Park Avenue & North Oxford Walk

Park Avenue and North Oxford Walk meet at a four-way crossing in Fort Greene, Brooklyn, at the edge of NYCHA's Whitman development. Between 2021 and 2025, 11 police-reported crashes were recorded here, against a median of seven crashes for a Brooklyn corner. Greene Hill School is 1,000 feet away, and Commodore Barry Pool is 1,270 feet away. The nearest bus stop, Park Av/North Portland Av, is 240 feet away for the B62, and five bus routes stop within a ten-minute walk. Within a five-minute walk are 15 public places, four of them schools, and nine places to eat.

Safety record
15 hurt
11 police-reported crashes, 2021–2025
Nearest highway entrance
Brooklyn-Queens Expressway
0.4 miles by car along the streets
Nearest bus stop
240 feet
Park Av/North Portland Av · B62
Within a walk
15 places
4 schools, 2 parks and 7 more kinds, within five minutes

Map

Layers
Park Avenue & North Oxford Walk Nearby corners, linked

Getting there

How walks are measured

Bus

The nearest bus stop is Park Av/North Portland Av, 240 feet away, for the B62.

  • 5 routes within a ten-minute walk
  1. Park Av/North Portland Av B62
    240 feet
    B62

Next buses at this stop

  1. B62 …

Live arrivals

Cycling

A signed bike route shared with traffic runs on 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
    480 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
    0.4 miles
  2. 15 Washington Avenue Charging for electric cars, three Level 2 chargers
    0.7 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 11 crashes at this corner, more than the median of seven crashes for a Brooklyn corner.

  • 15 people injured
  • 0 people killed

The most recent crash recorded here was in May 2025.

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
34 feet above sea level

The streets

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

Homes

About 1,600 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.

The corner stands at the edge of NYCHA's Whitman development.

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

Trees

NYC Parks records 22 trees within 330 feet; the most common is the Japanese pagoda tree.

Schools, parks and places within a walk

How places are listed

Fifteen public places are within a five-minute walk.

  • 4 schools
  • 2 parks
  • 2 religious buildings
  • 2 swimming pools
  • 1 ambulance station
  • 4 other places

Schools and child care

  1. Dr. Susan S. McKinney Secondary School of the Arts School
    710 feet
  2. Greene Hill School
    1,000 feet
  3. Community Roots Charter School
    1,030 feet
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  1. P.S. 067 Charles A. Dorsey School
    1,030 feet

Parks, playgrounds and gardens

  1. Commodore Barry Park
    770 feet
  2. Oxport Playground
    770 feet
  3. Fort Greene Park
    1,100 feet

Health care

  1. EMS Station 31 Ambulance station
    670 feet

Libraries, museums and history

  1. Brooklyn Garden Apartments (Navy Yard) Listed historic place
    1,120 feet

Houses of worship

  1. Sacred Heart Church House of worship
    970 feet

Community centers and public services

  1. Community center at Whitman Community center
    800 feet
  2. Older adult center at 105 North Portland Avenue Older adult center
    890 feet
  3. Commodore Barry Park Wading Pool Swimming pool
    1,230 feet
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  1. Commodore Barry Pool Swimming pool
    1,270 feet

Supermarkets

  1. Bravo Supermarket
    1,310 feet
  2. Wegmans Supermarket
    0.4 miles
  3. Gold Organic Farm Supermarket
    0.4 miles

Pharmacies

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

Food stores and places to eat

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

Not on record for this corner:

  • A subway entrance within a ten-minute walk
  • A signal or safety change
  • A parking sign or meter on the blocks meeting here
  • A designated landmark or historic district within 820 feet

Nearby corners

The eight nearest of the 9 corners within a three-minute walk:

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