Caton Avenue & St Pauls Place

Caton Avenue and St Pauls Place meet at a four-way crossing in Flatbush (West)-Ditmas Park-Parkville, Brooklyn. Between 2021 and 2025, 13 police-reported crashes were recorded here, against a median of seven crashes for a Brooklyn corner. Prospect Park is 990 feet away. The nearest subway, Church Av, is about a minute on foot, for the B and Q. Within a five-minute walk are eight public places, three of them parks, and 17 places to eat. About 4,300 homes stand within 820 feet, mostly built between 1925 and 1941, most in buildings of ten homes or more.

Safety record
11 hurt
13 police-reported crashes, 2021–2025
Nearest subway
Church Av
80 feet · 1 min on foot · B, Q
Nearest bus stop
110 feet
Caton Av/Saint Pauls Pl · B16
Within a walk
8 places
3 parks, 2 playgrounds and 3 more kinds, within five minutes

Map

Layers
Caton Avenue & St Pauls Place Nearby corners, linked

Getting there

How walks are measured

Subway

The nearest subway station is Church Av, 80 feet from this corner, about a minute on foot.

  • 2 lines at the nearest station
  1. Church Av B, Q
    80 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
    0.3 miles
    Q

Bus

The nearest bus stop is Caton Av/Saint Pauls Pl, 110 feet away, for the B16.

  • 6 routes within a ten-minute walk
  1. Caton Av/Saint Pauls Pl B16
    110 feet
    B16

Next buses at this stop

  1. B16 …

Live arrivals

Cycling

  • 35 bicycle racks within 820 feet
  • 3 more bike-share stations within a five-minute walk

Nearest bike-share station

  1. Caton Ave & St. Pauls Pl 21 docks in all
    70 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
    0.5 miles
  2. 123 Linden Boulevard Charging for electric cars, 20 Level 2 chargers
    0.5 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 13 crashes at this corner, more than the median of seven crashes for a Brooklyn corner.

  • 11 people injured
  • 0 people killed
  • 3 of those hurt, on foot
  • 1 of those hurt, on a bike

The most recent crash recorded here was in February 2025.

What the city has done here

  • Leading pedestrian interval, May 2018
  • Turn calming, March 2025

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
56 feet above sea level

The streets

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

Homes

About 4,300 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 1925 and 1941.

Trees

NYC Parks records 48 trees within 330 feet; the most common is the thornless honeylocust.

Parking on the streets meeting here

How signs are read
  • 36 signs on these blocks
  • 15 different rules

The sign wording is DOT's, as recorded between May 2015 and January 2026; the 12 rules shown are the first by street and side, and the sign on the street decides.

North side of Caton Avenue

  • No parking 4 signs NO PARKING MONDAY THURSDAY 8:30AM-10AM
  • No parking 3 signs NO PARKING MONDAY THURSDAY 9:30AM-11AM
  • No standing 2 signs NO STANDING ANYTIME

South side of Caton Avenue

  • No parking 1 sign NO PARKING ANYTIME
  • No parking 3 signs NO PARKING TUESDAY FRIDAY 8:30AM-10AM
  • No parking 1 sign NO PARKING TUESDAY FRIDAY 9:30AM-11AM
  • No standing 2 signs NO STANDING ANYTIME

East side of St Pauls Place

  • No parking 5 signs NO PARKING TUESDAY FRIDAY 8:30AM-10AM
  • No standing 1 sign NO STANDING ANYTIME

West side of St Pauls Place

  • Metered parking 1 sign 2 HOUR METERED PARKING 9AM-7PM EXCEPT SUNDAY
  • Metered parking 1 sign 2 HOUR METERED PARKING MONDAY-FRIDAY 3PM-7PM SATURDAY 9AM-7PM
  • No parking 1 sign NO PARKING ANYTIME

Schools, parks and places within a walk

How places are listed

Eight public places are within a five-minute walk.

  • 3 parks
  • 2 playgrounds
  • 1 day care or pre-K site
  • 1 garden
  • 1 religious building

Schools and child care

  1. Practical Learning Center Preschool, ages 2 to 5
    950 feet

Parks, playgrounds and gardens

  1. Parade Ground Park
    560 feet
  2. Detective Dillon Stewart Playground
    640 feet
  3. Q Gardens Community Farm Garden
    680 feet
Show all 6
  1. Prospect Park
    990 feet
  2. Umma Park Playground
    1,000 feet
  3. Umma Park
    1,000 feet

Bank branches

  1. Bank of America Bank branch
    1,060 feet

Supermarkets

  1. Key Food Supermarket
    0.3 miles

Pharmacies

  1. Duane Reade Pharmacy
    0.4 miles

Other stores

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

Food stores and places to eat

Within a five-minute walk there are 17 places to eat and 29 food stores.

Not on record for this corner: a designated landmark or historic district within 820 feet.

Nearby corners

The eight nearest of the 11 corners within a three-minute walk:

See every intersection along Caton Avenue or St Pauls 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 Parks, NYC Health, FDIC, NYS Agriculture and Markets and USDA, retrieved September 18 – October 6, 2026.