List of Brooklyn thoroughfares


This article provides a listing of the streets in the New York City borough of Brooklyn, including Fort Hamilton, the last active-duty military post in New York City.

State-named roadways

NameFromToDistance# of lanesTraffic directionAdditional notes
Alabama AvenueFulton StreetFlatlands Avenue1.9 mi1SouthExists in 3 segments.
Arkansas DriveIndiana PlaceBassett Avenue0.23 mi2Southwest-NortheastMill Basin
Georgia AvenueFulton StreetFlatlands Avenue1.9 mi1North
Indiana PlaceNational DriveMayfair Drive South0.15 mi2North-SouthMill Basin
Kansas PlaceNational DriveArkansas Drive0.06 mi2North-SouthMill Basin
Louisiana AvenueWilliams AvenueSeaview Avenue1.5 mi1-2VariesSplit into 2 segments by Linden Boulevard.
Montana PlaceNational DriveArkansas Drive0.07 mi2North-SouthMill Basin
New Jersey AvenueJamaica AvenueFlatlands Avenue1.9 mi1VariesExists in 3 vehicular segments.
New York AvenueFulton StreetKings Highway4.4 mi2-3VariesExists in 2 segments.
Pennsylvania AvenueJackie Robinson Parkway/Jamaica-East New York-Bushwick Avenues triangleBelt Parkway2.8 mi4-7North-south
Vermont PlaceCypress AvenueHighland Boulevard0.5 mi2North-south
Vermont StreetJamaica AvenueFlatlands Avenue2.3 mi1South
Washington AvenueFlushing AvenueFlatbush Avenue2.6 mi2-4North-south
Washington StreetDead-endProspect Street0.25 mile1SouthContinues as Cadman Plaza East.

