Washington Avenue & Paulding Street

Washington Avenue and Paulding Street meet at a four-way crossing in Brooklyn Navy Yard, Brooklyn. The corner has a clean safety record in city data between 2021 and 2025. United States Naval Hospital, one of two Individual Landmarks within 820 feet, stands 770 feet away. The nearest bus stop, Flushing Av/Washington Av, is 540 feet away for the B57, and six bus routes stop within a ten-minute walk. Within a five-minute walk are four public places, two of them listed historic places, and four places to eat.

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Washington Avenue & Paulding Street Nearby corners, linked

Bus

The nearest bus stop is Flushing Av/Washington Av, 540 feet away, for the B57.

  • 6 routes within a ten-minute walk
  1. Flushing Av/Washington Av B57
    540 feet
    B57

Next buses at this stop

  1. B57 …

Live arrivals

Cycling

  • 2 more bike-share stations within a five-minute walk

Nearest bike-share station

  1. Washington Ave & Park Ave 39 docks in all
    1,100 feet

By car

The nearest highway entrance is the ramp to the Brooklyn-Queens Expressway eastbound at Bedford Avenue, 0.8 miles by car along the streets.

  1. 168 Flushing Avenue Gas station
    1,040 feet
  2. 15 Washington Avenue Charging for electric cars, three Level 2 chargers
    430 feet
  3. 28-17 42nd Road Fast charging for electric cars
    1.3 miles

No police-reported crash has been recorded at this corner in any year the city publishes.

About this corner

Where facts come from
ZIP code
11205
Community board
Brooklyn Community Board 2
City Council district
33
Police precinct
88
Neighborhood (City Planning area)
Brooklyn Navy Yard
Elevation
12 feet above sea level

The streets

  • Up to two travel lanes

Homes

Within 820 feet of this corner are 16 homes, a mix of apartment buildings and smaller houses. The buildings holding them mostly went up between 1930 and 1935.

Landmarks and historic districts

Two buildings within 820 feet are designated by the Landmarks Preservation Commission, recorded as French Second Empire and Greek Revival, one each, and built between 1830 and 1863.

  1. Surgeon's House Designated landmark
    640 feet
  2. United States Naval Hospital Designated landmark
    770 feet

Schools, parks and places within a walk

How places are listed

Four public places are within a five-minute walk.

  • 2 listed historic places
  • 1 park
  • 1 school

Schools and child care

  1. United Talmudical Academy 25 School
    1,180 feet

Parks, playgrounds and gardens

  1. Washington Hall Park
    1,280 feet

Libraries, museums and history

  1. Rockwood Chocolate Factory Historic District Listed historic place
    990 feet
  2. Wallabout Industrial Historic District Listed historic place
    1,140 feet

Supermarkets

  1. Key Food Supermarket
    0.5 miles

Food stores and places to eat

Within a five-minute walk there are four places to eat and one food store.

Not on record for this corner:

  • A subway entrance within a ten-minute walk
  • A bike route here or a bicycle rack within 820 feet
  • A signal or safety change
  • A parking sign or meter on the blocks meeting here

Nearby corners

The eight nearest of the 11 corners within a three-minute walk:

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