Willoughby Street & Fleet Place

Willoughby Street and Fleet Place meet at a four-way crossing in Fort Greene, Brooklyn. Between 2021 and 2025, 11 police-reported crashes were recorded here, against a median of seven crashes for a Brooklyn corner. Ingersoll Community Center is 670 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 23 public places, six of them trade or language schools, and 75 places to eat.

Safety record
7 hurt
11 police-reported crashes, 2021–2025
Nearest subway
DeKalb Av
220 feet · 1 min on foot · B, Q, R
Nearest bus stop
610 feet
Myrtle Av/Fleet Pl · B54
Within a walk
23 places
6 trade or language schools, 4 day care or pre-K sites and 10 more kinds, within five minutes

Map

Layers
Willoughby Street & Fleet Place Nearby corners, linked

Getting there

How walks are measured

Subway

The nearest subway station is DeKalb Av, 220 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
    220 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
    970 feet
    A C F R
  2. Hoyt St 2, 3
    0.3 miles
    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, 610 feet away, for the B54.

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

Next buses at this stop

  1. B54 …

Live arrivals

Cycling

  • 44 bicycle racks within 820 feet, 3 of them on-street corrals
  • 6 more bike-share stations within a five-minute walk

Nearest bike-share station

  1. Willoughby St & Fleet St 62 docks in all
    140 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
    1,200 feet
  2. 152 Ashland Place Charging for electric cars, 20 Level 2 chargers
    0.4 miles
  3. 28-17 42nd Road Fast charging for electric cars
    2.1 miles

Safety record

How crashes are counted

Between 2021 and 2025, police reported 11 crashes at this corner, more than the median of seven crashes for a Brooklyn corner.

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

The most recent crash recorded here was in June 2025.

About this corner

Where facts come from
ZIP code
11201
Community board
Brooklyn Community Board 2
City Council district
35
Police precinct
88
Neighborhood (City Planning area)
Fort Greene
Elevation
46 feet above sea level

The streets

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

Homes

About 5,800 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 2021.

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

Trees

NYC Parks records 61 trees within 330 feet; the most common is the pin oak.

Parking on the streets meeting here

How signs are read
  • 31 signs on these blocks
  • 9 different rules
  • 2 active meters
  • 1 pay-by-cell zone

The sign wording is DOT's, as recorded between January 2016 and February 2025, and the sign on the street decides.

Meters are posted as 6 hour passenger vehicles Monday to Saturday 8am to 10pm on Willoughby Street (south side).

East side of Fleet Place

  • No parking 5 signs NO PARKING FRIDAY 8:30AM-10AM
  • No standing 1 sign NO STANDING ANYTIME

West side of Fleet Place

  • Authorized vehicles only 2 signs AUTHORIZED VEHICLES ONLY NYC DEPT OF HEALTH & MENTAL HYGIENE 8AM-6PM EXCEPT SUNDAY
  • No parking 2 signs NO PARKING MONDAY WEDNESDAY FRIDAY MIDNIGHT-3AM
  • No parking 4 signs NO PARKING THURSDAY 8:30AM-10AM
  • No standing 4 signs NO STANDING ANYTIME
  • No stopping 1 sign NO STOPPING ANYTIME

North side of Willoughby Street

  • No parking 9 signs NO PARKING THURSDAY 8:30AM-10AM
  • No standing 3 signs NO STANDING ANYTIME

ParkNYC pay-by-cell zone: 300108.

Landmarks and historic districts

Within 820 feet are three Individual Landmarks, and six buildings in all are designated by the Landmarks Preservation Commission, recorded mostly as Greek Revival. They were built between 1835 and 1908.

  1. Dime Savings Bank Designated landmark
    640 feet

Schools, parks and places within a walk

How places are listed

Within a five-minute walk there are 23 public places.

  • 6 trade or language schools
  • 4 day care or pre-K sites
  • 3 schools
  • 2 parks
  • 1 college
  • 7 other places

Schools and child care

  1. Long Island Univ-Brooklyn Campus College
    210 feet
  2. Fullstack Academy Trade or language school
    330 feet
  3. Basis Independent Brooklyn School
    360 feet
Show all 14
  1. Metro Training Inst Trade or language school
    480 feet
  2. Brooklyn Bureau Community Services Preschool, ages 2 to 5 · Pre-K
    820 feet
  3. Albee Square Montessori Public School
    900 feet
  4. New Albee Square Es Pre-K
    900 feet
  5. Bright Horizons Children's Centers Infant, toddler and preschool care, ages 0 to 5
    930 feet
  6. Brooklyn Prospect Charter School-Csd 13 School
    1,070 feet
  7. Imagine Early Learning Centers Infant, toddler and preschool care, ages 0 to 5 · Pre-K
    1,070 feet
  8. Eldysi Institute of Hair & Nail Des Trade or language school
    1,190 feet
  9. Magna Institute Trade or language school
    1,190 feet
  10. SCS Business & Tech Institute Trade or language school
    1,190 feet
  11. Cay Community Services Organization, Trade or language school
    1,250 feet

Parks, playgrounds and gardens

  1. University Place Park
    140 feet
  2. Garden of Eden - Ingersoll Houses (NYCHA) Garden
    630 feet
  3. Fort Greene Park
    1,180 feet

Plazas and public spaces

  1. Albee Square Plaza Pedestrian plaza
    800 feet
  2. Public space at Avalon Fort Greene Public space
    1,030 feet

Health care

  1. The Phoenix Rehabilitation and Nursing Center Nursing home or hospice
    1,230 feet

Libraries, museums and history

  1. Offerman Building Listed historic place
    1,270 feet

Houses of worship

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

Community centers and public services

  1. Ingersoll Community Center
    670 feet

Bank branches

  1. Chase Bank branch
    970 feet
  2. Citizens Bank Bank branch
    1,290 feet

Supermarkets

  1. Trader Joe's Supermarket
    510 feet
  2. NYC Fresh Market Supermarket
    780 feet
  3. Lidl Supermarket
    1,280 feet

Pharmacies

  1. CVS Pharmacy
    1,240 feet
  2. Duane Reade Pharmacy
    0.4 miles

Other stores

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

Shopping centers

  1. City Point Shopping center
    360 feet

Food stores and places to eat

Within a five-minute walk there are 75 places to eat and 13 food stores.

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

Nearby corners

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

See every intersection along Fleet Place or Willoughby Street.

Sources: NYC Technology and Innovation, NYPD, MTA, NYC DOT, 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.