St Edwards Street & Auburn Place

St Edwards Street and Auburn Place meet at a three-way junction in Fort Greene, Brooklyn, at the edge of NYCHA's Whitman development. Between 2021 and 2025, eight police-reported crashes were recorded here, against a median of seven crashes for a Brooklyn corner. Walt Whitman Library is 130 feet away. The nearest subway, DeKalb Av, is about eight minutes on foot, for the B, Q and R. Within a five-minute walk are 18 public places, three of them parks, and one place to eat. About 1,900 homes stand within 820 feet, most in buildings of ten homes or more.

Safety record
1 hurt
8 police-reported crashes, 2021–2025
Nearest subway
DeKalb Av
0.4 miles · 8 min on foot · B, Q, R
Nearest bus stop
370 feet
Myrtle Av/Saint Edwards St · B54
Within a walk
18 places
3 parks, 2 park features and 11 more kinds, within five minutes

Map

Layers
St Edwards Street & Auburn Place Nearby corners, linked

Getting there

How walks are measured

Subway

The nearest subway station is DeKalb Av, 0.4 miles from this corner, about eight minutes on foot.

  • 3 lines at the nearest station
  1. DeKalb Av B, Q, R
    0.4 miles
    B Q R

Next trains at this station

Manhattan
3 lines
  1. B …
  2. Q …
  3. R …
Southbound
3 lines
  1. B …
  2. Q …
  3. R …

The MTA's permanent art catalog lists “Masstransiscope” (1980) by Bill Brand and “DeKalb Improvisation” (2005) by Stephen Johnson at the DeKalb Av station.

Bus

The nearest bus stop is Myrtle Av/Saint Edwards St, 370 feet away, for the B54.

  • 7 routes within a ten-minute walk
  1. Myrtle Av/Saint Edwards St B54 · Shelter
    370 feet
    B54
    Shelter

Next buses at this stop

  1. B54 …

Live arrivals

Cycling

  • 10 bicycle racks within 820 feet, 2 of them on-street corrals
  • 2 more bike-share stations within a five-minute walk

Nearest bike-share station

  1. Myrtle Ave & St Edwards St 56 docks in all
    540 feet

By car

The nearest highway entrance is the ramp to the Brooklyn-Queens Expressway eastbound at Navy Street, 0.3 miles by car along the streets.

  1. 160 Johnson Street Gas station
    0.4 miles
  2. 152 Ashland Place Charging for electric cars, 20 Level 2 chargers
    0.3 miles
  3. 28-17 42nd Road Fast charging for electric cars
    1.9 miles

Safety record

How crashes are counted

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

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

The most recent crash recorded here was in July 2024.

What the city has done here

  • Safety Improvement Project, 2017
  • Enhanced crossing, August 2017

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
29 feet above sea level

The streets

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

Homes

About 1,900 homes stand within 820 feet of this corner, most of them in buildings of ten homes or more.

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

Since 2014 at least 146 new affordable homes have been completed within 820 feet.

Trees

Seventeen trees recorded by NYC Parks stand within 330 feet.

Parking on the streets meeting here

How signs are read
  • 12 signs on these blocks
  • 5 different rules

The sign wording is DOT's, as recorded in October 2025, and the sign on the street decides.

South side of Auburn Place

  • No parking 4 signs NO PARKING FRIDAY 11:30AM-1PM
  • No standing 2 signs NO STANDING ANYTIME

East side of St Edwards Street

  • Back-in parking only 1 sign BACK IN 90 DEG PARKING ONLY
  • No parking 3 signs NO PARKING FRIDAY 11:30AM-1PM
  • No standing 2 signs NO STANDING ANYTIME

Landmarks and historic districts

Two buildings within 820 feet are designated by the Landmarks Preservation Commission.

Schools, parks and places within a walk

How places are listed

Eighteen public places are within a five-minute walk.

  • 3 parks
  • 2 park features
  • 2 schools
  • 2 swimming pools
  • 1 ambulance station
  • 8 other places

Schools and child care

  1. Community Roots Charter School
    440 feet
  2. P.S. 067 Charles A. Dorsey School
    440 feet
  3. Brooklyn Bureau Community Services Preschool, ages 2 to 5 · Pre-K
    1,150 feet

Parks, playgrounds and gardens

  1. Fort Greene Park
    350 feet
  2. Fort Greene Playground
    640 feet
  3. Commodore Barry Park
    890 feet
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  1. Fort Greene Crypt in Fort Greene Park Park feature
    930 feet
  2. Garden of Eden - Ingersoll Houses (NYCHA) Garden
    1,220 feet
  3. Prison Ship Martyrs Monument in Fort Greene Park Park feature
    1,230 feet
  4. Arbor Place Park
    1,290 feet

Health care

  1. The Phoenix Rehabilitation and Nursing Center Nursing home or hospice
    780 feet
  2. EMS Station 31 Ambulance station
    790 feet

Libraries, museums and history

  1. Walt Whitman Library
    130 feet

Community centers and public services

  1. Older adult center at 105 North Portland Avenue Older adult center
    670 feet
  2. Community center at Whitman Community center
    1,120 feet
  3. Commodore Barry Park Wading Pool Swimming pool
    1,230 feet
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  1. Commodore Barry Pool Swimming pool
    1,300 feet

Fire and police

  1. Police Service Area #3 Satellite Police station
    230 feet

Supermarkets

  1. Bravo Supermarket
    0.3 miles
  2. NYC Fresh Market Supermarket
    0.3 miles
  3. Gold Organic Farm Supermarket
    0.4 miles

Pharmacies

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

Shopping centers

  1. City Point Shopping center
    0.4 miles

Food stores and places to eat

Within a five-minute walk there is one place to eat and two food stores.

Nearby corners

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

See every intersection along Auburn Place or St Edwards Street.

Sources: NYC Technology and Innovation, NYPD, NYC DOT, MTA, 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, NYS Agriculture and Markets, USDA and NYC Finance, retrieved September 18 – October 6, 2026.