17th Street & Calder Place

The three-way junction of 17th Street and Calder Place is in Windsor Terrace-South Slope, Brooklyn. Between 2021 and 2025, four police-reported crashes were recorded here, fewer than the median of seven crashes for a Brooklyn corner. Detective Joseph Mayrose Park is 20 feet away. The nearest subway, Prospect Av, is about eight minutes on foot, for the R. Within a five-minute walk are 18 public places, five of them schools, and 11 places to eat. About 1,500 homes stand within 820 feet, mostly built between 1901 and 1931, a mix of apartment buildings and smaller houses.

Safety record
2 hurt
4 police-reported crashes, 2021–2025
Nearest subway
Prospect Av
0.4 miles · 8 min on foot · R
Nearest bus stop
640 feet
7 Av/Prospect Av · B67, B69
Within a walk
18 places
5 schools, 4 day care or pre-K sites and 6 more kinds, within five minutes

Map

Layers
17th Street & Calder Place Nearby corners, linked

Getting there

How walks are measured

Subway

The nearest subway station is Prospect Av, 0.4 miles from this corner, about eight minutes on foot.

  1. Prospect Av R
    0.4 miles
    R

Next trains at this station

Manhattan
1 line
  1. R …
Southbound
1 line
  1. R …

The MTA's permanent art catalog lists “Duration” (2017) by Monika Bravo at the Prospect Av station.

Bus

The nearest bus stop is 7 Av/Prospect Av, 640 feet away, for the B67 and B69.

  • 4 routes within a ten-minute walk
  1. 7 Av/Prospect Av B67, B69 · Shelter
    640 feet
    B67 B69
    Shelter

Next buses at this stop

  1. B67 …
  2. B69 …

Live arrivals

Cycling

  • 38 bicycle racks within 820 feet
  • 1 more bike-share station within a five-minute walk

Nearest bike-share station

  1. 7 Ave & 17 St 21 docks in all
    370 feet

By car

The nearest highway entrance is the ramp to the Prospect Expressway eastbound at 19th Street & Prospect Expressway, 950 feet by car along the streets.

  1. 668 3rd Avenue Gas station
    0.9 miles
  2. 266 13th Street Charging for electric cars, two Level 2 chargers
    0.7 miles

Safety record

How crashes are counted

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

  • 2 people injured
  • 0 people killed

The most recent crash recorded here was in August 2025.

About this corner

Where facts come from
ZIP code
11215
Community board
Brooklyn Community Board 7
City Council district
39
Police precinct
72
Neighborhood (City Planning area)
Windsor Terrace-South Slope
Elevation
134 feet above sea level

The streets

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

Homes

About 1,500 homes stand within 820 feet of this corner, a mix of apartment buildings and smaller houses. The buildings holding them mostly went up between 1901 and 1931.

Trees

NYC Parks records 123 trees within 330 feet; the most common is the London planetree.

Parking on the streets meeting here

How signs are read
  • 11 signs on these blocks
  • 4 different rules

The sign wording is DOT's, as recorded between September 2018 and July 2021, and the sign on the street decides.

North side of 17th Street

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

South side of 17th Street

  • No parking 3 signs NO PARKING FRIDAY 8:30AM-10AM

East side of Calder Place

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

West side of Calder Place

  • No parking 2 signs NO PARKING FRIDAY 8:30AM-10AM

Schools, parks and places within a walk

How places are listed

Eighteen public places are within a five-minute walk.

  • 5 schools
  • 4 day care or pre-K sites
  • 3 religious buildings
  • 2 playgrounds
  • 1 garden
  • 3 other places

Schools and child care

  1. Bumblebees R US Infant, toddler and preschool care, ages 0 to 5 · Pre-K
    260 feet
  2. Prospect Kids Academy Preschool, ages 2 to 5
    300 feet
  3. Magnet School of Math, Science and Design Technology School
    570 feet
Show all 9
  1. J.H.S. 088 Peter Rouget School
    930 feet
  2. P.S. K053 School
    930 feet
  3. Brooklyn Sandbox Early Learning Center Preschool, ages 2 to 5 · Pre-K
    1,190 feet
  4. Chickpeas Childcare Center Preschool, ages 2 to 5 · Pre-K
    1,220 feet
  5. New Voices School of Academic & Creative Arts School
    1,310 feet
  6. P.S. 295 School
    1,310 feet

Parks, playgrounds and gardens

  1. Detective Joseph Mayrose Park
    20 feet
  2. Butterfly Gardens Garden
    550 feet
  3. Purple Playground
    850 feet
Show all 4
  1. Slope Park Playground
    1,180 feet

Libraries, museums and history

  1. Prospect Hall Listed historic place
    1,240 feet

Houses of worship

  1. St John St Matthew Emanuel Lutheran Church House of worship
    920 feet

Community centers and public services

  1. Older adult center at 283 Prospect Avenue Older adult center
    1,030 feet

Supermarkets

  1. Key Food Supermarket
    0.3 miles

Food stores and places to eat

Within a five-minute walk there are 11 places to eat and six food stores.

Not on record for this corner: a signal or safety change and a designated landmark or historic district within 820 feet.

Nearby corners

The eight nearest of the 9 corners within a three-minute walk:

See every intersection along 17th Street or Calder Place.

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, NYC Parks, NYC Health, NYS Agriculture and Markets and USDA, retrieved September 18 – October 6, 2026.