Caton Avenue & Parade Place

Caton Avenue and Parade Place meet at a four-way crossing in Flatbush (West)-Ditmas Park-Parkville, Brooklyn. Between 2021 and 2025, 11 police-reported crashes were recorded here, against a median of seven crashes for a Brooklyn corner. P.S. 249 the Caton is 810 feet away. The nearest subway, Church Av, is about two 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 15 places to eat.

Safety record
4 hurt
11 police-reported crashes, 2021–2025
Nearest subway
Church Av
590 feet · 2 min on foot · B, Q
Nearest bus stop
90 feet
Caton Av/E 16 St · 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 & Parade Place Nearby corners, linked

Getting there

How walks are measured

Subway

The nearest subway station is Church Av, 590 feet from this corner, about two minutes on foot.

  • 2 lines at the nearest station
  1. Church Av B, Q
    590 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
    0.4 miles
    Q

Bus

The nearest bus stop is Caton Av/E 16 St, 90 feet away, for the B16.

  • 6 routes within a ten-minute walk
  1. Caton Av/E 16 St B16
    90 feet
    B16

Next buses at this stop

  1. B16 …

Live arrivals

Cycling

  • 32 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
    390 feet

By car

The nearest highway entrance is the ramp to the Prospect Expressway westbound at Prospect Avenue & Prospect Expressway, 0.9 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
    0.6 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 11 crashes at this corner, more than the median of seven crashes for a Brooklyn corner.

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

The most recent crash recorded here was in November 2025.

What the city has done here

  • Leading pedestrian interval, May 2018
  • Accessible pedestrian signal, January 2020

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
Elevation
54 feet above sea level

The streets

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

Homes

About 2,500 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 1926 and 1940.

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

Trees

NYC Parks records 59 trees within 330 feet; the most common is the thornless honeylocust.

Parking on the streets meeting here

How signs are read
  • 37 signs on these blocks
  • 6 different rules

The sign wording is DOT's, as recorded between January 2018 and April 2026, and the sign on the street decides.

North side of Caton Avenue

  • No parking 3 signs NO PARKING ANYTIME
  • No parking 17 signs NO PARKING MONDAY THURSDAY 9:30AM-11AM
  • No standing 4 signs NO STANDING ANYTIME

East side of Parade Place

  • No parking 3 signs NO PARKING TUESDAY FRIDAY 9:30AM-11AM

West side of Parade Place

  • No parking 7 signs NO PARKING MONDAY THURSDAY 9:30AM-11AM
  • No standing 3 signs NO STANDING ANYTIME

Landmarks and historic districts

One building within 820 feet is designated by the Landmarks Preservation Commission.

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
    440 feet
  2. P.S. 249 the Caton School
    810 feet
  3. Gifted & Talented Early Developers Preschool, ages 2 to 5 · Pre-K
    950 feet
Show all 4
  1. Aim High Children's Services Preschool
    1,160 feet

Parks, playgrounds and gardens

  1. Parade Ground Park
    70 feet
  2. Detective Dillon Stewart Playground
    120 feet
  3. Q Gardens Community Farm Garden
    930 feet
Show all 4
  1. Prospect Park
    1,000 feet

Health care

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

Houses of worship

  1. Temple Beth Emeth Vohr Progressive Shaari Zedek House of worship
    1,160 feet

Supermarkets

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

Pharmacies

  1. Duane Reade Pharmacy
    0.5 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 15 places to eat and 19 food stores.

Nearby corners

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

See every intersection along Caton Avenue or Parade Place.

Sources: NYC Technology and Innovation, NYPD, NYC DOT, MTA, 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.