Willoughby Avenue & Washington Park

Willoughby Avenue and Washington Park meet at a three-way junction in Fort Greene, Brooklyn. The corner lies inside the Fort Greene Historic District. Between 2021 and 2025, four police-reported crashes were recorded here, fewer than the median of seven crashes for a Brooklyn corner. Fort Greene Park is 40 feet away, and Prison Ship Martyrs Monument in Fort Greene Park is 540 feet away. The nearest subway, Fulton St, is about eight minutes on foot, for the G. Within a five-minute walk are 19 public places, five of them religious buildings, and 20 places to eat.

Safety record
1 hurt
4 police-reported crashes, 2021–2025
Nearest subway
Fulton St
0.4 miles · 8 min on foot · G
Nearest bus stop
890 feet
Myrtle Av/Carlton Av · B54
Within a walk
19 places
5 religious buildings, 3 playgrounds and 8 more kinds, within five minutes

Map

Layers
Willoughby Avenue & Washington Park Nearby corners, linked

Getting there

How walks are measured

Subway

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

  • 2 lines within a ten-minute walk
  1. Fulton St 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. Lafayette Av C
    0.4 miles
    C

Bus

The nearest bus stop is Myrtle Av/Carlton Av, 890 feet away, for the B54.

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

Next buses at this stop

  1. B54 …

Live arrivals

Cycling

A marked bike lane runs on Washington Park and Willoughby Avenue.

  • 26 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
    60 feet

By car

The nearest highway entrance is the ramp to the Brooklyn-Queens Expressway eastbound at Navy Street, 0.7 miles by car along the streets.

  1. 168 Flushing Avenue Gas station
    0.7 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
    1.7 miles

Safety record

How crashes are counted

Between 2021 and 2025, police reported four 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 a bike

The most recent crash recorded here was in December 2023.

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
60 feet above sea level

The streets

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

Homes

About 1,100 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 105 trees within 330 feet; the most common is the pin oak.

Parking on the streets meeting here

How signs are read
  • 17 signs on these blocks
  • 4 different rules

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

East side of Washington Park

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

North side of Willoughby Avenue

  • No parking 3 signs NO PARKING THURSDAY 11:30AM-1PM

South side of Willoughby Avenue

  • No parking 2 signs NO PARKING FRIDAY 11:30AM-1PM

Landmarks and historic districts

The corner stands in the Fort Greene Historic District.

Within 820 feet, 147 buildings are designated by the Landmarks Preservation Commission, recorded mostly as Italianate, and mostly built between 1863 and 1869.

  1. Prison Ship Martyrs Monument (Fort Greene Park) Designated landmark
    570 feet
  2. St. Michael's and St. Mark's Protestant Episcopal Church Designated landmark
    580 feet
  3. St. Mark's Protestant Episcopal Church Designated landmark
    600 feet

Schools, parks and places within a walk

How places are listed

Nineteen public places are within a five-minute walk.

  • 5 religious buildings
  • 3 playgrounds
  • 2 listed historic places
  • 2 park features
  • 2 schools
  • 5 other places

Schools and child care

  1. P.S. 020 Clinton Hill School · landmark
    870 feet
  2. Concordia Fort Greene Infant, toddler and preschool care, ages 0 to 5
    1,200 feet
  3. Child Study Center of New York School
    1,300 feet

Parks, playgrounds and gardens

  1. Fort Greene Park
    40 feet
  2. Fort Greene Visitors Center in Fort Greene Park Park feature · landmark
    380 feet
  3. Prison Ship Martyrs Monument in Fort Greene Park Park feature
    540 feet
Show all 6
  1. Fort Greene Park Playground
    620 feet
  2. Edmonds Playground
    1,100 feet
  3. Albert L. Parham Playground
    1,100 feet

Libraries, museums and history

  1. Feuchtwanger Stable Listed historic place
    770 feet
  2. Fort Greene Historic District Listed historic place
    850 feet

Houses of worship

  1. Institutional Church of God House of worship
    620 feet
  2. Zion Shiloh Baptist Church House of worship
    770 feet
  3. French Speaking Baptist Church House of worship
    940 feet

Community centers and public services

  1. Community center at Whitman Community center
    1,020 feet
  2. Albert J Parham Playground Pool Swimming pool
    1,070 feet

Fire and police

  1. Engine 210 Fire station
    780 feet

Supermarkets

  1. Bravo Supermarket
    680 feet

Pharmacies

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

Food stores and places to eat

Within a five-minute walk there are 20 places to eat and nine 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 Washington Park 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.