Fulton Street & South Oxford Street

Fulton Street and South Oxford Street meet at a three-way junction in Fort Greene, Brooklyn. Between 2021 and 2025, 14 police-reported crashes were recorded here, against a median of seven crashes for a Brooklyn corner. Oxford Nursing Home is 490 feet away. The nearest subway, Lafayette Av, is about a minute on foot, and 11 subway lines stop within a ten-minute walk. Within a five-minute walk are 20 public places, four of them parks, and 35 places to eat. About 2,500 homes stand within 820 feet, a mix of apartment buildings and smaller houses.

Safety record
11 hurt
14 police-reported crashes, 2021–2025
Nearest subway
Lafayette Av
70 feet · 1 min on foot · C
Nearest bus stop
180 feet
Fulton St/Greene Av · B25, B26, T440
Within a walk
20 places
4 parks, 2 gardens and 9 more kinds, within five minutes

Map

Layers
Fulton Street & South Oxford Street Nearby corners, linked

Getting there

How walks are measured

Subway

The nearest subway station is Lafayette Av, 70 feet from this corner, about a minute on foot.

  • 11 lines within a ten-minute walk
  1. Lafayette Av C
    70 feet
    C

Next trains at this station

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

Also within a walk

  1. Fulton St G
    640 feet
    G
  2. Atlantic Av-Barclays Ctr 2, 3, 4, 5, B, D, N, Q, R
    0.3 miles
    2 3 4 5 B D N Q R

Bus

The nearest bus stop is Fulton St/Greene Av, 180 feet away, for the B25, B26 and T440.

  • 15 routes within a ten-minute walk
  1. Fulton St/Greene Av B25, B26, T440
    180 feet
    B25 B26 T440

Next buses at this stop

  1. B25 …
  2. B26 …
  3. T440 …

Live arrivals

Fulton Street carries a lane DOT records as a shared lane, not a bus-only lane, 2pm to 7pm on weekdays.

Cycling

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

Nearest bike-share station

  1. S Portland Ave & Hanson Pl 27 docks in all
    500 feet

By car

The nearest highway entrance is the ramp to the Brooklyn-Queens Expressway eastbound at Navy Street, 0.9 miles by car along the streets.

  1. 506 Grand Avenue Gas station
    0.8 miles
  2. 625 Atlantic Avenue Charging for electric cars, Level 2 chargers
    0.3 miles
  3. 28-17 42nd Road Fast charging for electric cars
    2.1 miles

Safety record

How crashes are counted

Between 2021 and 2025, police reported 14 crashes at this corner, more than the median of seven crashes for a Brooklyn corner.

  • 11 people injured
  • 0 people killed
  • 2 of those hurt, on foot
  • 3 of those hurt, on a bike

The most recent crash recorded here was in November 2025.

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
74 feet above sea level

The streets

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

Homes

About 2,500 homes stand within 820 feet of this corner, a mix of apartment buildings and smaller houses.

Since 2014 at least 104 new affordable homes have been completed within 820 feet.

Trees

NYC Parks records 79 trees within 330 feet; the most common are the Japanese pagoda tree and the thornless honeylocust.

Parking on the streets meeting here

How signs are read
  • 20 signs on these blocks
  • 12 different rules
  • 2 active meters
  • 2 pay-by-cell zones

The sign wording is DOT's, as recorded between September 2015 and October 2023, and the sign on the street decides.

North side of Fulton Street

  • Metered parking 1 sign 2 HOUR METERED PARKING MONDAY-FRIDAY 10AM-9PM SATURDAY 9AM-9PM
  • Metered parking 1 sign 2 HOUR METERED PARKING MONDAY-FRIDAY 2PM-9PM SATURDAY 9AM-9PM
  • No parking 2 signs NO PARKING MONDAY WEDNESDAY FRIDAY MIDNIGHT-3AM
  • No standing 1 sign NO STANDING ANYTIME
  • No standing 2 signs NO STANDING MONDAY-FRIDAY 7AM-10AM
  • Truck loading only 1 sign TRUCK LOADING ONLY MONDAY-FRIDAY 10AM-2PM

South side of Fulton Street

  • Metered parking 1 sign 2 HOUR METERED PARKING MONDAY-FRIDAY 9AM-2PM 7PM-9PM SATURDAY 9AM-9PM
  • No parking 1 sign NO PARKING TUESDAY THURSDAY SATURDAY MIDNIGHT-3AM
  • No standing 1 sign NO STANDING MONDAY-FRIDAY 2PM-7PM

East side of South Oxford Street

  • No parking 3 signs NO PARKING TUESDAY 11:30AM-1PM

West side of South Oxford Street

  • No parking 5 signs NO PARKING MONDAY 11:30AM-1PM
  • No standing 1 sign NO STANDING ANYTIME

ParkNYC pay-by-cell zones: 309174 and 309241.

Landmarks and historic districts

Within 820 feet are two Individual Landmarks, and 190 buildings in all are designated by the Landmarks Preservation Commission, recorded most often as Italianate. They were mostly built between 1857 and 1863.

  1. Hanson Place Baptist Church Designated landmark
    290 feet
  2. Lafayette Avenue Presbyterian Church Designated landmark
    380 feet
  3. Paul Robeson Theatre Designated landmark
    700 feet

Schools, parks and places within a walk

How places are listed

Twenty public places are within a five-minute walk.

  • 4 parks
  • 2 gardens
  • 2 nursing homes or hospices
  • 2 playgrounds
  • 2 religious buildings
  • 8 other places

Schools and child care

  1. Hanson Place Child Development Center Infant, toddler and preschool care, ages 0 to 5 · Pre-K
    810 feet
  2. Npower New York Trade or language school
    840 feet
  3. Dental Auxiliary Training Center Trade or language school
    890 feet
Show all 5
  1. Brooklyn Independent School
    1,200 feet
  2. The International Charter School of New York Annex School
    1,210 feet

Parks, playgrounds and gardens

  1. Cuyler Gore Park
    150 feet
  2. Cuyler Gore Park Playground
    370 feet
  3. Brooklyn Bears/Carlton Avenue Garden
    690 feet
Show all 8
  1. Fowler Square
    750 feet
  2. South Oxford Park
    770 feet
  3. South Oxford Park Playground
    940 feet
  4. MoCADA Ubuntu Garden
    1,040 feet
  5. Betty Carter Park
    1,050 feet

Plazas and public spaces

  1. Fowler Square Plaza Pedestrian plaza
    750 feet

Health care

  1. Oxford Nursing Home Nursing home or hospice
    490 feet
  2. New Carlton Rehab and Nursing Center Nursing home or hospice
    820 feet

Libraries, museums and history

  1. General Edward Big Ned Fowler Monument Monument or memorial
    740 feet
  2. Fort Greene Historic District (Boundary Increase) Listed historic place
    820 feet

Supermarkets

  1. Stop & Shop Supermarket
    0.3 miles
  2. Whole Foods Market Supermarket
    0.3 miles
  3. Urban Market Supermarket
    0.4 miles

Pharmacies

  1. Walgreens Pharmacy
    0.5 miles
  2. CVS Pharmacy
    0.5 miles

Other stores

  1. Target Store
    0.3 miles

Shopping centers

  1. Atlantic Center Shopping center
    770 feet
  2. Atlantic Terminal Shopping center
    1,050 feet

Food stores and places to eat

Within a five-minute walk there are 35 places to eat and 11 food stores.

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

Nearby corners

The eight nearest of the 16 corners within a three-minute walk:

See every intersection along Fulton Street or South Oxford Street.

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