Caton Avenue & Westminster Road

Caton Avenue and Westminster Road meet at a three-way junction in Flatbush (West)-Ditmas Park-Parkville, Brooklyn, at the edge of Prospect Park. Between 2021 and 2025, six police-reported crashes were recorded here, fewer than the median of seven crashes for a Brooklyn corner. Parade Ground is 50 feet away. The nearest subway, Church Av, is about seven minutes on foot, for the B and Q. Within a five-minute walk are nine public places, two of them parks, and ten places to eat.

Safety record
11 hurt
6 police-reported crashes, 2021–2025
Nearest subway
Church Av
0.4 miles · 7 min on foot · B, Q
Nearest bus stop
100 feet
Caton Av/Westminster · B16
Within a walk
9 places
2 parks, 2 religious buildings and 4 more kinds, within five minutes

Map

Layers
Caton Avenue & Westminster Road Nearby corners, linked

Getting there

How walks are measured

Subway

The nearest subway station is Church Av, 0.4 miles from this corner, about seven minutes on foot.

  • 2 lines at the nearest station
  1. Church Av B, Q
    0.4 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/Westminster, 100 feet away, for the B16.

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

Next buses at this stop

  1. B16 …

Live arrivals

Cycling

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

Nearest bike-share station

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

By car

The nearest highway entrance is the ramp to the Prospect Expressway westbound at Prospect Avenue & Prospect Expressway, 0.6 miles by car along the streets.

  1. 378 Coney Island Avenue Gas station
    1,010 feet
  2. 123 Linden Boulevard Charging for electric cars, 20 Level 2 chargers
    0.9 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 six crashes at this corner, fewer than the median of seven crashes for a Brooklyn corner.

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

The most recent crash recorded here was in August 2025.

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
49 feet above sea level

The streets

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

Homes

About 1,200 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 1920 and 1940.

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

Trees

NYC Parks records 55 trees within 330 feet; the most common is the thornless honeylocust.

Parking on the streets meeting here

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

The sign wording is DOT's, as recorded between September 2019 and January 2021, and the sign on the street decides.

South side of Caton Avenue

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

East side of Westminster Road

  • Metered parking 1 sign 2 HOUR METERED PARKING NOON-7PM EXCEPT SUNDAY
  • 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 Westminster Road

  • Metered parking 1 sign 2 HOUR METERED PARKING 8AM-7PM EXCEPT SUNDAY
  • No parking 5 signs NO PARKING MONDAY THURSDAY 9:30AM-11AM

ParkNYC pay-by-cell zones: 302606 and 308388.

Landmarks and historic districts

Thirteen buildings within 820 feet are designated by the Landmarks Preservation Commission, recorded most often as Colonial Revival and neo-Tudor, and mostly built between 1903 and 1908.

Schools, parks and places within a walk

How places are listed

Nine public places are within a five-minute walk.

  • 2 parks
  • 2 religious buildings
  • 2 schools
  • 1 day care or pre-K site
  • 1 nursing home or hospice
  • 1 playground

Schools and child care

  1. P.S. 249 the Caton School
    750 feet
  2. Honeydew Drop Playhouse Preschool, ages 2 to 5 · Pre-K
    920 feet
  3. Brooklyn College Academy School
    1,200 feet

Parks, playgrounds and gardens

  1. Parade Ground Park
    50 feet
  2. Machate Circle
    1,190 feet
  3. Detective Dillon Stewart Playground
    1,230 feet

Health care

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

Supermarkets

  1. Mannan Halal Supermarket Supermarket
    1,270 feet

Food stores and places to eat

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

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

Nearby corners

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

See every intersection along Caton Avenue or Westminster Road.

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.