McDonald Avenue & Fort Hamilton Parkway

McDonald Avenue and Fort Hamilton Parkway meet at a four-way crossing in Windsor Terrace-South Slope, Brooklyn, at the edge of Green-Wood Cemetery. Between 2021 and 2025, 11 police-reported crashes were recorded here, against a median of seven crashes for a Brooklyn corner. Fort Hamilton Parkway Entrance (Visitors' Lounge) stands 550 feet away. The nearest subway, Church Av, is about four minutes on foot, for the F and G. Within a five-minute walk are ten public places, three of them schools, and ten places to eat. A bike lane separated from traffic runs along Fort Hamilton Parkway.

Safety record
6 hurt
11 police-reported crashes, 2021–2025
Nearest subway
Church Av
1,030 feet · 4 min on foot · F, G
Nearest bus stop
170 feet
Caton Av/McDonald Av · B16
Within a walk
10 places
3 schools, 2 playgrounds and 4 more kinds, within five minutes

Map

Layers
McDonald Avenue & Fort Hamilton Parkway Nearby corners, linked

Getting there

How walks are measured

Subway

The nearest subway station is Church Av, 1,030 feet from this corner, about four minutes on foot.

  • 2 lines at the nearest station
  1. Church Av F, G
    1,030 feet
    F G

Next trains at this station

Northbound
2 lines
  1. F …
  2. G …
Southbound
2 lines
  1. F …
  2. G …

Also within a walk

  1. Fort Hamilton Pkwy F, G
    0.3 miles
    F G

Bus

The nearest bus stop is Caton Av/McDonald Av, 170 feet away, for the B16.

  • 8 routes within a ten-minute walk
  1. Caton Av/McDonald Av B16 · Shelter
    170 feet
    B16
    Shelter

Next buses at this stop

  1. B16 …

Live arrivals

Cycling

A bike lane separated from traffic runs on Fort Hamilton Parkway.

  • 15 bicycle racks within 820 feet
  • 2 more bike-share stations within a five-minute walk

Nearest bike-share station

  1. Fort Hamilton Pkwy & E 2 St 19 docks in all
    330 feet

By car

The nearest highway entrance is the ramp to the Prospect Expressway westbound at 11th Avenue & 18th Street, 0.6 miles by car along the streets.

  1. 20 Caton Avenue Gas station
    340 feet
  2. 5115 15th Avenue Charging for electric cars, six Level 2 chargers
    1.4 miles

Safety record

How crashes are counted

Between 2021 and 2025, police reported 11 crashes at this corner, more than the median of seven crashes for a Brooklyn corner.

  • 6 people injured
  • 0 people killed
  • 3 of those hurt, on a bike

The most recent crash recorded here was in December 2025.

What the city has done here

  • Accessible pedestrian signal, January 2022

About this corner

Where facts come from
ZIP code
11218
Community board
Brooklyn Community Board 7
City Council district
38 and 39 (the boundary runs through this corner)
Police precinct
72
Neighborhood (City Planning area)
Windsor Terrace-South Slope; the corner is on the edge of the Green-Wood Cemetery area
Elevation
60 feet above sea level

The streets

  • Up to six travel lanes
  • A designated truck route
  • One of the streets is one-way

Homes

About 1,300 homes stand within 820 feet of this corner, a mix of apartment buildings and smaller houses. The buildings holding them mostly went up between 1931 and 1960.

Trees

NYC Parks records 32 trees within 330 feet; the most common is the littleleaf linden.

Parking on the streets meeting here

How signs are read
  • 16 signs on these blocks
  • 6 different rules

The sign wording is DOT's, as recorded between September 2020 and February 2025, and the sign on the street decides.

North side of Fort Hamilton Parkway

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

South side of Fort Hamilton Parkway

  • No parking 1 sign NO PARKING TUESDAY 9:30AM-11AM
  • No standing 2 signs NO STANDING ANYTIME
  • No stopping 3 signs NO STOPPING ANYTIME

Landmarks and historic districts

Within 820 feet is one Individual Landmark, and two buildings in all are designated by the Landmarks Preservation Commission, recorded as High Victorian Gothic. They were built between 1876 and 1877.

  1. Fort Hamilton Parkway Entrance (Visitors' Lounge) Designated landmark
    550 feet
  2. Fort Hamilton Parkway Entrance (Residence) Designated landmark
    640 feet

Schools, parks and places within a walk

How places are listed

Ten public places are within a five-minute walk.

  • 3 schools
  • 2 playgrounds
  • 2 religious buildings
  • 1 day care or pre-K site
  • 1 garden
  • 1 library

Schools and child care

  1. Mesivta Meor Hatorah 2 School
    430 feet
  2. Brooklyn Prospect Charter School - CSD 15.2 School
    570 feet
  3. Windsor Terrace Little Learners Infant, toddler and preschool care, ages 0 to 5
    580 feet
Show all 4
  1. P.S. 230 Doris L. Cohen School
    910 feet

Parks, playgrounds and gardens

  1. Albemarle Playground
    740 feet
  2. East 4th Street Community Garden (Windsor Terrace Kensington Veterans Memorial) Garden
    1,050 feet
  3. Greenwood Playground
    1,220 feet

Libraries, museums and history

  1. Windsor Terrace Library
    1,180 feet

Houses of worship

  1. Immaculate Heart of Mary Church House of worship
    1,030 feet

Supermarkets

  1. Foodtown Supermarket
    1,100 feet
  2. Met Fresh Supermarket
    0.4 miles

Pharmacies

  1. Walgreens Pharmacy
    0.4 miles

Food stores and places to eat

Within a five-minute walk there are ten places to eat and six food stores.

Nearby corners

The eight nearest of the 12 corners within a three-minute walk:

See every intersection along Fort Hamilton Parkway or McDonald 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 and USDA, retrieved September 18 – October 6, 2026.