Lafayette Avenue & St Felix Street

Lafayette Avenue and St Felix Street meet at a four-way crossing in Fort Greene, Brooklyn. The corner lies on the edge of the Brooklyn Academy of Music Historic District. Between 2021 and 2025, 13 police-reported crashes were recorded here, against a median of seven crashes for a Brooklyn corner. Brooklyn Independent is 80 feet away, and Fox Square Plaza is 1,190 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 58 places to eat.

Safety record
10 hurt
13 police-reported crashes, 2021–2025
Nearest subway
Fulton St
230 feet · 1 min on foot · G
Nearest bus stop
180 feet
Lafayette Av/Fort Greene Pl · T440
Within a walk
33 places
5 religious buildings, 5 schools and 13 more kinds, within five minutes

Map

Layers
Lafayette Avenue & St Felix Street 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. Atlantic Av-Barclays Ctr 2, 3, 4, 5, B, D, N, Q, R
    740 feet
    2 3 4 5 B D N Q R
  2. Lafayette Av C
    850 feet
    C

Bus

The nearest bus stop is Lafayette Av/Fort Greene Pl, 180 feet away, for the T440.

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

Next buses at this stop

  1. T440 …

Live arrivals

Cycling

A marked bike lane runs on Lafayette Avenue.

  • 113 bicycle racks within 820 feet, 2 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
    210 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
    0.7 miles
  2. 625 Atlantic Avenue Charging for electric cars, Level 2 chargers
    1,170 feet
  3. 28-17 42nd Road Fast charging for electric cars
    2.2 miles

Safety record

How crashes are counted

Between 2021 and 2025, police reported 13 crashes at this corner, more than the median of seven crashes for a Brooklyn corner.

  • 10 people injured
  • 0 people killed
  • 3 of those hurt, on foot

The most recent crash recorded here was in March 2025.

What the city has done here

  • Leading pedestrian interval, April 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
43 feet above sea level

The streets

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

Homes

About 3,500 homes stand within 820 feet of this corner, most of them in buildings of ten homes or more.

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

Trees

NYC Parks records 42 trees within 330 feet; the most common is the thornless honeylocust.

Parking on the streets meeting here

How signs are read
  • 24 signs on these blocks
  • 11 different rules
  • 2 active meters
  • 2 pay-by-cell zones

The sign wording is DOT's, as recorded between August 2015 and January 2026, and the sign on the street decides.

North side of Lafayette Avenue

  • Metered parking 1 sign 2 HOUR METERED PARKING 9AM-7PM EXCEPT SUNDAY
  • No parking 3 signs NO PARKING MONDAY WEDNESDAY FRIDAY MIDNIGHT-3AM
  • No standing 1 sign NO STANDING ANYTIME

South side of Lafayette Avenue

  • Metered parking 1 sign 2 HOUR METERED PARKING 9AM-7PM EXCEPT SUNDAY
  • Metered parking 2 signs 2 HOUR METERED PARKING MONDAY-FRIDAY 4PM-7PM SATURDAY 9AM-7PM
  • No parking 1 sign NO PARKING TUESDAY THURSDAY SATURDAY MIDNIGHT-3AM
  • No standing 2 signs NO STANDING MONDAY-FRIDAY 7AM-4PM

East side of St Felix Street

  • No parking 1 sign NO PARKING FRIDAY 9:30AM-11AM
  • No parking 6 signs NO PARKING TUESDAY 11:30AM-1PM

West side of St Felix Street

  • No parking 1 sign NO PARKING 8AM-MIDNIGHT ALL DAYS
  • No standing 5 signs NO STANDING ANYTIME

ParkNYC pay-by-cell zones: 303327 and 309216.

Landmarks and historic districts

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

Within 820 feet, 128 buildings are designated by the Landmarks Preservation Commission, recorded most often as Italianate, and mostly built between 1856 and 1864.

  1. Brooklyn Music School Designated landmark
    320 feet
  2. The Salvation Army Building Designated landmark
    360 feet
  3. Central Methodist Episcopal Church Designated landmark
    490 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 listed historic places
  • 3 public spaces
  • 2 gardens
  • 14 other places

Schools and child care

  1. Brooklyn Independent School
    80 feet
  2. The International Charter School of New York Annex School
    90 feet
  3. Dental Auxiliary Training Center Trade or language school
    520 feet
Show all 8
  1. Masters Refrigeration Learning Cntr Trade or language school
    800 feet
  2. Khalil Gibran International Academy School
    880 feet
  3. The Elizabeth Jennings School for Bold Explorers School
    880 feet
  4. Hanson Place Child Development Center Infant, toddler and preschool care, ages 0 to 5 · Pre-K
    1,040 feet
  5. Brooklyn Technical High School
    1,210 feet

Parks, playgrounds and gardens

  1. Betty Carter Park
    50 feet
  2. MoCADA Ubuntu Garden
    150 feet
  3. Fowler Square
    500 feet
Show all 5
  1. Brooklyn Bears/Rockwell Place Garden
    520 feet
  2. Sixteen Sycamores Playground
    910 feet

Plazas and public spaces

  1. Public space at 620 Fulton Street Public space
    420 feet
  2. Fowler Square Plaza Pedestrian plaza
    550 feet
  3. Fox Square Plaza Pedestrian plaza
    1,190 feet
Show all 5
  1. Public space at BAM South Public space
    600 feet
  2. Public space at Forte Public space
    730 feet

Libraries, museums and history

  1. General Edward Big Ned Fowler Monument Monument or memorial
    480 feet
  2. Library for Arts & Culture Library
    600 feet
  3. Fort Greene Historic District (Boundary Increase) Listed historic place
    830 feet
Show all 6
  1. Atlantic Avenue Subway Station (IRT) Listed historic place
    1,010 feet
  2. Atlantic Avenue Control House Listed historic place
    1,160 feet
  3. Hanson Place Seventh Day Adventist Church Listed historic place
    1,310 feet

Theaters, arts and venues

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

Houses of worship

  1. Recovery House of Worship Church Listed historic place
    830 feet

Community centers and public services

  1. Times Plaza Post Office
    1,180 feet

Bank branches

  1. Bank of America Bank branch
    1,030 feet
  2. Chase Bank branch
    1,050 feet
  3. Citibank Bank branch
    1,160 feet

Supermarkets

  1. Whole Foods Market Supermarket
    550 feet
  2. Stop & Shop Supermarket
    0.3 miles
  3. Foodtown Supermarket
    0.3 miles

Pharmacies

  1. CVS Pharmacy
    1,310 feet
  2. Walgreens Pharmacy
    0.3 miles

Other stores

  1. Target Store
    1,280 feet
  2. Dollar Tree Store
    0.3 miles

Shopping centers

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

Food stores and places to eat

Within a five-minute walk there are 58 places to eat and 19 food stores.

Nearby corners

The eight nearest of the 16 corners within a three-minute walk:

See every intersection along Lafayette Avenue or St Felix Street.

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, 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.