South Portland Avenue & Hanson Place

South Portland Avenue and Hanson Place meet at a four-way crossing in Fort Greene, Brooklyn. Between 2021 and 2025, 26 police-reported crashes were recorded here, against a median of seven crashes for a Brooklyn corner. Hanson Place Baptist Church stands 130 feet away, and the International Charter School of New York Annex is 1,170 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 24 public places, four of them parks, and 76 places to eat.

Safety record
16 hurt
26 police-reported crashes, 2021–2025
Nearest subway
Lafayette Av
220 feet · 1 min on foot · C
Nearest bus stop
290 feet
Fulton St/South Portland Av · B25, B26, B52, T440
Within a walk
24 places
4 parks, 3 religious buildings and 10 more kinds, within five minutes

Map

Layers
South Portland Avenue & Hanson Place Nearby corners, linked

Getting there

How walks are measured

Subway

The nearest subway station is Lafayette Av, 220 feet from this corner, about a minute on foot.

  • 11 lines within a ten-minute walk
  1. Lafayette Av C
    220 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
    600 feet
    G
  2. Atlantic Av-Barclays Ctr 2, 3, 4, 5, B, D, N, Q, R
    890 feet
    2 3 4 5 B D N Q R

Bus

The nearest bus stop is Fulton St/South Portland Av, 290 feet away, for the B25, B26, B52 and T440.

  • 15 routes within a ten-minute walk
  1. Fulton St/South Portland Av B25, B26, B52, T440
    290 feet
    B25 B26 B52 T440

Next buses at this stop

  1. B25 …
  2. B26 …
  3. B52 …
  4. T440 …

Live arrivals

Cycling

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

Nearest bike-share station

  1. S Portland Ave & Hanson Pl 27 docks in all
    40 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. 300 Bergen Street Gas station
    0.7 miles
  2. 625 Atlantic Avenue Charging for electric cars, Level 2 chargers
    850 feet
  3. 28-17 42nd Road Fast charging for electric cars
    2.2 miles

Safety record

How crashes are counted

Between 2021 and 2025, police reported 26 crashes at this corner, more than the median of seven crashes for a Brooklyn corner.

  • 16 people injured
  • 0 people killed
  • 3 of those hurt, on foot
  • 2 of those hurt, on a bike

The most recent crash recorded here was in May 2026.

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
68 feet above sea level

The streets

  • Up to two travel lanes
  • One of the streets is one-way

Homes

About 2,100 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 71 trees within 330 feet; the most common is the Callery pear.

Parking on the streets meeting here

How signs are read
  • 27 signs on these blocks
  • 9 different rules

The sign wording is DOT's, as recorded between November 2016 and September 2023, and the sign on the street decides.

North side of Hanson Place

  • No parking 5 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 4 signs NO PARKING TUESDAY 11:30AM-1PM
  • No standing 1 sign NO STANDING ANYTIME

East side of South Portland Avenue

  • No parking 6 signs NO PARKING TUESDAY 11:30AM-1PM
  • Truck loading only 1 sign TRUCK LOADING ONLY MONDAY-FRIDAY 8AM-6PM

West side of South Portland Avenue

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

Landmarks and historic districts

Within 820 feet is one Individual Landmark, and 141 buildings in all are designated by the Landmarks Preservation Commission, recorded most often as Italianate. They were mostly built between 1856 and 1860.

  1. Hanson Place Baptist Church Designated landmark
    130 feet
  2. Lafayette Avenue Presbyterian Church Designated landmark
    580 feet

Schools, parks and places within a walk

How places are listed

Within a five-minute walk there are 24 public places.

  • 4 parks
  • 3 religious buildings
  • 3 trade or language schools
  • 2 gardens
  • 2 listed historic places
  • 10 other places

Schools and child care

  1. Hanson Place Child Development Center Infant, toddler and preschool care, ages 0 to 5 · Pre-K
    360 feet
  2. Dental Auxiliary Training Center Trade or language school
    850 feet
  3. Masters Refrigeration Learning Cntr Trade or language school
    1,070 feet
Show all 6
  1. Npower New York Trade or language school
    1,110 feet
  2. Brooklyn Independent School
    1,160 feet
  3. The International Charter School of New York Annex School
    1,170 feet

Parks, playgrounds and gardens

  1. Cuyler Gore Park
    420 feet
  2. Cuyler Gore Park Playground
    640 feet
  3. Fowler Square
    710 feet
Show all 8
  1. South Oxford Park
    850 feet
  2. Brooklyn Bears/Carlton Avenue Garden
    960 feet
  3. MoCADA Ubuntu Garden
    1,000 feet
  4. Betty Carter Park
    1,010 feet
  5. South Oxford Park Playground
    1,020 feet

Plazas and public spaces

  1. Fowler Square Plaza Pedestrian plaza
    710 feet

Health care

  1. Oxford Nursing Home Nursing home or hospice
    430 feet
  2. New Carlton Rehab and Nursing Center Nursing home or hospice
    1,090 feet

Libraries, museums and history

  1. General Edward Big Ned Fowler Monument Monument or memorial
    700 feet
  2. Fort Greene Historic District (Boundary Increase) Listed historic place
    780 feet
  3. Atlantic Avenue Subway Station (IRT) Listed historic place
    1,180 feet

Theaters, arts and venues

  1. Barclays Center Stadium or arena
    1,250 feet

Bank branches

  1. Bank of America Bank branch
    1,200 feet

Supermarkets

  1. Stop & Shop Supermarket
    1,070 feet
  2. Whole Foods Market Supermarket
    0.3 miles
  3. Urban Market Supermarket
    0.4 miles

Pharmacies

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

Other stores

  1. Target Store
    960 feet

Shopping centers

  1. Atlantic Center Shopping center
    320 feet
  2. Atlantic Terminal Shopping center
    600 feet

Food stores and places to eat

Within a five-minute walk there are 76 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 14 corners within a three-minute walk:

See every intersection along Hanson Place or South Portland Avenue.

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, FDIC, NYS Agriculture and Markets, USDA and NYC Finance, retrieved September 18 – October 6, 2026.