South Oxford Street & Hanson Place

South Oxford Street and Hanson Place meet at a three-way junction in Fort Greene, Brooklyn. Between 2021 and 2025, three police-reported crashes were recorded here, fewer than the median of seven crashes for a Brooklyn corner. Cuyler Gore Park is 150 feet away. The nearest subway, Lafayette Av, is about a minute on foot, and 11 subway lines stop within a ten-minute walk. Within a five-minute walk are 19 public places, four of them parks, and 34 places to eat. About 2,300 homes stand within 820 feet, a mix of apartment buildings and smaller houses.

Safety record
1 hurt
3 police-reported crashes, 2021–2025
Nearest subway
Lafayette Av
70 feet · 1 min on foot · C
Nearest bus stop
180 feet
Fulton St/Greene Av · B25, B26, T440
Within a walk
19 places
4 parks, 3 religious buildings and 8 more kinds, within five minutes

Map

Layers
South Oxford Street & Hanson Place Nearby corners, linked

Getting there

How walks are measured

Subway

The nearest subway station is Lafayette Av, 70 feet from this corner, about a minute on foot.

  • 11 lines within a ten-minute walk
  1. Lafayette Av C
    70 feet
    C

Next trains at this station

Manhattan
1 line
  1. C …
Outbound
1 line
  1. C …

Also within a walk

  1. Fulton St G
    830 feet
    G
  2. Atlantic Av-Barclays Ctr 2, 3, 4, 5, B, D, N, Q, R
    1,150 feet
    2 3 4 5 B D N Q R

Bus

The nearest bus stop is Fulton St/Greene Av, 180 feet away, for the B25, B26 and T440.

  • 15 routes within a ten-minute walk
  1. Fulton St/Greene Av B25, B26, T440
    180 feet
    B25 B26 T440

Next buses at this stop

  1. B25 …
  2. B26 …
  3. T440 …

Live arrivals

Cycling

  • 63 bicycle racks within 820 feet, 4 of them on-street corrals
  • 4 more bike-share stations within a five-minute walk

Nearest bike-share station

  1. S Portland Ave & Hanson Pl 27 docks in all
    310 feet

By car

The nearest highway entrance is the ramp to the Brooklyn-Queens Expressway eastbound at Navy Street, 0.9 miles by car along the streets.

  1. 506 Grand Avenue Gas station
    0.8 miles
  2. 625 Atlantic Avenue Charging for electric cars, Level 2 chargers
    0.3 miles
  3. 28-17 42nd Road Fast charging for electric cars
    2.1 miles

Safety record

How crashes are counted

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

  • 1 person injured
  • 0 people killed
  • 1 of those hurt, on a bike

The most recent crash recorded here was in June 2024.

About this corner

Where facts come from
ZIP code
11217
Community board
Brooklyn Community Board 2
City Council district
35
Police precinct
88
Neighborhood (City Planning area)
Fort Greene
Elevation
73 feet above sea level

The streets

  • Up to two travel lanes
  • Two of the streets are one-way

Homes

About 2,300 homes stand within 820 feet of this corner, a mix of apartment buildings and smaller houses.

Since 2014 at least 104 new affordable homes have been completed within 820 feet.

Trees

NYC Parks records 80 trees within 330 feet; the most common are the Japanese pagoda tree and the Japanese zelkova.

Parking on the streets meeting here

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

The sign wording is DOT's, as recorded between February 2018 and April 2019, and the sign on the street decides.

North side of Hanson Place

  • No parking 2 signs NO PARKING MONDAY 11:30AM-1PM
  • No standing 1 sign NO STANDING ANYTIME

South side of Hanson Place

  • No parking 2 signs NO PARKING ANYTIME
  • No parking 2 signs NO PARKING TUESDAY 11:30AM-1PM
  • No standing 3 signs NO STANDING ANYTIME

East side of South Oxford Street

  • No parking 4 signs NO PARKING TUESDAY 11:30AM-1PM

West side of South Oxford Street

  • No parking 1 sign NO PARKING ANYTIME
  • No parking 6 signs NO PARKING MONDAY 11:30AM-1PM

Landmarks and historic districts

Within 820 feet are two Individual Landmarks, and 149 buildings in all are designated by the Landmarks Preservation Commission, recorded most often as Italianate. They were mostly built between 1857 and 1862.

  1. Hanson Place Baptist Church Designated landmark
    220 feet
  2. Lafayette Avenue Presbyterian Church Designated landmark
    480 feet
  3. Paul Robeson Theatre Designated landmark
    690 feet

Schools, parks and places within a walk

How places are listed

Nineteen public places are within a five-minute walk.

  • 4 parks
  • 3 religious buildings
  • 2 gardens
  • 2 nursing homes or hospices
  • 2 playgrounds
  • 6 other places

Schools and child care

  1. Hanson Place Child Development Center Infant, toddler and preschool care, ages 0 to 5 · Pre-K
    630 feet
  2. Npower New York Trade or language school
    840 feet
  3. Dental Auxiliary Training Center Trade or language school
    1,080 feet

Parks, playgrounds and gardens

  1. Cuyler Gore Park
    150 feet
  2. Cuyler Gore Park Playground
    370 feet
  3. South Oxford Park
    580 feet
Show all 8
  1. Brooklyn Bears/Carlton Avenue Garden
    690 feet
  2. South Oxford Park Playground
    750 feet
  3. Fowler Square
    940 feet
  4. MoCADA Ubuntu Garden
    1,230 feet
  5. Betty Carter Park
    1,240 feet

Plazas and public spaces

  1. Fowler Square Plaza Pedestrian plaza
    930 feet

Health care

  1. Oxford Nursing Home Nursing home or hospice
    310 feet
  2. New Carlton Rehab and Nursing Center Nursing home or hospice
    820 feet

Libraries, museums and history

  1. General Edward Big Ned Fowler Monument Monument or memorial
    930 feet
  2. Fort Greene Historic District (Boundary Increase) Listed historic place
    1,010 feet

Supermarkets

  1. Stop & Shop Supermarket
    0.3 miles
  2. Whole Foods Market Supermarket
    0.3 miles
  3. Urban Market Supermarket
    0.4 miles

Pharmacies

  1. Walgreens Pharmacy
    0.4 miles

Other stores

  1. Target Store
    1,230 feet

Shopping centers

  1. Atlantic Center Shopping center
    590 feet
  2. Atlantic Terminal Shopping center
    870 feet

Food stores and places to eat

Within a five-minute walk there are 34 places to eat and 11 food stores.

Not on record for this corner: a signal or safety change.

Nearby corners

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

See every intersection along Hanson Place or South Oxford Street.

Sources: NYC Technology and Innovation, NYPD, MTA, NYC DOT, New York City's bike-share system, NYS Environmental Conservation, NYC City Planning, US Department of Energy, NYC Housing Preservation and Development, Landmarks Preservation Commission, NYC Parks, NYC Health, NYS Agriculture and Markets, USDA and NYC Finance, retrieved September 18 – October 6, 2026.