Fulton Street & South Elliott Place

Fulton Street and South Elliott Place meet at a four-way crossing in Fort Greene, Brooklyn. The corner lies on the edge of the Brooklyn Academy of Music Historic District. Between 2021 and 2025, 12 police-reported crashes were recorded here, against a median of seven crashes for a Brooklyn corner. General Edward Big Ned Fowler Monument is 80 feet away, and BAM Harvey Theater is 1,120 feet away. The nearest subway, Fulton St, is about a minute on foot, for the G. Within a five-minute walk are 29 public places, four of them parks, and 47 places to eat.

Safety record
8 hurt
12 police-reported crashes, 2021–2025
Nearest subway
Fulton St
270 feet · 1 min on foot · G
Nearest bus stop
40 feet
Fulton St/South Elliot Pl · B25, B26, B52
Within a walk
29 places
4 parks, 3 gardens and 13 more kinds, within five minutes

Map

Layers
Fulton Street & South Elliott Place Nearby corners, linked

Getting there

How walks are measured

Subway

The nearest subway station is Fulton St, 270 feet from this corner, about a minute on foot.

  • 11 lines within a ten-minute walk
  1. Fulton St G
    270 feet
    G

Next trains at this station

Queens
1 line
  1. G …
Southbound
1 line
  1. G …

Also within a walk

  1. Lafayette Av C
    310 feet
    C
  2. Atlantic Av-Barclays Ctr 2, 3, 4, 5, B, D, N, Q, R
    1,110 feet
    2 3 4 5 B D N Q R

Bus

The nearest bus stop is Fulton St/South Elliot Pl, 40 feet away, for the B25, B26 and B52.

  • 15 routes within a ten-minute walk
  1. Fulton St/South Elliot Pl B25, B26, B52
    40 feet
    B25 B26 B52

Next buses at this stop

  1. B25 …
  2. B26 …
  3. B52 …

Live arrivals

Fulton Street carries a bus lane, 7am to 10am on weekdays.

Cycling

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

Nearest bike-share station

  1. Lafayette Ave & Ft Greene Pl 36 docks in all
    340 feet

By car

The nearest highway entrance is the ramp to the Brooklyn-Queens Expressway eastbound at Navy Street, 0.8 miles by car along the streets.

  1. 300 Bergen Street Gas station
    0.7 miles
  2. 625 Atlantic Avenue Charging for electric cars, Level 2 chargers
    1,080 feet
  3. 28-17 42nd Road Fast charging for electric cars
    2.2 miles

Safety record

How crashes are counted

Between 2021 and 2025, police reported 12 crashes at this corner, more than the median of seven crashes for a Brooklyn corner.

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

The most recent crash recorded here was in January 2026.

What the city has done here

  • Barnes Dance all-way crossing, undated in the City's record

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
55 feet above sea level

The streets

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

Homes

About 2,400 homes stand within 820 feet of this corner, a mix of apartment buildings and smaller houses.

Since 2014 at least 181 new affordable homes have been completed within 820 feet.

Trees

NYC Parks records 68 trees within 330 feet; the most common is the maidenhair tree.

Parking on the streets meeting here

How signs are read
  • 23 signs on these blocks
  • 6 different rules
  • 3 active meters
  • 2 pay-by-cell zones

The sign wording is DOT's, as recorded between June 2018 and November 2023, and the sign on the street decides.

Meters are posted as 2 hour passenger vehicles Monday to Friday 10am to 9pm, 2 hour passenger vehicles Saturday 9am to 9pm on Fulton Street (north side).

