Carroll Street & Prospect Park West

Carroll Street and Prospect Park West meet at a three-way junction in Park Slope, Brooklyn. The corner lies inside the Park Slope Historic District. Between 2021 and 2025, five police-reported crashes were recorded here, fewer than the median of seven crashes for a Brooklyn corner. Meadowport Arch in Prospect Park is 270 feet away, and General Henry Warner Slocum Monument is 1,140 feet away. The nearest subway, Grand Army Plaza, is about six minutes on foot, for the 2 and 3. Within a five-minute walk are 20 public places and one place to eat.

Safety record
1 hurt
5 police-reported crashes, 2021–2025
Nearest subway
Grand Army Plaza
0.3 miles · 6 min on foot · 2, 3
Nearest bus stop
1,000 feet
Flatbush Av/Grand Army Plaza · B41
Within a walk
20 places
5 day care or pre-K sites, 4 park features and 6 more kinds, within five minutes

Map

Layers
Carroll Street & Prospect Park West Nearby corners, linked

Getting there

How walks are measured

Subway

The nearest subway station is Grand Army Plaza, 0.3 miles from this corner, about six minutes on foot.

  • 2 lines at the nearest station
  • 4 lines within a ten-minute walk
  1. Grand Army Plaza 2, 3
    0.3 miles
    2 3

Next trains at this station

Manhattan
2 lines
  1. 2 …
  2. 3 …
Outbound
2 lines
  1. 2 …
  2. 3 …

Also within a walk

  1. Eastern Pkwy-Brooklyn Museum 2, 3
    0.5 miles
    2 3
  2. 7 Av B, Q
    0.5 miles
    B Q

The MTA's permanent art catalog lists “Wings for the IRT: The Irresistible Romance of Travel” (1995) by Jane Greengold at the Grand Army Plaza station.

Bus

The nearest bus stop is Flatbush Av/Grand Army Plaza, 1,000 feet away, for the B41.

  • 4 routes within a ten-minute walk
  1. Flatbush Av/Grand Army Plaza B41 · Shelter
    1,000 feet
    B41
    Shelter

Next buses at this stop

  1. B41 …

Live arrivals

Cycling

A bike lane separated from traffic runs on Prospect Park West.

  • 8 bicycle racks within 820 feet
  • 2 more bike-share stations within a five-minute walk

Nearest bike-share station

  1. Grand Army Plaza & Plaza St West 39 docks in all
    730 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
    1.3 miles
  2. 99 Prospect Park West Charging for electric cars, two Level 2 chargers
    0.4 miles

Safety record

How crashes are counted

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

  • 1 person injured
  • 0 people killed
  • 1 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
146 feet above sea level

The streets

  • Up to two travel lanes
  • Two of the streets are one-way

Homes

About 1,500 homes stand within 820 feet of this corner, a mix of apartment buildings and smaller houses. The buildings holding them mostly went up between 1893 and 1928.

Trees

NYC Parks records 306 trees within 330 feet; the most common is the American elm.

Parking on the streets meeting here

How signs are read
  • 18 signs on these blocks
  • 3 different rules

The sign wording is DOT's, as recorded between November 2015 and February 2021, and the sign on the street decides.

North side of Carroll Street

  • No parking 6 signs NO PARKING MONDAY 9AM-10:30AM

South side of Carroll Street

  • No parking 6 signs NO PARKING TUESDAY 9AM-10:30AM

West side of Prospect Park West

  • No parking 6 signs NO PARKING FRIDAY 9AM-10:30AM

Landmarks, monuments and public art

How landmarks are placed

Landmarks and historic districts

The corner stands in the Park Slope Historic District.

Within 820 feet, 236 buildings are designated by the Landmarks Preservation Commission, recorded most often as Romanesque Revival, and mostly built between 1888 and 1899.

  1. Soldiers' and Sailors' Memorial Arch Designated landmark
    750 feet

Monuments and public art

The City's public art inventory lists three works near this corner, the nearest at Soldiers' and Sailors' Arch.

  1. Four Eagles Statue by Frederick William MacMonnies, 1901
    540 feet
  2. James S.T. Stranahan Statue by Frederick William MacMonnies, 1891
    590 feet
  3. General Gouverneur Kemble Warren Statue by Henry Baerer, 1896
    670 feet

Schools, parks and places within a walk

How places are listed

Twenty public places are within a five-minute walk.

  • 5 day care or pre-K sites
  • 4 park features
  • 3 religious buildings
  • 2 libraries
  • 2 monuments or memorials
  • 4 other places

Schools and child care

  1. Brooklyn Free Space Preschool, ages 2 to 5 · Pre-K
    810 feet
  2. Poly Prep Lower School School-based preschool, ages 3 to 5
    870 feet
  3. Congregation Beth Elohim Ecc Preschool, ages 2 to 5
    1,130 feet
Show all 6
  1. Bard Brooklyn Public Library College · listed historic place
    1,240 feet
  2. Chai Tots Preschool, ages 2 to 5 · Pre-K
    1,270 feet
  3. The Trustees of the Congregation Beth Elohim Preschool, ages 2 to 5
    1,280 feet

Parks, playgrounds and gardens

  1. Prospect Park
    60 feet
  2. Meadowport Arch in Prospect Park Park feature
    270 feet
  3. Grand Army Plaza
    510 feet
Show all 7
  1. Garfield Tot Lot Playground
    640 feet
  2. Stranahan Monument in Prospect Park Park feature
    780 feet
  3. Upper Long Meadow in Prospect Park Park feature
    1,130 feet
  4. Endale Arch in Prospect Park Park feature
    1,200 feet

Libraries, museums and history

  1. General Warren Statue Monument or memorial
    710 feet
  2. General Henry Warner Slocum Monument Monument or memorial
    1,140 feet
  3. Central Library Listed historic place
    1,240 feet
Show all 4
  1. Central Library Learning Center Library · listed historic place
    1,240 feet

Houses of worship

  1. Beth Elohim Congregation Landmark
    1,130 feet
  2. Union Temple Brooklyn Listed historic place
    1,280 feet

Supermarkets

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

Food stores and places to eat

Within a five-minute walk there is one place to eat.

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

Nearby corners

The eight nearest of the 12 corners within a three-minute walk:

See every intersection along Carroll Street or Prospect Park West.

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 Public Design Commission, NYC Parks, NYC Health, NYS Agriculture and Markets and USDA, retrieved September 18 – October 6, 2026.