Willoughby Avenue & Carlton Avenue

Willoughby Avenue and Carlton Avenue 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, two police-reported crashes were recorded here, fewer than the median of seven crashes for a Brooklyn corner. Institutional Church of God is 340 feet away, and Simpson Methodist Episcopal Church stands 670 feet away. The nearest subway, Fulton St, is about nine minutes on foot, for the G. Within a five-minute walk are 28 public places, six of them day care or pre-K sites, and 36 places to eat.

Safety record
1 hurt
2 police-reported crashes, 2021–2025
Nearest subway
Fulton St
0.5 miles · 9 min on foot · G
Nearest bus stop
610 feet
Myrtle Av/Carlton Av · B54
Within a walk
28 places
6 day care or pre-K sites, 5 religious buildings and 8 more kinds, within five minutes

Map

Layers
Willoughby Avenue & Carlton Avenue Nearby corners, linked

Getting there

How walks are measured

Subway

The nearest subway station is Fulton St, 0.5 miles from this corner, about nine minutes on foot.

  • 2 lines within a ten-minute walk
  1. Fulton St G
    0.5 miles
    G

Next trains at this station

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

Also within a walk

  1. Clinton-Washington Avs G
    0.5 miles
    G
  2. Lafayette Av C
    0.5 miles
    C

Bus

The nearest bus stop is Myrtle Av/Carlton Av, 610 feet away, for the B54.

  • 10 routes within a ten-minute walk
  1. Myrtle Av/Carlton Av B54
    610 feet
    B54

Next buses at this stop

  1. B54 …

Live arrivals

Cycling

A marked bike lane runs on Carlton Avenue and Willoughby Avenue.

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

Nearest bike-share station

  1. Washington Park 24 docks in all
    330 feet

By car

The nearest highway entrance is the ramp to the Brooklyn-Queens Expressway eastbound at Navy Street, 0.6 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
    0.6 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 two 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 foot

The most recent crash recorded here was in October 2024.

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
62 feet above sea level

The streets

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

Homes

About 1,500 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 74 trees within 330 feet; the most common is the Norway maple.

Parking on the streets meeting here

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

The sign wording is DOT's, as recorded between September 2017 and August 2018, and the sign on the street decides.

East side of Carlton Avenue

  • Authorized vehicles only 2 signs AVO FIRE DEPARTMENT
  • No parking 8 signs NO PARKING FRIDAY 11:30AM-1PM
  • No standing 1 sign NO STANDING ANYTIME

West side of Carlton Avenue

  • Authorized vehicles only 1 sign AVO FIRE DEPARTMENT
  • No parking 9 signs NO PARKING THURSDAY 11:30AM-1PM
  • No standing 2 signs NO STANDING FIRE ZONE

North side of Willoughby Avenue

  • No parking 5 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, 176 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
    370 feet
  2. St. Mark's Protestant Episcopal Church Designated landmark
    400 feet
  3. Simpson Methodist Episcopal Church Designated landmark
    670 feet

Schools, parks and places within a walk

How places are listed

Within a five-minute walk there are 28 public places.

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

Schools and child care

  1. P.S. 020 Clinton Hill School · landmark
    600 feet
  2. Concordia Fort Greene Infant, toddler and preschool care, ages 0 to 5
    930 feet
  3. Child Study Center of New York School
    1,020 feet
Show all 10
  1. William T Dillon Child Study Center at St. Joseph's College Preschool, ages 2 to 5
    1,130 feet
  2. Growth Mindset Learning Lab Preschool, ages 2 to 5
    1,170 feet
  3. Dillon Child Study Center Preschool
    1,210 feet
  4. Discovery PitStop 2 Infant, toddler and preschool care, ages 0 to 5
    1,230 feet
  5. Atlantic Collective Preschool, ages 2 to 5
    1,300 feet
  6. Compass Charter School
    1,300 feet
  7. M.S. 113 Ronald Edmonds Learning Center School
    1,300 feet

Parks, playgrounds and gardens

  1. Fort Greene Park
    310 feet
  2. Fort Greene Visitors Center in Fort Greene Park Park feature · landmark
    630 feet
  3. Prison Ship Martyrs Monument in Fort Greene Park Park feature
    820 feet
Show all 7
  1. Albert L. Parham Playground
    830 feet
  2. Edmonds Playground
    830 feet
  3. Fort Greene Park Playground
    900 feet
  4. Oracle Playground
    1,080 feet

Libraries, museums and history

  1. Feuchtwanger Stable Listed historic place
    500 feet
  2. Fort Greene Historic District Listed historic place
    1,020 feet
  3. Brooklyn Garden Apartments (Navy Yard) Listed historic place
    1,180 feet

Houses of worship

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

Community centers and public services

  1. Albert J Parham Playground Pool Swimming pool
    800 feet
  2. Community center at Whitman Community center
    1,290 feet

Fire and police

  1. Engine 210 Fire station
    510 feet

Supermarkets

  1. Bravo Supermarket
    760 feet

Pharmacies

  1. Walgreens Pharmacy
    1,100 feet
  2. CVS Pharmacy
    0.5 miles

Food stores and places to eat

Within a five-minute walk there are 36 places to eat and 11 food stores.

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

Nearby corners

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

See every intersection along Carlton Avenue 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, NYS Agriculture and Markets and USDA, retrieved September 18 – October 6, 2026.