Lafayette Avenue & South Portland Avenue

Lafayette Avenue and South Portland Avenue 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. Evangelical Lutheran Church of the Holy Trinity of Brooklyn stands 500 feet away, and Greene Garden is 900 feet away. The nearest subway, Fulton St, is about a minute on foot, and 11 subway lines stop within a ten-minute walk. Within a five-minute walk are 25 public places, five of them schools, and 46 places to eat.

Safety record
4 hurt
7 police-reported crashes, 2021–2025
Nearest subway
Fulton St
60 feet · 1 min on foot · G
Nearest bus stop
50 feet
Lafayette Av/South Portland Av · B93
Within a walk
25 places
5 schools, 4 parks and 12 more kinds, within five minutes

Map

Layers
Lafayette Avenue & South Portland Avenue Nearby corners, linked

Getting there

How walks are measured

Subway

The nearest subway station is Fulton St, 60 feet from this corner, about a minute on foot.

  • 11 lines within a ten-minute walk
  1. Fulton St G
    60 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
    260 feet
    C
  2. Atlantic Av-Barclays Ctr 2, 3, 4, 5, B, D, N, Q, R
    0.3 miles
    2 3 4 5 B D N Q R

Bus

The nearest bus stop is Lafayette Av/South Portland Av, 50 feet away, for the B93.

  • 15 routes within a ten-minute walk
  1. Lafayette Av/South Portland Av B93
    50 feet
    B93

Next buses at this stop

  1. B93 …

Live arrivals

Cycling

A marked bike lane runs on Lafayette Avenue.

  • 85 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
    570 feet

By car

The nearest highway entrance is the ramp to the Brooklyn-Queens Expressway eastbound at Navy Street, 0.8 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 miles

Safety record

How crashes are counted

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

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

The most recent crash recorded here was in February 2026.

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
60 feet above sea level

The streets

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

Homes

About 2,600 homes stand within 820 feet of this corner, a mix of apartment buildings and smaller houses.

Trees

NYC Parks records 70 trees within 330 feet; the most common is the London planetree.

Parking on the streets meeting here

How signs are read
  • 33 signs on these blocks
  • 12 different rules

The sign wording is DOT's, as recorded between March 2015 and September 2024, and the sign on the street decides.

North side of Lafayette Avenue

  • Loading only 1 sign LOADING ONLY MONDAY-FRIDAY 7AM-7PM
  • No parking 5 signs NO PARKING MONDAY 11:30AM-1PM
  • Truck loading only 1 sign TRUCK LOADING ONLY MONDAY-FRIDAY 7AM-10AM

South side of Lafayette Avenue

  • No parking 4 signs NO PARKING TUESDAY 11:30AM-1PM
  • No standing 1 sign NO STANDING ANYTIME
  • Truck loading only 1 sign TRUCK LOADING ONLY 7AM-7PM EXCEPT SUNDAY

East side of South Portland Avenue

  • No parking 5 signs NO PARKING FRIDAY 9:30AM-11AM
  • No parking 3 signs NO PARKING TUESDAY 11:30AM-1PM
  • No standing 2 signs NO STANDING ANYTIME

West side of South Portland Avenue

  • No parking 2 signs NO PARKING MONDAY 11:30AM-1PM
  • No parking 6 signs NO PARKING THURSDAY 9:30AM-11AM
  • No standing 2 signs NO STANDING ANYTIME

Landmarks and historic districts

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

Within 820 feet is one Individual Landmark, and 354 buildings in all are designated by the Landmarks Preservation Commission, recorded most often as Italianate. They were mostly built between 1856 and 1867.

  1. Lafayette Avenue Presbyterian Church Designated landmark
    380 feet
  2. Evangelical Lutheran Church of the Holy Trinity of Brooklyn Designated landmark
    500 feet
  3. Hanson Place Baptist Church Designated landmark
    730 feet

Schools, parks and places within a walk

How places are listed

Within a five-minute walk there are 25 public places.

  • 5 schools
  • 4 parks
  • 3 gardens
  • 3 religious buildings
  • 1 arts or cultural center
  • 9 other places

Schools and child care

  1. Dental Auxiliary Training Center Trade or language school
    610 feet
  2. Brooklyn Independent School
    760 feet
  3. The International Charter School of New York Annex School
    770 feet
Show all 7
  1. Hanson Place Child Development Center Infant, toddler and preschool care, ages 0 to 5 · Pre-K
    970 feet
  2. Brooklyn Technical High School
    1,110 feet
  3. Compass Charter School
    1,290 feet
  4. M.S. 113 Ronald Edmonds Learning Center School
    1,290 feet

Parks, playgrounds and gardens

  1. Fowler Square
    320 feet
  2. MoCADA Ubuntu Garden
    600 feet
  3. Betty Carter Park
    610 feet
Show all 8
  1. Cuyler Gore Park
    810 feet
  2. Greene Garden
    900 feet
  3. Fort Greene Park
    960 feet
  4. Cuyler Gore Park Playground
    1,030 feet
  5. Brooklyn Bears/Rockwell Place Garden
    1,290 feet

Plazas and public spaces

  1. Fowler Square Plaza Pedestrian plaza
    320 feet
  2. Public space at 620 Fulton Street Public space
    1,040 feet

Health care

  1. Oxford Nursing Home Nursing home or hospice
    1,050 feet

Libraries, museums and history

  1. Fort Greene Historic District (Boundary Increase) Listed historic place
    160 feet
  2. General Edward Big Ned Fowler Monument Monument or memorial
    290 feet

Theaters, arts and venues

  1. Brooklyn Academy of Music Arts or cultural center · listed historic place
    920 feet
  2. Polonsky Shakespeare Center Theater or concert hall
    1,170 feet

Supermarkets

  1. Whole Foods Market Supermarket
    1,320 feet
  2. Stop & Shop Supermarket
    0.3 miles
  3. Foodtown Supermarket
    0.5 miles

Pharmacies

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

Other stores

  1. Target Store
    0.3 miles
  2. Dollar Tree Store
    0.5 miles

Shopping centers

  1. Atlantic Center Shopping center
    940 feet
  2. Atlantic Terminal Shopping center
    1,210 feet

Food stores and places to eat

Within a five-minute walk there are 46 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 13 corners within a three-minute walk:

See every intersection along Lafayette Avenue or South Portland 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, NYS Agriculture and Markets, USDA and NYC Finance, retrieved September 18 – October 6, 2026.