7th Avenue & 1st Street

The four-way crossing of 7th Avenue and 1st Street is in Park Slope, Brooklyn. Between 2021 and 2025, five police-reported crashes were recorded here, fewer than the median of seven crashes for a Brooklyn corner. P.S. 321 William Penn is 220 feet away, and John Jay School for Law is 1,020 feet away. The nearest subway, 7 Av, is about eight minutes on foot, for the F and G. Within a five-minute walk are 16 public places, six of them religious buildings, and 42 places to eat.

Safety record
3 hurt
5 police-reported crashes, 2021–2025
Nearest subway
7 Av
0.4 miles · 8 min on foot · F, G
Nearest bus stop
180 feet
7 Av/Garfield Pl · B67, B69
Within a walk
16 places
6 religious buildings, 5 schools and 2 more kinds, within five minutes

Map

Layers
7th Avenue & 1st Street Nearby corners, linked

Getting there

How walks are measured

Subway

The nearest subway station is 7 Av, 0.4 miles from this corner, about eight minutes on foot.

  • 2 lines at the nearest station
  1. 7 Av F, G
    0.4 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 7 Av/Garfield Pl, 180 feet away, for the B67 and B69.

  • 4 routes within a ten-minute walk
  1. 7 Av/Garfield Pl B67, B69
    180 feet
    B67 B69

Next buses at this stop

  1. B67 …
  2. B69 …

Live arrivals

Cycling

A marked bike lane runs on 7th Avenue.

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

Nearest bike-share station

  1. 3 St & 7 Ave 27 docks in all
    580 feet

By car

The nearest highway entrance is the ramp to the Prospect Expressway eastbound at 19th Street & Prospect Expressway, 1 mile by car along the streets.

  1. 300 Bergen Street Gas station
    1.2 miles
  2. 510 5th Street Charging for electric cars, eight Level 2 chargers
    0.3 miles

Safety record

How crashes are counted

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

  • 3 people injured
  • 0 people killed
  • 1 of those hurt, on a bike

The most recent crash recorded here was in July 2025.

What the city has done here

  • Leading pedestrian interval, August 2019

About this corner

Where facts come from
ZIP code
11215
Community board
Brooklyn Community Board 6
City Council district
39
Police precinct
78
Neighborhood (City Planning area)
Park Slope
Elevation
89 feet above sea level

The streets

  • Up to two travel lanes
  • One of the streets is one-way

Homes

About 2,300 homes stand within 820 feet of this corner, a mix of apartment buildings and smaller houses. The buildings holding them mostly went up between 1898 and 1920.

Trees

NYC Parks records 72 trees within 330 feet; the most common is the pin oak.

Parking on the streets meeting here

How signs are read
  • 42 signs on these blocks
  • 11 different rules
  • 3 active meters
  • 2 pay-by-cell zones

The sign wording is DOT's, as recorded between April 2018 and July 2024, and the sign on the street decides.

North side of 1st Street

  • No parking 5 signs NO PARKING MONDAY 11:30AM-1PM
  • No parking 7 signs NO PARKING MONDAY 9AM-10:30AM

South side of 1st Street

  • No parking 7 signs NO PARKING THURSDAY 11:30AM-1PM
  • No parking 6 signs NO PARKING TUESDAY 9AM-10:30AM
  • No standing 1 sign NO STANDING ANYTIME

East side of 7th Avenue

  • Metered parking 4 signs 2 HOUR METERED PARKING 9AM-7PM EXCEPT SUNDAY
  • No parking 4 signs NO PARKING 8:30AM-9AM EXCEPT SUNDAY

West side of 7th Avenue

  • Metered parking 1 sign 2 HOUR METERED PARKING 8AM-7PM EXCEPT SUNDAY
  • No parking 1 sign NO PARKING 7:30AM-8AM EXCEPT SUNDAY
  • No parking 3 signs NO PARKING SATURDAY 7:30AM-8AM
  • No standing 3 signs NO STANDING SCHOOL DAYS 7AM-4PM

ParkNYC pay-by-cell zones: 301072 and 301494.

Landmarks and historic districts

Within 820 feet, 279 buildings are designated by the Landmarks Preservation Commission, recorded most often as Romanesque Revival, and mostly built between 1889 and 1898.

Schools and places within a walk

How places are listed

Sixteen public places are within a five-minute walk.

  • 6 religious buildings
  • 5 schools
  • 4 day care or pre-K sites
  • 1 listed historic place

Schools and child care

  1. P.S. 321 William Penn School
    220 feet
  2. Old First Nursery School Preschool, ages 2 to 5
    710 feet
  3. Cyberarts Studio Academy School
    1,020 feet
Show all 9
  1. John Jay School for Law School
    1,020 feet
  2. Millennium Brooklyn HS School
    1,020 feet
  3. Park Slope Collegiate School
    1,020 feet
  4. The Berkley Carroll Preschool School-based preschool, ages 3 to 5
    1,200 feet
  5. Congregation Beth Elohim Ecc Preschool, ages 2 to 5
    1,220 feet
  6. Kindercare Education Infant, toddler and preschool care
    1,290 feet

Libraries, museums and history

  1. Park Slope Historic District Listed historic place
    640 feet

Houses of worship

  1. Old First Reformed Church Listed historic place
    710 feet
  2. Church of the Virgin Mary Landmark
    1,000 feet
  3. Beth Elohim Congregation House of worship
    1,110 feet
Show all 4
  1. Greenwood Baptist Church Listed historic place
    1,230 feet

Bank branches

  1. Chase Bank branch
    640 feet
  2. Citibank Bank branch
    910 feet
  3. Santander Bank Bank branch
    970 feet

Supermarkets

  1. Key Food Supermarket
    640 feet
  2. Park Slope Food Coop Supermarket
    0.3 miles
  3. Associated Supermarkets Supermarket
    0.5 miles

Food stores and places to eat

Within a five-minute walk there are 42 places to eat and seven food stores.

Nearby corners

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

See every intersection along 1st Street or 7th Avenue.

Sources: NYC Technology and Innovation, NYPD, NYC DOT, MTA, NYC City Planning, New York City's bike-share system, NYS Environmental Conservation, US Department of Energy, Landmarks Preservation Commission, NYC Parks, NYC Health, FDIC, NYS Agriculture and Markets and USDA, retrieved September 18 – October 6, 2026.