Caton Avenue & Argyle Road

Caton Avenue and Argyle Road meet at a three-way junction in Flatbush (West)-Ditmas Park-Parkville, Brooklyn, at the edge of Prospect Park. Between 2021 and 2025, 14 police-reported crashes were recorded here, against a median of seven crashes for a Brooklyn corner. Caton Park Rehabilitation and Nursing Center is 170 feet away, and Detective Dillon Stewart Playground is 950 feet away. The nearest subway, Church Av, is about six minutes on foot, for the B and Q. Within a five-minute walk are eight public places, two of them day care or pre-K sites, and six places to eat.

Safety record
10 hurt
14 police-reported crashes, 2021–2025
Nearest subway
Church Av
0.3 miles · 6 min on foot · B, Q
Nearest bus stop
100 feet
Caton Av/Argyle Rd · B16
Within a walk
8 places
2 day care or pre-K sites, 2 religious buildings and 4 more kinds, within five minutes

Map

Layers
Caton Avenue & Argyle Road Nearby corners, linked

Getting there

How walks are measured

Subway

The nearest subway station is Church Av, 0.3 miles from this corner, about six minutes on foot.

  • 2 lines at the nearest station
  1. Church Av B, Q
    0.3 miles
    B Q

Next trains at this station

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

Bus

The nearest bus stop is Caton Av/Argyle Rd, 100 feet away, for the B16.

  • 7 routes within a ten-minute walk
  1. Caton Av/Argyle Rd B16
    100 feet
    B16

Next buses at this stop

  1. B16 …

Live arrivals

Cycling

A marked bike lane runs on Argyle Road and Caton Avenue.

  • 16 bicycle racks within 820 feet
  • 1 more bike-share station within a five-minute walk

Nearest bike-share station

  1. Caton Ave & Argyle Rd 21 docks in all
    40 feet

By car

The nearest highway entrance is the ramp to the Prospect Expressway westbound at Prospect Avenue & Prospect Expressway, 0.7 miles by car along the streets.

  1. 378 Coney Island Avenue Gas station
    1,290 feet
  2. 123 Linden Boulevard Charging for electric cars, 20 Level 2 chargers
    0.8 miles
  3. 2699 Nostrand Avenue Fast charging for electric cars
    2.9 miles

Safety record

How crashes are counted

Between 2021 and 2025, police reported 14 crashes at this corner, more than the median of seven crashes for a Brooklyn corner.

  • 10 people injured
  • 0 people killed
  • 2 of those hurt, on a bike

The most recent crash recorded here was in July 2025.

What the city has done here

  • Leading pedestrian interval, May 2018

About this corner

Where facts come from
ZIP code
11218
Community board
Brooklyn Community Board 14
City Council district
40
Police precinct
70
Neighborhood (City Planning area)
Flatbush (West)-Ditmas Park-Parkville; the corner is on the edge of the Prospect Park area
Elevation
50 feet above sea level

The streets

  • Up to two travel lanes
  • A designated truck route
  • One of the streets is one-way

Homes

About 1,100 homes stand within 820 feet of this corner, most of them in buildings of ten homes or more. The buildings holding them mostly went up between 1921 and 1940.

Since 2014 at least 5 new affordable homes have been completed within 820 feet.

Trees

NYC Parks records 72 trees within 330 feet; the most common is the thornless honeylocust.

Parking on the streets meeting here

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

The sign wording is DOT's, as recorded between September 2019 and August 2024, and the sign on the street decides.

East side of Argyle Road

  • Metered parking 1 sign 2 HOUR METERED PARKING NOON-7PM EXCEPT SUNDAY
  • Loading only 2 signs LOADING ONLY MONDAY-FRIDAY 7AM-7PM
  • No parking 4 signs NO PARKING TUESDAY FRIDAY 9:30AM-11AM
  • Truck loading only 1 sign TRUCK LOADING ONLY 7AM-NOON EXCEPT SUNDAY

West side of Argyle Road

  • Metered parking 2 signs 2 HOUR METERED PARKING 8AM-7PM EXCEPT SUNDAY
  • No parking 6 signs NO PARKING MONDAY THURSDAY 9:30AM-11AM

South side of Caton Avenue

  • No parking 5 signs NO PARKING TUESDAY FRIDAY 9:30AM-11AM

ParkNYC pay-by-cell zones: 302604 and 312807.

Landmarks and historic districts

Fourteen buildings within 820 feet are designated by the Landmarks Preservation Commission, recorded most often as neo-Tudor, and built between 1899 and 1936.

Schools, parks and places within a walk

How places are listed

Eight public places are within a five-minute walk.

  • 2 day care or pre-K sites
  • 2 religious buildings
  • 1 nursing home or hospice
  • 1 park
  • 1 playground
  • 1 school

Schools and child care

  1. P.S. 249 the Caton School
    480 feet
  2. Practical Learning Center Preschool, ages 2 to 5
    1,080 feet
  3. Honeydew Drop Playhouse Preschool, ages 2 to 5 · Pre-K
    1,190 feet

Parks, playgrounds and gardens

  1. Parade Ground Park
    70 feet
  2. Detective Dillon Stewart Playground
    950 feet

Health care

  1. Caton Park Rehabilitation and Nursing Center Nursing home or hospice
    170 feet

Supermarkets

  1. Mannan Halal Supermarket Supermarket
    0.3 miles

Food stores and places to eat

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

Nearby corners

The eight nearest corners on foot, five of them within a three-minute walk:

See every intersection along Argyle Road or Caton 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 Housing Preservation and Development, Landmarks Preservation Commission, NYC Parks, NYC Health, NYS Agriculture and Markets and USDA, retrieved September 18 – October 6, 2026.