Myrtle Avenue & North Oxford Walk

Myrtle Avenue and North Oxford Walk meet at a four-way crossing in Fort Greene, Brooklyn, at the edge of NYCHA's Whitman development. The corner lies on the edge of the Fort Greene Historic District. Between 2021 and 2025, one police-reported crash was recorded here, fewer than the median of seven crashes for a Brooklyn corner. Fort Greene Park is 40 feet away. The nearest bus stop, Myrtle Av/North Portland Av, is 120 feet away for the B54. Within a five-minute walk are 20 public places, three of them park features, and 16 places to eat.

Safety record
Nobody hurt
1 police-reported crash, 2021–2025
Nearest highway entrance
Brooklyn-Queens Expressway
0.4 miles by car along the streets
Nearest bus stop
120 feet
Myrtle Av/North Portland Av · B54
Within a walk
20 places
3 park features, 3 religious buildings and 11 more kinds, within five minutes

Map

Layers
Myrtle Avenue & North Oxford Walk Nearby corners, linked

Getting there

How walks are measured

Bus

The nearest bus stop is Myrtle Av/North Portland Av, 120 feet away, for the B54.

  • 5 routes within a ten-minute walk
  1. Myrtle Av/North Portland Av B54
    120 feet
    B54

Next buses at this stop

  1. B54 …

Live arrivals

Cycling

A marked bike lane runs on Myrtle Avenue.

  • 15 bicycle racks within 820 feet, 2 of them on-street corrals
  • 2 more bike-share stations within a five-minute walk

Nearest bike-share station

  1. Myrtle Ave & St Edwards St 56 docks in all
    620 feet

By car

The nearest highway entrance is the ramp to the Brooklyn-Queens Expressway eastbound at Navy Street, 0.4 miles by car along the streets.

  1. 160 Johnson Street Gas station
    0.5 miles
  2. 152 Ashland Place Charging for electric cars, 20 Level 2 chargers
    0.4 miles
  3. 28-17 42nd Road Fast charging for electric cars
    1.6 miles

Safety record

How crashes are counted

Between 2021 and 2025, police reported one crash at this corner, fewer than the median of seven crashes for a Brooklyn corner. Nobody was hurt.

The most recent crash recorded here was in October 2022.

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
53 feet above sea level

The streets

  • Up to two travel lanes
  • A designated truck route

Homes

About 1,700 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 1930 and 1939.

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

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

Trees

NYC Parks records 82 trees within 330 feet.

Landmarks and historic districts

The corner stands at the edge of the Fort Greene Historic District.

Within 820 feet, 28 buildings are designated by the Landmarks Preservation Commission, recorded most often as Italianate, and mostly built between 1868 and 1874.

  1. Prison Ship Martyrs Monument (Fort Greene Park) Designated landmark
    590 feet

Schools, parks and places within a walk

How places are listed

Twenty public places are within a five-minute walk.

  • 3 park features
  • 3 religious buildings
  • 2 day care or pre-K sites
  • 2 listed historic places
  • 2 playgrounds
  • 8 other places

Schools and child care

  1. Growth Mindset Learning Lab Preschool, ages 2 to 5
    1,190 feet
  2. Atlantic Collective Preschool, ages 2 to 5
    1,310 feet

Parks, playgrounds and gardens

  1. Fort Greene Park
    40 feet
  2. Fort Greene Visitors Center in Fort Greene Park Park feature · landmark
    410 feet
  3. Fort Greene Crypt in Fort Greene Park Park feature
    510 feet
Show all 6
  1. Prison Ship Martyrs Monument in Fort Greene Park Park feature
    580 feet
  2. Oracle Playground
    1,090 feet
  3. Fort Greene Playground
    1,130 feet

Health care

  1. EMS Station 31 Ambulance station
    1,150 feet
  2. The Phoenix Rehabilitation and Nursing Center Nursing home or hospice
    1,260 feet

Libraries, museums and history

  1. Feuchtwanger Stable Listed historic place
    780 feet
  2. Brooklyn Garden Apartments (Navy Yard) Listed historic place
    1,140 feet
  3. Walt Whitman Library
    1,230 feet

Houses of worship

  1. Institutional Church of God House of worship
    910 feet

Community centers and public services

  1. Community center at Whitman Community center
    260 feet
  2. Older adult center at 105 North Portland Avenue Older adult center
    760 feet

Fire and police

  1. Engine 210 Fire station
    700 feet
  2. Police Service Area #3 Satellite Police station
    920 feet

Supermarkets

  1. Bravo Supermarket
    410 feet
  2. NYC Fresh Market Supermarket
    0.4 miles

Pharmacies

  1. Walgreens Pharmacy
    1,110 feet
  2. CVS Pharmacy
    1,230 feet

Food stores and places to eat

Within a five-minute walk there are 16 places to eat and 13 food stores.

Not on record for this corner: a subway entrance within a ten-minute walk, a signal or safety change and a parking sign or meter on the blocks meeting here.

Nearby corners

The eight corners within a three-minute walk:

See every intersection along Myrtle Avenue or North Oxford 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, Landmarks Preservation Commission, NYC Parks, NYC Health, NYS Agriculture and Markets and USDA, retrieved September 18 – October 6, 2026.