Lafayette Avenue & Cumberland Street

Lafayette Avenue and Cumberland Street meet at a four-way crossing in Fort Greene, Brooklyn. The corner lies inside the Fort Greene Historic District. Between 2021 and 2025, two police-reported crashes were recorded here, fewer than the median of seven crashes for a Brooklyn corner. Evangelical Lutheran Church of the Holy Trinity of Brooklyn stands 230 feet away, and Queen All Saints Church is 1,030 feet away. The nearest subway, Fulton St, is about two minutes on foot, for the G. Within a five-minute walk are 26 public places, four of them parks, and 43 places to eat.

Safety record
2 hurt
2 police-reported crashes, 2021–2025
Nearest subway
Fulton St
600 feet · 2 min on foot · G
Nearest bus stop
370 feet
Lafayette Av/Carlton Av · B38
Within a walk
26 places
4 parks, 4 religious buildings and 8 more kinds, within five minutes

Map

Layers
Lafayette Avenue & Cumberland Street Nearby corners, linked

Getting there

How walks are measured

Subway

The nearest subway station is Fulton St, 600 feet from this corner, about two minutes on foot.

  • 11 lines within a ten-minute walk
  1. Fulton St G
    600 feet
    G

Next trains at this station

Queens
1 line
  1. G …
Southbound
1 line
  1. G …

Also within a walk

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

Bus

The nearest bus stop is Lafayette Av/Carlton Av, 370 feet away, for the B38.

  • 16 routes within a ten-minute walk
  1. Lafayette Av/Carlton Av B38
    370 feet
    B38

Next buses at this stop

  1. B38 …

Live arrivals

Cycling

A marked bike lane runs on Cumberland Street and Lafayette Avenue.

  • 71 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. Cumberland St & Lafayette Ave 31 docks in all
    50 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
    0.9 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 two crashes at this corner, fewer than the median of seven crashes for a Brooklyn corner.

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

The most recent crash recorded here was in June 2026.

What the city has done here

  • Accessible pedestrian signal, January 2022
  • Leading pedestrian interval, 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)
Fort Greene
Elevation
73 feet above sea level

The streets

  • One travel lane
  • A designated truck route
  • Two of the streets are one-way

Homes

About 2,500 homes stand within 820 feet of this corner, a mix of apartment buildings and smaller houses.

Trees

NYC Parks records 74 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
  • 10 different rules

The sign wording is DOT's, as recorded between December 2016 and March 2024, and the sign on the street decides.

East side of Cumberland Street

  • No parking 5 signs NO PARKING FRIDAY 9:30AM-11AM
  • No parking 4 signs NO PARKING TUESDAY 11:30AM-1PM
  • No standing 2 signs NO STANDING ANYTIME

West side of Cumberland Street

  • Loading only 1 sign LOADING ONLY MONDAY-FRIDAY 7AM-7PM
  • No parking 4 signs NO PARKING MONDAY 11:30AM-1PM
  • No parking 6 signs NO PARKING THURSDAY 9:30AM-11AM

North side of Lafayette Avenue

  • No parking 4 signs NO PARKING MONDAY 11:30AM-1PM
  • Truck loading only 1 sign TRUCK LOADING ONLY MONDAY-FRIDAY 8AM-6PM

South side of Lafayette Avenue

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

Landmarks and historic districts

The corner stands in the Fort Greene Historic District.

Within 820 feet is one Individual Landmark, and 413 buildings in all are designated by the Landmarks Preservation Commission, recorded most often as Italianate. They were mostly built between 1856 and 1867.

  1. Evangelical Lutheran Church of the Holy Trinity of Brooklyn Designated landmark
    230 feet
  2. Lafayette Avenue Presbyterian Church Designated landmark
    240 feet
  3. Simon F. Rothschild Junior High School (J.H.S. 294) Designated landmark
    540 feet

Schools, parks and places within a walk

How places are listed

Within a five-minute walk there are 26 public places.

  • 4 parks
  • 4 religious buildings
  • 4 schools
  • 3 listed historic places
  • 3 playgrounds
  • 8 other places

Schools and child care

  1. Compass Charter School
    750 feet
  2. M.S. 113 Ronald Edmonds Learning Center School
    750 feet
  3. Npower New York Trade or language school
    1,080 feet
Show all 6
  1. Dental Auxiliary Training Center Trade or language school
    1,150 feet
  2. Brooklyn Independent School
    1,300 feet
  3. The International Charter School of New York Annex School
    1,310 feet

Parks, playgrounds and gardens

  1. Cuyler Gore Park
    570 feet
  2. Cuyler Gore Park Playground
    610 feet
  3. Edmonds Playground
    850 feet
Show all 9
  1. Fowler Square
    860 feet
  2. Fort Greene Park
    870 feet
  3. Brooklyn Bears/Carlton Avenue Garden
    930 feet
  4. Fort Greene Park Playground
    1,120 feet
  5. MoCADA Ubuntu Garden
    1,140 feet
  6. Betty Carter Park
    1,150 feet

Plazas and public spaces

  1. Fowler Square Plaza Pedestrian plaza
    860 feet

Health care

  1. New Carlton Rehab and Nursing Center Nursing home or hospice
    1,100 feet
  2. Oxford Nursing Home Nursing home or hospice
    1,150 feet

Libraries, museums and history

  1. Fort Greene Historic District (Boundary Increase) Listed historic place
    700 feet
  2. Fort Greene Historic District Listed historic place
    780 feet
  3. General Edward Big Ned Fowler Monument Monument or memorial
    830 feet
Show all 4
  1. Hanson Place Seventh Day Adventist Church Listed historic place
    1,130 feet

Houses of worship

  1. Queen All Saints Church House of worship
    1,030 feet
  2. Cadman Memorial Church House of worship
    1,300 feet

Supermarkets

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

Pharmacies

  1. CVS Pharmacy
    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 43 places to eat and 12 food stores.

Nearby corners

The eight nearest of the 11 corners within a three-minute walk:

See every intersection along Cumberland Street or Lafayette 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, Landmarks Preservation Commission, NYC Parks, NYC Health, NYS Agriculture and Markets, USDA and NYC Finance, retrieved September 18 – October 6, 2026.