Greene Avenue & Adelphi Street

Greene Avenue and Adelphi Street meet at a four-way crossing in Fort Greene, Brooklyn. The corner lies on the edge of the Fort Greene Historic District. Between 2021 and 2025, seven police-reported crashes were recorded here, the median for a Brooklyn corner. Paul Robeson Theatre stands 160 feet away, and Greene Playground is 1,150 feet away. The nearest subway, Lafayette Av, is about three minutes on foot, and 11 subway lines stop within a ten-minute walk. Within a five-minute walk are 20 public places, four of them religious buildings, and 25 places to eat.

Safety record
8 hurt
7 police-reported crashes, 2021–2025
Nearest subway
Lafayette Av
690 feet · 3 min on foot · C
Nearest bus stop
110 feet
Greene Av/Adelphi St · B52
Within a walk
20 places
4 religious buildings, 3 playgrounds and 8 more kinds, within five minutes

Map

Layers
Greene Avenue & Adelphi Street Nearby corners, linked

Getting there

How walks are measured

Subway

The nearest subway station is Lafayette Av, 690 feet from this corner, about three minutes on foot.

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

Next trains at this station

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

Also within a walk

  1. Clinton-Washington Avs G
    0.3 miles
    G
  2. Fulton St G
    0.3 miles
    G

Bus

The nearest bus stop is Greene Av/Adelphi St, 110 feet away, for the B52.

  • 14 routes within a ten-minute walk
  1. Greene Av/Adelphi St B52
    110 feet
    B52

Next buses at this stop

  1. B52 …

Live arrivals

Cycling

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

Nearest bike-share station

  1. Carlton Ave & Greene Ave 25 docks in all
    310 feet

By car

The nearest highway entrance is the ramp to the Brooklyn-Queens Expressway eastbound at Navy Street, 1.1 miles by car along the streets.

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

Safety record

How crashes are counted

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

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

The most recent crash recorded here was in May 2025.

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)
Fort Greene
Elevation
86 feet above sea level

The streets

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

Homes

About 2,200 homes stand within 820 feet of this corner, a mix of apartment buildings and smaller houses.

Since 2014 at least 13 new affordable homes have been completed within 820 feet.

Trees

NYC Parks records 82 trees within 330 feet; the most common is the London planetree.

Parking on the streets meeting here

How signs are read
  • 23 signs on these blocks
  • 4 different rules

The sign wording is DOT's, as recorded between August 2017 and September 2026, and the sign on the street decides.

East side of Adelphi Street

  • No parking 8 signs NO PARKING TUESDAY 11:30AM-1PM

West side of Adelphi Street

  • No parking 8 signs NO PARKING MONDAY 11:30AM-1PM

North side of Greene Avenue

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

South side of Greene Avenue

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

Landmarks and historic districts

The corner stands at the edge of the Fort Greene Historic District.

Within 820 feet is one Individual Landmark, and 314 buildings in all are designated by the Landmarks Preservation Commission, recorded mostly as Italianate. They were mostly built between 1858 and 1872.

  1. Paul Robeson Theatre Designated landmark
    160 feet
  2. Chancery of the Roman Catholic Diocese of Brooklyn Designated landmark
    200 feet
  3. Episcopal Residence of the Roman Catholic Church Designated landmark
    400 feet

Schools, parks and places within a walk

How places are listed

Twenty public places are within a five-minute walk.

  • 4 religious buildings
  • 3 playgrounds
  • 3 schools
  • 2 day care or pre-K sites
  • 2 nursing homes or hospices
  • 6 other places

Schools and child care

  1. Npower New York Trade or language school
    100 feet
  2. Bishop Loughlin Memorial High School Landmark
    600 feet
  3. L & L Studio Infant, toddler and preschool care, ages 0 to 5
    940 feet
Show all 6
  1. Compass Charter School
    1,040 feet
  2. M.S. 113 Ronald Edmonds Learning Center School
    1,040 feet
  3. Discovery Pitstop Infant, toddler and preschool care, ages 0 to 5
    1,230 feet

Parks, playgrounds and gardens

  1. Brooklyn Bears/Carlton Avenue Garden
    190 feet
  2. Cuyler Gore Park
    320 feet
  3. Cuyler Gore Park Playground
    520 feet
Show all 6
  1. Gateway Triangle
    1,090 feet
  2. Greene Playground
    1,150 feet
  3. Edmonds Playground
    1,250 feet

Plazas and public spaces

  1. Gates Avenue Plaza Pedestrian plaza
    1,130 feet

Health care

  1. New Carlton Rehab and Nursing Center Nursing home or hospice
    400 feet
  2. Oxford Nursing Home Nursing home or hospice
    1,150 feet

Libraries, museums and history

  1. Hanson Place Seventh Day Adventist Church Listed historic place
    1,130 feet

Houses of worship

  1. Queen All Saints Church Landmark
    1,030 feet
  2. Cadman Memorial Church House of worship
    1,050 feet

Supermarkets

  1. Urban Market Supermarket
    1,260 feet
  2. Stop & Shop Supermarket
    0.4 miles
  3. Whole Foods Market Supermarket
    0.5 miles

Other stores

  1. Target Store
    0.4 miles

Shopping centers

  1. Atlantic Center Shopping center
    0.3 miles
  2. Atlantic Terminal Shopping center
    0.3 miles

Food stores and places to eat

Within a five-minute walk there are 25 places to eat and seven food stores.

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

Nearby corners

The eight nearest of the 10 corners within a three-minute walk:

See every intersection along Adelphi Street or Greene Avenue.

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