Fulton Street & Sheffield Avenue

Fulton Street and Sheffield Avenue meet at a four-way crossing in East New York (North), Brooklyn. Between 2021 and 2025, five police-reported crashes were recorded here, fewer than the median of seven crashes for a Brooklyn corner. Bushwick Center for Rehabilitation and Health Care is 320 feet away. The nearest subway, Alabama Av, is about a minute on foot, and five subway lines stop within a ten-minute walk. Within a five-minute walk are 15 public places, nine of them religious buildings, and eight places to eat.

Safety record
2 hurt
5 police-reported crashes, 2021–2025
Nearest subway
Alabama Av
390 feet · 1 min on foot · J, Z
Nearest bus stop
40 feet
Fulton St/Sheffield Av · B20
Within a walk
15 places
9 religious buildings, 1 career or business center and 5 more kinds, within five minutes

Map

Layers
Fulton Street & Sheffield Avenue Nearby corners, linked

Getting there

How walks are measured

Subway

The nearest subway station is Alabama Av, 390 feet from this corner, about a minute on foot.

  • 2 lines at the nearest station
  • 5 lines within a ten-minute walk
  1. Alabama Av J, Z
    390 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. Liberty Av C
    1,280 feet
    C
  2. Atlantic Av L
    0.3 miles
    L

The MTA's permanent art catalog lists “Untitled” (2007) by Scott Redden at the Alabama Av station.

Bus

The nearest bus stop is Fulton St/Sheffield Av, 40 feet away, for the B20.

  • 12 routes within a ten-minute walk
  1. Fulton St/Sheffield Av B20
    40 feet
    B20

Next buses at this stop

  1. B20 …

Live arrivals

Cycling

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

Nearest bike-share station

  1. Georgia Ave & 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, 790 feet by car along the streets.

  1. 43 Pennsylvania Avenue Gas station
    480 feet
  2. 570 Jamaica Avenue Charging for electric cars, four Level 2 chargers
    1.1 miles
  3. 1389 Rockaway Parkway Fast charging for electric cars
    2.7 miles

Safety record

How crashes are counted

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

  • 2 people injured
  • 0 people killed

The most recent crash recorded here was in December 2023.

About this corner

Where facts come from
ZIP code
11207
Community board
Brooklyn Community Board 5
City Council district
37
Police precinct
75
Neighborhood (City Planning area)
East New York (North)
Elevation
62 feet above sea level

The streets

  • One travel lane
  • A designated truck route
  • Two of the streets are one-way

Homes

About 600 homes stand within 820 feet of this corner, a mix of apartment buildings and smaller houses.

Since 2014 at least 246 new affordable homes have been completed within 820 feet.

Trees

NYC Parks records 27 trees within 330 feet; the most common is the littleleaf linden.

Parking on the streets meeting here

How signs are read
  • 26 signs on these blocks
  • 10 different rules

The sign wording is DOT's, as recorded between July 2016 and March 2026, and the sign on the street decides.

North side of Fulton Street

  • No standing 3 signs NO STANDING ANYTIME
  • No standing 4 signs NO STANDING MONDAY-FRIDAY 7AM-10AM 4PM-7PM

South side of Fulton Street

  • No standing 3 signs NO STANDING ANYTIME
  • No standing 3 signs NO STANDING MONDAY-FRIDAY 7AM-10AM 4PM-7PM

East side of Sheffield Avenue

  • No parking 1 sign NO PARKING TUESDAY FRIDAY 8AM-9:30AM
  • No standing 4 signs NO STANDING ANYTIME

West side of Sheffield Avenue

  • No parking 3 signs NO PARKING MONDAY THURSDAY 8AM-9:30AM
  • No parking 2 signs NO PARKING MONDAY-FRIDAY 8AM-6PM
  • No standing 2 signs NO STANDING ANYTIME
  • No standing 1 sign NO STANDING FIRE ZONE

Schools, parks and places within a walk

How places are listed

Fifteen public places are within a five-minute walk.

  • 9 religious buildings
  • 1 career or business center
  • 1 nursing home or hospice
  • 1 park
  • 1 playground
  • 2 other places

Schools and child care

  1. Uncommon Leadership CHS School
    930 feet

Parks, playgrounds and gardens

  1. George Walker Jr. Park Playground
    1,180 feet
  2. George Walker Jr. Park
    1,200 feet

Health care

  1. Bushwick Center for Rehabilitation and Health Care Nursing home or hospice
    320 feet

Community centers and public services

  1. East New York Workforce1 Career Center Career or business center
    460 feet
  2. East New York Post Office
    590 feet

Bank branches

  1. Citibank Bank branch
    690 feet

Supermarkets

  1. Shop Fair Supermarket
    0.4 miles
  2. CTown Supermarket
    0.5 miles

Food stores and places to eat

Within a five-minute walk there are eight places to eat and six 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 19 corners within a three-minute walk:

See every intersection along Fulton Street or Sheffield Avenue.

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, NYC Parks, NYC Health, FDIC, NYS Agriculture and Markets and USDA, retrieved September 18 – October 6, 2026.