Avenues

NameFromToDistance# of lanesTraffic directionAdditional notes
Albany AvenueDecatur StreetAvenue K3.5 miles2South
Allen AvenueKnapp StreetGerritsen Avenue0.23 miles1EastGerritsen Beach
Arlington Avenue
Atkins Avenue
Atlantic AvenueBrooklyn-Queens ExpresswayVan Wyck Expressway in Queens10.3 miles6Bidirectional
Autumn Avenue
Banner AvenueBrighton Beach
Bassett Avenue
Bath Avenue14th AvenueStillwell Avenue2.11 miles2BidirectionalBath Beach
Battery AvenueFort Hamilton Army Base86th Street1 mile1NorthDyker Heights
Bay Avenue
Bay Ridge AvenueShore RoadBay Pkwy3.1 miles1-2East/WestBay Ridge
Bayview AvenueConey Island/Seagate
Bedford AvenueManhattan AvenueEmmons Avenue10.2 miles2North/SouthSheepshead Bay
Belmont Avenue
Benson Avenue
Bergen Avenue
Bijou AvenueEbony CourtGerritsen Avenue0.152Southwest/NortheastGerritsen Beach
Blake Avenue
Brighton Beach AvenueBrighton Beach
Brooklyn Avenue
Buffalo Avenue
Bushwick Avenue
Canal AvenueConey Island
Canda AvenueSheepshead Bay
Carlton Avenue
Caton Avenue
Central Avenue
Channel AvenueEbony CourtGerritsen Avenue0.15 miles2Southwest/Northeast
Chauncey Avenue
Chestnut Avenue
Christopher Avenue
Church Avenue
Clarkson Avenue
Classon Avenue
Clermont Avenue
Clinton Avenue
Coney Island AvenueMachate CircleRiegelmann Boardwalk
Conklin Avenue
Crawford Avenue
Crescent Avenue
Crooke Avenue
Cropsey Avenue
Crosby Avenue
Cypress Avenue
Cyrus AvenueGerritsen Beach
Debevoise Avenue
DeKalb AvenueRuns briefly into Ridgewood, New York in Queens County. Ridgewood was once part of Bushwick, Brooklyn, but seceded and became part of Queens, adjacent to the existing area of Glendale, Queens. Ridgewood and Glendale have the same zip code.
Devon AvenueJoval CourtGerritsen Avenue0.26 miles2Southwest/Northeast
Dewitt Avenue
Ditmas Avenue
Division Avenue
Dock AvenueBrooklyn Navy Yard
Driggs Avenue
Dumont Avenue
East New York Avenue
Elm Avenue
Elmwood Avenue
Emmons AvenueSheepshead Bay
Engert Avenue
Everett Avenue
Evergreen Avenue
Fillmore Avenue
Flatbush AvenueManhattan BridgeMarine Parkway/Gil Hodges Memorial Bridge9.9 miles4Bidirectional
Flatlands Avenue
Florence AvenueGerritsen Beach
Flushing AvenueNavy StreetQueens line
Foster Avenue
Fountain Avenue
Front Avenue
Gates Avenue
Gee Avenue
Gelston Avenue86th Street94th Street.4 mile1South
Gerritsen AvenueNostrand AvenueLois Avenue2.05 miles2Northwest/Southeast
Glenmore Avenue
Gotham AvenueFane CourtGerritsen Avenue0.31 miles2Southwest/Northeast
Graham AvenuePart of which is known as the "Avenue of Puerto Rico"
Grand Avenue
Grant Avenue
Greene Avenue
Greenpoint AvenueDead-end Roosevelt Avenue and Queens Boulevard 2.5 miles2-4BidirectionalRuns from Greenpoint, Brooklyn to Sunnyside, Queens and crosses Newtown Creek over the J.J. Byrne Bridge. Continues as Roosevelt Avenue past Queens Boulevard.
Greenwood AvenueProspect Park SouthwestMcDonald Avenue0.4 mile2BidirectionalThis avenue exists in two segments. They are separated by the open-cut Prospect Expressway. In theory, the avenue is connected, but this is achieved by a pedestrian overpass.
Guider AvenueSometimes misspelled as "Guilder Avenue"
Hale Avenue
Hamilton Avenue
Hampton AvenueManhattan Beach
Harkness Avenue
Harrison Avenue
Harway Avenue
Hegeman Avenue
Highland Avenue
Highlawn Avenue
Hitchings AvenueSheepshead Bay
Homecrest Avenue
Howard Avenue
Hudson AvenueDUMBO
Hunter Avenue
Independence Avenue
Irving Avenue
Jamaica Avenue
Jefferson Avenue
Jerome Avenue
Johnson Avenue
Kay AvenueWilliamsburg
Kent Avenue
Kingsland Avenue
Knickerbocker Avenue
Lafayette Avenue
Lake Avenue
Lancaster Avenue
Laurel AvenueSea Gate
Lawrence Avenue
Lee Avenue
Lefferts Avenue
