7th Avenue & Garfield Place

The four-way crossing of 7th Avenue and Garfield Place is in Park Slope, Brooklyn. Between 2021 and 2025, 15 police-reported crashes were recorded here, against a median of seven crashes for a Brooklyn corner. St Francis Xavier Church is 1,100 feet away, and Cyberarts Studio Academy is 1,280 feet away. The nearest subway, 7 Av, is about nine minutes on foot, and four subway lines stop within a ten-minute walk. Within a five-minute walk are 17 public places, five of them day care or pre-K sites, and 49 places to eat.

Safety record
6 hurt
15 police-reported crashes, 2021–2025
Nearest subway
7 Av
0.4 miles · 9 min on foot · F, G
Nearest bus stop
110 feet
7 Av/Garfield Pl · B67, B69
Within a walk
17 places
5 day care or pre-K sites, 5 religious buildings and 3 more kinds, within five minutes

Map

Layers
7th Avenue & Garfield Place Nearby corners, linked

Getting there

How walks are measured

Subway

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

  • 2 lines at the nearest station
  • 4 lines within a ten-minute walk
  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 …

Also within a walk

  1. 7 Av B, Q
    0.5 miles
    B Q

Bus

The nearest bus stop is 7 Av/Garfield Pl, 110 feet away, for the B67 and B69.

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

Next buses at this stop

  1. B67 …
  2. B69 …

Live arrivals

Cycling

A marked bike lane runs on 7th Avenue.

  • 49 bicycle racks within 820 feet
  • 4 more bike-share stations within a five-minute walk

Nearest bike-share station

  1. Garfield Pl & 8 Ave 25 docks in all
    750 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
    1.1 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 15 crashes at this corner, more than the median of seven crashes for a Brooklyn corner.

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

The most recent crash recorded here was in January 2026.

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
94 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 1894 and 1920.

Trees

NYC Parks records 65 trees within 330 feet; the most common is the pin oak.

Parking on the streets meeting here

How signs are read
  • 36 signs on these blocks
  • 12 different rules
  • 4 active meters
  • 2 pay-by-cell zones

The sign wording is DOT's, as recorded between September 2016 and September 2026, and the sign on the street decides.

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 2 signs 2 HOUR METERED PARKING 8AM-7PM EXCEPT SUNDAY
  • No parking 2 signs NO PARKING 7:30AM-8AM EXCEPT SUNDAY
  • Truck loading only 2 signs TRUCK LOADING ONLY 8AM-6PM EXCEPT SUNDAY

North side of Garfield Place

  • Carshare only 1 sign CARSHARE PARKING ONLY OTHERS NO STANDING ANYTIME
  • No parking 5 signs NO PARKING MONDAY 11:30AM-1PM
  • No parking 2 signs NO PARKING MONDAY 9AM-10:30AM
  • No standing 1 sign NO STANDING ANYTIME

South side of Garfield Place

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

ParkNYC pay-by-cell zones: 301494 and 309645.

Landmarks and historic districts

Within 820 feet, 285 buildings are designated by the Landmarks Preservation Commission, recorded most often as neo-Grec, and mostly built between 1888 and 1895.

Schools and places within a walk

How places are listed

Seventeen public places are within a five-minute walk.

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

Schools and child care

  1. Old First Nursery School Preschool, ages 2 to 5
    450 feet
  2. P.S. 321 William Penn School
    480 feet
  3. The Berkley Carroll Preschool School-based preschool, ages 3 to 5
    940 feet
Show all 10
  1. Congregation Beth Elohim Ecc Preschool, ages 2 to 5
    960 feet
  2. Kindercare Education Infant, toddler and preschool care
    1,030 feet
  3. P.S. 321 Pre-K
    1,080 feet
  4. Cyberarts Studio Academy School
    1,280 feet
  5. John Jay School for Law School
    1,280 feet
  6. Millennium Brooklyn HS School
    1,280 feet
  7. Park Slope Collegiate School
    1,280 feet

Libraries, museums and history

  1. Park Slope Historic District Listed historic place
    900 feet

Houses of worship

  1. Old First Reformed Church Listed historic place
    450 feet
  2. Beth Elohim Congregation House of worship
    860 feet
  3. St Francis Xavier Church House of worship
    1,100 feet
Show all 4
  1. Church of the Virgin Mary House of worship
    1,260 feet

Fire and police

  1. Squad 1 Fire station
    1,150 feet

Bank branches

  1. Chase Bank branch
    380 feet
  2. Citibank Bank branch
    650 feet
  3. Santander Bank Bank branch
    720 feet

Supermarkets

  1. Key Food Supermarket
    380 feet
  2. Park Slope Food Coop Supermarket
    1,190 feet
  3. Associated Supermarkets Supermarket
    0.4 miles

Pharmacies

  1. Duane Reade Pharmacy
    0.5 miles

Food stores and places to eat

Within a five-minute walk there are 49 places to eat and nine food stores.

Not on record for this corner: a signal or safety change.

Nearby corners

The eight nearest of the 10 corners within a three-minute walk:

See every intersection along 7th Avenue or Garfield Place.

Sources: NYC Technology and Innovation, NYPD, MTA, NYC DOT, 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.