Fulton Street & Shepherd Avenue

Fulton Street and Shepherd Avenue meet at a four-way crossing in Cypress Hills, Brooklyn. Between 2021 and 2025, seven police-reported crashes were recorded here, the median for a Brooklyn corner. Essex Street Community Garden is 320 feet away. The nearest subway, Norwood Av, is about three minutes on foot, and three subway lines stop within a ten-minute walk. Within a five-minute walk are 16 public places, ten of them religious buildings, and 18 places to eat. About 1,200 homes stand within 820 feet, mostly built between 1901 and 1915, a mix of apartment buildings and smaller houses.

Safety record
1 hurt
7 police-reported crashes, 2021–2025
Nearest subway
Norwood Av
900 feet · 3 min on foot · J, Z
Nearest bus stop
790 feet
Atlantic Av/Shepherd Av · Q24
Within a walk
16 places
10 religious buildings, 3 schools and 3 more kinds, within five minutes

Map

Layers
Fulton Street & Shepherd Avenue Nearby corners, linked

Getting there

How walks are measured

Subway

The nearest subway station is Norwood Av, 900 feet from this corner, about three minutes on foot.

  • 2 lines at the nearest station
  • 3 lines within a ten-minute walk
  1. Norwood Av J, Z
    900 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. Cleveland St J
    1,110 feet
    J
  2. Shepherd Av C
    0.5 miles
    C

The MTA's permanent art catalog lists “Culture Swirl” (2007) by Margaret Lanzetta at the Norwood Av station.

Bus

The nearest bus stop is Atlantic Av/Shepherd Av, 790 feet away, for the Q24.

  • 5 routes within a ten-minute walk
  1. Atlantic Av/Shepherd Av Q24
    790 feet
    Q24

Next buses at this stop

  1. Q24 …

Live arrivals

Cycling

  • 22 bicycle racks within 820 feet
  • 1 more bike-share station within a five-minute walk

Nearest bike-share station

  1. Shepherd Ave & Fulton St 12 docks in all
    40 feet

By car

The nearest highway entrance is the ramp to the Jackie Robinson Parkway eastbound at Jamaica Avenue & J Robinson Parkway, 1 mile by car along the streets.

  1. 3170 Atlantic Avenue Gas station
    0.4 miles
  2. 570 Jamaica Avenue Charging for electric cars, four Level 2 chargers
    0.4 miles
  3. 1-01 Forest Park Drive Fast charging for electric cars
    2.7 miles

Safety record

How crashes are counted

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

  • 1 person injured
  • 0 people killed

The most recent crash recorded here was in March 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
43 feet above sea level

The streets

  • One travel lane
  • Two of the streets are one-way

Homes

About 1,200 homes stand within 820 feet of this corner, a mix of apartment buildings and smaller houses. The buildings holding them mostly went up between 1901 and 1915.

Since 2014 at least 15 new affordable homes have been completed within 820 feet.

Trees

NYC Parks records 48 trees within 330 feet; the most common is the Japanese zelkova.

Parking on the streets meeting here

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

The sign wording is DOT's, as recorded between September 2014 and June 2018, and the sign on the street decides.

North side of Fulton Street

  • No parking 6 signs NO PARKING MONDAY THURSDAY 11AM-12:30PM

South side of Fulton Street

  • No parking 2 signs NO PARKING ANYTIME
  • No parking 5 signs NO PARKING TUESDAY FRIDAY 11AM-12:30PM

East side of Shepherd Avenue

  • No parking 1 sign NO PARKING ANYTIME
  • No parking 6 signs NO PARKING TUESDAY FRIDAY 11AM-12:30PM

West side of Shepherd Avenue

  • No parking 5 signs NO PARKING MONDAY THURSDAY 11AM-12:30PM

Landmarks and historic districts

One building within 820 feet is designated by the Landmarks Preservation Commission, recorded as Romanesque Revival, and built in 1895.

  1. Public School 108 Designated landmark
    680 feet

Schools, parks and places within a walk

How places are listed

Sixteen public places are within a five-minute walk.

  • 10 religious buildings
  • 3 schools
  • 1 day care or pre-K site
  • 1 garden
  • 1 listed historic place

Schools and child care

  1. Followers of Jesus School
    660 feet
  2. P.S. 108 Sal Abbracciamento School
    840 feet
  3. Saint Peter’s Evangelical Lutheran Church, in the Borough of Brooklyn, City of New York Preschool, ages 2 to 5 · Pre-K
    860 feet
Show all 4
  1. East Brooklyn Ascend Charter School
    1,100 feet

Parks, playgrounds and gardens

  1. Essex Street Community Garden
    320 feet

Libraries, museums and history

  1. Substation #401 (BMT) Listed historic place
    250 feet

Supermarkets

  1. CTown Supermarket
    0.4 miles

Other stores

  1. Family Dollar Store
    650 feet

Food stores and places to eat

Within a five-minute walk there are 18 places to eat and 24 food stores.

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

Nearby corners

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

See every intersection along Fulton Street or Shepherd 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, Landmarks Preservation Commission, NYC Parks, NYC Health, NYS Agriculture and Markets and USDA, retrieved September 18 – October 6, 2026.