19th Street & Vanderbilt Street

The three-way junction of 19th Street and Vanderbilt Street is in Windsor Terrace-South Slope, Brooklyn. Between 2021 and 2025, three police-reported crashes were recorded here, fewer than the median of seven crashes for a Brooklyn corner. Captain John McKenna, IV Park is 80 feet away. The nearest subway, Fort Hamilton Pkwy, is about five minutes on foot, for the F and G. Within a five-minute walk are 11 public places, three of them parks, and two places to eat. About 1,000 homes stand within 820 feet, mostly built between 1899 and 1931, almost all in houses of one or two.

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19th Street & Vanderbilt Street Nearby corners, linked

Subway

The nearest subway station is Fort Hamilton Pkwy, 0.3 miles from this corner, about five minutes on foot.

  • 2 lines at the nearest station
  1. Fort Hamilton Pkwy F, G
    0.3 miles
    F G

Next trains at this station

Northbound
2 lines
  1. F …
  2. G …
Southbound
2 lines
  1. F …
  2. G …

Bus

The nearest bus stop is McDonald Av/Vanderbilt St, 1,010 feet away, for the B67 and B69.

  • 5 routes within a ten-minute walk
  1. McDonald Av/Vanderbilt St B67, B69
    1,010 feet
    B67 B69

Next buses at this stop

  1. B67 …
  2. B69 …

Live arrivals

Cycling

  • 20 bicycle racks within 820 feet
  • 2 more bike-share stations within a five-minute walk

Nearest bike-share station

  1. Greenwood Ave & E 4 St 21 docks in all
    820 feet

By car

The nearest highway entrance is the ramp to the Prospect Expressway westbound at 11th Avenue & 18th Street, 0.7 miles by car along the streets.

  1. 3116 Fort Hamilton Parkway Gas station
    0.5 miles
  2. 581 Ocean Parkway Charging for electric cars, 13 Level 2 chargers
    1.6 miles

Between 2021 and 2025, police reported three 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 January 2026.

About this corner

Where facts come from
ZIP code
11218
Community board
Brooklyn Community Board 7
City Council district
39
Police precinct
72
Neighborhood (City Planning area)
Windsor Terrace-South Slope
Elevation
79 feet above sea level

The streets

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

Homes

About 1,000 homes stand within 820 feet of this corner, almost all of them in houses of one or two. The buildings holding them mostly went up between 1899 and 1931.

Trees

NYC Parks records 110 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
  • 5 different rules

The sign wording is DOT's, as recorded between November 2014 and September 2020, and the sign on the street decides.

North side of 19th Street

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

West side of 19th Street

  • No parking 3 signs NO PARKING TUESDAY 8:30AM-10AM
  • No standing 1 sign NO STANDING ANYTIME

North side of Vanderbilt Street

  • No parking 3 signs NO PARKING WEDNESDAY 9:30AM-11AM

South side of Vanderbilt Street

  • No parking 2 signs NO PARKING WEDNESDAY 9:30AM-11AM

Monuments and public art

How landmarks are placed

The City's public art inventory lists one work near this corner, in Greenwood Playground.

  1. Sixty First District Memorial Statue by Charles Keck, 1922
    780 feet

Schools, parks and places within a walk

How places are listed

Eleven public places are within a five-minute walk.

  • 3 parks
  • 3 playgrounds
  • 2 day care or pre-K sites
  • 2 religious buildings
  • 1 garden

Schools and child care

  1. One World Project - Brooklyn Preschool, ages 2 to 5 · Pre-K
    270 feet
  2. Bambi Child Care Infant, toddler and preschool care, ages 0 to 5
    1,310 feet

Parks, playgrounds and gardens

  1. Captain John McKenna, IV Park
    80 feet
  2. Seeley Park
    150 feet
  3. Seeley Park Playground
    180 feet
Show all 7
  1. Thomas J. Cuite Park
    490 feet
  2. Greenwood Playground
    510 feet
  3. Thomas J. Cuite Park Playground
    670 feet
  4. Prospect Farm Garden
    970 feet

Pharmacies

  1. Walgreens Pharmacy
    0.3 miles

Food stores and places to eat

Within a five-minute walk there are two places to eat and one food store.

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 11 corners within a three-minute walk:

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