Myrtle Avenue & Fleet Place

Myrtle Avenue and Fleet Place meet at a three-way junction in Fort Greene, Brooklyn, at the edge of NYCHA's Ingersoll development. Between 2021 and 2025, six police-reported crashes were recorded here, fewer than the median of seven crashes for a Brooklyn corner. Ingersoll Community Center is 100 feet away. The nearest subway, DeKalb Av, is about three minutes on foot, and 11 subway lines stop within a ten-minute walk. Within a five-minute walk are 14 public places, three of them parks, and 21 places to eat.

Safety record
3 hurt
6 police-reported crashes, 2021–2025
Nearest subway
DeKalb Av
780 feet · 3 min on foot · B, Q, R
Nearest bus stop
90 feet
Myrtle Av/Fleet Pl · B54
Within a walk
14 places
3 parks, 2 day care or pre-K sites and 8 more kinds, within five minutes

Map

Layers
Myrtle Avenue & Fleet Place Nearby corners, linked

Getting there

How walks are measured

Subway

The nearest subway station is DeKalb Av, 780 feet from this corner, about three minutes on foot.

  • 3 lines at the nearest station
  • 11 lines within a ten-minute walk
  1. DeKalb Av B, Q, R
    780 feet
    B Q R

Next trains at this station

Manhattan
3 lines
  1. B …
  2. Q …
  3. R …
Southbound
3 lines
  1. B …
  2. Q …
  3. R …

Also within a walk

  1. Jay St-MetroTech A, C, F, R
    0.3 miles
    A C F R
  2. Hoyt St 2, 3
    0.4 miles
    2 3

The MTA's permanent art catalog lists “Masstransiscope” (1980) by Bill Brand and “DeKalb Improvisation” (2005) by Stephen Johnson at the DeKalb Av station.

Bus

The nearest bus stop is Myrtle Av/Fleet Pl, 90 feet away, for the B54.

  • 16 routes within a ten-minute walk
  1. Myrtle Av/Fleet Pl B54
    90 feet
    B54

Next buses at this stop

  1. B54 …

Live arrivals

Cycling

A marked bike lane runs on Myrtle Avenue.

  • 24 bicycle racks within 820 feet, 3 of them on-street corrals
  • 3 more bike-share stations within a five-minute walk

Nearest bike-share station

  1. Myrtle Ave & Fleet Pl 47 docks in all
    50 feet

By car

The nearest highway entrance is the ramp to the Brooklyn-Queens Expressway eastbound at Navy Street, 0.3 miles by car along the streets.

  1. 160 Johnson Street Gas station
    800 feet
  2. 152 Ashland Place Charging for electric cars, 20 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 six crashes at this corner, fewer than the median of seven crashes for a Brooklyn corner.

  • 3 people injured
  • 0 people killed

The most recent crash recorded here was in September 2024.

What the city has done here

  • Leading pedestrian interval, July 2021

About this corner

Where facts come from
ZIP code
11201
Community board
Brooklyn Community Board 2
City Council district
35
Police precinct
88
Neighborhood (City Planning area)
Fort Greene
Elevation
29 feet above sea level

The streets

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

Homes

About 5,300 homes stand within 820 feet of this corner, most of them in buildings of ten homes or more. The buildings holding them mostly went up between 2005 and 2017.

The corner stands at the edge of NYCHA's Ingersoll development.

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

Trees

Fifteen trees recorded by NYC Parks stand within 330 feet; the most common is the sawtooth oak.

Parking on the streets meeting here

How signs are read
  • 28 signs on these blocks
  • 9 different rules

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

East side of Fleet Place

  • No parking 5 signs NO PARKING FRIDAY 8:30AM-10AM
  • No standing 1 sign NO STANDING ANYTIME

West side of Fleet Place

  • No parking 4 signs NO PARKING THURSDAY 8:30AM-10AM
  • No standing 4 signs NO STANDING ANYTIME

South side of Myrtle Avenue

  • Metered parking 3 signs 2 HOUR METERED PARKING 8AM-7PM EXCEPT SUNDAY
  • Ambulances and ambulettes only 1 sign AMBULANCE AMBULETTE ONLY 5AM-11PM EXCEPT SUNDAY
  • No parking 4 signs NO PARKING 7:30AM-8AM EXCEPT SUNDAY
  • No standing 4 signs NO STANDING ANYTIME
  • Truck loading only 2 signs TRUCK LOADING ONLY 8AM-6PM EXCEPT SUNDAY

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 Greek Revival. They were built between 1839 and 1847.

Schools, parks and places within a walk

How places are listed

Fourteen public places are within a five-minute walk.

  • 3 parks
  • 2 day care or pre-K sites
  • 2 trade or language schools
  • 1 college
  • 1 community center
  • 5 other places

Schools and child care

  1. Brooklyn Bureau Community Services Preschool, ages 2 to 5 · Pre-K
    250 feet
  2. Fullstack Academy Trade or language school
    350 feet
  3. Bright Horizons Children's Centers Infant, toddler and preschool care, ages 0 to 5
    540 feet
Show all 6
  1. Long Island Univ-Brooklyn Campus College
    780 feet
  2. Basis Independent Brooklyn School
    940 feet
  3. Metro Training Inst Trade or language school
    990 feet

Parks, playgrounds and gardens

  1. Garden of Eden - Ingersoll Houses (NYCHA) Garden
    60 feet
  2. University Place Park
    710 feet
  3. Fort Greene Park
    1,150 feet
Show all 4
  1. Arbor Place Park
    1,240 feet

Plazas and public spaces

  1. Public space at Avalon Fort Greene Public space
    470 feet

Houses of worship

  1. Oratory Church of Saint Boniface House of worship
    1,020 feet

Community centers and public services

  1. Ingersoll Community Center
    100 feet

Fire and police

  1. Brooklyn Borough Command/Division 11/Battalion 31/Engine 207/Ladder 110 Fire station
    1,030 feet

Bank branches

  1. Chase Bank branch
    580 feet

Supermarkets

  1. NYC Fresh Market Supermarket
    330 feet
  2. Trader Joe's Supermarket
    1,070 feet
  3. Gold Organic Farm Supermarket
    1,300 feet

Pharmacies

  1. CVS Pharmacy
    680 feet
  2. Duane Reade Pharmacy
    0.5 miles

Other stores

  1. Target Store
    1,290 feet
  2. Dollar Tree Store
    0.4 miles

Shopping centers

  1. City Point Shopping center
    930 feet

Food stores and places to eat

Within a five-minute walk there are 21 places to eat and six food stores.

Nearby corners

The eight nearest of the 17 corners within a three-minute walk:

See every intersection along Fleet Place or Myrtle 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, NYCHA, 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.