Myrtle Avenue & Navy Walk

Myrtle Avenue and Navy Walk meet at a four-way crossing in Downtown Brooklyn-DUMBO-Boerum Hill, Brooklyn, at the edge of NYCHA's Ingersoll development. Between 2021 and 2025, eight police-reported crashes were recorded here, against a median of seven crashes for a Brooklyn corner. Ingersoll Community Center is 560 feet away. The nearest subway, DeKalb Av, is about five minutes on foot, and ten subway lines stop within a ten-minute walk. Within a five-minute walk are 15 public places, three of them parks, and 11 places to eat.

Safety record
3 hurt
8 police-reported crashes, 2021–2025
Nearest subway
DeKalb Av
1,240 feet · 5 min on foot · B, Q, R
Nearest bus stop
170 feet
Myrtle Av/Navy St · B54
Within a walk
15 places
3 parks, 2 day care or pre-K sites and 10 more kinds, within five minutes

Map

Layers
Myrtle Avenue & Navy Walk Nearby corners, linked

Getting there

How walks are measured

Subway

The nearest subway station is DeKalb Av, 1,240 feet from this corner, about five minutes on foot.

  • 3 lines at the nearest station
  • 10 lines within a ten-minute walk
  1. DeKalb Av B, Q, R
    1,240 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
    0.4 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/Navy St, 170 feet away, for the B54.

  • 11 routes within a ten-minute walk
  1. Myrtle Av/Navy St B54 · Shelter
    170 feet
    B54
    Shelter

Next buses at this stop

  1. B54 …

Live arrivals

Cycling

A marked bike lane runs on Myrtle Avenue.

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

Nearest bike-share station

  1. Myrtle Ave & Fleet Pl 47 docks in all
    500 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
    1,250 feet
  2. 152 Ashland Place Charging for electric cars, 20 Level 2 chargers
    1,070 feet
  3. 28-17 42nd Road Fast charging for electric cars
    1.9 miles

Safety record

How crashes are counted

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

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

The most recent crash recorded here was in April 2026.

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)
Downtown Brooklyn-DUMBO-Boerum Hill
Elevation
26 feet above sea level

The streets

  • Up to two travel lanes
  • A designated truck route

Homes

About 5,400 homes stand within 820 feet of this corner, most of them in buildings of ten homes or more.

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

Since 2014 at least 318 new affordable homes have been completed within 820 feet.

Trees

Twelve trees recorded by NYC Parks stand within 330 feet; the most common is the maidenhair tree.

Schools, parks and places within a walk

How places are listed

Fifteen public places are within a five-minute walk.

  • 3 parks
  • 2 day care or pre-K sites
  • 1 college
  • 1 community center
  • 1 garden
  • 7 other places

Schools and child care

  1. Brooklyn Bureau Community Services Preschool, ages 2 to 5 · Pre-K
    210 feet
  2. Fullstack Academy Trade or language school
    810 feet
  3. Bright Horizons Children's Centers Infant, toddler and preschool care, ages 0 to 5
    990 feet
Show all 4
  1. Long Island Univ-Brooklyn Campus College
    1,230 feet

Parks, playgrounds and gardens

  1. Garden of Eden - Ingersoll Houses (NYCHA) Garden
    290 feet
  2. Fort Greene Park
    690 feet
  3. Fort Greene Playground
    970 feet
Show all 6
  1. Arbor Place Park
    1,100 feet
  2. University Place Park
    1,170 feet
  3. Fort Greene Crypt in Fort Greene Park Park feature
    1,260 feet

Plazas and public spaces

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

Health care

  1. The Phoenix Rehabilitation and Nursing Center Nursing home or hospice
    1,110 feet

Libraries, museums and history

  1. Walt Whitman Library
    1,070 feet

Community centers and public services

  1. Ingersoll Community Center
    560 feet

Fire and police

  1. Police Service Area #3 Satellite Police station
    940 feet

Bank branches

  1. Chase Bank branch
    1,040 feet

Supermarkets

  1. NYC Fresh Market Supermarket
    790 feet
  2. Trader Joe's Supermarket
    0.3 miles
  3. Gold Organic Farm Supermarket
    0.3 miles

Pharmacies

  1. CVS Pharmacy
    220 feet
  2. Walgreens Pharmacy
    0.5 miles

Other stores

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

Shopping centers

  1. City Point Shopping center
    0.3 miles

Food stores and places to eat

Within a five-minute walk there are 11 places to eat and six food stores.

Not on record for this corner: a signal or safety change, a parking sign or meter on the blocks meeting here and a designated landmark or historic district within 820 feet.

Nearby corners

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

See every intersection along Myrtle Avenue or Navy Walk.

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, NYCHA, NYC Housing Preservation and Development, NYC Parks, NYC Health, FDIC, NYS Agriculture and Markets, USDA and NYC Finance, retrieved September 18 – October 6, 2026.