Fulton Street & South Portland Avenue

Fulton Street and South Portland Avenue 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, 27 police-reported crashes were recorded here, against a median of seven crashes for a Brooklyn corner. Fowler Square Plaza is 410 feet away, and Brooklyn Academy of Music is 1,030 feet away. The nearest subway, Lafayette Av, is about a minute on foot, for the C. Within a five-minute walk are 27 public places, five of them parks, and 44 places to eat.

Safety record
19 hurt
27 police-reported crashes, 2021–2025
Nearest subway
Lafayette Av
50 feet · 1 min on foot · C
Nearest bus stop
170 feet
Fulton St/South Portland Av · B25, B26, B52, T440
Within a walk
27 places
5 parks, 3 gardens and 12 more kinds, within five minutes

Map

Layers
Fulton Street & South Portland Avenue Nearby corners, linked

Getting there

How walks are measured

Subway

The nearest subway station is Lafayette Av, 50 feet from this corner, about a minute on foot.

  • 11 lines within a ten-minute walk
  1. Lafayette Av C
    50 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
    310 feet
    G
  2. Atlantic Av-Barclays Ctr 2, 3, 4, 5, B, D, N, Q, R
    1,180 feet
    2 3 4 5 B D N Q R

Bus

The nearest bus stop is Fulton St/South Portland Av, 170 feet away, for the B25, B26, B52 and T440.

  • 15 routes within a ten-minute walk
  1. Fulton St/South Portland Av B25, B26, B52, T440
    170 feet
    B25 B26 B52 T440

Next buses at this stop

  1. B25 …
  2. B26 …
  3. B52 …
  4. T440 …

Live arrivals

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

Cycling

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

Nearest bike-share station

  1. S Portland Ave & Hanson Pl 27 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
    1,150 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 27 crashes at this corner, more than the median of seven crashes for a Brooklyn corner.

  • 19 people injured
  • 0 people killed
  • 5 of those hurt, on foot
  • 2 of those hurt, on a bike

The most recent crash recorded here was in May 2026.

What the city has done here

  • Turn calming, April 2021

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
65 feet above sea level

The streets

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

Homes

About 2,600 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 84 trees within 330 feet; the most common is the thornless honeylocust.

Parking on the streets meeting here

How signs are read
  • 36 signs on these blocks
  • 11 different rules
  • 4 active meters
  • 2 pay-by-cell zones

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

North side of Fulton Street

  • Metered parking 3 signs 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 6 signs NO PARKING MONDAY WEDNESDAY FRIDAY MIDNIGHT-3AM
  • No standing 6 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 3 signs 2 HOUR METERED PARKING MONDAY-FRIDAY 9AM-2PM 7PM-9PM SATURDAY 9AM-9PM
  • No parking 3 signs NO PARKING TUESDAY THURSDAY SATURDAY MIDNIGHT-3AM
  • No standing 3 signs NO STANDING MONDAY-FRIDAY 2PM-7PM

East side of South Portland Avenue

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

West side of South Portland Avenue

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

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

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 252 buildings in all are designated by the Landmarks Preservation Commission, recorded mostly as Italianate. They were mostly built between 1856 and 1864.

  1. Lafayette Avenue Presbyterian Church Designated landmark
    390 feet
  2. Hanson Place Baptist Church Designated landmark
    410 feet
  3. Evangelical Lutheran Church of the Holy Trinity of Brooklyn Designated landmark
    700 feet

Schools, parks and places within a walk

How places are listed

Within a five-minute walk there are 27 public places.

  • 5 parks
  • 3 gardens
  • 3 religious buildings
  • 3 schools
  • 2 nursing homes or hospices
  • 11 other places

Schools and child care

  1. Dental Auxiliary Training Center Trade or language school
    560 feet
  2. Hanson Place Child Development Center Infant, toddler and preschool care, ages 0 to 5 · Pre-K
    650 feet
  3. Brooklyn Independent School
    870 feet
Show all 6
  1. The International Charter School of New York Annex School
    880 feet
  2. Npower New York Trade or language school
    1,170 feet
  3. Brooklyn Technical High School
    1,300 feet

Parks, playgrounds and gardens

  1. Fowler Square
    420 feet
  2. Cuyler Gore Park
    490 feet
  3. Cuyler Gore Park Playground
    710 feet
Show all 10
  1. MoCADA Ubuntu Garden
    710 feet
  2. Betty Carter Park
    720 feet
  3. Brooklyn Bears/Carlton Avenue Garden
    1,020 feet
  4. South Oxford Park
    1,110 feet
  5. Greene Garden
    1,230 feet
  6. South Oxford Park Playground
    1,270 feet
  7. Fort Greene Park
    1,290 feet

Plazas and public spaces

  1. Fowler Square Plaza Pedestrian plaza
    410 feet
  2. Public space at 620 Fulton Street Public space
    1,150 feet

Health care

  1. Oxford Nursing Home Nursing home or hospice
    720 feet
  2. New Carlton Rehab and Nursing Center Nursing home or hospice
    1,160 feet

Libraries, museums and history

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

Theaters, arts and venues

  1. Brooklyn Academy of Music Arts or cultural center · listed historic place
    1,030 feet
  2. Polonsky Shakespeare Center Theater or concert hall
    1,290 feet

Supermarkets

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

Pharmacies

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

Other stores

  1. Target Store
    1,260 feet
  2. Dollar Tree Store
    0.5 miles

Shopping centers

  1. Atlantic Center Shopping center
    610 feet
  2. Atlantic Terminal Shopping center
    890 feet

Food stores and places to eat

Within a five-minute walk there are 44 places to eat and 13 food stores.

Nearby corners

The eight nearest of the 14 corners within a three-minute walk:

See every intersection along Fulton Street or South Portland Avenue.

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.