South side of Fulton Street

  • Metered parking 5 signs 2 HOUR METERED PARKING MONDAY-FRIDAY 9AM-2PM 7PM-9PM SATURDAY 9AM-9PM
  • No parking 5 signs NO PARKING TUESDAY THURSDAY SATURDAY MIDNIGHT-3AM
  • No standing 5 signs NO STANDING MONDAY-FRIDAY 2PM-7PM

East side of South Elliott Place

  • No parking 3 signs NO PARKING TUESDAY 11:30AM-1PM
  • No standing 1 sign NO STANDING ANYTIME

West side of South Elliott Place

  • No parking 4 signs NO PARKING MONDAY 11:30AM-1PM

ParkNYC pay-by-cell zones: 328637 and 329287.

Landmarks and historic districts

The corner stands at the edge of the Brooklyn Academy of Music Historic District.

Within 820 feet is one Individual Landmark, and 235 buildings in all are designated by the Landmarks Preservation Commission, recorded mostly as Italianate. They were mostly built between 1857 and 1866.

  1. Brooklyn Music School Designated landmark
    580 feet
  2. Lafayette Avenue Presbyterian Church Designated landmark
    630 feet
  3. Central Methodist Episcopal Church Designated landmark
    670 feet

Schools, parks and places within a walk

How places are listed

Within a five-minute walk there are 29 public places.

  • 4 parks
  • 3 gardens
  • 3 public spaces
  • 3 religious buildings
  • 3 schools
  • 13 other places

Schools and child care

  1. Dental Auxiliary Training Center Trade or language school
    220 feet
  2. Brooklyn Independent School
    530 feet
  3. The International Charter School of New York Annex School
    540 feet
Show all 6
  1. Hanson Place Child Development Center Infant, toddler and preschool care, ages 0 to 5 · Pre-K
    580 feet
  2. Brooklyn Technical High School
    960 feet
  3. Masters Refrigeration Learning Cntr Trade or language school
    1,300 feet

Parks, playgrounds and gardens

  1. Fowler Square
    80 feet
  2. MoCADA Ubuntu Garden
    360 feet
  3. Betty Carter Park
    380 feet
Show all 8
  1. Cuyler Gore Park
    830 feet
  2. Cuyler Gore Park Playground
    1,050 feet
  3. Brooklyn Bears/Rockwell Place Garden
    1,060 feet
  4. Greene Garden
    1,120 feet
  5. Fort Greene Park
    1,150 feet

Plazas and public spaces

  1. Fowler Square Plaza Pedestrian plaza
    70 feet
  2. Public space at 620 Fulton Street Public space
    810 feet
  3. Public space at Forte Public space
    1,120 feet
Show all 4
  1. Public space at BAM South Public space
    1,140 feet

Health care

  1. Oxford Nursing Home Nursing home or hospice
    1,060 feet

Libraries, museums and history

  1. General Edward Big Ned Fowler Monument Monument or memorial
    80 feet
  2. Fort Greene Historic District (Boundary Increase) Listed historic place
    460 feet
  3. Hanson Place Seventh Day Adventist Church Listed historic place
    770 feet
Show all 4
  1. Library for Arts & Culture Library
    1,140 feet

Theaters, arts and venues

  1. Brooklyn Academy of Music Arts or cultural center · landmark · listed historic place
    690 feet
  2. Polonsky Shakespeare Center Theater or concert hall
    940 feet
  3. BAM Harvey Theater Theater or concert hall
    1,120 feet

Supermarkets

  1. Whole Foods Market Supermarket
    1,090 feet
  2. Stop & Shop Supermarket
    1,300 feet
  3. Foodtown Supermarket
    0.4 miles

Pharmacies

  1. CVS Pharmacy
    0.3 miles
  2. Walgreens Pharmacy
    0.4 miles

Other stores

  1. Target Store
    1,190 feet
  2. Dollar Tree Store
    0.4 miles

Shopping centers

  1. Atlantic Center Shopping center
    550 feet
  2. Atlantic Terminal Shopping center
    830 feet

Food stores and places to eat

Within a five-minute walk there are 47 places to eat and 13 food stores.

Nearby corners

The eight nearest of the 15 corners within a three-minute walk:

See every intersection along Fulton Street or South Elliott Place.

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