Willoughby Street & St Edwards Street

Willoughby Street and St Edwards Street meet at a three-way junction 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. Fort Greene Playground is 170 feet away, and Prison Ship Martyrs Monument in Fort Greene Park is 570 feet away. The nearest subway, DeKalb Av, is about five minutes on foot, for the B, Q and R. Within a five-minute walk are 11 public places and six places to eat.

Safety record
Nobody hurt
2 police-reported crashes, 2021–2025
Nearest subway
DeKalb Av
0.3 miles · 5 min on foot · B, Q, R
Nearest bus stop
720 feet
Myrtle Av/Saint Edwards St · B54
Within a walk
11 places
2 parks, 2 park features and 6 more kinds, within five minutes

Map

Layers
Willoughby Street & St Edwards Street Nearby corners, linked

Getting there

How walks are measured

Subway

The nearest subway station is DeKalb Av, 0.3 miles from this corner, about five minutes on foot.

  • 3 lines at the nearest station
  • 11 lines within a ten-minute walk
  1. DeKalb Av B, Q, R
    0.3 miles
    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
    0.4 miles
    A C F R
  2. Nevins St 2, 3, 4, 5
    0.4 miles
    2 3 4 5

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/Saint Edwards St, 720 feet away, for the B54.

  • 8 routes within a ten-minute walk
  1. Myrtle Av/Saint Edwards St B54 · Shelter
    720 feet
    B54
    Shelter

Next buses at this stop

  1. B54 …

Live arrivals

Cycling

  • 22 bicycle racks within 820 feet, 2 of them on-street corrals
  • 3 more bike-share stations within a five-minute walk

Nearest bike-share station

  1. Willoughby St & Ashland Pl 31 docks in all
    390 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
    0.5 miles
  2. 152 Ashland Place Charging for electric cars, 20 Level 2 chargers
    0.3 miles
  3. 28-17 42nd Road Fast charging for electric cars
    1.9 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. Nobody was hurt.

The most recent crash recorded here was in July 2023.

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
47 feet above sea level

The streets

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

Homes

About 2,100 homes stand within 820 feet of this corner, most of them in buildings of ten homes or more.

Since 2014 at least 289 new affordable homes have been completed within 820 feet.

Trees

NYC Parks records 121 trees within 330 feet; the most common is the London planetree.

Parking on the streets meeting here

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

The sign wording is DOT's, as recorded between August 2017 and September 2019, and the sign on the street decides.

East side of St Edwards Street

  • No parking 5 signs NO PARKING FRIDAY 8:30AM-10AM
  • No standing 2 signs NO STANDING ANYTIME

West side of St Edwards Street

  • No parking 2 signs NO PARKING ANYTIME
  • No parking 4 signs NO PARKING THURSDAY 8:30AM-10AM
  • No standing 2 signs NO STANDING ANYTIME

North side of Willoughby Street

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

Landmarks and historic districts

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

Five buildings within 820 feet are designated by the Landmarks Preservation Commission, and built in 1908.

  1. Prison Ship Martyrs Monument (Fort Greene Park) Designated landmark
    540 feet
  2. Fort Greene Park Comfort Station Designated landmark
    790 feet

Schools, parks and places within a walk

How places are listed

Eleven public places are within a five-minute walk.

  • 2 parks
  • 2 park features
  • 2 schools
  • 1 college
  • 1 library
  • 3 other places

Schools and child care

  1. Long Island Univ-Brooklyn Campus College
    1,220 feet
  2. Community Roots Charter School
    1,310 feet
  3. P.S. 067 Charles A. Dorsey School
    1,310 feet

Parks, playgrounds and gardens

  1. Fort Greene Park
    50 feet
  2. Fort Greene Playground
    170 feet
  3. Fort Greene Crypt in Fort Greene Park Park feature
    400 feet
Show all 5
  1. Prison Ship Martyrs Monument in Fort Greene Park Park feature
    570 feet
  2. University Place Park
    1,160 feet

Health care

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

Libraries, museums and history

  1. Walt Whitman Library
    1,000 feet

Fire and police

  1. Police Service Area #3 Satellite Police station
    880 feet

Supermarkets

  1. Trader Joe's Supermarket
    0.3 miles
  2. Bravo Supermarket
    0.3 miles
  3. NYC Fresh Market Supermarket
    0.4 miles

Pharmacies

  1. CVS Pharmacy
    930 feet
  2. Walgreens Pharmacy
    0.5 miles

Other stores

  1. Target Store
    0.3 miles
  2. Dollar Tree Store
    0.5 miles

Shopping centers

  1. City Point Shopping center
    0.3 miles

Food stores and places to eat

Within a five-minute walk there are six places to eat and three food stores.

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

Nearby corners

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

See every intersection along St Edwards Street 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, NYS Agriculture and Markets, USDA and NYC Finance, retrieved September 18 – October 6, 2026.