Fulton Street & Tompkins Avenue

Fulton Street and Tompkins Avenue meet at a three-way junction in Bedford-Stuyvesant (East), Brooklyn. Between 2021 and 2025, 32 police-reported crashes were recorded here, against a median of seven crashes for a Brooklyn corner. Potomac Playground is 680 feet away, and P.S. K140 is 1,300 feet away. The nearest subway, Kingston-Throop Avs, is about two minutes on foot, and two subway lines stop within a ten-minute walk. Within a five-minute walk are 19 public places, five of them religious buildings, and 26 places to eat. About 1,900 homes stand within 820 feet, a mix of apartment buildings and smaller houses.

Safety record
26 hurt
32 police-reported crashes, 2021–2025
Nearest subway
Kingston-Throop Avs
630 feet · 2 min on foot · C
Nearest bus stop
50 feet
Fulton St/Tompkins Av · B25
Within a walk
19 places
5 religious buildings, 2 day care or pre-K sites and 8 more kinds, within five minutes

Map

Layers
Fulton Street & Tompkins Avenue Nearby corners, linked

Getting there

How walks are measured

Subway

The nearest subway station is Kingston-Throop Avs, 630 feet from this corner, about two minutes on foot.

  • 2 lines within a ten-minute walk
  1. Kingston-Throop Avs C
    630 feet
    C

Next trains at this station

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

Also within a walk

  1. Nostrand Av A, C
    0.3 miles
    A C

Bus

The nearest bus stop is Fulton St/Tompkins Av, 50 feet away, for the B25.

  • 8 routes within a ten-minute walk
  1. Fulton St/Tompkins Av B25 · Shelter
    50 feet
    B25
    Shelter

Next buses at this stop

  1. B25 …

Live arrivals

Cycling

  • 11 bicycle racks within 820 feet
  • 4 more bike-share stations within a five-minute walk

Nearest bike-share station

  1. Kingston Ave & Herkimer St 24 docks in all
    950 feet

By car

The nearest highway entrance is the ramp to the Brooklyn-Queens Expressway eastbound at Bedford Avenue, 2.1 miles by car along the streets.

  1. 1381 Atlantic Avenue Gas station
    870 feet
  2. 145 Brooklyn Avenue Charging for electric cars, two Level 2 chargers
    0.4 miles
  3. 28-17 42nd Road Fast charging for electric cars
    1.5 miles

Safety record

How crashes are counted

Between 2021 and 2025, police reported 32 crashes at this corner, more than the median of seven crashes for a Brooklyn corner.

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

The most recent crash recorded here was in May 2026.

What the city has done here

  • Leading pedestrian interval, March 2011
  • Turn calming, May 2023

About this corner

Where facts come from
ZIP code
11216
Community board
Brooklyn Community Board 3
City Council district
36
Police precinct
79
Neighborhood (City Planning area)
Bedford-Stuyvesant (East)
Elevation
53 feet above sea level

The streets

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

Homes

About 1,900 homes stand within 820 feet of this corner, a mix of apartment buildings and smaller houses.

Since 2014 at least 59 new affordable homes have been completed within 820 feet.

Trees

NYC Parks records 49 trees within 330 feet; the most common is the pin oak.

Parking on the streets meeting here

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

The sign wording is DOT's, as recorded between July 2018 and March 2026, and the sign on the street decides.

Meters are posted as 2 hour passenger vehicles Monday to Saturday 8am to 7pm on Fulton Street (south side).

North side of Fulton Street

  • Metered parking 10 signs 2 HOUR METERED PARKING 8:30AM-7PM EXCEPT SUNDAY
  • Farmers market 2 signs FARMERS MARKET ONLY JULY 1 - NOV 30 WEDNESDAY 9AM-8PM
  • No parking 12 signs NO PARKING 8AM-8:30AM EXCEPT SUNDAY
  • No parking 1 sign NO PARKING ANYTIME
  • No standing 3 signs NO STANDING ANYTIME

East side of Tompkins Avenue

  • No standing 1 sign NO STANDING ANYTIME

West side of Tompkins Avenue

  • No parking 3 signs NO PARKING MONDAY THURSDAY 8AM-9:30AM

ParkNYC pay-by-cell zones: 305784 and 326095.

Landmarks and historic districts

Within 820 feet, 117 buildings are designated by the Landmarks Preservation Commission, recorded most often as French neo-Grec and neo-Grec, and mostly built between 1883 and 1889.

Schools, parks and places within a walk

How places are listed

Nineteen public places are within a five-minute walk.

  • 5 religious buildings
  • 2 day care or pre-K sites
  • 2 gardens
  • 2 playgrounds
  • 2 schools
  • 6 other places

Schools and child care

  1. Coll of New Rochelle Brooklyn Campus College
    730 feet
  2. Honablue Institute of Audio Engineer Trade or language school
    730 feet
  3. Magic Moments Brooklyn Infant and toddler care, ages 0 to 2
    970 feet
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  1. Cm'S First Step Training Ctr Trade or language school
    980 feet
  2. P.S. K140 School
    1,300 feet
  3. Uncommon Bed-Stuy West Charter School NYC School
    1,300 feet

Parks, playgrounds and gardens

  1. Potomac Playground
    680 feet
  2. St. Andrew's Playground
    780 feet
  3. Her-King Alagantic Community Garden
    1,050 feet
Show all 4
  1. Hancock Community Backyard Garden Park Garden
    1,150 feet

Plazas and public spaces

  1. Marcy Avenue Plaza Pedestrian plaza
    910 feet

Libraries, museums and history

  1. Stuyvesant Heights Historic District (Boundary Increase) Listed historic place
    1,230 feet

Houses of worship

  1. First AME Zion Methodist Church Landmark
    320 feet
  2. Stuyvesant Heights Christian Church Preschool, ages 2 to 5 · Pre-K · landmark
    450 feet

Community centers and public services

  1. Older adult center at 54 Macdonough Street Older adult center
    400 feet

Bank branches

  1. Citibank Bank branch
    430 feet
  2. TD Bank Bank branch
    860 feet

Supermarkets

  1. Foodtown Supermarket
    360 feet
  2. Met Fresh Supermarket
    1,150 feet
  3. Bravo Supermarket
    0.3 miles

Pharmacies

  1. Walgreens Pharmacy
    0.4 miles

Food stores and places to eat

Within a five-minute walk there are 26 places to eat and 21 food stores.

Nearby corners

The eight corners within a three-minute walk:

See every intersection along Fulton Street or Tompkins Avenue.

Sources: NYC Technology and Innovation, NYPD, NYC DOT, MTA, 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, FDIC, NYS Agriculture and Markets and USDA, retrieved September 18 – October 6, 2026.