Fulton Street & Vanderbilt Avenue

Fulton Street and Vanderbilt Avenue meet at a four-way crossing in Clinton Hill, Brooklyn. Between 2021 and 2025, 54 police-reported crashes were recorded here, against a median of seven crashes for a Brooklyn corner. Brown Memorial Baptist Church is 780 feet away, and Cuyler Gore Park is 1,100 feet away. The nearest subway, Clinton-Washington Avs, is about a minute on foot, and two subway lines stop within a ten-minute walk. Within a five-minute walk are 23 public places, six of them religious buildings, and 31 places to eat.

Safety record
35 hurt
54 police-reported crashes, 2021–2025
Nearest subway
Clinton-Washington Avs
300 feet · 1 min on foot · C
Nearest bus stop
70 feet
Vanderbilt Av/Fulton St · B69
Within a walk
23 places
6 religious buildings, 5 day care or pre-K sites and 6 more kinds, within five minutes

Map

Layers
Fulton Street & Vanderbilt Avenue Nearby corners, linked

Getting there

How walks are measured

Subway

The nearest subway station is Clinton-Washington Avs, 300 feet from this corner, about a minute on foot.

  • 2 lines within a ten-minute walk
  1. Clinton-Washington Avs C
    300 feet
    C

Next trains at this station

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

Also within a walk

  1. Lafayette Av C
    0.3 miles
    C
  2. Clinton-Washington Avs G
    0.3 miles
    G

Bus

The nearest bus stop is Vanderbilt Av/Fulton St, 70 feet away, for the B69.

  • 9 routes within a ten-minute walk
  1. Vanderbilt Av/Fulton St B69
    70 feet
    B69

Next buses at this stop

  1. B69 …

Live arrivals

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

Cycling

A marked bike lane runs on Fulton Street and Vanderbilt Avenue.

  • 63 bicycle racks within 820 feet, 7 of them on-street corrals
  • 1 more bike-share station within a five-minute walk

Nearest bike-share station

  1. Fulton St & Clermont Ave 75 docks in all
    390 feet

By car

The nearest highway entrance is the ramp to the Brooklyn-Queens Expressway eastbound at Navy Street, 1.2 miles by car along the streets.

  1. 506 Grand Avenue Gas station
    0.5 miles
  2. 510 Waverly Avenue Charging for electric cars, six Level 2 chargers
    1,070 feet
  3. 28-17 42nd Road Fast charging for electric cars
    2 miles

Safety record

How crashes are counted

Between 2021 and 2025, police reported 54 crashes at this corner, more than the median of seven crashes for a Brooklyn corner.

  • 35 people injured
  • 0 people killed
  • 9 of those hurt, on foot
  • 13 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, April 2017
  • Accessible pedestrian signal, February 2022

About this corner

Where facts come from
ZIP code
11238
Community board
Brooklyn Community Board 2
City Council district
35
Police precinct
88
Neighborhood (City Planning area)
Clinton Hill
Elevation
78 feet above sea level

The streets

  • Up to three travel lanes

Homes

About 2,800 homes stand within 820 feet of this corner, most of them in buildings of ten homes or more.

Since 2014 at least 227 new affordable homes have been completed within 820 feet.

Trees

NYC Parks records 84 trees within 330 feet; the most common is the London planetree.

Parking on the streets meeting here

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

The sign wording is DOT's, as recorded between June 2020 and September 2026, and the sign on the street decides.

North side of Fulton Street

  • Metered parking 2 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 2 signs NO PARKING MONDAY 11:30AM-1PM
  • No standing 3 signs NO STANDING MONDAY-FRIDAY 7AM-10AM
  • Truck loading only 2 signs TRUCK LOADING ONLY MONDAY-FRIDAY 10AM-2PM

South side of Fulton Street

  • Metered parking 2 signs 2 HOUR METERED PARKING MONDAY-FRIDAY 9AM-2PM 7PM-9PM SATURDAY 9AM-9PM
  • No parking 4 signs NO PARKING TUESDAY 11:30AM-1PM
  • No standing 4 signs NO STANDING MONDAY-FRIDAY 2PM-7PM

East side of Vanderbilt Avenue

  • No stopping 5 signs NO STOPPING ANYTIME

West side of Vanderbilt Avenue

  • No stopping 5 signs NO STOPPING ANYTIME

ParkNYC pay-by-cell zones: 302621 and 335423.

Landmarks and historic districts

Within 820 feet are two Individual Landmarks, and 158 buildings in all are designated by the Landmarks Preservation Commission, recorded mostly as Italianate. They were mostly built between 1865 and 1878.

  1. Royal Castle Apartments Designated landmark
    210 feet

Schools, parks and places within a walk

How places are listed

Within a five-minute walk there are 23 public places.

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

Schools and child care

  1. Discovery Pitstop Infant, toddler and preschool care, ages 0 to 5
    310 feet
  2. L & L Studio Infant, toddler and preschool care, ages 0 to 5
    340 feet
  3. League School - Vanderbilt School
    530 feet
Show all 11
  1. Shining Smiles Daycare I Infant, toddler and preschool care, ages 0 to 5
    570 feet
  2. Aozora Community Foundation Preschool, ages 2 to 5
    690 feet
  3. Achievement First Endeavor Charter School
    980 feet
  4. P.S. K753 - School for Career Development School
    1,010 feet
  5. Bishop Loughlin Memorial High School
    1,200 feet
  6. Eladia's Kids Parent Infant, toddler and preschool care, ages 0 to 5 · Pre-K
    1,200 feet
  7. P.S. 011 Purvis J. Behan School
    1,240 feet
  8. Npower New York Trade or language school
    1,270 feet

Parks, playgrounds and gardens

  1. Gateway Triangle
    80 feet
  2. Hollenback Community Garden
    1,040 feet
  3. Cuyler Gore Park
    1,100 feet
Show all 4
  1. Brooklyn Bears/Carlton Avenue Garden
    1,230 feet

Plazas and public spaces

  1. Gates Avenue Plaza Pedestrian plaza
    270 feet

Health care

  1. New Carlton Rehab and Nursing Center Nursing home or hospice
    1,210 feet

Houses of worship

  1. St Luke St Mathew Church Landmark · listed historic place
    420 feet
  2. Brown Memorial Baptist Church Landmark
    780 feet
  3. Zion Baptist Church House of worship
    1,100 feet

Supermarkets

  1. Key Food Supermarket
    0.3 miles
  2. Urban Market Supermarket
    0.3 miles
  3. Foodtown Supermarket
    0.5 miles

Shopping centers

  1. Atlantic Center Shopping center
    0.4 miles
  2. Atlantic Terminal Shopping center
    0.5 miles

Food stores and places to eat

Within a five-minute walk there are 31 places to eat and six food stores.

Nearby corners

The eight nearest of the 9 corners within a three-minute walk:

See every intersection along Fulton Street or Vanderbilt 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, NYCHA, 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.