Park Avenue & Navy Street

Park Avenue and Navy Street meet at a three-way junction in Fort Greene, Brooklyn, at the edge of NYCHA's Ingersoll development. The corner has a clean safety record in city data between 2021 and 2025. Community Roots Charter School is 850 feet away. The nearest subway, DeKalb Av, is about eight minutes on foot, for the B, Q and R. Within a five-minute walk are 14 public places, four of them schools, and three places to eat. About 2,300 homes stand within 820 feet, most in buildings of ten homes or more.

Safety record
No crashes
0 police-reported crashes, 2021–2025
Nearest subway
DeKalb Av
0.4 miles · 8 min on foot · B, Q, R
Nearest bus stop
30 feet
Park Av/Navy St · B62
Within a walk
14 places
4 schools, 2 day care or pre-K sites and 6 more kinds, within five minutes

Map

Layers
Park Avenue & Navy Street Nearby corners, linked

Getting there

How walks are measured

Subway

The nearest subway station is DeKalb Av, 0.4 miles from this corner, about eight minutes on foot.

  • 3 lines at the nearest station
  1. DeKalb Av B, Q, R
    0.4 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, 30 feet away, for the B62.

  • 6 routes within a ten-minute walk
  1. Park Av/Navy St B62
    30 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
    540 feet

By car

The nearest highway entrance is the ramp to the Brooklyn-Queens Expressway eastbound at Navy Street, 630 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

No police-reported crashes between 2021 and 2025, against a median of seven crashes for a Brooklyn corner.

The most recent crash recorded here was in March 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
  • Posted limits from 25 to 30 mph
  • One of the streets is one-way

Homes

About 2,300 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 Ingersoll development.

Trees

Eighteen trees recorded by NYC Parks stand within 330 feet; the most common is the London planetree.

Parking on the streets meeting here

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

The sign wording is DOT's, as recorded between December 2014 and July 2025, and the sign on the street decides.

East side of Navy Street

  • No parking 2 signs NO PARKING TUESDAY THURSDAY SATURDAY 3AM-6AM
  • No stopping 8 signs NO STOPPING ANYTIME

West side of Navy Street

  • No stopping 4 signs NO STOPPING ANYTIME

North side of Park Avenue

  • No parking 6 signs NO PARKING THURSDAY 11:30AM-1PM
  • No parking 10 signs NO PARKING TUESDAY THURSDAY SATURDAY 3AM-6AM
  • No standing 1 sign NO STANDING ANYTIME

South side of Park Avenue

  • No parking 8 signs NO PARKING FRIDAY 11:30AM-1PM
  • No parking 9 signs NO PARKING W/ MONDAY WEDNESDAY FRIDAY 3AM-6AM
  • No standing 3 signs NO STANDING ANYTIME
  • No standing 2 signs NO STANDING SCHOOL DAYS 7AM-4PM

Schools, parks and places within a walk

How places are listed

Fourteen public places are within a five-minute walk.

  • 4 schools
  • 2 day care or pre-K sites
  • 2 parks
  • 2 swimming pools
  • 1 fire station
  • 3 other places

Schools and child care

  1. Community Roots Charter School
    850 feet
  2. P.S. 067 Charles A. Dorsey School
    850 feet
  3. Community Roots Charter Middle School
    860 feet
Show all 6
  1. P.S. 287 Bailey K. Ashford School
    860 feet
  2. Brooklyn Bureau Community Services Preschool, ages 2 to 5 · Pre-K
    1,180 feet
  3. Changing Tomorrow Child Care Infant, toddler and preschool care, ages 0 to 5
    1,250 feet

Parks, playgrounds and gardens

  1. Arbor Place Park
    140 feet
  2. Commodore Barry Park
    270 feet
  3. Golconda Playground
    900 feet
Show all 4
  1. Garden of Eden - Ingersoll Houses (NYCHA) Garden
    980 feet

Libraries, museums and history

  1. Walt Whitman Library
    1,130 feet

Community centers and public services

  1. Commodore Barry Park Wading Pool Swimming pool
    940 feet
  2. Commodore Barry Pool Swimming pool
    1,020 feet

Fire and police

  1. Brooklyn Borough Command/Division 11/Battalion 31/Engine 207/Ladder 110 Fire station
    990 feet

Bank branches

  1. Wells Fargo Bank branch
    1,140 feet

Supermarkets

  1. Gold Organic Farm Supermarket
    940 feet
  2. Wegmans Supermarket
    0.3 miles
  3. NYC Fresh Market Supermarket
    0.3 miles

Pharmacies

  1. CVS Pharmacy
    0.3 miles

Shopping centers

  1. City Point Shopping center
    0.4 miles

Food stores and places to eat

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

Not on record for this corner: a signal or safety change and a designated landmark or historic district within 820 feet.

Nearby corners

The eight nearest of the 13 corners within a three-minute walk:

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