Fort Greene is best known for its many tree-lined streets, elegant low-rise housing, neighborhoody restaurants and Fort Greene Park. It is bounded by Flushing Avenue and the Brooklyn Navy Yard to the north, Flatbush Avenue Extension and Downtown Brooklyn to the west, Atlantic Avenue and Prospect Heights to the south, and Vanderbilt Avenue and Clinton Hill to the east. Around 28,000 people live in the neighborhood and it is home to Brooklyn Tech, New York’s biggest and prestigious public high school.
Kid-friendly institutions:
- Fort Greene Park Brooklyn’s oldest park!
- Brooklyn Academy of Music has been for more than 150 years a family cultural center with a variety of programs and events in theater, dance, music, opera, and film.
- The Museum of Contemporary African Diasporan Arts (MoCADA) A space that celebrates African culture and its diaspora via visual, literary, and performing arts.
- Greenlight Bookstore this beloved local bookstore has a vast variety of books. Stop by on weekends for storytime or catch a book signing event.
- BRIC is a cultural space in the community with contemporary visual and performing arts, media, and civic action programs.
- Dave and Busters video arcade inside Atlantic Terminal Mall. Also inside Atlantic Mall, you’ll find Chuck E Cheese a common choice for hosting birthday parties.
- Conveniently located in the epicenter of the neighborhood there’s Edmonds Playground better known in the community as Camel Park with great basketball courts
- Albert J. Parham park adjacent to PS 20 has a small pool during summer!
- Irondale, a fantastic and affordable youth theater program.
Kid-friendly restaurants:
- Graziella’s Italian Restaurant offers amazing pizza and a great ice cream variety. It’s a great option for bigger parties and families with strollers.
- Olea mediterranean restaurant. Seating is first come, first served but worth the wait!
- Sushi D fresh and consistent quality sushi every time!
- Black Iris BYOB Mediterranean restaurant.
- Deniz Turkish cuisine in the heart of Fort Greene.
- Tacombi great Mexican food, and an even better ambiance and decor!
- Doza Royale serves delicious South Indian food. It’s also a great vegetarian/vegan option (Fort Greene/Clinton Hill border).
- Il Porto this grandma slice pie is legendary (Fort Greene/Navy Yard border)
- Mekong serves delicious and fresh Vietnamese food on the Fort Greene/Clinton Hill border.
- Emack & Bolios wicked and unique ice cream flavors.
What you should not miss in Fort Greene:
- Fort Greene Farmers Market where the community and families gather every Saturday, year-round, to mingle and shop for everything from micro-greens to fresh seafood.
- BAM 150-year-old family cultural center offers a variety of programs and events in theater, dance, music, opera, and film for all ages.
- Pratt Sculpture Park is Indisputably a must-see sculpture park inside Pratt College. (Fort Greene/Clinton Hill Border)
Schools in Fort Greene:
- Public schools: District 13 PS 20 and PS 46 are Fort Greene’s zoned elementary schools
- Charter schools: Compass Charter School and Community Roots Charter School are two District 13 Charter Schools located in the neighborhood
- Preschools: Collective Kind , La Petite Colline, Discovery Pitstop, Aozora Community and Explorers Academy
Affording Fort Greene (data by Peter Riolo | Compass):
- The average two-bedroom rent per month was $4,945 in 2022
- The median home sale in Fort Greene closed from October 22 to September 23 with a $1,307,500 sale price
