7th Avenue & Prospect Avenue

The four-way crossing of 7th Avenue and Prospect Avenue is in Windsor Terrace-South Slope, Brooklyn. Between 2021 and 2025, nine police-reported crashes were recorded here, against a median of seven crashes for a Brooklyn corner. Detective Joseph Mayrose Park is 300 feet away. The nearest subway, 15 St-Prospect Park, is about eight minutes on foot, and three subway lines stop within a ten-minute walk. Within a five-minute walk are 18 public places, five of them day care or pre-K sites, and 25 places to eat.

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

Map

Layers
7th Avenue & Prospect Avenue Nearby corners, linked

Getting there

How walks are measured

Subway

The nearest subway station is 15 St-Prospect Park, 0.4 miles from this corner, about eight minutes on foot.

  • 2 lines at the nearest station
  • 3 lines within a ten-minute walk
  1. 15 St-Prospect Park 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 F, G
    0.4 miles
    F G
  2. Prospect Av R
    0.4 miles
    R

Bus

The nearest bus stop is 7 Av/Prospect Av, 50 feet away, for the B67 and B69.

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

Next buses at this stop

  1. B67 …
  2. B69 …

Live arrivals

Cycling

A marked bike lane runs on 7th Avenue.

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

Nearest bike-share station

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

By car

The nearest highway entrance is the ramp to the Prospect Expressway eastbound at 19th Street & Prospect Expressway, 820 feet by car along the streets.

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

Safety record

How crashes are counted

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

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

The most recent crash recorded here was in December 2025.

What the city has done here

  • Leading pedestrian interval, November 2017

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
147 feet above sea level

The streets

  • Up to two travel lanes

Homes

About 1,600 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 67 trees within 330 feet; the most common is the thornless honeylocust.

Parking on the streets meeting here

How signs are read
  • 30 signs on these blocks
  • 7 different rules

The sign wording is DOT's, as recorded between December 2014 and April 2022, and the sign on the street decides.

East side of 7th Avenue

  • No parking 4 signs NO PARKING FRIDAY 8:30AM-10AM
  • No standing 1 sign NO STANDING ANYTIME
  • No standing 2 signs NO STANDING SCHOOL DAYS 7AM-4PM

West side of 7th Avenue

  • No parking 7 signs NO PARKING THURSDAY 8:30AM-10AM

North side of Prospect Avenue

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

South side of Prospect Avenue

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

Schools, parks and places within a walk

How places are listed

Eighteen public places are within a five-minute walk.

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

Schools and child care

  1. Magnet School of Math, Science and Design Technology School
    310 feet
  2. Prospect Kids Academy Preschool, ages 2 to 5
    330 feet
  3. Bumblebees R US Infant, toddler and preschool care, ages 0 to 5 · Pre-K
    400 feet
Show all 10
  1. Chickpeas Childcare Center Preschool, ages 2 to 5 · Pre-K
    620 feet
  2. J.H.S. 088 Peter Rouget School
    800 feet
  3. P.S. K053 School
    800 feet
  4. Slope Collective Preschool, ages 2 to 5
    960 feet
  5. New Voices School of Academic & Creative Arts School
    1,170 feet
  6. P.S. 295 School
    1,170 feet
  7. Therapy and Learning Center Preschool
    1,250 feet

Parks, playgrounds and gardens

  1. Detective Joseph Mayrose Park
    300 feet
  2. Butterfly Gardens Garden
    420 feet
  3. Purple Playground
    1,000 feet
Show all 4
  1. Slope Park Playground
    1,200 feet

Houses of worship

  1. St John St Matthew Emanuel Lutheran Church House of worship
    1,070 feet
  2. Memorial Baptist Church House of worship
    1,300 feet

Community centers and public services

  1. Older adult center at 283 Prospect Avenue Older adult center
    1,180 feet

Supermarkets

  1. Key Food Supermarket
    0.3 miles

Food stores and places to eat

Within a five-minute walk there are 25 places to eat and seven food stores.

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

Nearby corners

The eight nearest of the 15 corners within a three-minute walk:

See every intersection along 7th Avenue or Prospect 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, NYC Parks, NYC Health, NYS Agriculture and Markets and USDA, retrieved September 18 – October 6, 2026.