Fulton Street & MacDougal Street

Fulton Street and MacDougal Street meet at a three-way junction in Bedford-Stuyvesant (East), Brooklyn, at the edge of NYCHA's Brevoort development. Between 2021 and 2025, seven police-reported crashes were recorded here, the median for a Brooklyn corner. Brevoort Playground is 520 feet away. The nearest subway, Ralph Av, is about a minute on foot, and two subway lines stop within a ten-minute walk. Within a five-minute walk are 30 public places, 18 of them religious buildings, and ten places to eat.

Safety record
5 hurt
7 police-reported crashes, 2021–2025
Nearest subway
Ralph Av
200 feet · 1 min on foot · C
Nearest bus stop
290 feet
Ralph Av/Fulton St · B47
Within a walk
30 places
18 religious buildings, 3 playgrounds and 7 more kinds, within five minutes

Map

Layers
Fulton Street & MacDougal Street Nearby corners, linked

Getting there

How walks are measured

Subway

The nearest subway station is Ralph Av, 200 feet from this corner, about a minute on foot.

  • 2 lines within a ten-minute walk
  1. Ralph Av C
    200 feet
    C

Next trains at this station

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

Also within a walk

  1. Utica Av A, C
    0.4 miles
    A C
  2. Rockaway Av C
    0.5 miles
    C

Bus

The nearest bus stop is Ralph Av/Fulton St, 290 feet away, for the B47.

  • 10 routes within a ten-minute walk
  1. Ralph Av/Fulton St B47
    290 feet
    B47

Next buses at this stop

  1. B47 …

Live arrivals

Cycling

  • 6 bicycle racks within 820 feet
  • 3 more bike-share stations within a five-minute walk

Nearest bike-share station

  1. Ralph Ave & Fulton St 25 docks in all
    230 feet

By car

The nearest highway entrance is the ramp to the Jackie Robinson Parkway eastbound at Jamaica Avenue & J Robinson Parkway, 1.4 miles by car along the streets.

  1. 1998 Atlantic Avenue Gas station
    1,140 feet
  2. 170 Buffalo Avenue Charging for electric cars, 20 Level 2 chargers
    0.6 miles
  3. 28-17 42nd Road Fast charging for electric cars
    2.5 miles

Safety record

How crashes are counted

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

  • 5 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 January 2025.

About this corner

Where facts come from
ZIP code
11233
Community board
Brooklyn Community Board 3
City Council district
41
Police precinct
81
Neighborhood (City Planning area)
Bedford-Stuyvesant (East)
Elevation
58 feet above sea level

The streets

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

Homes

About 1,900 homes stand within 820 feet of this corner, a mix of apartment buildings and smaller houses. The buildings holding them mostly went up between 1980 and 2005.

The corner stands at the edge of NYCHA's Brevoort development.

Since 2014 at least 92 new affordable homes have been completed within 820 feet.

Trees

NYC Parks records 62 trees within 330 feet; the most common is the Japanese pagoda tree.

Parking on the streets meeting here

How signs are read
  • 6 signs on these blocks
  • 2 different rules

The sign wording is DOT's, as recorded in April 2017, and the sign on the street decides.

South side of MacDougal Street

  • No parking 5 signs NO PARKING TUESDAY FRIDAY 9AM-10:30AM
  • No standing 1 sign NO STANDING ANYTIME

Monuments and public art

How landmarks are placed

The City's public art inventory lists one work near this corner, in Fulton Street Traffic Triangle.

  1. Freedom's Gate Sculpture by Charles Searles, 1997
    240 feet

Schools, parks and places within a walk

How places are listed

Within a five-minute walk there are 30 public places.

  • 18 religious buildings
  • 3 playgrounds
  • 2 day care or pre-K sites
  • 2 schools
  • 1 community center
  • 4 other places

Schools and child care

  1. Bishop Sexton Head Start Preschool, ages 2 to 5 · Pre-K
    730 feet
  2. P.S. 040 George W. Carver School
    750 feet
  3. Starting Point - St Mark's Family School
    800 feet
Show all 4
  1. Brevoort Children's Center Preschool, ages 2 to 5 · Pre-K
    880 feet

Parks, playgrounds and gardens

  1. Brevoort Playground
    520 feet
  2. Carver Playground
    1,020 feet
  3. Seasons of Vision Garden
    1,280 feet
Show all 4
  1. Weeksville Playground
    1,310 feet

Health care

  1. Brooklyn Gardens Nursing & Rehabilitation Center Nursing home or hospice
    910 feet

Houses of worship

  1. Christ Fellowship Baptist Church House of worship
    1,200 feet

Community centers and public services

  1. Shirley A Chisholm Post Office
    660 feet
  2. Brevoort Community Center
    800 feet
  3. Older adult center at 280 Ralph Avenue Older adult center
    800 feet

Bank branches

  1. Flagstar Bank Bank branch
    1,240 feet

Supermarkets

  1. Associated Supermarkets Supermarket
    380 feet

Other stores

  1. Family Dollar Store
    1,250 feet

Food stores and places to eat

Within a five-minute walk there are ten places to eat and 16 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 9 corners within a three-minute walk:

See every intersection along Fulton Street or MacDougal 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, NYCHA, NYC Housing Preservation and Development, NYC Public Design Commission, NYC Parks, NYC Health, FDIC, NYS Agriculture and Markets and USDA, retrieved September 18 – October 6, 2026.