Myrtle Avenue & North Portland Avenue

Myrtle Avenue and North Portland Avenue 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, 19 police-reported crashes were recorded here, against a median of seven crashes for a Brooklyn corner. The city lists this corner as a Vision Zero priority intersection. Prison Ship Martyrs Monument (Fort Greene Park) stands 580 feet away. The nearest subway, DeKalb Av, is about nine minutes on foot, for the B, Q and R.

Safety record
11 hurt
19 police-reported crashes, 2021–2025
Nearest subway
DeKalb Av
0.5 miles · 9 min on foot · B, Q, R
Nearest bus stop
120 feet
Myrtle Av/North Portland Av · B54
Within a walk
17 places
3 park features, 2 listed historic places and 11 more kinds, within five minutes

Map

Layers
Myrtle Avenue & North Portland Avenue Nearby corners, linked

Getting there

How walks are measured

Subway

The nearest subway station is DeKalb Av, 0.5 miles from this corner, about nine minutes on foot.

  • 3 lines at the nearest station
  1. DeKalb Av B, Q, R
    0.5 miles
    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 …

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/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.

  • 14 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
    380 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
    0.3 miles
  3. 28-17 42nd Road Fast charging for electric cars
    1.7 miles

Safety record

How crashes are counted

Between 2021 and 2025, police reported 19 crashes at this corner, more than the median of seven crashes for a Brooklyn corner.

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

The most recent crash recorded here was in March 2026.

The city lists this corner as a Vision Zero priority intersection, a designation it applies to corners selected for attention on their injury record. It is not a record of work done.

What the city has done here

  • Safety Improvement Project, 2023
  • Leading pedestrian interval, October 2023

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
50 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 1939 and 1957.

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

Since 2014 at least 146 new affordable homes have been completed within 820 feet.

Trees

NYC Parks records 116 trees within 330 feet; the most common is the London planetree.

Parking on the streets meeting here

How signs are read
  • 34 signs on these blocks
  • 11 different rules

The sign wording is DOT's, as recorded between December 2015 and November 2024, and the sign on the street decides.

North side of Myrtle Avenue

  • Metered parking 2 signs 2 HOUR METERED PARKING MONDAY-FRIDAY 4PM-7PM SATURDAY 8:30AM-7PM
  • No parking 2 signs NO PARKING ANYTIME
  • No parking 2 signs NO PARKING SATURDAY 8AM-8:30AM
  • No parking 9 signs NO PARKING THURSDAY 11:30AM-1PM
  • No standing 1 sign NO STANDING ANYTIME
  • Truck loading only 2 signs TRUCK LOADING ONLY MONDAY-FRIDAY 7AM-4PM

East side of North Portland Avenue

  • Loading only 1 sign LOADING ONLY MONDAY-FRIDAY 7AM-7PM
  • No parking 8 signs NO PARKING FRIDAY 11:30AM-1PM
  • No standing 3 signs NO STANDING ANYTIME
  • No standing 1 sign NO STANDING FIRE ZONE

West side of North Portland Avenue

  • No parking 3 signs NO PARKING THURSDAY 11:30AM-1PM

Landmarks and historic districts

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

Twenty buildings within 820 feet are designated by the Landmarks Preservation Commission, recorded most often as neo-Grec, and mostly built between 1869 and 1874.

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

Schools, parks and places within a walk

How places are listed

Seventeen public places are within a five-minute walk.

  • 3 park features
  • 2 listed historic places
  • 2 schools
  • 1 ambulance station
  • 1 community center
  • 8 other places

Schools and child care

  1. Community Roots Charter School
    1,160 feet
  2. P.S. 067 Charles A. Dorsey School
    1,160 feet

Parks, playgrounds and gardens

  1. Fort Greene Park
    50 feet
  2. Fort Greene Crypt in Fort Greene Park Park feature
    410 feet
  3. Fort Greene Visitors Center in Fort Greene Park Park feature · landmark
    520 feet
Show all 5
  1. Prison Ship Martyrs Monument in Fort Greene Park Park feature
    580 feet
  2. Fort Greene Playground
    890 feet

Health care

  1. EMS Station 31 Ambulance station
    920 feet
  2. The Phoenix Rehabilitation and Nursing Center Nursing home or hospice
    1,020 feet

Libraries, museums and history

  1. Walt Whitman Library
    990 feet
  2. Feuchtwanger Stable Listed historic place
    1,020 feet
  3. Brooklyn Garden Apartments (Navy Yard) Listed historic place
    1,260 feet

Houses of worship

  1. Institutional Church of God House of worship
    1,150 feet

Community centers and public services

  1. Community center at Whitman Community center
    500 feet
  2. Older adult center at 105 North Portland Avenue Older adult center
    520 feet

Fire and police

  1. Police Service Area #3 Satellite Police station
    680 feet
  2. Engine 210 Fire station
    940 feet

Supermarkets

  1. Bravo Supermarket
    650 feet
  2. NYC Fresh Market Supermarket
    0.4 miles
  3. Wegmans Supermarket
    0.5 miles

Pharmacies

  1. CVS Pharmacy
    990 feet
  2. Walgreens Pharmacy
    0.3 miles

Shopping centers

  1. City Point Shopping center
    0.5 miles

Food stores and places to eat

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

Nearby corners

The eight nearest of the 10 corners within a three-minute walk:

See every intersection along Myrtle Avenue or North Portland 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, NYS Agriculture and Markets, USDA and NYC Finance, retrieved September 18 – October 6, 2026.