Myrtle Avenue & Washington Walk

Myrtle Avenue and Washington Walk meet at a three-way junction 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, two police-reported crashes were recorded here, fewer than the median of seven crashes for a Brooklyn corner. Fort Greene Visitors Center in Fort Greene Park is 410 feet away. The nearest bus stop, Myrtle Av/North Portland Av, is 330 feet away for the B54. Within a five-minute walk are 21 public places, four of them religious buildings, and 20 places to eat.

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

Map

Layers
Myrtle Avenue & Washington Walk Nearby corners, linked

Getting there

How walks are measured

Bus

The nearest bus stop is Myrtle Av/North Portland Av, 330 feet away, for the B54.

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

Next buses at this stop

  1. B54 …

Live arrivals

Cycling

A marked bike lane runs on Myrtle Avenue.

  • 17 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
    700 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
    0.5 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 two crashes at this corner, fewer than the median of seven crashes for a Brooklyn corner.

  • 1 person injured
  • 0 people killed

The most recent crash recorded here was in January 2025.

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
54 feet above sea level

The streets

  • Up to two travel lanes
  • A designated truck route

Homes

About 2,000 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 1925 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 86 trees within 330 feet; the most common is the thornless honeylocust.

Landmarks and historic districts

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

Within 820 feet, 37 buildings are designated by the Landmarks Preservation Commission, recorded most often as Italianate, and mostly built between 1866 and 1873.

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

Schools, parks and places within a walk

How places are listed

Within a five-minute walk there are 21 public places.

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

Schools and child care

  1. Growth Mindset Learning Lab Preschool, ages 2 to 5
    980 feet
  2. Atlantic Collective Preschool, ages 2 to 5
    1,100 feet
  3. Concordia Fort Greene Infant, toddler and preschool care, ages 0 to 5
    1,150 feet
Show all 5
  1. Fort Greene Preparatory Academy School
    1,240 feet
  2. P.S. 046 Edward C. Blum School
    1,240 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. Prison Ship Martyrs Monument in Fort Greene Park Park feature
    650 feet
Show all 6
  1. Fort Greene Crypt in Fort Greene Park Park feature
    660 feet
  2. Oracle Playground
    880 feet
  3. Fort Greene Park Playground
    1,310 feet

Libraries, museums and history

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

Houses of worship

  1. Institutional Church of God House of worship
    700 feet
  2. Zion Shiloh Baptist Church House of worship
    1,110 feet

Community centers and public services

  1. Community center at Whitman Community center
    340 feet
  2. Older adult center at 105 North Portland Avenue Older adult center
    970 feet

Fire and police

  1. Engine 210 Fire station
    490 feet
  2. Police Service Area #3 Satellite Police station
    1,130 feet

Bank branches

  1. Chase Bank branch
    1,290 feet

Supermarkets

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

Pharmacies

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

Food stores and places to eat

Within a five-minute walk there are 20 places to eat and 12 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 nearest of the 9 corners within a three-minute walk:

See every intersection along Myrtle Avenue.

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, FDIC, NYS Agriculture and Markets and USDA, retrieved September 18 – October 6, 2026.