Park Avenue & Carlton Avenue

Park Avenue and Carlton Avenue meet at a four-way crossing in Fort Greene, Brooklyn, at the edge of NYCHA's Whitman development. The corner is also named Emily Ann Myrick Way by local law. Between 2021 and 2025, one police-reported crash was recorded here, fewer than the median of seven crashes for a Brooklyn corner. Fort Greene Preparatory Academy is 940 feet away. The nearest bus stop, Park Av/Carlton Av, is 120 feet away for the B62. Within a five-minute walk are 16 public places, four of them schools, and 20 places to eat.

Safety record
Nobody hurt
1 police-reported crash, 2021–2025
Nearest highway entrance
Brooklyn-Queens Expressway
0.4 miles by car along the streets
Nearest bus stop
120 feet
Park Av/Carlton Av · B62
Within a walk
16 places
4 schools, 3 religious buildings and 6 more kinds, within five minutes

Map

Layers
Park Avenue & Carlton Avenue Nearby corners, linked

Getting there

How walks are measured

Bus

The nearest bus stop is Park Av/Carlton Av, 120 feet away, for the B62.

  • 6 routes within a ten-minute walk
  1. Park Av/Carlton Av B62
    120 feet
    B62

Next buses at this stop

  1. B62 …

Live arrivals

Cycling

A marked bike lane runs on Carlton Avenue and Park Avenue.

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

Nearest bike-share station

  1. Carlton Ave & Park Ave 23 docks in all
    60 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. 168 Flushing Avenue Gas station
    0.3 miles
  2. 15 Washington Avenue Charging for electric cars, three Level 2 chargers
    0.6 miles
  3. 28-17 42nd Road Fast charging for electric cars
    1.4 miles

Safety record

How crashes are counted

Between 2021 and 2025, police reported one crash at this corner, fewer than the median of seven crashes for a Brooklyn corner. Nobody was hurt.

The most recent crash recorded here was in January 2025.

What the city has done here

  • Leading pedestrian interval, March 2020

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
39 feet above sea level

This corner is also named Emily Ann Myrick Way, a co-naming enacted on July 20, 2024 (Local Law 81 of 2024).

The streets

  • Up to two travel lanes
  • Posted limits from 25 to 30 mph
  • Two of the streets are one-way

Homes

About 2,100 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 Whitman development.

Since 2014 at least 28 new affordable homes have been completed within 820 feet.

Trees

NYC Parks records 29 trees within 330 feet; the most common is the Japanese zelkova.

The Department of Records' Honorary Street Names dataset has its own note on Emily Ann Myrick Way.

Parking on the streets meeting here

How signs are read
  • 78 signs on these blocks
  • 10 different rules

The sign wording is DOT's, as recorded between December 2014 and March 2026, and the sign on the street decides.

East side of Carlton Avenue

  • No parking 1 sign NO PARKING ANYTIME
  • No parking 11 signs NO PARKING FRIDAY 11:30AM-1PM
  • No standing 2 signs NO STANDING ANYTIME
  • No stopping 9 signs NO STOPPING ANYTIME

West side of Carlton Avenue

  • No parking 22 signs NO PARKING THURSDAY 11:30AM-1PM
  • No standing 11 signs NO STANDING ANYTIME

North side of Park Avenue

  • No parking 4 signs NO PARKING THURSDAY 11:30AM-1PM
  • No parking 4 signs NO PARKING TUESDAY THURSDAY SATURDAY 3AM-6AM

South side of Park Avenue

  • No parking 8 signs NO PARKING FRIDAY 11:30AM-1PM
  • No parking 6 signs NO PARKING W/ MONDAY WEDNESDAY FRIDAY 3AM-6AM

Landmarks and historic districts

Two buildings within 820 feet are designated by the Landmarks Preservation Commission, and built between 1850 and 1855.

Schools, parks and places within a walk

How places are listed

Sixteen public places are within a five-minute walk.

  • 4 schools
  • 3 religious buildings
  • 2 listed historic places
  • 2 parks
  • 2 playgrounds
  • 3 other places

Schools and child care

  1. Greene Hill School
    520 feet
  2. Fort Greene Preparatory Academy School
    940 feet
  3. P.S. 046 Edward C. Blum School
    940 feet
Show all 4
  1. Dr. Susan S. McKinney Secondary School of the Arts School
    1,030 feet

Parks, playgrounds and gardens

  1. Oracle Playground
    980 feet
  2. Oxport Playground
    1,180 feet
  3. Commodore Barry Park
    1,230 feet
Show all 4
  1. Fort Greene Park
    1,260 feet

Health care

  1. EMS Station 31 Ambulance station
    1,140 feet

Libraries, museums and history

  1. Brooklyn Garden Apartments (Navy Yard) Listed historic place
    650 feet
  2. Feuchtwanger Stable Listed historic place
    1,190 feet

Houses of worship

  1. Sacred Heart Church House of worship
    500 feet

Community centers and public services

  1. Community center at Whitman Community center
    1,190 feet

Fire and police

  1. Engine 210 Fire station
    1,170 feet

Supermarkets

  1. Bravo Supermarket
    1,130 feet
  2. Wegmans Supermarket
    0.5 miles

Pharmacies

  1. Walgreens Pharmacy
    0.3 miles
  2. CVS Pharmacy
    0.5 miles

Food stores and places to eat

Within a five-minute walk there are 20 places to eat and ten food stores.

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

Nearby corners

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

See every intersection along Carlton Avenue or Park Avenue.

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 Records, 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.