Willoughby Avenue & Adelphi Street

Willoughby Avenue and Adelphi Street meet at a four-way crossing in Fort Greene, Brooklyn. The corner lies on the edge of the Fort Greene Historic District. Between 2021 and 2025, five police-reported crashes were recorded here, fewer than the median of seven crashes for a Brooklyn corner. Zion Shiloh Baptist Church is 270 feet away, and P.S. 020 Clinton Hill is 320 feet away. The nearest subway, Clinton-Washington Avs, is about eight minutes on foot, for the G. Within a five-minute walk are 30 public places, six of them day care or pre-K sites, and 47 places to eat.

Safety record
Nobody hurt
5 police-reported crashes, 2021–2025
Nearest subway
Clinton-Washington Avs
0.4 miles · 8 min on foot · G
Nearest bus stop
680 feet
Vanderbilt Av/Willoughby Av · B69
Within a walk
30 places
6 day care or pre-K sites, 6 religious buildings and 7 more kinds, within five minutes

Map

Layers
Willoughby Avenue & Adelphi Street Nearby corners, linked

Getting there

How walks are measured

Subway

The nearest subway station is Clinton-Washington Avs, 0.4 miles from this corner, about eight minutes on foot.

  1. Clinton-Washington Avs G
    0.4 miles
    G

Next trains at this station

Queens
1 line
  1. G …
Southbound
1 line
  1. G …

Also within a walk

  1. Fulton St G
    0.5 miles
    G

Bus

The nearest bus stop is Vanderbilt Av/Willoughby Av, 680 feet away, for the B69.

  • 8 routes within a ten-minute walk
  1. Vanderbilt Av/Willoughby Av B69
    680 feet
    B69

Next buses at this stop

  1. B69 …

Live arrivals

Cycling

A marked bike lane runs on Willoughby Avenue.

  • 50 bicycle racks within 820 feet
  • 1 more bike-share station within a five-minute walk

Nearest bike-share station

  1. Adelphi St & Myrtle Ave 28 docks in all
    540 feet

By car

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

  1. 168 Flushing Avenue Gas station
    0.6 miles
  2. 152 Ashland Place Charging for electric cars, 20 Level 2 chargers
    0.7 miles
  3. 28-17 42nd Road Fast charging for electric cars
    1.6 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 August 2025.

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
65 feet above sea level

The streets

  • One travel lane
  • Two of the streets are one-way

Homes

About 1,900 homes stand within 820 feet of this corner, a mix of apartment buildings and smaller houses.

Since 2014 at least 19 new affordable homes have been completed within 820 feet.

Trees

NYC Parks records 77 trees within 330 feet; the most common is the London planetree.

Parking on the streets meeting here

How signs are read
  • 31 signs on these blocks
  • 7 different rules

The sign wording is DOT's, as recorded between August 2017 and June 2025, and the sign on the street decides.

East side of Adelphi Street

  • No parking 9 signs NO PARKING FRIDAY 11:30AM-1PM
  • No standing 1 sign NO STANDING ANYTIME
  • No standing 2 signs NO STANDING SCHOOL DAYS 7AM-4PM

West side of Adelphi Street

  • No parking 1 sign NO PARKING ANYTIME
  • No parking 9 signs NO PARKING THURSDAY 11:30AM-1PM

North side of Willoughby Avenue

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

South side of Willoughby Avenue

  • No parking 5 signs NO PARKING FRIDAY 11:30AM-1PM

Landmarks and historic districts

The corner stands at the edge of the Fort Greene Historic District.

Within 820 feet, 196 buildings are designated by the Landmarks Preservation Commission, recorded mostly as Italianate, and mostly built between 1863 and 1870.

  1. St. Michael's and St. Mark's Protestant Episcopal Church Designated landmark
    280 feet
  2. St. Mark's Protestant Episcopal Church Designated landmark
    310 feet
  3. Simpson Methodist Episcopal Church Designated landmark
    400 feet

Schools, parks and places within a walk

How places are listed

Within a five-minute walk there are 30 public places.

  • 6 day care or pre-K sites
  • 6 religious buildings
  • 6 schools
  • 4 playgrounds
  • 3 listed historic places
  • 5 other places

Schools and child care

  1. P.S. 020 Clinton Hill School · landmark
    320 feet
  2. Concordia Fort Greene Infant, toddler and preschool care, ages 0 to 5
    650 feet
  3. Child Study Center of New York School
    750 feet
Show all 12
  1. William T Dillon Child Study Center at St. Joseph's College Preschool, ages 2 to 5
    860 feet
  2. Growth Mindset Learning Lab Preschool, ages 2 to 5
    890 feet
  3. Dillon Child Study Center Preschool
    940 feet
  4. Discovery PitStop 2 Infant, toddler and preschool care, ages 0 to 5
    950 feet
  5. Atlantic Collective Preschool, ages 2 to 5
    1,020 feet
  6. Fort Greene Preparatory Academy School
    1,170 feet
  7. P.S. 046 Edward C. Blum School
    1,170 feet
  8. Compass Charter School
    1,270 feet
  9. M.S. 113 Ronald Edmonds Learning Center School
    1,270 feet

Parks, playgrounds and gardens

  1. Albert L. Parham Playground
    550 feet
  2. Fort Greene Park
    590 feet
  3. Oracle Playground
    810 feet
Show all 7
  1. Edmonds Playground
    820 feet
  2. Fort Greene Visitors Center in Fort Greene Park Park feature
    910 feet
  3. Prison Ship Martyrs Monument in Fort Greene Park Park feature
    1,090 feet
  4. Fort Greene Park Playground
    1,170 feet

Libraries, museums and history

  1. Feuchtwanger Stable Listed historic place
    650 feet
  2. Brooklyn Garden Apartments (Navy Yard) Listed historic place
    1,250 feet
  3. Fort Greene Historic District Listed historic place
    1,300 feet

Houses of worship

  1. Zion Shiloh Baptist Church House of worship
    270 feet
  2. Institutional Church of God House of worship
    340 feet
  3. French Speaking Baptist Church House of worship
    390 feet

Community centers and public services

  1. Albert J Parham Playground Pool Swimming pool
    520 feet

Fire and police

  1. Engine 210 Fire station
    780 feet

Bank branches

  1. Chase Bank branch
    1,150 feet

Supermarkets

  1. Bravo Supermarket
    1,040 feet
  2. Key Food Supermarket
    0.5 miles

Pharmacies

  1. Walgreens Pharmacy
    820 feet

Food stores and places to eat

Within a five-minute walk there are 47 places to eat and 13 food stores.

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

Nearby corners

The eight nearest corners on foot, six of them within a three-minute walk:

See every intersection along Adelphi Street or Willoughby Avenue.

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