Willoughby Street & Flatbush Avenue Extension

Willoughby Street and Flatbush Avenue Extension meet at a four-way crossing in Downtown Brooklyn-DUMBO-Boerum Hill, Brooklyn. Between 2021 and 2025, 40 police-reported crashes were recorded here, against a median of seven crashes for a Brooklyn corner. Basis Independent Brooklyn is 160 feet away. The nearest subway, DeKalb Av, is about a minute on foot, and 11 subway lines stop within a ten-minute walk. Within a five-minute walk are 25 public places, 11 of them trade or language schools, and 101 places to eat.

Safety record
21 hurt
40 police-reported crashes, 2021–2025
Nearest subway
DeKalb Av
280 feet · 1 min on foot · B, Q, R
Nearest bus stop
820 feet
Myrtle Av/Fleet Pl · B54
Within a walk
25 places
11 trade or language schools, 4 day care or pre-K sites and 8 more kinds, within five minutes

Map

Layers
Willoughby Street & Flatbush Avenue Extension Nearby corners, linked

Getting there

How walks are measured

Subway

The nearest subway station is DeKalb Av, 280 feet from this corner, about a minute on foot.

  • 3 lines at the nearest station
  • 11 lines within a ten-minute walk
  1. DeKalb Av B, Q, R
    280 feet
    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 …

Also within a walk

  1. Jay St-MetroTech A, C, F, R
    760 feet
    A C F R
  2. Hoyt St 2, 3
    1,130 feet
    2 3

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/Fleet Pl, 820 feet away, for the B54.

  • 17 routes within a ten-minute walk
  1. Myrtle Av/Fleet Pl B54
    820 feet
    B54

Next buses at this stop

  1. B54 …

Live arrivals

Cycling

  • 60 bicycle racks within 820 feet, 7 of them on-street corrals
  • 7 more bike-share stations within a five-minute walk

Nearest bike-share station

  1. Willoughby St & Fleet St 62 docks in all
    350 feet

By car

The nearest highway entrance is the ramp to the Brooklyn-Queens Expressway eastbound at Navy Street, 0.4 miles by car along the streets.

  1. 160 Johnson Street Gas station
    1,060 feet
  2. 335 Adams Street Charging for electric cars, six Level 2 chargers
    0.5 miles
  3. 28-17 42nd Road Fast charging for electric cars
    2.2 miles

Safety record

How crashes are counted

Between 2021 and 2025, police reported 40 crashes at this corner, more than the median of seven crashes for a Brooklyn corner.

  • 21 people injured
  • 0 people killed
  • 5 of those hurt, on foot
  • 2 of those hurt, on a bike

The most recent crash recorded here was in March 2026.

What the city has done here

  • Accessible pedestrian signal, October 2015
  • Leading pedestrian interval, April 2021

About this corner

Where facts come from
ZIP code
11201
Community board
Brooklyn Community Board 2
City Council district
33 and 35 (the boundary runs through this corner)
Police precinct
84 and 88 (the boundary runs through this corner)
Neighborhood (City Planning area)
Downtown Brooklyn-DUMBO-Boerum Hill
Elevation
50 feet above sea level

The streets

  • Up to two travel lanes

Homes

About 6,800 homes stand within 820 feet of this corner, most of them in buildings of ten homes or more. The buildings holding them mostly went up between 2011 and 2019.

Since 2014 at least 263 new affordable homes have been completed within 820 feet.

Trees

NYC Parks records 63 trees within 330 feet; the most common is the pin oak.

Parking on the streets meeting here

How signs are read
  • 20 signs on these blocks
  • 6 different rules

The sign wording is DOT's, as recorded between August 2016 and November 2018, and the sign on the street decides.

