Park Avenue & Monument Walk

Park Avenue and Monument Walk meet at a three-way junction in Fort Greene, Brooklyn, at the edge of NYCHA's Ingersoll development. Between 2021 and 2025, 12 police-reported crashes were recorded here, against a median of seven crashes for a Brooklyn corner. Arbor Place is 450 feet away, and Commodore Barry Pool is 710 feet away. The nearest subway, DeKalb Av, is about nine minutes on foot, for the B, Q and R. Within a five-minute walk are 19 public places, five of them schools, and two places to eat.

Safety record
2 hurt
12 police-reported crashes, 2021–2025
Nearest subway
DeKalb Av
0.5 miles · 9 min on foot · B, Q, R
Nearest bus stop
300 feet
Park Av/Navy St · B62
Within a walk
19 places
5 schools, 3 parks and 8 more kinds, within five minutes

Map

Layers
Park Avenue & Monument Walk Nearby corners, linked

Getting there

How walks are measured

Subway

The nearest subway station is DeKalb Av, 0.5 miles from this corner, about nine minutes on foot.

  • 3 lines at the nearest station
  1. DeKalb Av B, Q, R
    0.5 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 …

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, 300 feet away, for the B62.

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

Next buses at this stop

  1. B62 …

Live arrivals

Cycling

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

  • 5 bicycle racks within 820 feet
  • 1 more bike-share station within a five-minute walk

Nearest bike-share station

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

By car

The nearest highway entrance is the ramp to the Brooklyn-Queens Expressway eastbound at Navy Street, 840 feet by car along the streets.

  1. 160 Johnson Street Gas station
    0.4 miles
  2. 152 Ashland Place Charging for electric cars, 20 Level 2 chargers
    0.5 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 12 crashes at this corner, more than the median of seven crashes for a Brooklyn corner.

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

The most recent crash recorded here was in May 2026.

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
15 feet above sea level

The streets

  • One travel lane
  • A posted limit of 30 mph
  • One of the streets is one-way

Homes

About 900 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 Ingersoll development.

Trees

NYC Parks records 30 trees within 330 feet; the most common is the thornless honeylocust.

Monuments and public art

How landmarks are placed

The City's public art inventory lists one work near this corner, in Commodore Barry Park.

  1. Commodore John Barry Stele, 1996
    630 feet

Schools, parks and places within a walk

How places are listed

Nineteen public places are within a five-minute walk.

  • 5 schools
  • 3 parks
  • 3 playgrounds
  • 2 swimming pools
  • 1 ambulance station
  • 5 other places

Schools and child care

  1. Community Roots Charter School
    540 feet
  2. P.S. 067 Charles A. Dorsey School
    540 feet
  3. Dr. Susan S. McKinney Secondary School of the Arts School
    1,020 feet
Show all 5
  1. Community Roots Charter Middle School
    1,160 feet
  2. P.S. 287 Bailey K. Ashford School
    1,160 feet

Parks, playgrounds and gardens

  1. Commodore Barry Park
    190 feet
  2. Arbor Place Park
    450 feet
  3. Oxport Playground
    1,090 feet
Show all 7
  1. Fort Greene Park
    1,200 feet
  2. Commodore Barry Park Playground
    1,200 feet
  3. Golconda Playground
    1,200 feet
  4. Garden of Eden - Ingersoll Houses (NYCHA) Garden
    1,300 feet

Health care

  1. EMS Station 31 Ambulance station
    1,020 feet

Libraries, museums and history

  1. Walt Whitman Library
    820 feet

Community centers and public services

  1. Commodore Barry Park Wading Pool Swimming pool
    630 feet
  2. Commodore Barry Pool Swimming pool
    710 feet
  3. Older adult center at 105 North Portland Avenue Older adult center
    1,300 feet

Fire and police

  1. Police Service Area #3 Satellite Police station
    1,070 feet
  2. Brooklyn Borough Command/Division 11/Battalion 31/Engine 207/Ladder 110 Fire station
    1,310 feet

Supermarkets

  1. Gold Organic Farm Supermarket
    1,250 feet
  2. Wegmans Supermarket
    0.3 miles
  3. NYC Fresh Market Supermarket
    0.4 miles

Pharmacies

  1. CVS Pharmacy
    0.3 miles

Shopping centers

  1. City Point Shopping center
    0.5 miles

Food stores and places to eat

Within a five-minute walk there are two places to eat and one food store.

Not on record for this corner: a signal or safety change, a parking sign or meter on the blocks meeting here and a designated landmark or historic district within 820 feet.

Nearby corners

The eight nearest of the 12 corners within a three-minute walk:

See every intersection along Monument Walk or Park Avenue.

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