Lewis Avenue
Lexington Avenue
Liberty Avenue
Lincoln Avenue
Linden Avenue
Livonia Avenue
Lois AvenueHyman CourtGerritsen Avenue0.2 miles2Southwest/NortheastGerritsen Beach
Loring Avenue
Lott Avenue
Madoc AvenueCyrus AvenuePost Court0.15 miles2Northwest/SoutheastGerritsen Beach
Manhattan AvenueFormer Vernon Avenue BridgeBroadway3.4 miles1-2North/SouthGreenpoint & Williamsburg
Maple AvenueSea Gate
Marcy AvenueMetropolitan AvenueFulton Street2.6 miles2SouthFrontage road for Brooklyn-Queens Expressway for its northernmost 0.6 miles.
Marine Avenue92nd StreetFort Hamilton Parkway0.66 mile2BidirectionalContinuation of Colonial Road. Carries a northbound on-street bike lane running from 92nd Street to Oliver Street.
Maspeth Avenue
McDonald Avenue
McDonough AvenueBrooklyn Navy Yard
Meeker AvenueGardner AvenueMetropolitan Avenue1.5 mile2-4BidirectionalIs a frontage road for the Brooklyn-Queens Expressway for most of its length.
Mermaid AvenueSurf AvenueStillwell Avenue1.25 miles2BidirectionalSite of the Mermaid Parade in Coney Island.
Metropolitan AvenueEast RiverQueens lineWilliamsburg
Miller Avenue
Morris Avenue
Montauk Avenue
Montrose Avenue
Myrtle Avenue
Narrows Avenue68th StreetShore Road1.10 miles2BidirectionalPath impeded between 83rd and 85th streets by Fort Hamilton High School.
Nassau Avenue
Nautilus Avenue
Neptune AvenueSurf AvenueShore Boulevard & Emmons Avenue2.96 miles2-4Bidirectional; bike lanes run along most of its length.Coney Island and Sheepshead Bay
Newkirk Avenue
New Lots Avenue
New Utrecht Avenue
New York Avenue
Noel AvenueBartlett PlaceLois Avenue0.34 miles1-2Southeast/NorthwestGerritsen Beach
Norman Avenue
North Conduit Avenue
North Portland Avenue
Norwood Avenue
Nostrand Avenue
Ocean Avenue
Oceanic AveSea Gate
Oceanview Avenue
Onderdonk Avenue
Ordnance AvenueBrooklyn Navy Yard
Ovington Avenue
Paidge Avenue
Park Avenue
Parkside Avenue
Parkville Avenue
Pennsylvania Avenue
Perry AvenueKingsborough Community College
Pitkin Avenue
Poplar AvenueSea Gate
Prospect AvenueOcean Parkway4th Avenue1.59 miles2VariesTwo-way from Ocean Parkway to 6th Avenue and one-way westbound to its terminus at 4th Avenue.
Putnam Avenue
Railroad Avenue
Ralph Avenue
Remsen Avenue
Ridgewood Avenue
Riverdale Avenue
Roder Avenue
Rogers Avenue
Ryder Avenue
Saratoga Avenue
Sea Breeze AvenueWest 5th StreetBeach Walk0.3 mile2Bidirectional
Sea Gate AvenueSea Gate
Seaview Avenue
Seawall AvenueKingsborough Community College
Seba AvenueMadoc AvenueGerritsen Avenue0.31 miles2Southwest/NortheastGerritsen Beach
Schenectady Avenue
Schenk Avenue
Schroeders AvenueStarrett City
Scott Avenue
Seneca Avenue
Sheffield Avenue
Sheridan Avenue
Ship Ways AvenueBrooklyn Navy Yard
Skillman Avenue
Snediker Avenue
Snyder Avenue
South Portland Avenue
St Felix Avenue
St Marks Avenue
St Nicholas Avenue
Starr Avenue
Stewart Avenue
Stillwell AvenueBay ParkwayRiegelmann Boardwalk
Strickland Avenue
Stuyvesant Avenue
Sunnyside Avenue
Surf AvenuePoplar Avenue & Highland Avenue Ocean Parkway & Sea Breeze Avenue2.61 miles2-6BidirectionalContinuation of Poplar Avenue and Ocean Parkway.
Sutter Avenue
Thatford Avenue
Throop Avenue
Tilden Avenue
Tompkins Avenue
Troy Avenue
Underhill Avenue
Union Avenue
Utica Avenue
Van Sinderen Avenue
Vandalia AvenueStarrett City
Vanderbilt Avenue
Vandervoort Avenue
Varick AvenueSometimes misidentified as Varick StreetBushwick
Vernon Avenue
Voorhies Avenue
Warrington AvenueBrooklyn Navy Yard
Washington AvenueProspect Heights and Clinton Hill
Waverly Avenue
Webster Avenue
West Brighton Avenue
Westshore Avenue
Willoughby Avenue
Wilson Avenue
Woodruff Avenue
Woodside Avenue
Wyckoff Avenue
Wythe Avenue