Navy Street & Tillary Street

Navy Street and Tillary Street meet at a four-way crossing in Fort Greene, Brooklyn, at the edge of NYCHA's Ingersoll development. Between 2021 and 2025, three police-reported crashes were recorded here, fewer than the median of seven crashes for a Brooklyn corner. Arbor Place is 120 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 15 public places, four of them schools, and five places to eat. A bike lane separated from traffic runs along Navy Street.

Safety record
1 hurt
3 police-reported crashes, 2021–2025
Nearest subway
DeKalb Av
0.4 miles · 7 min on foot · B, Q, R
Nearest bus stop
280 feet
Park Av/Navy St · B62
Within a walk
15 places
4 schools, 2 day care or pre-K sites and 7 more kinds, within five minutes

Map

Layers
Navy Street & Tillary 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 Park Av/Navy St, 280 feet away, for the B62.

  • 7 routes within a ten-minute walk
  1. Park Av/Navy St B62
    280 feet
    B62

Next buses at this stop

  1. B62 …

Live arrivals

Cycling

A bike lane separated from traffic runs on Navy Street.

  • 7 bicycle racks within 820 feet
  • 3 more bike-share stations within a five-minute walk

Nearest bike-share station

  1. Park Ave & St Edwards St 53 docks in all
    790 feet

By car

The nearest highway entrance is the ramp to the Brooklyn-Queens Expressway eastbound at Navy Street, 230 feet by car along the streets.

  1. 160 Johnson Street Gas station
    0.3 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
    1.8 miles

Safety record

How crashes are counted

Between 2021 and 2025, police reported three 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 May 2026.

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
15 feet above sea level

The streets

  • Up to two travel lanes
  • One of the streets is one-way

Homes

About 2,300 homes stand within 820 feet of this corner, most of them in buildings of ten homes or more.

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

Trees

Four trees recorded by NYC Parks stand within 330 feet; the most common is the Japanese pagoda tree.

Parking on the streets meeting here

How signs are read
  • 37 signs on these blocks
  • 7 different rules

The sign wording is DOT's, as recorded between December 2017 and April 2026, and the sign on the street decides.

West side of Navy Street

  • No standing 5 signs NO STANDING ANYTIME
  • No stopping 8 signs NO STOPPING ANYTIME

North side of Tillary Street

  • No standing 5 signs NO STANDING ANYTIME
  • No stopping 1 sign NO STOPPING ANYTIME

South side of Tillary Street

  • No parking 4 signs NO PARKING 8AM-6PM EXCEPT SUNDAY
  • No parking 4 signs NO PARKING TUESDAY THURSDAY SATURDAY MIDNIGHT-3AM
  • No standing 10 signs NO STANDING ANYTIME

Schools, parks and places within a walk

How places are listed

Fifteen public places are within a five-minute walk.

  • 4 schools
  • 2 day care or pre-K sites
  • 2 parks
  • 2 swimming pools
  • 1 community center
  • 4 other places

Schools and child care

  1. Brooklyn Bureau Community Services Preschool, ages 2 to 5 · Pre-K
    940 feet
  2. Community Roots Charter Middle School
    950 feet
  3. P.S. 287 Bailey K. Ashford School
    950 feet
Show all 6
  1. Community Roots Charter School
    1,090 feet
  2. P.S. 067 Charles A. Dorsey School
    1,090 feet
  3. Changing Tomorrow Child Care Infant, toddler and preschool care, ages 0 to 5
    1,210 feet

Parks, playgrounds and gardens

  1. Arbor Place Park
    120 feet
  2. Commodore Barry Park
    360 feet
  3. Garden of Eden - Ingersoll Houses (NYCHA) Garden
    740 feet
Show all 4
  1. Golconda Playground
    990 feet

Plazas and public spaces

  1. Public space at Avalon Fort Greene Public space
    1,170 feet

Community centers and public services

  1. Commodore Barry Park Wading Pool Swimming pool
    1,140 feet
  2. Commodore Barry Pool Swimming pool
    1,220 feet
  3. Ingersoll Community Center
    1,220 feet

Fire and police

  1. Brooklyn Borough Command/Division 11/Battalion 31/Engine 207/Ladder 110 Fire station
    950 feet

Bank branches

  1. Wells Fargo Bank branch
    1,240 feet

Supermarkets

  1. Gold Organic Farm Supermarket
    890 feet
  2. NYC Fresh Market Supermarket
    0.3 miles
  3. Wegmans Supermarket
    0.3 miles

Pharmacies

  1. CVS Pharmacy
    1,200 feet

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 five places to eat and six food stores.

Not on record for this corner: a signal or safety change and a designated landmark or historic district within 820 feet.

Nearby corners

The eight nearest of the 14 corners within a three-minute walk:

See every intersection along Navy Street or Tillary Street.

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, NYC Parks, NYC Health, FDIC, NYS Agriculture and Markets, USDA and NYC Finance, retrieved September 18 – October 6, 2026.