Myrtle Avenue & Adelphi Street

Myrtle Avenue and Adelphi Street meet at a four-way crossing in Fort Greene, Brooklyn. Between 2021 and 2025, 25 police-reported crashes were recorded here, against a median of seven crashes for a Brooklyn corner. Oracle Playground is 230 feet away, and P.S. 046 Edward C. Blum is 590 feet away. The nearest bus stop, Myrtle Av/Carlton Av, is 210 feet away for the B54, and five bus routes stop within a ten-minute walk. Within a five-minute walk are 29 public places, nine of them religious buildings, and 36 places to eat.

Safety record
14 hurt
25 police-reported crashes, 2021–2025
Nearest highway entrance
Brooklyn-Queens Expressway
0.6 miles by car along the streets
Nearest bus stop
210 feet
Myrtle Av/Carlton Av · B54
Within a walk
29 places
9 religious buildings, 5 schools and 8 more kinds, within five minutes

Map

Layers
Myrtle Avenue & Adelphi Street Nearby corners, linked

Getting there

How walks are measured

Bus

The nearest bus stop is Myrtle Av/Carlton Av, 210 feet away, for the B54.

  • 5 routes within a ten-minute walk
  1. Myrtle Av/Carlton Av B54
    210 feet
    B54

Next buses at this stop

  1. B54 …

Live arrivals

Cycling

  • 49 bicycle racks within 820 feet
  • 4 more bike-share stations within a five-minute walk

Nearest bike-share station

  1. Adelphi St & Myrtle Ave 28 docks in all
    50 feet

By car

The nearest highway entrance is the ramp to the Brooklyn-Queens Expressway eastbound at Navy Street, 0.6 miles by car along the streets.

  1. 168 Flushing Avenue Gas station
    0.5 miles
  2. 152 Ashland Place Charging for electric cars, 20 Level 2 chargers
    0.5 miles
  3. 28-17 42nd Road Fast charging for electric cars
    1.5 miles

Safety record

How crashes are counted

Between 2021 and 2025, police reported 25 crashes at this corner, more than the median of seven crashes for a Brooklyn corner.

  • 14 people injured
  • 0 people killed
  • 3 of those hurt, on foot
  • 1 of those hurt, on a bike

The most recent crash recorded here was in April 2026.

What the city has done here

  • Leading pedestrian interval, April 2016

About this corner

Where facts come from
ZIP code
11205
Community board
Brooklyn Community Board 2
City Council district
35
Police precinct
88
Neighborhood (City Planning area)
Fort Greene
Elevation
59 feet above sea level

The streets

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

Homes

About 1,900 homes stand within 820 feet of this corner, a mix of apartment buildings and smaller houses.

Since 2014 at least 21 new affordable homes have been completed within 820 feet.

Trees

NYC Parks records 77 trees within 330 feet; the most common is the thornless honeylocust.

Parking on the streets meeting here

How signs are read
  • 40 signs on these blocks
  • 16 different rules
  • 4 active meters
  • 2 pay-by-cell zones

The sign wording is DOT's, as recorded between April 2022 and May 2026; the 12 rules shown are the first by street and side, and the sign on the street decides.

East side of Adelphi Street

  • No parking 9 signs NO PARKING FRIDAY 11:30AM-1PM
  • No standing 1 sign NO STANDING ANYTIME

West side of Adelphi Street

  • No parking 1 sign NO PARKING ANYTIME
  • No parking 10 signs NO PARKING THURSDAY 11:30AM-1PM

North side of Myrtle Avenue

  • Metered parking 4 signs 2 HOUR METERED PARKING 8:30AM-7PM EXCEPT SUNDAY
  • Metered parking 1 sign 2 HOUR METERED PARKING SATURDAY 8:30AM-7PM
  • No parking 4 signs NO PARKING 8AM-8:30AM EXCEPT SUNDAY
  • No parking 1 sign NO PARKING SATURDAY 8AM-8:30AM
  • Truck loading only 1 sign TRUCK LOADING ONLY MONDAY-FRIDAY 8AM-7PM

South side of Myrtle Avenue

  • Metered parking 1 sign 2 HOUR METERED PARKING 8AM-7PM EXCEPT SUNDAY
  • Metered parking 1 sign 2 HOUR METERED PARKING MONDAY-FRIDAY 3PM-7PM SATURDAY 8AM-7PM
  • Metered parking 1 sign 2 HOUR METERED PARKING SATURDAY 8AM-7PM

ParkNYC pay-by-cell zones: 309371 and 336186.

