Lafayette Avenue & Fort Greene Place

Lafayette Avenue and Fort Greene Place meet at a three-way junction in Fort Greene, Brooklyn. The corner lies on the edge of the Brooklyn Academy of Music Historic District. Between 2021 and 2025, nine police-reported crashes were recorded here, against a median of seven crashes for a Brooklyn corner. MoCADA Ubuntu Garden is 60 feet away, and Cuyler Gore Park is 1,140 feet away. The nearest subway, Fulton St, is about a minute on foot, for the G. Within a five-minute walk are 33 public places, five of them religious buildings, and 50 places to eat.

Safety record
1 hurt
9 police-reported crashes, 2021–2025
Nearest subway
Fulton St
130 feet · 1 min on foot · G
Nearest bus stop
60 feet
Lafayette Av/Fort Greene Pl · T440
Within a walk
33 places
5 religious buildings, 5 schools and 12 more kinds, within five minutes

Map

Layers
Lafayette Avenue & Fort Greene Place Nearby corners, linked

Getting there

How walks are measured

Subway

The nearest subway station is Fulton St, 130 feet from this corner, about a minute on foot.

  • 12 lines within a ten-minute walk
  1. Fulton St G
    130 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
    620 feet
    C
  2. Atlantic Av-Barclays Ctr 2, 3, 4, 5, B, D, N, Q, R
    970 feet
    2 3 4 5 B D N Q R

Bus

The nearest bus stop is Lafayette Av/Fort Greene Pl, 60 feet away, for the T440.

  • 15 routes within a ten-minute walk
  1. Lafayette Av/Fort Greene Pl T440
    60 feet
    T440

Next buses at this stop

  1. T440 …

Live arrivals

Cycling

A marked bike lane runs on Lafayette Avenue.

  • 119 bicycle racks within 820 feet
  • 5 more bike-share stations within a five-minute walk

Nearest bike-share station

  1. Lafayette Ave & Ft Greene Pl 36 docks in all
    30 feet

By car

The nearest highway entrance is the ramp to the Brooklyn-Queens Expressway eastbound at Navy Street, 0.7 miles by car along the streets.

  1. 300 Bergen Street Gas station
    0.7 miles
  2. 625 Atlantic Avenue Charging for electric cars, Level 2 chargers
    940 feet
  3. 28-17 42nd Road Fast charging for electric cars
    2.1 miles

Safety record

How crashes are counted

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

  • 1 person injured
  • 0 people killed
  • 1 of those hurt, on foot

The most recent crash recorded here was in August 2025.

About this corner

Where facts come from
ZIP code
11217
Community board
Brooklyn Community Board 2
City Council district
35
Police precinct
88
Neighborhood (City Planning area)
Fort Greene
Elevation
48 feet above sea level

The streets

  • Up to two travel lanes
  • A designated truck route
  • Two of the streets are one-way

Homes

About 3,100 homes stand within 820 feet of this corner, a mix of apartment buildings and smaller houses.

Since 2014 at least 172 new affordable homes have been completed within 820 feet.

Trees

NYC Parks records 58 trees within 330 feet; the most common is the thornless honeylocust.

Parking on the streets meeting here

How signs are read
  • 10 signs on these blocks
  • 2 different rules

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

East side of Fort Greene Place

  • No parking 5 signs NO PARKING TUESDAY 11:30AM-1PM

West side of Fort Greene Place

  • No parking 5 signs NO PARKING MONDAY 11:30AM-1PM

Landmarks and historic districts

The corner stands at the edge of the Brooklyn Academy of Music Historic District.

Within 820 feet, 175 buildings are designated by the Landmarks Preservation Commission, recorded mostly as Italianate, and mostly built between 1857 and 1867.

  1. Brooklyn Music School Designated landmark
    420 feet
  2. The Salvation Army Building Designated landmark
    510 feet
  3. Central Methodist Episcopal Church Designated landmark
    570 feet

Schools, parks and places within a walk

How places are listed

Within a five-minute walk there are 33 public places.

  • 5 religious buildings
  • 5 schools
  • 4 parks
  • 3 gardens
  • 3 listed historic places
  • 13 other places

Schools and child care

  1. Brooklyn Independent School
    220 feet
  2. The International Charter School of New York Annex School
    230 feet
  3. Dental Auxiliary Training Center Trade or language school
    290 feet
Show all 8
  1. Hanson Place Child Development Center Infant, toddler and preschool care, ages 0 to 5 · Pre-K
    810 feet
  2. Brooklyn Technical High School
    980 feet
  3. Masters Refrigeration Learning Cntr Trade or language school
    1,030 feet
  4. Khalil Gibran International Academy School
    1,110 feet
  5. The Elizabeth Jennings School for Bold Explorers School
    1,110 feet

Parks, playgrounds and gardens

  1. MoCADA Ubuntu Garden
    60 feet
  2. Betty Carter Park
    80 feet
  3. Fowler Square
    280 feet
Show all 8
  1. Brooklyn Bears/Rockwell Place Garden
    750 feet
  2. Cuyler Gore Park
    1,140 feet
  3. Sixteen Sycamores Playground
    1,140 feet
  4. Fort Greene Park
    1,210 feet
  5. Greene Garden
    1,270 feet

Plazas and public spaces

  1. Fowler Square Plaza Pedestrian plaza
    320 feet
  2. Public space at 620 Fulton Street Public space
    650 feet
  3. Public space at BAM South Public space
    830 feet
Show all 4
  1. Public space at Forte Public space
    960 feet

Libraries, museums and history

  1. General Edward Big Ned Fowler Monument Monument or memorial
    260 feet
  2. Fort Greene Historic District (Boundary Increase) Listed historic place
    600 feet
  3. Library for Arts & Culture Library
    830 feet
Show all 5
  1. Hanson Place Seventh Day Adventist Church Listed historic place
    1,080 feet
  2. Atlantic Avenue Subway Station (IRT) Listed historic place
    1,240 feet

Theaters, arts and venues

  1. Brooklyn Academy of Music Arts or cultural center · landmark · listed historic place
    380 feet
  2. Polonsky Shakespeare Center Theater or concert hall
    710 feet
  3. BAM Harvey Theater Theater or concert hall
    960 feet

Houses of worship

  1. Recovery House of Worship Church Listed historic place
    1,060 feet

Bank branches

  1. Bank of America Bank branch
    1,260 feet
  2. Chase Bank branch
    1,280 feet

Supermarkets

  1. Whole Foods Market Supermarket
    780 feet
  2. Stop & Shop Supermarket
    1,160 feet
  3. Foodtown Supermarket
    0.4 miles

Pharmacies

  1. CVS Pharmacy
    0.3 miles
  2. Walgreens Pharmacy
    0.4 miles

Other stores

  1. Target Store
    1,050 feet
  2. Dollar Tree Store
    0.4 miles

Shopping centers

  1. Atlantic Center Shopping center
    680 feet
  2. Atlantic Terminal Shopping center
    690 feet

Food stores and places to eat

Within a five-minute walk there are 50 places to eat and 15 food stores.

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

Nearby corners

The eight nearest of the 15 corners within a three-minute walk:

See every intersection along Fort Greene Place or Lafayette 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, NYC Housing Preservation and Development, Landmarks Preservation Commission, NYC Parks, NYC Health, FDIC, NYS Agriculture and Markets, USDA and NYC Finance, retrieved September 18 – October 6, 2026.