Nostrand Avenue & Fulton Street

Nostrand Avenue and Fulton Street meet at a four-way crossing in Bedford-Stuyvesant (West), Brooklyn. Between 2021 and 2025, 103 police-reported crashes were recorded here, against a median of seven crashes for a Brooklyn corner. The city lists this corner as a Vision Zero priority intersection. United Herkimer Garden Club is 200 feet away. The nearest subway, Nostrand Av, is about a minute on foot, and three subway lines stop within a ten-minute walk. Within a five-minute walk are 15 public places, eight of them religious buildings, and 62 places to eat.

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Nostrand Avenue & Fulton Street Nearby corners, linked

Subway

The nearest subway station is Nostrand Av, 50 feet from this corner, about a minute on foot.

  • 2 lines at the nearest station
  • 3 lines within a ten-minute walk
  1. Nostrand Av A, C
    50 feet
    A C

Next trains at this station

Manhattan
2 lines
  1. A …
  2. C …
Outbound
2 lines
  1. A …
  2. C …

Also within a walk

  1. Franklin Av C, S
    0.3 miles
    C S
  2. Kingston-Throop Avs C
    0.4 miles
    C

Bus

The nearest bus stop is Fulton St/Nostrand Av, 110 feet away, for the B25 and T440.

  • 10 routes within a ten-minute walk
  1. Fulton St/Nostrand Av B25, T440
    110 feet
    B25 T440

Next buses at this stop

  1. B25 …
  2. T440 …

Live arrivals

Nostrand Avenue carries a bus lane, 7am to 7pm on weekdays.

Cycling

  • 12 bicycle racks within 820 feet
  • 4 more bike-share stations within a five-minute walk

Nearest bike-share station

  1. Macon St & Nostrand Ave 24 docks in all
    330 feet

By car

The nearest highway entrance is the ramp to the Brooklyn-Queens Expressway eastbound at Bedford Avenue, 1.8 miles by car along the streets.

  1. 1285 Bedford Avenue Gas station
    0.3 miles
  2. 145 Brooklyn Avenue Charging for electric cars, two Level 2 chargers
    0.7 miles
  3. 28-17 42nd Road Fast charging for electric cars
    1.5 miles

Between 2021 and 2025, police reported 103 crashes at this corner, more than the median of seven crashes for a Brooklyn corner.

  • 63 people injured
  • 0 people killed
  • 15 of those hurt, on foot
  • 10 of those hurt, on a bike

The most recent crash recorded here was in May 2026.

The city lists this corner as a Vision Zero priority intersection, a designation it applies to corners selected for attention on their injury record. It is not a record of work done.

What the city has done here

  • Leading pedestrian interval, July 2024
  • Turn calming, October 2024

About this corner

Where facts come from
ZIP code
11216
Community board
Brooklyn Community Board 3
City Council district
36
Police precinct
79
Neighborhood (City Planning area)
Bedford-Stuyvesant (West)
Elevation
55 feet above sea level

The streets

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

Homes

About 1,700 homes stand within 820 feet of this corner, a mix of apartment buildings and smaller houses. The buildings holding them mostly went up between 1887 and 1910.

Since 2014 at least 27 new affordable homes have been completed within 820 feet.

Trees

NYC Parks records 36 trees within 330 feet; the most common is the thornless honeylocust.

Parking on the streets meeting here

How signs are read
  • 46 signs on these blocks
  • 16 different rules
  • 5 active meters
  • 3 pay-by-cell zones

The sign wording is DOT's, as recorded between May 2024 and June 2026; the 12 rules shown are the first by street and side, and the sign on the street decides.

North side of Fulton Street

  • Metered parking 4 signs 2 HOUR METERED PARKING 8:30AM-7PM EXCEPT SUNDAY
  • No parking 4 signs NO PARKING 8AM-8:30AM EXCEPT SUNDAY
  • No parking 1 sign NO PARKING ANYTIME
  • No standing 1 sign NO STANDING ANYTIME
  • Truck loading only 2 signs TRUCK LOADING ONLY 8AM-7PM EXCEPT SUNDAY

South side of Fulton Street

  • Metered parking 6 signs 2 HOUR METERED PARKING 8AM-7PM EXCEPT SUNDAY
  • Metered parking 2 signs 2 HOUR METERED PARKING MONDAY-FRIDAY 1PM-7PM SATURDAY 8AM-7PM
  • No parking 8 signs NO PARKING 7:30AM-8AM EXCEPT SUNDAY
  • No parking 2 signs NO PARKING ANYTIME
  • Truck loading only 2 signs TRUCK LOADING ONLY 8AM-7PM EXCEPT SUNDAY
  • Truck loading only 2 signs TRUCK LOADING ONLY MONDAY-FRIDAY 7AM-1PM

East side of Nostrand Avenue

  • Metered parking 2 signs 2 HOUR METERED PARKING MONDAY-FRIDAY 10AM-4PM SATURDAY 8:30AM-7PM

ParkNYC pay-by-cell zones: 303082, 304250 and 311051.

Landmarks and historic districts

Within 820 feet, 219 buildings are designated by the Landmarks Preservation Commission, recorded most often as neo-Grec, and mostly built between 1881 and 1890.

  1. Girls' High School Designated landmark
    390 feet

Schools, parks and places within a walk

How places are listed

Fifteen public places are within a five-minute walk.

  • 8 religious buildings
  • 2 trade or language schools
  • 1 college
  • 1 garden
  • 1 listed historic place
  • 2 other places

Schools and child care

  1. Cm'S First Step Training Ctr Trade or language school
    1,050 feet
  2. Coll of New Rochelle Brooklyn Campus College
    1,170 feet
  3. Honablue Institute of Audio Engineer Trade or language school
    1,170 feet

Parks, playgrounds and gardens

  1. United Herkimer Garden Club Garden
    200 feet

Plazas and public spaces

  1. Marcy Avenue Plaza Pedestrian plaza
    1,030 feet

Libraries, museums and history

  1. Renaissance Apartments Listed historic place
    770 feet

Houses of worship

  1. Friendship Baptist Church Listed historic place
    390 feet
  2. Greater Zion Shiloh Baptist Church House of worship
    420 feet
  3. Pilgrim Holiness Church House of worship
    650 feet
Show all 5
  1. Jehovahs Witnesses Clinton Congregation House of worship
    1,010 feet
  2. Redemption Church of Christ House of worship
    1,290 feet

Community centers and public services

  1. Breevort Post Office
    760 feet

Bank branches

  1. Chase Bank branch
    370 feet
  2. TD Bank Bank branch
    1,000 feet

Supermarkets

  1. Bravo Supermarket
    100 feet
  2. Foodtown Supermarket
    0.3 miles
  3. Lincoln Market Supermarket
    0.3 miles

Pharmacies

  1. Walgreens Pharmacy
    210 feet

Other stores

  1. Family Dollar Store
    0.4 miles

Food stores and places to eat

Within a five-minute walk there are 62 places to eat and 29 food stores.

Nearby corners

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

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, 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.