East 10th Street & Caton Avenue

East 10th Street and Caton Avenue meet at a three-way junction in Flatbush (West)-Ditmas Park-Parkville, Brooklyn, at the edge of Prospect Park. Between 2021 and 2025, four police-reported crashes were recorded here, fewer than the median of seven crashes for a Brooklyn corner. Caton Park Rehabilitation and Nursing Center is 1,040 feet away. The nearest subway, Fort Hamilton Pkwy, is about nine minutes on foot, and four subway lines stop within a ten-minute walk. Within a five-minute walk are ten public places, three of them parks, and 15 places to eat.

Safety record
5 hurt
4 police-reported crashes, 2021–2025
Nearest subway
Fort Hamilton Pkwy
0.4 miles · 9 min on foot · F, G
Nearest bus stop
170 feet
Caton Av/Coney Island Av · B16
Within a walk
10 places
3 parks, 3 religious buildings and 3 more kinds, within five minutes

Map

Layers
East 10th Street & Caton Avenue Nearby corners, linked

Getting there

How walks are measured

Subway

The nearest subway station is Fort Hamilton Pkwy, 0.4 miles from this corner, about nine minutes on foot.

  • 2 lines at the nearest station
  • 4 lines within a ten-minute walk
  1. Fort Hamilton Pkwy F, G
    0.4 miles
    F G

Next trains at this station

Northbound
2 lines
  1. F …
  2. G …
Southbound
2 lines
  1. F …
  2. G …

Also within a walk

  1. Church Av B, Q
    0.5 miles
    B Q

Bus

The nearest bus stop is Caton Av/Coney Island Av, 170 feet away, for the B16.

  • 6 routes within a ten-minute walk
  1. Caton Av/Coney Island Av B16
    170 feet
    B16

Next buses at this stop

  1. B16 …

Live arrivals

Cycling

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

Nearest bike-share station

  1. Caton Ave & E 10 St 30 docks in all
    30 feet

By car

The nearest highway entrance is the ramp to the Prospect Expressway westbound at Prospect Avenue & Prospect Expressway, 0.5 miles by car along the streets.

  1. 378 Coney Island Avenue Gas station
    420 feet
  2. 123 Linden Boulevard Charging for electric cars, 20 Level 2 chargers
    1 mile

Safety record

How crashes are counted

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

  • 5 people injured
  • 0 people killed

The most recent crash recorded here was in January 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
48 feet above sea level

The streets

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

Homes

About 1,800 homes stand within 820 feet of this corner, most of them in buildings of ten homes or more.

Since 2014 at least 44 new affordable homes have been completed within 820 feet.

Trees

NYC Parks records 102 trees within 330 feet; the most common is the thornless honeylocust.

Parking on the streets meeting here

How signs are read
  • 18 signs on these blocks
  • 6 different rules
  • 1 active meter
  • 1 pay-by-cell zone

The sign wording is DOT's, as recorded between March 2021 and September 2024, and the sign on the street decides.

South side of Caton Avenue

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

East side of East 10th Street

  • Metered parking 1 sign 2 HOUR METERED PARKING 8AM-7PM EXCEPT SUNDAY
  • No parking 6 signs NO PARKING TUESDAY FRIDAY 9:30AM-11AM

West side of East 10th Street

  • No parking 4 signs NO PARKING MONDAY THURSDAY 9:30AM-11AM
  • Truck loading only 1 sign TRUCK LOADING ONLY MONDAY-FRIDAY 7AM-7PM

ParkNYC pay-by-cell zone: 338800.

Landmarks and historic districts

Nine buildings within 820 feet are designated by the Landmarks Preservation Commission, and built between 1880 and 1920.

Schools, parks and places within a walk

How places are listed

Ten public places are within a five-minute walk.

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

Schools and child care

  1. Brooklyn College Academy School
    610 feet
  2. M.S. 839 School
    810 feet
  3. Honeydew Drop Playhouse Preschool, ages 2 to 5 · Pre-K
    1,060 feet

Parks, playgrounds and gardens

  1. Parade Ground Park
    60 feet
  2. Machate Circle
    1,000 feet
  3. Prospect Park
    1,260 feet

Health care

  1. Caton Park Rehabilitation and Nursing Center Nursing home or hospice
    1,040 feet

Supermarkets

  1. Mannan Halal Supermarket Supermarket
    670 feet

Food stores and places to eat

Within a five-minute walk there are 15 places to eat and ten 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 Caton Avenue or East 10th Street.

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.