This article provides a listing (with simple descriptions, where possible) 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 notesAlabama AvenueFulton StreetFlatlands Avenue1.9 mi1SouthExists in 3 segments.Arkansas DriveIndiana PlaceBassett Avenue0.23 mi2Southwest-NortheastMill BasinGeorgia AvenueFulton StreetFlatlands Avenue1.9 mi1NorthIndiana PlaceNational DriveMayfair Drive South0.15 mi2North-SouthMill BasinKansas PlaceNational DriveArkansas Drive0.06 mi2North-SouthMill BasinLouisiana AvenueWilliams AvenueSeaview Avenue1.5 mi1-2VariesSplit into 2 segments by Linden Boulevard.Montana PlaceNational DriveArkansas Drive0.07 mi2North-SouthMill BasinNew Jersey AvenueJamaica AvenueFlatlands Avenue1.9 mi1VariesExists in 3 vehicular segments (two pedestrian 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-southVermont PlaceCypress AvenueHighland Boulevard0.5 mi2North-southVermont StreetJamaica AvenueFlatlands Avenue2.3 mi1SouthWashington AvenueFlushing AvenueFlatbush Avenue2.6 mi2-4North-southWashington StreetDead-endProspect Street0.25 mile1SouthContinues as Cadman Plaza East.
Avenues
NameFromToDistance# of lanesTraffic directionAdditional notesAlbany AvenueDecatur StreetAvenue K3.5 miles2SouthAllen Avenue Knapp StreetGerritsen Avenue0.23 miles1EastGerritsen BeachArlington Avenue Atkins Avenue Atlantic Avenue Brooklyn-Queens ExpresswayVan Wyck Expressway in Queens10.3 miles6BidirectionalAutumn Avenue Banner AvenueBrighton BeachBassett Avenue Bath Avenue14th AvenueStillwell Avenue2.11 miles2BidirectionalBath BeachBattery AvenueFort Hamilton Army Base86th Street1 mile1NorthDyker HeightsBay AvenueBay Ridge AvenueShore RoadBay Pkwy3.1 miles1-2East/WestBay Ridge Bayview AvenueConey Island/SeagateBedford AvenueManhattan AvenueEmmons Avenue10.2 miles2North/SouthSheepshead BayBelmont AvenueBenson AvenueBergen AvenueBijou AvenueEbony CourtGerritsen Avenue0.15 2Southwest/NortheastGerritsen BeachBlake AvenueBrighton Beach AvenueBrighton BeachBrooklyn AvenueBuffalo AvenueBushwick AvenueCanal Avenue Coney IslandCanda Avenue Sheepshead BayCarlton AvenueCaton AvenueCentral Avenue Channel Avenue Ebony CourtGerritsen Avenue0.15 miles2Southwest/NortheastChauncey Avenue Chestnut Avenue Christopher Avenue Church Avenue Clarkson Avenue Classon AvenueClermont Avenue Clinton AvenueConey Island AvenueMachate CircleRiegelmann BoardwalkConklin AvenueCrawford AvenueCrescent AvenueCrooke AvenueCropsey AvenueCrosby AvenueCypress AvenueCyrus AvenueGerritsen BeachDebevoise 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 (11385).Devon Avenue Joval CourtGerritsen Avenue0.26 miles2Southwest/NortheastDewitt Avenue Ditmas AvenueDivision AvenueDock AvenueBrooklyn Navy YardDriggs AvenueDumont Avenue East New York AvenueElm AvenueElmwood AvenueEmmons AvenueSheepshead BayEngert AvenueEverett AvenueEvergreen AvenueFillmore AvenueFlatbush AvenueManhattan BridgeMarine Parkway/Gil Hodges Memorial Bridge9.9 miles4BidirectionalFlatlands AvenueFlorence AvenueGerritsen BeachFlushing AvenueNavy StreetQueens lineFoster AvenueFountain AvenueFront AvenueGates AvenueGee AvenueGelston Avenue86th Street94th Street.4 mile1SouthGerritsen AvenueNostrand AvenueLois Avenue2.05 miles2Northwest/SoutheastGlenmore Avenue Gotham Avenue Fane Court Gerritsen Avenue0.31 miles2Southwest/NortheastGraham Avenue Part of which is known as the "Avenue of Puerto Rico"Grand Avenue Grant Avenue Greene AvenueGreenpoint AvenueDead-end (Brooklyn)Roosevelt Avenue and Queens Boulevard (Queens)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 AvenueHamilton AvenueHampton AvenueManhattan BeachHarkness AvenueHarrison AvenueHarway AvenueHegeman AvenueHighland AvenueHighlawn AvenueHitchings Avenue