Lafayette Avenue & South Elliott Place

Lafayette Avenue and South Elliott Place meet at a four-way crossing in Fort Greene, Brooklyn. Between 2021 and 2025, two police-reported crashes were recorded here, fewer than the median of seven crashes for a Brooklyn corner. Fowler Square is 50 feet away, and the Salvation Army Building stands 730 feet away. The nearest subway, Fulton St, is about a minute on foot, and 12 subway lines stop within a ten-minute walk. Within a five-minute walk are 29 public places, four of them parks, and 47 places to eat.

Safety record
Nobody hurt
2 police-reported crashes, 2021–2025
Nearest subway
Fulton St
230 feet · 1 min on foot · G
Nearest bus stop
160 feet
Fulton St/South Elliot Pl · B25, B26, B52
Within a walk
29 places
4 parks, 3 gardens and 13 more kinds, within five minutes

Map

Layers
Lafayette Avenue & South Elliott Place Nearby corners, linked

Getting there

How walks are measured

Subway

The nearest subway station is Fulton St, 230 feet from this corner, about a minute on foot.

  • 12 lines within a ten-minute walk
  1. Fulton St G
    230 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
    440 feet
    C
  2. Atlantic Av-Barclays Ctr 2, 3, 4, 5, B, D, N, Q, R
    1,230 feet
    2 3 4 5 B D N Q R

Bus

The nearest bus stop is Fulton St/South Elliot Pl, 160 feet away, for the B25, B26 and B52.

  • 15 routes within a ten-minute walk
  1. Fulton St/South Elliot Pl B25, B26, B52
    160 feet
    B25 B26 B52

Next buses at this stop

  1. B25 …
  2. B26 …
  3. B52 …

Live arrivals

Cycling

A marked bike lane runs on Lafayette Avenue.

  • 96 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. Lafayette Ave & Ft Greene Pl 36 docks in all
    300 feet

By car

The nearest highway entrance is the ramp to the Brooklyn-Queens Expressway eastbound at Navy Street, 0.9 miles by car along the streets.

  1. 300 Bergen Street Gas station
    0.8 miles
  2. 625 Atlantic Avenue Charging for electric cars, Level 2 chargers
    0.3 miles
  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 two crashes at this corner, fewer than the median of seven crashes for a Brooklyn corner. Nobody was hurt.

The most recent crash recorded here was in August 2024.

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
53 feet above sea level

The streets

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

Homes

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

Since 2014 at least 127 new affordable homes have been completed within 820 feet.

Trees

NYC Parks records 66 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
  • 11 different rules
  • 1 active meter
  • 1 pay-by-cell zone

The sign wording is DOT's, as recorded between May 2018 and June 2024, and the sign on the street decides.

North side of Lafayette Avenue

  • Metered parking 2 signs 2 HOUR METERED PARKING 9AM-7PM EXCEPT SUNDAY
  • No parking 2 signs NO PARKING MONDAY 11:30AM-1PM
  • No parking 2 signs NO PARKING MONDAY WEDNESDAY FRIDAY MIDNIGHT-3AM
  • No standing 1 sign NO STANDING ANYTIME
  • Truck loading only 1 sign TRUCK LOADING ONLY MONDAY-FRIDAY 7AM-10AM

East side of South Elliott Place

  • Loading only 2 signs LOADING ONLY MONDAY-FRIDAY 8AM-6PM
  • No parking 6 signs NO PARKING FRIDAY 9:30AM-11AM

West side of South Elliott Place

  • No parking 1 sign NO PARKING ANYTIME
  • No parking 9 signs NO PARKING THURSDAY 9:30AM-11AM
  • No standing 2 signs NO STANDING MONDAY-FRIDAY 7AM-4PM
  • No standing 2 signs NO STANDING SCHOOL DAYS 7AM-4PM

ParkNYC pay-by-cell zone: 330308.

Landmarks and historic districts

Within 820 feet is one Individual Landmark, and 259 buildings in all are designated by the Landmarks Preservation Commission, recorded mostly as Italianate. They were mostly built between 1857 and 1867.

  1. Brooklyn Music School Designated landmark
    620 feet
  2. Lafayette Avenue Presbyterian Church Designated landmark
    640 feet
  3. The Salvation Army Building Designated landmark
    730 feet

Schools, parks and places within a walk

How places are listed

Within a five-minute walk there are 29 public places.

  • 4 parks
  • 3 gardens
  • 3 public spaces
  • 3 religious buildings
  • 3 schools
  • 13 other places

Schools and child care

  1. Dental Auxiliary Training Center Trade or language school
    340 feet
  2. Brooklyn Independent School
    490 feet
  3. The International Charter School of New York Annex School
    500 feet
Show all 6
  1. Hanson Place Child Development Center Infant, toddler and preschool care, ages 0 to 5 · Pre-K
    710 feet
  2. Brooklyn Technical High School
    840 feet
  3. Masters Refrigeration Learning Cntr Trade or language school
    1,300 feet

Parks, playgrounds and gardens

  1. Fowler Square
    50 feet
  2. MoCADA Ubuntu Garden
    320 feet
  3. Betty Carter Park
    330 feet
Show all 8
  1. Cuyler Gore Park
    950 feet
  2. Greene Garden
    1,000 feet
  3. Brooklyn Bears/Rockwell Place Garden
    1,020 feet
  4. Fort Greene Park
    1,030 feet
  5. Cuyler Gore Park Playground
    1,170 feet

Plazas and public spaces

  1. Fowler Square Plaza Pedestrian plaza
    50 feet
  2. Public space at 620 Fulton Street Public space
    760 feet
  3. Public space at Forte Public space
    1,080 feet
Show all 4
  1. Public space at BAM South Public space
    1,090 feet

Health care

  1. Oxford Nursing Home Nursing home or hospice
    1,180 feet

Libraries, museums and history

  1. General Edward Big Ned Fowler Monument Monument or memorial
    50 feet
  2. Fort Greene Historic District (Boundary Increase) Listed historic place
    330 feet
  3. Hanson Place Seventh Day Adventist Church Listed historic place
    890 feet
Show all 4
  1. Library for Arts & Culture Library
    1,090 feet

Theaters, arts and venues

  1. Brooklyn Academy of Music Arts or cultural center · landmark · listed historic place
    650 feet
  2. Polonsky Shakespeare Center Theater or concert hall
    900 feet
  3. BAM Harvey Theater Theater or concert hall
    1,080 feet

Supermarkets

  1. Whole Foods Market Supermarket
    1,050 feet
  2. Stop & Shop Supermarket
    0.3 miles
  3. Foodtown Supermarket
    0.4 miles

Pharmacies

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

Other stores

  1. Target Store
    1,320 feet
  2. Dollar Tree Store
    0.4 miles

Shopping centers

  1. Atlantic Center Shopping center
    670 feet
  2. Atlantic Terminal Shopping center
    950 feet

Food stores and places to eat

Within a five-minute walk there are 47 places to eat and 13 food stores.

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

Nearby corners

The eight nearest of the 14 corners within a three-minute walk:

See every intersection along Lafayette Avenue or South Elliott Place.

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, NYS Agriculture and Markets, USDA and NYC Finance, retrieved September 18 – October 6, 2026.