Park Avenue & Waverly Avenue

Park Avenue and Waverly Avenue meet at a four-way crossing in Fort Greene, Brooklyn. Between 2021 and 2025, five police-reported crashes were recorded here, fewer than the median of seven crashes for a Brooklyn corner. In 2025, 1,572 school-zone speed camera tickets were recorded here. United Talmudical Academy 25 is 380 feet away. The nearest bus stop, Park Av/Washington Av, is 170 feet away for the B62, and eight bus routes stop within a ten-minute walk. Within a five-minute walk are 15 public places, five of them religious buildings, and 21 places to eat.

Safety record
Nobody hurt
5 police-reported crashes, 2021–2025
Nearest highway entrance
Brooklyn-Queens Expressway
0.7 miles by car along the streets
Nearest bus stop
170 feet
Park Av/Washington Av · B62
Within a walk
15 places
5 religious buildings, 4 listed historic places and 4 more kinds, within five minutes

Map

Layers
Park Avenue & Waverly Avenue Nearby corners, linked

Getting there

How walks are measured

Bus

The nearest bus stop is Park Av/Washington Av, 170 feet away, for the B62.

  • 8 routes within a ten-minute walk
  1. Park Av/Washington Av B62
    170 feet
    B62

Next buses at this stop

  1. B62 …

Live arrivals

Cycling

  • 8 bicycle racks within 820 feet
  • 2 more bike-share stations within a five-minute walk

Nearest bike-share station

  1. Washington Ave & Park Ave 39 docks in all
    280 feet

By car

The nearest highway entrance is the ramp to the Brooklyn-Queens Expressway eastbound at Navy Street, 0.7 miles by car along the streets.

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

Safety record

How crashes are counted

Between 2021 and 2025, police reported five crashes at this corner, fewer than the median of seven crashes for a Brooklyn corner. Nobody was hurt.

The most recent crash recorded here was in September 2025.

Camera tickets

How tickets are counted

In 2025, 1,572 school-zone speed camera tickets were issued for violations recorded at this corner, the 529th most of the 1,957 corners in the city where any were issued.

In 2026 so far, through August 27, 969 more were issued.

Every corner with speed camera tickets

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 1,200 homes stand within 820 feet of this corner, a mix of apartment buildings and smaller houses.

Since 2014 at least 23 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
  • 38 signs on these blocks
  • 10 different rules

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

North side of Park Avenue

  • No parking 4 signs NO PARKING W/ MONDAY WEDNESDAY FRIDAY 3AM-6AM
  • No standing 1 sign NO STANDING ANYTIME

South side of Park Avenue

  • No parking 4 signs NO PARKING TUESDAY THURSDAY SATURDAY 3AM-6AM
  • No standing 1 sign NO STANDING ANYTIME

East side of Waverly Avenue

  • No parking 4 signs NO PARKING 8AM-6PM EXCEPT SUNDAY
  • No parking 6 signs NO PARKING FRIDAY 8:30AM-10AM
  • No parking 4 signs NO PARKING TUESDAY THURSDAY SATURDAY 3AM-6AM

West side of Waverly Avenue

  • No parking 7 signs NO PARKING THURSDAY 8:30AM-10AM
  • No parking 4 signs NO PARKING W/ MONDAY WEDNESDAY FRIDAY 3AM-6AM
  • No standing 3 signs NO STANDING SCHOOL DAYS 7AM-4PM

Landmarks and historic districts

Within 820 feet is one Individual Landmark, and 40 buildings in all are designated by the Landmarks Preservation Commission, recorded most often as Italianate. They were mostly built between 1850 and 1878.

Schools, parks and places within a walk

How places are listed

Fifteen public places are within a five-minute walk.

  • 5 religious buildings
  • 4 listed historic places
  • 3 schools
  • 1 day care or pre-K site
  • 1 park
  • 1 playground

Schools and child care

  1. Benjamin Banneker Academy School
    270 feet
  2. United Talmudical Academy 25 School
    380 feet
  3. Beyond Basic Learning on the Green Infant and toddler care, ages 0 to 2
    1,020 feet
Show all 4
  1. Greene Hill School
    1,220 feet

Parks, playgrounds and gardens

  1. Washington Hall Park
    440 feet
  2. Washington Hall Park Playground
    750 feet

Libraries, museums and history

  1. Rockwood Chocolate Factory Historic District Listed historic place
    350 feet
  2. Wallabout Industrial Historic District Listed historic place
    870 feet
  3. Wallabout Historic District Listed historic place
    880 feet
Show all 4
  1. Lefferts-Laidlaw House Listed historic place
    1,170 feet

Houses of worship

  1. Sacred Heart Church House of worship
    1,120 feet

Bank branches

  1. Bank of America Bank branch
    1,090 feet
  2. Citibank Bank branch
    1,260 feet

Supermarkets

  1. Key Food Supermarket
    0.3 miles
  2. Bravo Supermarket
    0.5 miles

Pharmacies

  1. Walgreens Pharmacy
    0.4 miles

Food stores and places to eat

Within a five-minute walk there are 21 places to eat and five 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 Waverly Avenue.

Sources: NYC Technology and Innovation, NYPD, NYC Finance, MTA, NYC DOT, New York City's bike-share system, NYS Environmental Conservation, NYC City Planning, 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.