7th Avenue & 2nd Street

The four-way crossing of 7th Avenue and 2nd Street is in Park Slope, Brooklyn. Between 2021 and 2025, eight police-reported crashes were recorded here, against a median of seven crashes for a Brooklyn corner. Church of the Virgin Mary is 740 feet away, and Greenwood Baptist Church is 970 feet away. The nearest subway, 7 Av, is about seven minutes on foot, for the F and G. Within a five-minute walk are 13 public places, six of them religious buildings, and 40 places to eat.

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

Map

Layers
7th Avenue & 2nd Street Nearby corners, linked

Getting there

How walks are measured

Subway

The nearest subway station is 7 Av, 0.3 miles from this corner, about seven minutes on foot.

  • 2 lines at the nearest station
  1. 7 Av 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 7 Av/3 St, 170 feet away, for the B67 and B69.

  • 4 routes within a ten-minute walk
  1. 7 Av/3 St B67, B69
    170 feet
    B67 B69

Next buses at this stop

  1. B67 …
  2. B69 …

Live arrivals

Cycling

A marked bike lane runs on 2nd Street and 7th Avenue.

  • 44 bicycle racks within 820 feet
  • 3 more bike-share stations within a five-minute walk

Nearest bike-share station

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

By car

The nearest highway entrance is the ramp to the Prospect Expressway eastbound at 19th Street & Prospect Expressway, 0.9 miles 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
    1,280 feet

Safety record

How crashes are counted

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

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

The most recent crash recorded here was in March 2026.

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
85 feet above sea level

The streets

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

Homes

About 2,200 homes stand within 820 feet of this corner, a mix of apartment buildings and smaller houses. The buildings holding them mostly went up between 1899 and 1920.

Trees

NYC Parks records 76 trees within 330 feet; the most common is the pin oak.

Parking on the streets meeting here

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

The sign wording is DOT's, as recorded between October 2018 and November 2025; the 12 rules shown are the first by street and side, and the sign on the street decides.

Meters are posted as 2 hour passenger vehicles Monday to Saturday 8am to 7pm on 7th Avenue (west side).

North side of 2nd Street

  • Loading only 1 sign LOADING ONLY MONDAY-FRIDAY 7AM-7PM
  • No parking 7 signs NO PARKING MONDAY 11:30AM-1PM
  • No parking 6 signs NO PARKING MONDAY 9AM-10:30AM
  • No standing 1 sign NO STANDING ANYTIME
  • No standing 2 signs NO STANDING SCHOOL DAYS 7AM-4PM

South side of 2nd Street

  • Loading only 1 sign LOADING ONLY MONDAY-FRIDAY 7AM-7PM
  • No parking 1 sign NO PARKING ANYTIME
  • No parking 6 signs NO PARKING THURSDAY 11:30AM-1PM
  • No parking 6 signs NO PARKING TUESDAY 9AM-10:30AM

East side of 7th Avenue

  • Metered parking 3 signs 2 HOUR METERED PARKING 9AM-7PM EXCEPT SUNDAY
  • Metered parking 1 sign 2 HOUR METERED PARKING SATURDAY 9AM-7PM
  • No parking 4 signs NO PARKING 8:30AM-9AM EXCEPT SUNDAY

ParkNYC pay-by-cell zones: 307760 and 312120.

Landmarks and historic districts

Within 820 feet, 260 buildings are designated by the Landmarks Preservation Commission, recorded most often as Romanesque Revival, and mostly built between 1890 and 1898.

Schools and places within a walk

How places are listed

Thirteen public places are within a five-minute walk.

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

Schools and child care

  1. P.S. 321 William Penn School
    310 feet
  2. Cyberarts Studio Academy School
    760 feet
  3. John Jay School for Law School
    760 feet
Show all 6
  1. Millennium Brooklyn HS School
    760 feet
  2. Park Slope Collegiate School
    760 feet
  3. Old First Nursery School Preschool, ages 2 to 5
    970 feet

Libraries, museums and history

  1. Park Slope Historic District Listed historic place
    900 feet

Houses of worship

  1. Church of the Virgin Mary Landmark
    740 feet
  2. Old First Reformed Church Listed historic place
    970 feet
  3. Greenwood Baptist Church Listed historic place
    970 feet
Show all 4
  1. All Saints Episcopal Church House of worship
    1,240 feet

Bank branches

  1. Chase Bank branch
    900 feet
  2. Bank of America Bank branch
    1,170 feet
  3. Citibank Bank branch
    1,170 feet

Supermarkets

  1. Key Food Supermarket
    900 feet
  2. Park Slope Food Coop Supermarket
    0.3 miles

Food stores and places to eat

Within a five-minute walk there are 40 places to eat and seven food stores.

Nearby corners

The eight corners within a three-minute walk:

See every intersection along 2nd 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.