Sheepshead BayHomecrest AvenueHoward AvenueHudson AvenueDUMBOHunter AvenueIndependence AvenueIrving AvenueJamaica AvenueJefferson AvenueJerome AvenueJohnson AvenueKay AvenueWilliamsburgKent AvenueKingsland AvenueKnickerbocker AvenueLafayette AvenueLake AvenueLancaster AvenueLaurel AvenueSea GateLawrence AvenueLee AvenueLefferts AvenueLewis AvenueLexington AvenueLiberty AvenueLincoln Avenue Linden Avenue Livonia AvenueLois AvenueHyman CourtGerritsen Avenue0.2 miles2Southwest/NortheastGerritsen BeachLoring AvenueLott AvenueMadoc AvenueCyrus AvenuePost Court0.15 miles2Northwest/SoutheastGerritsen BeachManhattan Avenue Former Vernon Avenue BridgeBroadway3.4 miles1-2North/SouthGreenpoint & WilliamsburgMaple AvenueSea GateMarcy AvenueMetropolitan AvenueFulton Street2.6 miles2South Frontage 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 AvenueMcDonald AvenueMcDonough AvenueBrooklyn Navy YardMeeker 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 lineWilliamsburgMiller AvenueMorris AvenueMontauk Avenue Montrose AvenueMyrtle AvenueNarrows Avenue68th StreetShore Road1.10 miles2BidirectionalPath impeded between 83rd and 85th streets by Fort Hamilton High School.Nassau AvenueNautilus AvenueNeptune AvenueSurf AvenueShore Boulevard & Emmons Avenue 2.96 miles2-4Bidirectional; bike lanes run along most of its length.Coney Island and Sheepshead BayNewkirk AvenueNew Lots Avenue New Utrecht AvenueNew York Avenue Noel Avenue Bartlett PlaceLois Avenue0.34 miles1-2Southeast/NorthwestGerritsen BeachNorman AvenueNorth Conduit Avenue North Portland Avenue Norwood AvenueNostrand AvenueOcean AvenueOceanic AveSea GateOceanview (or Ocean View) Avenue Onderdonk Avenue Ordnance AvenueBrooklyn Navy YardOvington Avenue Paidge Avenue Park Avenue Parkside Avenue Parkville Avenue Pennsylvania Avenue Perry AvenueKingsborough Community CollegePitkin AvenuePoplar AvenueSea GateProspect AvenueOcean Parkway4th Avenue1.59 miles2VariesTwo-way from Ocean Parkway to 6th Avenue and one-way westbound to its terminus at 4th Avenue.Putnam AvenueRailroad AvenueRalph AvenueRemsen Avenue Ridgewood Avenue Riverdale Avenue Roder AvenueRogers Avenue Ryder Avenue Saratoga Avenue Sea Breeze AvenueWest 5th StreetBeach Walk0.3 mile2BidirectionalSea Gate AvenueSea GateSeaview AvenueSeawall AvenueKingsborough Community CollegeSeba AvenueMadoc AvenueGerritsen Avenue0.31 miles2Southwest/NortheastGerritsen BeachSchenectady AvenueSchenk AvenueSchroeders AvenueStarrett CityScott AvenueSeneca AvenueSheffield AvenueSheridan AvenueShip Ways AvenueBrooklyn Navy YardSkillman Avenue Snediker AvenueSnyder Avenue South Portland Avenue St Felix Avenue St Marks Avenue St Nicholas Avenue Starr Avenue Stewart Avenue Stillwell AvenueBay ParkwayRiegelmann BoardwalkStrickland AvenueStuyvesant AvenueSunnyside AvenueSurf AvenuePoplar Avenue & Highland Avenue (Sea Gate)Ocean Parkway & Sea Breeze Avenue2.61 miles2-6BidirectionalContinuation of Poplar Avenue and Ocean Parkway.Sutter Avenue Thatford AvenueThroop Avenue Tilden Avenue Tompkins Avenue Troy AvenueUnderhill AvenueUnion AvenueUtica AvenueVan Sinderen Avenue Vandalia AvenueStarrett CityVanderbilt Avenue Vandervoort Avenue Varick Avenue Sometimes misidentified as Varick StreetBushwickVernon AvenueVoorhies AvenueWarrington AvenueBrooklyn Navy YardWashington Avenue Prospect Heights and Clinton HillWaverly AvenueWebster AvenueWest Brighton AvenueWestshore (or West Shore) AvenueWilloughby AvenueWilson AvenueWoodruff AvenueWoodside AvenueWyckoff AvenueWythe Avenue
Numbered Avenues
Apart from the portion of 3rd through 7th Avenues beyond 86th Street, the numbered avenues run approximately 40 degrees west of south, but by local custom are called North–south.