7th Avenue & St Johns Place

The four-way crossing of 7th Avenue and St Johns Place is in Park Slope, Brooklyn. It lies inside the Park Slope Historic District. Between 2021 and 2025, seven police-reported crashes were recorded here, the median for a Brooklyn corner. Memorial Presbyterian Church is 100 feet away. The nearest subway, 7 Av, is about three minutes on foot, and four subway lines stop within a ten-minute walk. Within a five-minute walk are 19 public places, seven of them religious buildings, and 49 places to eat.

Safety record
9 hurt
7 police-reported crashes, 2021–2025
Nearest subway
7 Av
740 feet · 3 min on foot · B, Q
Nearest bus stop
170 feet
7 Av/Sterling Pl · B69
Within a walk
19 places
7 religious buildings, 5 day care or pre-K sites and 5 more kinds, within five minutes

Map

Layers
7th Avenue & St Johns Place Nearby corners, linked

Getting there

How walks are measured

Subway

The nearest subway station is 7 Av, 740 feet from this corner, about three minutes on foot.

  • 2 lines at the nearest station
  • 4 lines within a ten-minute walk
  1. 7 Av B, Q
    740 feet
    B Q

Next trains at this station

Manhattan
2 lines
  1. B …
  2. Q …
Southbound
2 lines
  1. B …
  2. Q …

Also within a walk

  1. Grand Army Plaza 2, 3
    980 feet
    2 3
  2. Bergen St 2, 3
    0.3 miles
    2 3

Bus

The nearest bus stop is 7 Av/Sterling Pl, 170 feet away, for the B69.

  • 6 routes within a ten-minute walk
  1. 7 Av/Sterling Pl B69 · Countdown sign
    170 feet
    B69
    Countdown sign

Next buses at this stop

  1. B69 …

Live arrivals

Cycling

A signed bike route shared with traffic runs on 7th Avenue.

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

Nearest bike-share station

  1. 7 Ave & Park Pl 25 docks in all
    510 feet

By car

The nearest highway entrance is the ramp to the Prospect Expressway eastbound at 19th Street & Prospect Expressway, 1.4 miles by car along the streets.

  1. 300 Bergen Street Gas station
    0.8 miles
  2. 535 Carlton Avenue Charging for electric cars, four Level 2 chargers
    0.4 miles
  3. 28-17 42nd Road Fast charging for electric cars
    2.8 miles

Safety record

How crashes are counted

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

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

The most recent crash recorded here was in May 2023.

About this corner

Where facts come from
ZIP code
11217
Community board
Brooklyn Community Board 6
City Council district
39
Police precinct
78
Neighborhood (City Planning area)
Park Slope
Elevation
91 feet above sea level

The streets

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

Homes

About 2,500 homes stand within 820 feet of this corner, a mix of apartment buildings and smaller houses. The buildings holding them mostly went up between 1881 and 1920.

Trees

NYC Parks records 61 trees within 330 feet; the most common is the maidenhair tree.

Parking on the streets meeting here

How signs are read
  • 41 signs on these blocks
  • 14 different rules
  • 1 active meter
  • 1 pay-by-cell zone

The sign wording is DOT's, as recorded between November 2017 and January 2026; the 12 rules shown are the first by street and side, and the sign on the street decides.

East side of 7th Avenue

  • No parking 6 signs NO PARKING 8:30AM-9AM EXCEPT SUNDAY
  • No parking 1 sign NO PARKING ANYTIME

West side of 7th Avenue

  • No parking 4 signs NO PARKING 7:30AM-8AM EXCEPT SUNDAY
  • No parking 1 sign NO PARKING ANYTIME

North side of St Johns Place

  • Metered parking 1 sign 2 HOUR METERED PARKING 8:30AM-7PM EXCEPT SUNDAY
  • No parking 1 sign NO PARKING ANYTIME
  • No parking 1 sign NO PARKING MONDAY TUESDAY THURSDAY FRIDAY 8AM-8:30AM
  • No parking 5 signs NO PARKING THURSDAY 8AM-8:30AM
  • No parking 6 signs NO PARKING WEDNESDAY 11:30AM-1PM

South side of St Johns Place

  • Metered parking 1 sign 2 HOUR METERED PARKING 8:30AM-7PM EXCEPT SUNDAY
  • No parking 1 sign NO PARKING ANYTIME
  • No parking 1 sign NO PARKING MONDAY TUESDAY THURSDAY FRIDAY 8AM-8:30AM

ParkNYC pay-by-cell zone: 336105.

Landmarks and historic districts

The corner stands in the Park Slope Historic District.

Within 820 feet, 530 buildings are designated by the Landmarks Preservation Commission, recorded most often as neo-Grec, and mostly built between 1878 and 1887.

  1. Grace United Methodist Episcopal Church Parsonage Designated landmark
    150 feet
  2. St. John's Protestant Episcopal Church Designated landmark
    220 feet
  3. The Rectory of St. John's Protestant Episcopal Church Designated landmark
    260 feet

Schools, parks and places within a walk

How places are listed

Nineteen public places are within a five-minute walk.

  • 7 religious buildings
  • 5 day care or pre-K sites
  • 3 schools
  • 1 fire station
  • 1 listed historic place
  • 2 other places

Schools and child care

  1. Park Slope Child Care Collective Preschool, ages 2 to 5
    100 feet
  2. The Nook Park Slope Preschool, ages 2 to 5
    220 feet
  3. Berkeley-Carroll School
    370 feet
Show all 8
  1. Kindercare Education Infant, toddler and preschool care
    950 feet
  2. Eladia's Kids Parent Infant, toddler and preschool care, ages 0 to 5 · Pre-K
    1,080 feet
  3. Kids-Centric - Helen Owen Carey CDC School
    1,190 feet
  4. Old First Nursery School Preschool, ages 2 to 5
    1,270 feet
  5. P.S. 282 Park Slope School
    1,270 feet

Parks, playgrounds and gardens

  1. Grand Army Plaza
    940 feet

Libraries, museums and history

  1. Buildings at 375-379 Flatbush Avenue and 185-187 Sterling Place Listed historic place
    910 feet
  2. Skene Monument Monument or memorial
    1,180 feet

Houses of worship

  1. Memorial Presbyterian Church Landmark
    100 feet
  2. Grace United Methodist Church Landmark
    110 feet
  3. Sixth Ave Baptist Church House of worship
    940 feet
Show all 5
  1. St Augustine RC Church House of worship
    1,260 feet
  2. Old First Reformed Church Listed historic place
    1,270 feet

Fire and police

  1. Squad 1 Fire station
    1,220 feet

Bank branches

  1. Chase Bank branch
    960 feet
  2. Santander Bank Bank branch
    1,050 feet
  3. Citibank Bank branch
    1,130 feet

Supermarkets

  1. Park Slope Food Coop Supermarket
    1,250 feet
  2. Key Food Supermarket
    0.3 miles
  3. Foodtown Supermarket
    0.3 miles

Pharmacies

  1. Duane Reade Pharmacy
    710 feet

Food stores and places to eat

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

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

Nearby corners

The eight nearest of the 11 corners within a three-minute walk:

See every intersection along 7th Avenue or St Johns 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.