North Portland Avenue & Auburn Place

North Portland Avenue and Auburn Place meet at a three-way junction in Fort Greene, Brooklyn, at the edge of NYCHA's Whitman development. Between 2021 and 2025, 24 police-reported crashes were recorded here, against a median of seven crashes for a Brooklyn corner. Walt Whitman Library is 680 feet away. The nearest bus stop, Myrtle Av/North Portland Av, is 480 feet away for the B54, and five bus routes stop within a ten-minute walk. Within a five-minute walk are 17 public places, three of them park features, and eight places to eat.

Safety record
1 hurt
24 police-reported crashes, 2021–2025
Nearest highway entrance
Brooklyn-Queens Expressway
0.4 miles by car along the streets
Nearest bus stop
480 feet
Myrtle Av/North Portland Av · B54
Within a walk
17 places
3 park features, 3 schools and 9 more kinds, within five minutes

Map

Layers
North Portland Avenue & Auburn Place Nearby corners, linked

Getting there

How walks are measured

Bus

The nearest bus stop is Myrtle Av/North Portland Av, 480 feet away, for the B54.

  • 5 routes within a ten-minute walk
  1. Myrtle Av/North Portland Av B54 · Shelter
    480 feet
    B54
    Shelter

Next buses at this stop

  1. B54 …

Live arrivals

Cycling

  • 11 bicycle racks within 820 feet, 2 of them on-street corrals
  • 1 more bike-share station within a five-minute walk

Nearest bike-share station

  1. Myrtle Ave & St Edwards St 56 docks in all
    760 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
    0.4 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 24 crashes at this corner, more than the median of seven crashes for a Brooklyn corner.

  • 1 person injured
  • 0 people killed
  • 1 of those hurt, on foot

The most recent crash recorded here was in June 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
43 feet above sea level

The streets

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

Homes

About 1,300 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 1942.

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

Since 2014 at least 151 new affordable homes have been completed within 820 feet.

Trees

Fifteen trees recorded by NYC Parks stand within 330 feet; the most common are the bald cypress and the northern red oak.

Parking on the streets meeting here

How signs are read
  • 23 signs on these blocks
  • 9 different rules

The sign wording is DOT's, as recorded between October 2021 and October 2025, and the sign on the street decides.

North side of Auburn Place

  • No parking 1 sign NO PARKING ANYTIME
  • No parking 4 signs NO PARKING THURSDAY 11:30AM-1PM
  • No standing 1 sign NO STANDING ANYTIME

South side of Auburn Place

  • No parking 4 signs NO PARKING FRIDAY 11:30AM-1PM
  • No standing 2 signs NO STANDING ANYTIME

West side of North Portland Avenue

  • Ambulettes only 1 sign AMBULETTE ONLY MONDAY-FRIDAY 8AM-8PM
  • No parking 1 sign NO PARKING ANYTIME
  • No parking 8 signs NO PARKING THURSDAY 11:30AM-1PM
  • No standing 1 sign NO STANDING ANYTIME

Landmarks and historic districts

Two 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
  • 3 schools
  • 2 parks
  • 2 playgrounds
  • 1 ambulance station
  • 6 other places

Schools and child care

  1. Community Roots Charter School
    810 feet
  2. P.S. 067 Charles A. Dorsey School
    810 feet
  3. Dr. Susan S. McKinney Secondary School of the Arts School
    950 feet

Parks, playgrounds and gardens

  1. Fort Greene Park
    430 feet
  2. Fort Greene Crypt in Fort Greene Park Park feature
    790 feet
  3. Fort Greene Visitors Center in Fort Greene Park Park feature
    890 feet
Show all 7
  1. Prison Ship Martyrs Monument in Fort Greene Park Park feature
    970 feet
  2. Commodore Barry Park
    1,010 feet
  3. Oxport Playground
    1,020 feet
  4. Fort Greene Playground
    1,140 feet

Health care

  1. EMS Station 31 Ambulance station
    530 feet
  2. The Phoenix Rehabilitation and Nursing Center Nursing home or hospice
    1,280 feet

Libraries, museums and history

  1. Walt Whitman Library
    680 feet
  2. Brooklyn Garden Apartments (Navy Yard) Listed historic place
    1,120 feet

Community centers and public services

  1. Older adult center at 105 North Portland Avenue Older adult center
    130 feet
  2. Community center at Whitman Community center
    570 feet

Fire and police

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

Supermarkets

  1. Bravo Supermarket
    1,030 feet
  2. Wegmans Supermarket
    0.4 miles
  3. NYC Fresh Market Supermarket
    0.4 miles

Pharmacies

  1. CVS Pharmacy
    1,250 feet
  2. Walgreens Pharmacy
    0.3 miles

Food stores and places to eat

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

Not on record for this corner: a subway entrance within a ten-minute walk and a signal or safety change.

Nearby corners

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

See every intersection along Auburn Place or North Portland Avenue.

Sources: NYC Technology and Innovation, NYPD, MTA, NYC DOT, New York City's bike-share system, NYS Environmental Conservation, NYC City Planning, US Department of Energy, NYCHA, NYC Housing Preservation and Development, Landmarks Preservation Commission, NYC Parks, NYC Health, NYS Agriculture and Markets and USDA, retrieved September 18 – October 6, 2026.