Landmarks and historic districts

Within 820 feet are two Individual Landmarks, and 102 buildings in all are designated by the Landmarks Preservation Commission, recorded mostly as Italianate. They were mostly built between 1854 and 1868.

Schools, parks and places within a walk

How places are listed

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

  • 9 religious buildings
  • 5 schools
  • 4 day care or pre-K sites
  • 3 listed historic places
  • 2 park features
  • 6 other places

Schools and child care

  1. Growth Mindset Learning Lab Preschool, ages 2 to 5
    320 feet
  2. Atlantic Collective Preschool, ages 2 to 5
    450 feet
  3. Fort Greene Preparatory Academy School
    590 feet
Show all 9
  1. Concordia Fort Greene Infant, toddler and preschool care, ages 0 to 5
    500 feet
  2. P.S. 046 Edward C. Blum School
    590 feet
  3. Child Study Center of New York School
    670 feet
  4. Discovery PitStop 2 Infant, toddler and preschool care, ages 0 to 5
    760 feet
  5. P.S. 020 Clinton Hill School · landmark
    900 feet
  6. Greene Hill School
    1,250 feet

Parks, playgrounds and gardens

  1. Oracle Playground
    230 feet
  2. Fort Greene Park
    590 feet
  3. Fort Greene Visitors Center in Fort Greene Park Park feature
    900 feet
Show all 5
  1. Albert L. Parham Playground
    1,130 feet
  2. Prison Ship Martyrs Monument in Fort Greene Park Park feature
    1,230 feet

Libraries, museums and history

  1. Feuchtwanger Stable Listed historic place
    300 feet
  2. Brooklyn Garden Apartments (Navy Yard) Listed historic place
    670 feet
  3. Lefferts-Laidlaw House Listed historic place
    990 feet

Houses of worship

  1. Institutional Church of God House of worship
    250 feet
  2. Zion Shiloh Baptist Church House of worship
    460 feet
  3. French Speaking Baptist Church House of worship
    970 feet
Show all 4
  1. Sacred Heart Church House of worship
    1,300 feet

Community centers and public services

  1. Community center at Whitman Community center
    990 feet
  2. Albert J Parham Playground Pool Swimming pool
    1,100 feet

Fire and police

  1. Engine 210 Fire station
    450 feet

Bank branches

  1. Chase Bank branch
    640 feet
  2. Apple Bank Bank branch
    810 feet
  3. Citibank Bank branch
    950 feet

Supermarkets

  1. Bravo Supermarket
    460 feet
  2. Key Food Supermarket
    0.4 miles

Pharmacies

  1. Walgreens Pharmacy
    240 feet
  2. CVS Pharmacy
    0.4 miles

Food stores and places to eat

Within a five-minute walk there are 36 places to eat and 17 food stores.

Not on record for this corner: a subway entrance within a ten-minute walk.

Nearby corners

The eight nearest corners on foot, seven of them within a three-minute walk:

See every intersection along Adelphi Street or Myrtle Avenue.

Sources: NYC Technology and Innovation, NYPD, NYC DOT, MTA, New York City's bike-share system, NYS Environmental Conservation, NYC City Planning, US Department of Energy, NYCHA, NYC Housing Preservation and Development, Landmarks Preservation Commission, NYC Parks, NYC Health, FDIC, NYS Agriculture and Markets and USDA, retrieved September 18 – October 6, 2026.