East 7th Street & Caton Avenue

East 7th Street and Caton Avenue meet at a four-way crossing in Windsor Terrace-South Slope, Brooklyn. Between 2021 and 2025, 11 police-reported crashes were recorded here, against a median of seven crashes for a Brooklyn corner. Parade Ground is 730 feet away, and East 4th Street Community Garden (Windsor Terrace Kensington Veterans Memorial) is 1,190 feet away. The nearest subway, Fort Hamilton Pkwy, is about seven minutes on foot, for the F and G. Within a five-minute walk are ten public places, four of them religious buildings, and ten places to eat.

Safety record
4 hurt
11 police-reported crashes, 2021–2025
Nearest subway
Fort Hamilton Pkwy
0.3 miles · 7 min on foot · F, G
Nearest bus stop
270 feet
Caton Av/E 8 St · B16
Within a walk
10 places
4 religious buildings, 3 schools and 3 more kinds, within five minutes

Map

Layers
East 7th Street & Caton Avenue Nearby corners, linked

Getting there

How walks are measured

Subway

The nearest subway station is Fort Hamilton Pkwy, 0.3 miles from this corner, about seven minutes on foot.

  • 2 lines at the nearest station
  1. Fort Hamilton Pkwy F, G
    0.3 miles
    F G

Next trains at this station

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

Bus

The nearest bus stop is Caton Av/E 8 St, 270 feet away, for the B16.

  • 8 routes within a ten-minute walk
  1. Caton Av/E 8 St B16
    270 feet
    B16

Next buses at this stop

  1. B16 …

Live arrivals

Cycling

A signed bike route shared with traffic runs on Caton Avenue.

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

Nearest bike-share station

  1. E 8 St & Caton Ave 30 docks in all
    410 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
    850 feet
  2. 581 Ocean Parkway Charging for electric cars, 13 Level 2 chargers
    1.1 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.

  • 3 people injured
  • 1 person killed

The most recent crash recorded here was in March 2025.

About this corner

Where facts come from
ZIP code
11218
Community board
Brooklyn Community Board 7
City Council district
40
Police precinct
66 and 72 (the boundary runs through this corner)
Neighborhood (City Planning area)
Windsor Terrace-South Slope
Elevation
49 feet above sea level

The streets

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

Homes

About 2,400 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 1929 and 1965.

Since 2014 at least 39 new affordable homes have been completed within 820 feet.

Trees

NYC Parks records 44 trees within 330 feet; the most common is the London planetree.

Parking on the streets meeting here

How signs are read
  • 32 signs on these blocks
  • 13 different rules

The sign wording is DOT's, as recorded between August 2015 and August 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 TUESDAY 11:30AM-1PM
  • No standing 2 signs NO STANDING SCHOOL DAYS 7AM-4PM

South side of Caton Avenue

  • No parking 3 signs NO PARKING MONDAY 11:30AM-1PM
  • No standing 2 signs NO STANDING ANYTIME
  • Truck loading only 1 sign TRUCK LOADING ONLY MONDAY-FRIDAY 8AM-2PM

East side of East 7th Street

  • No parking 3 signs NO PARKING FRIDAY 11:30AM-1PM
  • No parking 2 signs NO PARKING TUESDAY 11:30AM-1PM
  • No standing 1 sign NO STANDING ANYTIME
  • No standing 3 signs NO STANDING SCHOOL DAYS 7AM-4PM

West side of East 7th Street

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

Schools, parks and places within a walk

How places are listed

Ten public places are within a five-minute walk.

  • 4 religious buildings
  • 3 schools
  • 1 garden
  • 1 library
  • 1 park

Schools and child care

  1. M.S. 839 School
    240 feet
  2. Brooklyn College Academy School
    960 feet
  3. P.S. 130 the Parkside School
    980 feet

Parks, playgrounds and gardens

  1. Parade Ground Park
    730 feet
  2. East 4th Street Community Garden (Windsor Terrace Kensington Veterans Memorial) Garden
    1,190 feet

Libraries, museums and history

  1. Windsor Terrace Library
    1,240 feet

Supermarkets

  1. Mannan Halal Supermarket Supermarket
    1,040 feet
  2. Met Fresh Supermarket
    0.4 miles

Food stores and places to eat

Within a five-minute walk there are ten places to eat and 11 food stores.

Not on record for this corner: a signal or safety change and 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 East 7th Street.

Sources: NYC Technology and Innovation, NYPD, MTA, NYC DOT, NYC City Planning, New York City's bike-share system, NYS Environmental Conservation, US Department of Energy, NYC Housing Preservation and Development, NYC Parks, NYC Health, NYS Agriculture and Markets and USDA, retrieved September 18 – October 6, 2026.