Fulton Street & Hemlock Street

Fulton Street and Hemlock Street meet at a four-way crossing in Cypress Hills, Brooklyn. Between 2021 and 2025, 20 police-reported crashes were recorded here, against a median of seven crashes for a Brooklyn corner. East New York Baptist Church is 1,260 feet away. The nearest subway, Crescent St, is about two minutes on foot, for the J and Z. Within a five-minute walk are 11 public places, five of them religious buildings, and 26 places to eat. About 1,300 homes stand within 820 feet, mostly built between 1910 and 1920, almost all in houses of one or two.

Safety record
5 hurt
20 police-reported crashes, 2021–2025
Nearest subway
Crescent St
410 feet · 2 min on foot · J, Z
Nearest bus stop
340 feet
Fulton St/Crescent St · J90
Within a walk
11 places
5 religious buildings, 5 schools and 1 more kind, within five minutes

Map

Layers
Fulton Street & Hemlock Street Nearby corners, linked

Getting there

How walks are measured

Subway

The nearest subway station is Crescent St, 410 feet from this corner, about two minutes on foot.

  • 2 lines at the nearest station
  1. Crescent St J, Z
    410 feet
    J Z

Next trains at this station

Outbound
2 lines
  1. J …
  2. Z …
Manhattan
2 lines
  1. J …
  2. Z …

Also within a walk

  1. Norwood Av J, Z
    0.4 miles
    J Z
  2. Cypress Hills J
    0.5 miles
    J

The MTA's permanent art catalog lists “Wheel of Bloom-Soak up the Sun” (2007) by Jung Hyang Kim at the Crescent St station.

Bus

The nearest bus stop is Fulton St/Crescent St, 340 feet away, for the J90.

  • 8 routes within a ten-minute walk
  1. Fulton St/Crescent St J90
    340 feet
    J90

Next buses at this stop

  1. J90 …

Live arrivals

Cycling

  • 52 bicycle racks within 820 feet

By car

The nearest highway entrance is the ramp to the Jackie Robinson Parkway eastbound at Cypress Hills Street & Jackie Robinson Parkway, 1.1 miles by car along the streets.

  1. 794 Jamaica Avenue Gas station
    0.6 miles
  2. 570 Jamaica Avenue Charging for electric cars, four Level 2 chargers
    0.8 miles
  3. 1-01 Forest Park Drive Fast charging for electric cars
    2.2 miles

Safety record

How crashes are counted

Between 2021 and 2025, police reported 20 crashes at this corner, more than the median of seven crashes for a Brooklyn corner.

  • 5 people injured
  • 0 people killed
  • 1 of those hurt, on foot

The most recent crash recorded here was in December 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

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

Homes

About 1,300 homes stand within 820 feet of this corner, almost all of them in houses of one or two. The buildings holding them mostly went up between 1910 and 1920.

Trees

NYC Parks records 36 trees within 330 feet; the most common is the thornless honeylocust.

Parking on the streets meeting here

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

The sign wording is DOT's, as recorded between January 2018 and March 2024, and the sign on the street decides.

North side of Fulton Street

  • Metered parking 4 signs 2 HOUR METERED PARKING 8AM-7PM EXCEPT SUNDAY
  • No parking 4 signs NO PARKING 7:30AM-8AM EXCEPT SUNDAY
  • No standing 1 sign NO STANDING ANYTIME

South side of Fulton Street

  • Metered parking 4 signs 2 HOUR METERED PARKING 8:30AM-7PM EXCEPT SUNDAY
  • No parking 1 sign NO PARKING 7AM-7PM EXCEPT SUNDAY
  • No parking 4 signs NO PARKING 8AM-8:30AM EXCEPT SUNDAY

East side of Hemlock Street

  • No parking 4 signs NO PARKING ANYTIME
  • No parking 10 signs NO PARKING TUESDAY FRIDAY 9AM-10:30AM

West side of Hemlock Street

  • No parking 8 signs NO PARKING MONDAY THURSDAY 9AM-10:30AM

ParkNYC pay-by-cell zones: 331885 and 340305.

Schools and places within a walk

How places are listed

Eleven public places are within a five-minute walk.

  • 5 religious buildings
  • 5 schools
  • 1 day care or pre-K site

Schools and child care

  1. Cypress Hills Child Care Center Preschool, ages 2 to 5 · Pre-K
    860 feet
  2. Success Academy Charter School - NYC 17 School
    1,010 feet
  3. Success Academy Charter School - NYC 18 School
    1,010 feet
Show all 6
  1. Highland Park Community School
    1,140 feet
  2. I.S. 171 Abraham Lincoln School
    1,140 feet
  3. Blessed Sacrament Catholic Academy School
    1,220 feet

Houses of worship

  1. Blessed Sacrament Church House of worship
    970 feet
  2. East New York Baptist Church House of worship
    1,260 feet

Bank branches

  1. Chase Bank branch
    80 feet
  2. Capital One Bank branch
    250 feet

Supermarkets

  1. Key Food Supermarket
    510 feet
  2. Golden Farms Supermarket
    0.4 miles
  3. Western Beef Supermarket
    0.4 miles

Other stores

  1. Family Dollar Store
    1,090 feet

Food stores and places to eat

Within a five-minute walk there are 26 places to eat and 22 food stores.

Not on record for this corner: a signal or safety change and a designated landmark or historic district within 820 feet.

Nearby corners

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

See every intersection along Fulton Street or Hemlock Street.

Sources: NYC Technology and Innovation, NYPD, MTA, NYC DOT, NYS Environmental Conservation, NYC City Planning, US Department of Energy, NYC Parks, NYC Health, FDIC, NYS Agriculture and Markets and USDA, retrieved September 18 – October 6, 2026.