Atlantic Avenue & Washington Avenue

Atlantic Avenue and Washington Avenue meet at a three-way junction in Prospect Heights, Brooklyn. The corner has a clean safety record in city data between 2021 and 2025. Epiphany RC Church is 520 feet away. The nearest subway, Clinton-Washington Avs, is about three minutes on foot, for the C. Within a five-minute walk are 31 public places, 20 of them religious buildings, and 36 places to eat. About 2,200 homes stand within 820 feet, a mix of apartment buildings and smaller houses. NYC Parks records 69 trees within 330 feet; the most common is the London planetree.

Safety record
No crash on record
in any year the city publishes
Nearest subway
Clinton-Washington Avs
770 feet · 3 min on foot · C
Nearest bus stop
210 feet
Washington Av/Atlantic Av · B45
Within a walk
31 places
20 religious buildings, 5 day care or pre-K sites and 5 more kinds, within five minutes

Map

Layers
Atlantic Avenue & Washington Avenue Nearby corners, linked

Getting there

How walks are measured

Subway

The nearest subway station is Clinton-Washington Avs, 770 feet from this corner, about three minutes on foot.

  1. Clinton-Washington Avs C
    770 feet
    C

Next trains at this station

Manhattan
1 line
  1. C …
Outbound
1 line
  1. C …

Bus

The nearest bus stop is Washington Av/Atlantic Av, 210 feet away, for the B45.

  • 8 routes within a ten-minute walk
  1. Washington Av/Atlantic Av B45
    210 feet
    B45

Next buses at this stop

  1. B45 …

Live arrivals

Cycling

  • 59 bicycle racks within 820 feet, 5 of them on-street corrals
  • 1 more bike-share station within a five-minute walk

Nearest bike-share station

  1. Underhill Ave & Pacific St 27 docks in all
    350 feet

By car

The nearest highway entrance is the ramp to the Brooklyn-Queens Expressway eastbound at Navy Street, 1.9 miles by car along the streets.

  1. 506 Grand Avenue Gas station
    0.6 miles
  2. 316 St Marks Avenue Charging for electric cars, five Level 2 chargers
    0.5 miles
  3. 28-17 42nd Road Fast charging for electric cars
    2.2 miles

Safety record

How crashes are counted

No police-reported crash has been recorded at this corner in any year the city publishes.

What the city has done here

  • Turn calming, December 2018

About this corner

Where facts come from
ZIP code
11238
Community board
Brooklyn Community Board 8
City Council district
35
Police precinct
77 and 88 (the boundary runs through this corner)
Neighborhood (City Planning area)
Prospect Heights
Elevation
80 feet above sea level

The streets

  • 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.

Since 2014 at least 259 new affordable homes have been completed within 820 feet.

Trees

NYC Parks records 69 trees within 330 feet; the most common is the London planetree.

Parking on the streets meeting here

How signs are read
  • 32 signs on these blocks
  • 9 different rules

The sign wording is DOT's, as recorded between April 2015 and September 2026, and the sign on the street decides.

North side of Atlantic Avenue

  • No parking 5 signs NO PARKING MONDAY WEDNESDAY FRIDAY MIDNIGHT-3AM

South side of Atlantic Avenue

  • No parking 6 signs NO PARKING TUESDAY THURSDAY SATURDAY MIDNIGHT-3AM

East side of Washington Avenue

  • No parking 2 signs NO PARKING ANYTIME
  • No parking 5 signs NO PARKING MONDAY 11:30AM-1PM
  • No parking 2 signs NO PARKING TUESDAY FRIDAY 8:30AM-10AM
  • No standing 2 signs NO STANDING ANYTIME

West side of Washington Avenue

  • No parking 1 sign NO PARKING ANYTIME
  • No parking 5 signs NO PARKING TUESDAY 11:30AM-1PM
  • No standing 4 signs NO STANDING ANYTIME

Landmarks, monuments and public art

How landmarks are placed

Landmarks and historic districts

Three buildings within 820 feet are designated by the Landmarks Preservation Commission, recorded as neo-Grec, and built in 1879.

Monuments and public art

The City's public art inventory lists one work near this corner, in Lowry Triangle.

  1. Reverend Benjamin J. Lowry Bust by Robert W. Pugh, 1982
    150 feet

Schools, parks and places within a walk

How places are listed

Within a five-minute walk there are 31 public places.

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

Schools and child care

  1. Achievement First Endeavor Charter School
    870 feet
  2. Aozora Community Foundation Preschool, ages 2 to 5
    1,040 feet
  3. Eladia's Kids Parent Infant, toddler and preschool care, ages 0 to 5 · Pre-K
    1,090 feet
Show all 7
  1. Shining Smiles Daycare I Infant, toddler and preschool care, ages 0 to 5
    1,150 feet
  2. Playto Pacific Infant, toddler and preschool care, ages 0 to 5
    1,190 feet
  3. Public School 9 the Sarah Smith Garnet School
    1,250 feet
  4. P.S. 009 Teunis G. Bergen Pre-K
    1,250 feet

Parks, playgrounds and gardens

  1. Lowry Triangle
    190 feet
  2. Brooklyn's Finest Garden
    720 feet

Plazas and public spaces

  1. Underhill Plaza Pedestrian plaza
    270 feet

Houses of worship

  1. Epiphany RC Church House of worship
    520 feet
  2. Zion Baptist Church House of worship
    520 feet
  3. St Josephs RC Church House of worship
    830 feet
Show all 5
  1. St Luke St Mathew Church Listed historic place
    1,160 feet
  2. Brown Memorial Baptist Church House of worship
    1,280 feet

Community centers and public services

  1. Adlephi Post Office
    880 feet

Supermarkets

  1. Key Food Supermarket
    1,050 feet
  2. Ideal Food Basket Supermarket
    0.3 miles
  3. Urban Market Supermarket
    0.5 miles

Food stores and places to eat

Within a five-minute walk there are 36 places to eat and 11 food stores.

Nearby corners

The eight nearest of the 9 corners within a three-minute walk:

See every intersection along Atlantic Avenue or Washington Avenue.

Sources: NYC Technology and Innovation, NYC DOT, MTA, New York City's bike-share system, NYS Environmental Conservation, NYC City Planning, US Department of Energy, NYPD, NYC Housing Preservation and Development, Landmarks Preservation Commission, NYC Public Design Commission, NYC Parks, NYC Health, NYS Agriculture and Markets and USDA, retrieved September 18 – October 6, 2026.