East side of Flatbush Avenue Extension

  • No stopping 8 signs NO STOPPING ANYTIME

West side of Flatbush Avenue Extension

  • No standing 3 signs NO STANDING ANYTIME
  • No stopping 3 signs NO STOPPING ANYTIME
  • Taxi stand 2 signs TAXI STAND

North side of Willoughby Street

  • No parking 2 signs NO PARKING THURSDAY 8:30AM-10AM

South side of Willoughby Street

  • No standing 2 signs NO STANDING 7PM-7AM ALL DAYS

Landmarks and historic districts

Within 820 feet are five Individual Landmarks, and eight buildings in all are designated by the Landmarks Preservation Commission, recorded most often as Greek Revival. They were built between 1835 and 1930.

  1. Dime Savings Bank Designated landmark
    630 feet
  2. Long Island Headquarters of the New York Telephone Company Designated landmark
    690 feet
  3. Offerman Building Designated landmark
    730 feet

Schools, parks and places within a walk

How places are listed

Within a five-minute walk there are 25 public places.

  • 11 trade or language schools
  • 4 day care or pre-K sites
  • 3 schools
  • 1 college
  • 1 community center
  • 5 other places

Schools and child care

  1. Basis Independent Brooklyn School
    160 feet
  2. Metro Training Inst Trade or language school
    270 feet
  3. Long Island Univ-Brooklyn Campus College
    420 feet
Show all 19
  1. Fullstack Academy Trade or language school
    390 feet
  2. New Albee Square Es Pre-K
    700 feet
  3. Albee Square Montessori Public School
    700 feet
  4. Bright Horizons Children's Centers Infant, toddler and preschool care, ages 0 to 5
    730 feet
  5. Brooklyn Prospect Charter School-Csd 13 School
    860 feet
  6. Imagine Early Learning Centers Infant, toddler and preschool care, ages 0 to 5 · Pre-K
    860 feet
  7. Eldysi Institute of Hair & Nail Des Trade or language school
    980 feet
  8. Magna Institute Trade or language school
    980 feet
  9. SCS Business & Tech Institute Trade or language school
    980 feet
  10. Brooklyn Bureau Community Services Preschool, ages 2 to 5 · Pre-K
    1,030 feet
  11. Cay Community Services Organization, Trade or language school
    1,040 feet
  12. Advanced Software Analysis Trade or language school
    1,230 feet
  13. Ultissima BTY Inst-Brooklyn Trade or language school
    1,230 feet
  14. United Career Centers Trade or language school
    1,230 feet
  15. American Hi-Tech Trade or language school
    1,270 feet
  16. Robert Finance Hair Des Inst Trade or language school
    1,270 feet

Parks, playgrounds and gardens

  1. University Place Park
    350 feet
  2. Garden of Eden - Ingersoll Houses (NYCHA) Garden
    840 feet

Plazas and public spaces

  1. Albee Square Plaza Pedestrian plaza
    800 feet
  2. Public space at Avalon Fort Greene Public space
    940 feet

Houses of worship

  1. Oratory Church of Saint Boniface House of worship
    590 feet

Community centers and public services

  1. Ingersoll Community Center
    880 feet

Bank branches

  1. Chase Bank branch
    760 feet
  2. Citizens Bank Bank branch
    1,300 feet

Supermarkets

  1. Trader Joe's Supermarket
    300 feet
  2. NYC Fresh Market Supermarket
    570 feet
  3. Lidl Supermarket
    1,080 feet

Pharmacies

  1. CVS Pharmacy
    0.3 miles
  2. Duane Reade Pharmacy
    0.3 miles

Other stores

  1. Target Store
    730 feet
  2. Dollar Tree Store
    0.3 miles

Shopping centers

  1. City Point Shopping center
    150 feet

Food stores and places to eat

Within a five-minute walk there are 101 places to eat and 13 food stores.

Nearby corners

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

See every intersection along Flatbush Avenue Extension or Willoughby 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, FDIC, NYS Agriculture and Markets, USDA and NYC Finance, retrieved September 18 – October 6, 2026.