7th Avenue & Sterling Place

The four-way crossing of 7th Avenue and Sterling Place is in Park Slope, Brooklyn. It lies inside the Park Slope Historic District. Between 2021 and 2025, four police-reported crashes were recorded here, fewer than the median of seven crashes for a Brooklyn corner. Grace United Methodist Episcopal Church Parsonage stands 140 feet away. The nearest subway, 7 Av, is about two minutes on foot, and four subway lines stop within a ten-minute walk. Within a five-minute walk are 20 public places, six of them day care or pre-K sites, and 55 places to eat.

Safety record
4 hurt
4 police-reported crashes, 2021–2025
Nearest subway
7 Av
490 feet · 2 min on foot · B, Q
Nearest bus stop
100 feet
7 Av/Sterling Pl · B69
Within a walk
20 places
6 day care or pre-K sites, 6 religious buildings and 4 more kinds, within five minutes

Map

Layers
7th Avenue & Sterling Place Nearby corners, linked

Getting there

How walks are measured

Subway

The nearest subway station is 7 Av, 490 feet from this corner, about two minutes on foot.

  • 2 lines at the nearest station
  • 4 lines within a ten-minute walk
  1. 7 Av B, Q
    490 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
    1,090 feet
    2 3
  2. Bergen St 2, 3
    0.3 miles
    2 3

Bus

The nearest bus stop is 7 Av/Sterling Pl, 100 feet away, for the B69.

  • 7 routes within a ten-minute walk
  1. 7 Av/Sterling Pl B69 · Countdown sign
    100 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.

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

Nearest bike-share station

  1. 7 Ave & Park Pl 25 docks in all
    250 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
    0.7 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
    2.7 miles

Safety record

How crashes are counted

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

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

The most recent crash recorded here was in May 2025.

What the city has done here

  • Accessible pedestrian signal, May 2022

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
90 feet above sea level

The streets

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

Homes

About 2,400 homes stand within 820 feet of this corner, a mix of apartment buildings and smaller houses. The buildings holding them mostly went up between 1880 and 1915.

Trees

NYC Parks records 71 trees within 330 feet; the most common is the maidenhair tree.

Parking on the streets meeting here

How signs are read
  • 35 signs on these blocks
  • 14 different rules
  • 2 active meters
  • 2 pay-by-cell zones

The sign wording is DOT's, as recorded between February 2019 and April 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 4 signs NO PARKING 8:30AM-9AM EXCEPT SUNDAY
  • No parking 1 sign NO PARKING ANYTIME
  • No standing 1 sign NO STANDING ANYTIME

West side of 7th Avenue

  • No parking 3 signs NO PARKING 7:30AM-8AM EXCEPT SUNDAY

North side of Sterling Place

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

South side of Sterling Place

  • Metered parking 2 signs 2 HOUR METERED PARKING 8:30AM-7PM EXCEPT SUNDAY
  • No parking 2 signs NO PARKING MONDAY TUESDAY THURSDAY FRIDAY 8AM-8:30AM
  • No parking 6 signs NO PARKING TUESDAY 11:30AM-1PM
  • No parking 4 signs NO PARKING TUESDAY 8AM-8:30AM

ParkNYC pay-by-cell zones: 336103 and 336666.

Landmarks and historic districts

The corner stands in the Park Slope Historic District.

Within 820 feet, 496 buildings are designated by the Landmarks Preservation Commission, recorded most often as neo-Grec, and mostly built between 1874 and 1886.

  1. Grace United Methodist Episcopal Church Parsonage Designated landmark
    140 feet
  2. Fourth Church of Christ, Scientist Designated landmark
    230 feet
  3. St. John's Protestant Episcopal Church Designated landmark
    270 feet

Schools, parks and places within a walk

How places are listed

Twenty public places are within a five-minute walk.

  • 6 day care or pre-K sites
  • 6 religious buildings
  • 4 schools
  • 2 listed historic places
  • 1 monument or memorial
  • 1 park

Schools and child care

  1. The Nook Park Slope Preschool, ages 2 to 5
    40 feet
  2. Park Slope Child Care Collective Preschool, ages 2 to 5
    330 feet
  3. Berkeley-Carroll School
    620 feet
Show all 10
  1. Eladia's Kids Parent Infant, toddler and preschool care, ages 0 to 5 · Pre-K
    830 feet
  2. Montessori Day School of Brooklyn Preschool, ages 2 to 5
    1,160 feet
  3. M.S. K266 - Park Place Community Middle School
    1,170 feet
  4. P.S. K077 School
    1,170 feet
  5. Kindercare Education Infant, toddler and preschool care
    1,200 feet
  6. I.S. 340 School
    1,240 feet
  7. Bpos of Park Slope Preschool, ages 2 to 5
    1,280 feet

Parks, playgrounds and gardens

  1. Grand Army Plaza
    1,030 feet

Libraries, museums and history

  1. Buildings at 375-379 Flatbush Avenue and 185-187 Sterling Place Listed historic place
    650 feet
  2. Skene Monument Monument or memorial
    1,270 feet
  3. Prospect Heights Historic District Listed historic place
    1,300 feet

Houses of worship

  1. Grace United Methodist Church Landmark
    170 feet
  2. Memorial Presbyterian Church Landmark
    330 feet
  3. St Augustine RC Church House of worship
    1,000 feet
Show all 4
  1. Sixth Ave Baptist Church House of worship
    1,200 feet

Bank branches

  1. Chase Bank branch
    890 feet
  2. Santander Bank Bank branch
    1,310 feet

Supermarkets

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

Pharmacies

  1. Duane Reade Pharmacy
    460 feet
  2. Walgreens Pharmacy
    0.5 miles

Shopping centers

  1. Atlantic Center Shopping center
    0.5 miles

Food stores and places to eat

Within a five-minute walk there are 55 places to eat and six food stores.

Nearby corners

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

See every intersection along 7th Avenue or Sterling Place.

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, USDA and NYC Finance, retrieved September 18 – October 6, 2026.