Park Avenue & Vanderbilt Avenue

Park Avenue and Vanderbilt Avenue meet at a four-way crossing in Fort Greene, Brooklyn. Between 2021 and 2025, 27 police-reported crashes were recorded here, against a median of seven crashes for a Brooklyn corner. Sacred Heart Church is 560 feet away. The nearest bus stop, Park Av/Vanderbilt Av, is 140 feet away for the B62, and seven bus routes stop within a ten-minute walk. Within a five-minute walk are 17 public places, five of them schools, and 19 places to eat. A bike lane separated from traffic runs along one of the streets meeting here.

Safety record
17 hurt
27 police-reported crashes, 2021–2025
Nearest highway entrance
Brooklyn-Queens Expressway
0.5 miles by car along the streets
Nearest bus stop
140 feet
Park Av/Vanderbilt Av · B62
Within a walk
17 places
5 schools, 4 listed historic places and 4 more kinds, within five minutes

Map

Layers
Park Avenue & Vanderbilt Avenue Nearby corners, linked

Getting there

How walks are measured

Bus

The nearest bus stop is Park Av/Vanderbilt Av, 140 feet away, for the B62.

  • 7 routes within a ten-minute walk
  1. Park Av/Vanderbilt Av B62
    140 feet
    B62

Next buses at this stop

  1. B62 …

Live arrivals

Cycling

A bike lane separated from traffic runs on Park Avenue and Vanderbilt Avenue.

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

Nearest bike-share station

  1. Clermont Ave & Park Ave 19 docks in all
    410 feet

By car

The nearest highway entrance is the ramp to the Brooklyn-Queens Expressway eastbound at Navy Street, 0.5 miles by car along the streets.

  1. 168 Flushing Avenue Gas station
    1,090 feet
  2. 15 Washington Avenue Charging for electric cars, three Level 2 chargers
    0.5 miles
  3. 28-17 42nd Road Fast charging for electric cars
    1.3 miles

Safety record

How crashes are counted

Between 2021 and 2025, police reported 27 crashes at this corner, more than the median of seven crashes for a Brooklyn corner.

  • 17 people injured
  • 0 people killed
  • 5 of those hurt, on foot
  • 3 of those hurt, on a bike

The most recent crash recorded here was in April 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
30 feet above sea level

The streets

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

Homes

About 1,600 homes stand within 820 feet of this corner, a mix of apartment buildings and smaller houses.

Since 2014 at least 98 new affordable homes have been completed within 820 feet.

Trees

NYC Parks records 35 trees within 330 feet; the most common is the thornless honeylocust.

Parking on the streets meeting here

How signs are read
  • 47 signs on these blocks
  • 8 different rules

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

North side of Park Avenue

  • No parking 4 signs NO PARKING TUESDAY THURSDAY SATURDAY 3AM-6AM
  • No parking 5 signs NO PARKING W/ MONDAY WEDNESDAY FRIDAY 3AM-6AM

South side of Park Avenue

  • No parking 5 signs NO PARKING TUESDAY THURSDAY SATURDAY 3AM-6AM
  • No parking 6 signs NO PARKING W/ MONDAY WEDNESDAY FRIDAY 3AM-6AM

East side of Vanderbilt Avenue

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

West side of Vanderbilt Avenue

  • No parking 12 signs NO PARKING THURSDAY 11:30AM-1PM

Landmarks and historic districts

Within 820 feet, 47 buildings are designated by the Landmarks Preservation Commission, recorded most often as Italianate, and mostly built between 1851 and 1878.

Schools, parks and places within a walk

How places are listed

Seventeen public places are within a five-minute walk.

  • 5 schools
  • 4 listed historic places
  • 3 religious buildings
  • 2 day care or pre-K sites
  • 2 playgrounds
  • 1 park

Schools and child care

  1. Greene Hill School
    660 feet
  2. Benjamin Banneker Academy School
    660 feet
  3. United Talmudical Academy 25 School
    940 feet
Show all 7
  1. Fort Greene Preparatory Academy School
    1,020 feet
  2. P.S. 046 Edward C. Blum School
    1,020 feet
  3. Atlantic Collective Preschool, ages 2 to 5
    1,230 feet
  4. Discovery PitStop 2 Infant, toddler and preschool care, ages 0 to 5
    1,300 feet

Parks, playgrounds and gardens

  1. Washington Hall Park
    1,000 feet
  2. Oracle Playground
    1,050 feet
  3. Washington Hall Park Playground
    1,310 feet

Libraries, museums and history

  1. Wallabout Historic District Listed historic place
    890 feet
  2. Rockwood Chocolate Factory Historic District Listed historic place
    910 feet
  3. Lefferts-Laidlaw House Listed historic place
    1,040 feet
Show all 4
  1. Brooklyn Garden Apartments (Navy Yard) Listed historic place
    1,270 feet

Houses of worship

  1. Sacred Heart Church House of worship
    560 feet

Bank branches

  1. Chase Bank branch
    1,170 feet

Supermarkets

  1. Bravo Supermarket
    0.4 miles
  2. Key Food Supermarket
    0.4 miles

Pharmacies

  1. Walgreens Pharmacy
    0.3 miles

Food stores and places to eat

Within a five-minute walk there are 19 places to eat and 13 food stores.

Not on record for this corner: a subway entrance within a ten-minute walk and a signal or safety change.

Nearby corners

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

See every intersection along Park Avenue or Vanderbilt 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, Landmarks Preservation Commission, NYC Parks, NYC Health, FDIC, NYS Agriculture and Markets and USDA, retrieved September 18 – October 6, 2026.