Greene Avenue & Carlton Avenue

Greene Avenue and Carlton Avenue meet at a four-way crossing in Fort Greene, Brooklyn. Between 2021 and 2025, ten police-reported crashes were recorded here, against a median of seven crashes for a Brooklyn corner. Brooklyn Bears/Carlton Avenue Garden is 110 feet away, and Bishop Loughlin Memorial High School is 870 feet away. The nearest subway, Lafayette Av, is about two minutes on foot, and 11 subway lines stop within a ten-minute walk. Within a five-minute walk are 21 public places, four of them religious buildings, and 25 places to eat.

Safety record
5 hurt
10 police-reported crashes, 2021–2025
Nearest subway
Lafayette Av
420 feet · 2 min on foot · C
Nearest bus stop
150 feet
Greene Av/Adelphi St · B52
Within a walk
21 places
4 religious buildings, 3 parks and 9 more kinds, within five minutes

Map

Layers
Greene Avenue & Carlton Avenue Nearby corners, linked

Getting there

How walks are measured

Subway

The nearest subway station is Lafayette Av, 420 feet from this corner, about two minutes on foot.

  • 11 lines within a ten-minute walk
  1. Lafayette Av C
    420 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
    1,220 feet
    G
  2. Clinton-Washington Avs G
    0.3 miles
    G

Bus

The nearest bus stop is Greene Av/Adelphi St, 150 feet away, for the B52.

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

Next buses at this stop

  1. B52 …

Live arrivals

Cycling

A marked bike lane runs on Carlton Avenue.

  • 44 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. Carlton Ave & Greene Ave 25 docks in all
    40 feet

By car

The nearest highway entrance is the ramp to the Brooklyn-Queens Expressway eastbound at Navy Street, 1 mile 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
    0.4 miles
  3. 28-17 42nd Road Fast charging for electric cars
    2 miles

Safety record

How crashes are counted

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

  • 5 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 March 2026.

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
85 feet above sea level

The streets

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

Homes

About 2,100 homes stand within 820 feet of this corner, a mix of apartment buildings and smaller houses.

Trees

NYC Parks records 150 trees within 330 feet; the most common is the Japanese pagoda tree.

Parking on the streets meeting here

How signs are read
  • 24 signs on these blocks
  • 6 different rules

The sign wording is DOT's, as recorded between October 2017 and January 2025, and the sign on the street decides.

East side of Carlton Avenue

  • No parking 8 signs NO PARKING TUESDAY 11:30AM-1PM
  • No standing 1 sign NO STANDING ANYTIME

West side of Carlton Avenue

  • No parking 6 signs NO PARKING MONDAY 11:30AM-1PM
  • No standing 1 sign NO STANDING ANYTIME

North side of Greene Avenue

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

South side of Greene Avenue

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

Landmarks and historic districts

Within 820 feet are two Individual Landmarks, and 272 buildings in all are designated by the Landmarks Preservation Commission, recorded mostly as Italianate. They were mostly built between 1857 and 1868.

  1. Paul Robeson Theatre Designated landmark
    180 feet
  2. Chancery of the Roman Catholic Diocese of Brooklyn Designated landmark
    460 feet
  3. Lafayette Avenue Presbyterian Church Designated landmark
    600 feet

Schools, parks and places within a walk

How places are listed

Within a five-minute walk there are 21 public places.

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

Schools and child care

  1. Npower New York Trade or language school
    270 feet
  2. Bishop Loughlin Memorial High School Landmark
    870 feet
  3. Compass Charter School
    1,020 feet
Show all 6
  1. M.S. 113 Ronald Edmonds Learning Center School
    1,020 feet
  2. L & L Studio Infant, toddler and preschool care, ages 0 to 5
    1,070 feet
  3. Hanson Place Child Development Center Infant, toddler and preschool care, ages 0 to 5 · Pre-K
    1,200 feet

Parks, playgrounds and gardens

  1. Cuyler Gore Park
    50 feet
  2. Brooklyn Bears/Carlton Avenue Garden
    110 feet
  3. Cuyler Gore Park Playground
    250 feet
Show all 6
  1. Edmonds Playground
    1,120 feet
  2. South Oxford Park
    1,160 feet
  3. Gateway Triangle
    1,220 feet

Plazas and public spaces

  1. Gates Avenue Plaza Pedestrian plaza
    1,260 feet

Health care

  1. New Carlton Rehab and Nursing Center Nursing home or hospice
    300 feet
  2. Oxford Nursing Home Nursing home or hospice
    880 feet

Libraries, museums and history

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

Houses of worship

  1. Queen All Saints Church House of worship
    1,300 feet

Community centers and public services

  1. Atlantic Terminal Site 4b Community Center
    1,310 feet

Supermarkets

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

Other stores

  1. Target Store
    0.3 miles

Shopping centers

  1. Atlantic Center Shopping center
    1,160 feet
  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 eight food stores.

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

Nearby corners

The eight nearest of the 12 corners within a three-minute walk:

See every intersection along Carlton Avenue or Greene Avenue.

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, Landmarks Preservation Commission, NYC Parks, NYC Health, NYS Agriculture and Markets, USDA and NYC Finance, retrieved September 18 – October 6, 2026.