Caton Avenue & Buckingham Road

Caton Avenue and Buckingham Road meet at a three-way junction in Flatbush (West)-Ditmas Park-Parkville, Brooklyn, at the edge of Prospect Park. Between 2021 and 2025, ten police-reported crashes were recorded here, against a median of seven crashes for a Brooklyn corner. Caton Park Rehabilitation and Nursing Center is 800 feet away. The nearest subway, Church Av, is about three minutes on foot, for the B and Q. Within a five-minute walk are 12 public places, three of them day care or pre-K sites, and nine places to eat.

Safety record
5 hurt
10 police-reported crashes, 2021–2025
Nearest subway
Church Av
780 feet · 3 min on foot · B, Q
Nearest bus stop
70 feet
Caton Av/Parade Pl · B16
Within a walk
12 places
3 day care or pre-K sites, 3 religious buildings and 5 more kinds, within five minutes

Map

Layers
Caton Avenue & Buckingham Road Nearby corners, linked

Getting there

How walks are measured

Subway

The nearest subway station is Church Av, 780 feet from this corner, about three minutes on foot.

  • 2 lines at the nearest station
  1. Church Av B, Q
    780 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. Parkside Av Q
    0.5 miles
    Q
  2. Beverley Rd Q
    0.5 miles
    Q

Bus

The nearest bus stop is Caton Av/Parade Pl, 70 feet away, for the B16.

  • 6 routes within a ten-minute walk
  1. Caton Av/Parade Pl B16
    70 feet
    B16

Next buses at this stop

  1. B16 …

Live arrivals

Cycling

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

Nearest bike-share station

  1. Parade Pl & Crooke Ave 30 docks in all
    580 feet

By car

The nearest highway entrance is the ramp to the Prospect Expressway westbound at Prospect Avenue & Prospect Expressway, 0.8 miles by car along the streets.

  1. 378 Coney Island Avenue Gas station
    0.4 miles
  2. 123 Linden Boulevard Charging for electric cars, 20 Level 2 chargers
    0.7 miles
  3. 2699 Nostrand Avenue Fast charging for electric cars
    2.8 miles

Safety record

How crashes are counted

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

  • 5 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 June 2026.

About this corner

Where facts come from
ZIP code
11226
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
53 feet above sea level

The streets

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

Homes

About 2,200 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 1927 and 1955.

Since 2014 at least 15 new affordable homes have been completed within 820 feet.

Trees

NYC Parks records 63 trees within 330 feet; the most common is the thornless honeylocust.

Parking on the streets meeting here

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

The sign wording is DOT's, as recorded in December 2020, and the sign on the street decides.

Meters are posted as 2 hour passenger vehicles Monday to Saturday 9:30am to 7pm on Buckingham Road (both sides).

South side of Caton Avenue

  • No parking 1 sign NO PARKING TUESDAY FRIDAY 9:30AM-11AM
  • No standing 2 signs NO STANDING ANYTIME

ParkNYC pay-by-cell zones: 303333 and 303553.

Landmarks and historic districts

Four buildings within 820 feet are designated by the Landmarks Preservation Commission, and built between 1904 and 1908.

Schools, parks and places within a walk

How places are listed

Twelve public places are within a five-minute walk.

  • 3 day care or pre-K sites
  • 3 religious buildings
  • 2 parks
  • 1 garden
  • 1 nursing home or hospice
  • 2 other places

Schools and child care

  1. Practical Learning Center Preschool, ages 2 to 5
    250 feet
  2. P.S. 249 the Caton School
    620 feet
  3. Gifted & Talented Early Developers Preschool, ages 2 to 5 · Pre-K
    760 feet
Show all 4
  1. Aim High Children's Services Preschool
    970 feet

Parks, playgrounds and gardens

  1. Parade Ground Park
    70 feet
  2. Detective Dillon Stewart Playground
    120 feet
  3. Q Gardens Community Farm Garden
    1,120 feet
Show all 4
  1. Prospect Park
    1,190 feet

Health care

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

Houses of worship

  1. Temple Beth Emeth Vohr Progressive Shaari Zedek House of worship
    970 feet

Supermarkets

  1. Key Food Supermarket
    0.4 miles
  2. Mannan Halal Supermarket Supermarket
    0.4 miles

Other stores

  1. Target Store
    0.4 miles
  2. Dollar Tree Store
    0.5 miles

Food stores and places to eat

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

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

Nearby corners

The eight corners within a three-minute walk:

See every intersection along Buckingham Road or Caton Avenue.

Sources: NYC Technology and Innovation, NYPD, MTA, NYC DOT, New York City's bike-share system, NYS Environmental Conservation, NYC City Planning, 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.