Park Avenue & Cumberland Street

Park Avenue and Cumberland Street meet at a four-way crossing in Fort Greene, Brooklyn. Between 2021 and 2025, 17 police-reported crashes were recorded here, against a median of seven crashes for a Brooklyn corner. Dr. Susan S. McKinney Secondary School of the Arts is 650 feet away, and Commodore Barry Park Wading Pool is 1,310 feet away. The nearest bus stop, Park Av/Carlton Av, is 160 feet away for the B62, and five bus routes stop within a ten-minute walk. Within a five-minute walk are 12 public places, two of them parks, and 12 places to eat.

Safety record
7 hurt
17 police-reported crashes, 2021–2025
Nearest highway entrance
Brooklyn-Queens Expressway
0.3 miles by car along the streets
Nearest bus stop
160 feet
Park Av/Carlton Av · B62
Within a walk
12 places
2 parks, 2 religious buildings and 7 more kinds, within five minutes

Map

Layers
Park Avenue & Cumberland Street Nearby corners, linked

Getting there

How walks are measured

Bus

The nearest bus stop is Park Av/Carlton Av, 160 feet away, for the B62.

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

Next buses at this stop

  1. B62 …

Live arrivals

Cycling

A signed bike route shared with traffic runs on Cumberland Street and Park Avenue.

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

Nearest bike-share station

  1. Carlton Ave & Park Ave 23 docks in all
    390 feet

By car

The nearest highway entrance is the ramp to the Brooklyn-Queens Expressway eastbound at Navy Street, 0.3 miles by car along the streets.

  1. 168 Flushing Avenue Gas station
    0.4 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
    1.5 miles

Safety record

How crashes are counted

Between 2021 and 2025, police reported 17 crashes at this corner, more than the median of seven crashes for a Brooklyn corner.

  • 7 people injured
  • 0 people killed
  • 2 of those hurt, on foot
  • 1 of those hurt, on a bike

The most recent crash recorded here was in February 2026.

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
37 feet above sea level

The streets

  • Up to four travel lanes
  • Posted limits from 25 to 30 mph
  • One of the streets is one-way

Homes

About 1,700 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 1930 and 1939.

Since 2014 at least 5 new affordable homes have been completed within 820 feet.

Trees

NYC Parks records 24 trees within 330 feet; the most common is the thornless honeylocust.

Parking on the streets meeting here

How signs are read
  • 34 signs on these blocks
  • 11 different rules

The sign wording is DOT's, as recorded between April 2014 and November 2022, and the sign on the street decides.

East side of Cumberland Street

  • No parking 4 signs NO PARKING FRIDAY 11:30AM-1PM
  • No standing 1 sign NO STANDING ANYTIME
  • Truck loading only 2 signs TRUCK LOADING ONLY 7AM-7PM EXCEPT SUNDAY

West side of Cumberland Street

  • No parking 2 signs NO PARKING 7AM-7PM EXCEPT SUNDAY
  • No parking 3 signs NO PARKING THURSDAY 11:30AM-1PM
  • No standing 1 sign NO STANDING ANYTIME

North side of Park Avenue

  • No parking 2 signs NO PARKING ANYTIME
  • No parking 5 signs NO PARKING THURSDAY 11:30AM-1PM
  • No parking 6 signs NO PARKING TUESDAY THURSDAY SATURDAY 3AM-6AM
  • No standing 1 sign NO STANDING ANYTIME

South side of Park Avenue

  • No parking 7 signs NO PARKING W/ MONDAY WEDNESDAY FRIDAY 3AM-6AM

Schools, parks and places within a walk

How places are listed

Twelve public places are within a five-minute walk.

  • 2 parks
  • 2 religious buildings
  • 2 schools
  • 1 ambulance station
  • 1 community center
  • 4 other places

Schools and child care

  1. Dr. Susan S. McKinney Secondary School of the Arts School
    650 feet
  2. Greene Hill School
    690 feet

Parks, playgrounds and gardens

  1. Oxport Playground
    790 feet
  2. Commodore Barry Park
    850 feet
  3. Fort Greene Park
    1,310 feet

Health care

  1. EMS Station 31 Ambulance station
    980 feet

Libraries, museums and history

  1. Brooklyn Garden Apartments (Navy Yard) Listed historic place
    1,030 feet

Houses of worship

  1. Sacred Heart Church House of worship
    690 feet

Community centers and public services

  1. Community center at Whitman Community center
    1,110 feet
  2. Older adult center at 105 North Portland Avenue Older adult center
    1,200 feet
  3. Commodore Barry Park Wading Pool Swimming pool
    1,310 feet

Supermarkets

  1. Bravo Supermarket
    0.3 miles
  2. Wegmans Supermarket
    0.4 miles
  3. Gold Organic Farm Supermarket
    0.5 miles

Pharmacies

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

Food stores and places to eat

Within a five-minute walk there are 12 places to eat and four food stores.

Not on record for this corner: a subway entrance within a ten-minute walk and a designated landmark or historic district within 820 feet.

Nearby corners

The eight nearest of the 11 corners within a three-minute walk:

See every intersection along Cumberland Street 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, NYCHA, NYC Housing Preservation and Development, NYC Parks, NYC Health, NYS Agriculture and Markets and USDA, retrieved September 18 – October 6, 2026.