  1. Atlantic Center Shopping center
    680 feet
  2. Atlantic Terminal Shopping center
    960 feet

Food stores and places to eat

Within a five-minute walk there are 36 places to eat and 11 food stores.

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

Nearby corners

The eight nearest of the 16 corners within a three-minute walk:

See every intersection along Fulton Street, Greene Avenue or Hanson Place.

Sources: NYC Technology and Innovation, NYPD, MTA, NYC DOT, 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.