Myrtle Avenue & Washington Park

Myrtle Avenue and Washington Park 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. Institutional Church of God is 590 feet away, and Fort Greene Park Playground is 1,200 feet away. The nearest bus stop, Myrtle Av/Carlton Av, is 310 feet away for the B54. Within a five-minute walk are 22 public places and 24 places to eat.

Safety record
7 hurt
19 police-reported crashes, 2021–2025
Nearest highway entrance
Brooklyn-Queens Expressway
0.5 miles by car along the streets
Nearest bus stop
310 feet
Myrtle Av/Carlton Av · B54
Within a walk
22 places
4 religious buildings, 3 day care or pre-K sites and 9 more kinds, within five minutes

Map

Layers
Myrtle Avenue & Washington Park Nearby corners, linked

Getting there

How walks are measured

Bus

The nearest bus stop is Myrtle Av/Carlton Av, 310 feet away, for the B54.

  • 6 routes within a ten-minute walk
  1. Myrtle Av/Carlton Av B54 · Shelter
    310 feet
    B54
    Shelter

Next buses at this stop

  1. B54 …

Live arrivals

Cycling

A marked bike lane runs on Myrtle Avenue and Washington Park.

  • 26 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. Washington Park 24 docks in all
    590 feet

By car

The nearest highway entrance is the ramp to the Brooklyn-Queens Expressway eastbound at Navy Street, 0.5 miles by car along the streets.

  1. 160 Johnson Street Gas station
    0.6 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 19 crashes at this corner, more than the median of seven crashes for a Brooklyn corner.

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

The most recent crash recorded here was in November 2025.

What the city has done here

  • Accessible pedestrian signal, November 2024
  • Barnes Dance all-way crossing, undated in the City's record

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
56 feet above sea level

The streets

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

Homes

About 1,900 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 1905 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 87 trees within 330 feet; the most common is the thornless honeylocust.

Parking on the streets meeting here

How signs are read
  • 36 signs on these blocks
  • 9 different rules
  • 1 active meter
  • 1 pay-by-cell zone

The sign wording is DOT's, as recorded between August 2017 and September 2024, and the sign on the street decides.

Meters are posted as 2 hour passenger vehicles Monday to Friday 4pm to 7pm, Saturday 8:30am to 7pm on Myrtle Avenue (north side).

South side of Myrtle Avenue

  • Metered parking 2 signs 2 HOUR METERED PARKING 8AM-7PM EXCEPT SUNDAY
  • No parking 2 signs NO PARKING 7:30AM-8AM EXCEPT SUNDAY
  • No parking 5 signs NO PARKING FRIDAY 11:30AM-1PM
  • No standing 2 signs NO STANDING ANYTIME

East side of Washington Park

  • No parking 5 signs NO PARKING FRIDAY 11:30AM-1PM
  • No standing 1 sign NO STANDING ANYTIME

West side of Washington Park

  • Farmers market 4 signs FARMERS MARKET ONLY APR 1 - DEC 31 SATURDAY 6AM-5PM
  • Farmers market 5 signs FARMERS MARKET ONLY SATURDAY 6AM-5PM
  • No parking 10 signs NO PARKING THURSDAY 11:30AM-1PM

ParkNYC pay-by-cell zone: 333147.

Landmarks and historic districts

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

Within 820 feet, 43 buildings are designated by the Landmarks Preservation Commission, recorded most often as Italianate, and mostly built between 1866 and 1870.

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

Schools, parks and places within a walk

How places are listed

Within a five-minute walk there are 22 public places.

  • 4 religious buildings
  • 3 day care or pre-K sites
  • 3 park features
  • 3 schools
  • 2 listed historic places
  • 7 other places

Schools and child care

  1. Growth Mindset Learning Lab Preschool, ages 2 to 5
    880 feet
  2. Atlantic Collective Preschool, ages 2 to 5
    990 feet
  3. Fort Greene Preparatory Academy School
    1,140 feet
Show all 6
  1. Concordia Fort Greene Infant, toddler and preschool care, ages 0 to 5
    1,050 feet
  2. P.S. 046 Edward C. Blum School
    1,140 feet
  3. Child Study Center of New York School
    1,220 feet

Parks, playgrounds and gardens

  1. Fort Greene Park
    50 feet
  2. Fort Greene Visitors Center in Fort Greene Park Park feature · landmark
    450 feet
  3. Prison Ship Martyrs Monument in Fort Greene Park Park feature
    710 feet
Show all 6
  1. Fort Greene Crypt in Fort Greene Park Park feature
    760 feet
  2. Oracle Playground
    780 feet
  3. Fort Greene Park Playground
    1,200 feet

Libraries, museums and history

  1. Feuchtwanger Stable Listed historic place
    460 feet
  2. Brooklyn Garden Apartments (Navy Yard) Listed historic place
    820 feet

Houses of worship

  1. Institutional Church of God House of worship
    590 feet
  2. Zion Shiloh Baptist Church House of worship
    1,010 feet

Community centers and public services

  1. Community center at Whitman Community center
    440 feet
  2. Older adult center at 105 North Portland Avenue Older adult center
    1,070 feet

Fire and police

  1. Engine 210 Fire station
    390 feet
  2. Police Service Area #3 Satellite Police station
    1,230 feet

Bank branches

  1. Chase Bank branch
    1,190 feet

Supermarkets

  1. Bravo Supermarket
    90 feet
  2. Key Food Supermarket
    0.5 miles
  3. NYC Fresh Market Supermarket
    0.5 miles

Pharmacies

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

Food stores and places to eat

Within a five-minute walk there are 24 places to eat and 14 food stores.

Not on record for this corner: a subway entrance within a ten-minute walk.

Nearby corners

The eight nearest of the 9 corners within a three-minute walk:

See every intersection along Myrtle Avenue or Washington Park.

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 and USDA, retrieved September 18 – October 6, 2026.