Myrtle Avenue & St Edwards Street

Myrtle Avenue and St Edwards Street 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, 14 police-reported crashes were recorded here, against a median of seven crashes for a Brooklyn corner. Fort Greene Park is 50 feet away. The nearest subway, DeKalb Av, is about seven minutes on foot, and six subway lines stop within a ten-minute walk. Within a five-minute walk are 17 public places, three of them park features, and four places to eat.

Safety record
10 hurt
14 police-reported crashes, 2021–2025
Nearest subway
DeKalb Av
0.4 miles · 7 min on foot · B, Q, R
Nearest bus stop
150 feet
Myrtle Av/Saint Edwards St · B54
Within a walk
17 places
3 park features, 2 community centers and 10 more kinds, within five minutes

Map

Layers
Myrtle Avenue & St Edwards Street Nearby corners, linked

Getting there

How walks are measured

Subway

The nearest subway station is DeKalb Av, 0.4 miles from this corner, about seven minutes on foot.

  • 3 lines at the nearest station
  • 6 lines within a ten-minute walk
  1. DeKalb Av B, Q, R
    0.4 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 …

Also within a walk

  1. Jay St-MetroTech A, C, F, R
    0.5 miles
    A C F 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/Saint Edwards St, 150 feet away, for the B54.

  • 9 routes within a ten-minute walk
  1. Myrtle Av/Saint Edwards St B54 · Shelter
    150 feet
    B54
    Shelter

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
  • 3 more bike-share stations within a five-minute walk

Nearest bike-share station

  1. Myrtle Ave & St Edwards St 56 docks in all
    240 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
    0.4 miles
  2. 152 Ashland Place Charging for electric cars, 20 Level 2 chargers
    1,180 feet
  3. 28-17 42nd Road Fast charging for electric cars
    1.8 miles

Safety record

How crashes are counted

Between 2021 and 2025, police reported 14 crashes at this corner, more than the median of seven crashes for a Brooklyn corner.

  • 10 people injured
  • 0 people killed
  • 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
11201
Community board
Brooklyn Community Board 2
City Council district
35
Police precinct
88
Neighborhood (City Planning area)
Fort Greene
Elevation
34 feet above sea level

The streets

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

Homes

About 2,500 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 1942 and 1958.

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

Since 2014 at least 289 new affordable homes have been completed within 820 feet.

Trees

NYC Parks records 100 trees within 330 feet; the most common is the London planetree.

Parking on the streets meeting here

How signs are read
  • 41 signs on these blocks
  • 15 different rules

The sign wording is DOT's, as recorded between August 2017 and October 2025; the 12 rules shown are the first by street and side, and the sign on the street decides.

North side of Myrtle Avenue

  • No parking 3 signs NO PARKING THURSDAY 11:30AM-1PM
  • No parking 2 signs NO PARKING THURSDAY 8:30AM-10AM
  • No standing 1 sign NO STANDING ANYTIME

South side of Myrtle Avenue

  • Carshare only 1 sign CARSHARE PARKING ONLY OTHERS NO STANDING ANYTIME
  • No parking 5 signs NO PARKING FRIDAY 11:30AM-1PM
  • No parking 3 signs NO PARKING FRIDAY 8:30AM-10AM
  • No standing 2 signs NO STANDING ANYTIME

East side of St Edwards Street

  • Back-in parking only 1 sign BACK IN 90 DEG PARKING ONLY
  • No parking 2 signs NO PARKING FRIDAY 11:30AM-1PM
  • No parking 5 signs NO PARKING FRIDAY 8:30AM-10AM
  • No standing 3 signs NO STANDING ANYTIME

West side of St Edwards Street

  • No parking 2 signs NO PARKING ANYTIME

Landmarks and historic districts

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

Three buildings within 820 feet are designated by the Landmarks Preservation Commission.

Schools, parks and places within a walk

How places are listed

Seventeen public places are within a five-minute walk.

  • 3 park features
  • 2 community centers
  • 2 parks
  • 2 schools
  • 1 ambulance station
  • 7 other places

Schools and child care

  1. Community Roots Charter School
    740 feet
  2. P.S. 067 Charles A. Dorsey School
    740 feet
  3. Brooklyn Bureau Community Services Preschool, ages 2 to 5 · Pre-K
    850 feet

Parks, playgrounds and gardens

  1. Fort Greene Park
    50 feet
  2. Fort Greene Playground
    340 feet
  3. Fort Greene Crypt in Fort Greene Park Park feature
    630 feet
Show all 7
  1. Garden of Eden - Ingersoll Houses (NYCHA) Garden
    920 feet
  2. Prison Ship Martyrs Monument in Fort Greene Park Park feature
    930 feet
  3. Fort Greene Visitors Center in Fort Greene Park Park feature
    1,020 feet
  4. Commodore Barry Park
    1,190 feet

Health care

  1. The Phoenix Rehabilitation and Nursing Center Nursing home or hospice
    480 feet
  2. EMS Station 31 Ambulance station
    1,050 feet

Libraries, museums and history

  1. Walt Whitman Library
    440 feet

Community centers and public services

  1. Older adult center at 105 North Portland Avenue Older adult center
    940 feet
  2. Community center at Whitman Community center
    1,050 feet
  3. Ingersoll Community Center
    1,200 feet

Fire and police

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

Supermarkets

  1. Bravo Supermarket
    1,190 feet
  2. NYC Fresh Market Supermarket
    0.3 miles
  3. Trader Joe's Supermarket
    0.4 miles

Pharmacies

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

Other stores

  1. Target Store
    0.5 miles

Shopping centers

  1. City Point Shopping center
    0.4 miles

Food stores and places to eat

Within a five-minute walk there are four places to eat and eight food stores.

Nearby corners

The eight nearest of the 13 corners within a three-minute walk:

See every intersection along Myrtle Avenue or St Edwards Street.

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.