East 7th Street & Greenwood Avenue

East 7th Street and Greenwood Avenue meet at a four-way crossing in Windsor Terrace-South Slope, Brooklyn. Between 2021 and 2025, two police-reported crashes were recorded here, fewer than the median of seven crashes for a Brooklyn corner. Holy Apostles Church is 100 feet away. The nearest subway, Fort Hamilton Pkwy, is about a minute on foot, for the F and G. Within a five-minute walk are 13 public places, four of them day care or pre-K sites, and seven places to eat. About 1,400 homes stand within 820 feet, a mix of apartment buildings and smaller houses.

Safety record
1 hurt
2 police-reported crashes, 2021–2025
Nearest subway
Fort Hamilton Pkwy
240 feet · 1 min on foot · F, G
Nearest bus stop
730 feet
Prospect Park Southwest/Greenwood Av · B68
Within a walk
13 places
4 day care or pre-K sites, 3 parks and 3 more kinds, within five minutes

Map

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

Getting there

How walks are measured

Subway

The nearest subway station is Fort Hamilton Pkwy, 240 feet from this corner, about a minute on foot.

  • 2 lines at the nearest station
  1. Fort Hamilton Pkwy F, G
    240 feet
    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 Prospect Park Southwest/Greenwood Av, 730 feet away, for the B68.

  • 4 routes within a ten-minute walk
  1. Prospect Park Southwest/Greenwood Av B68 · Shelter
    730 feet
    B68
    Shelter

Next buses at this stop

  1. B68 …

Live arrivals

Cycling

  • 21 bicycle racks within 820 feet
  • 4 more bike-share stations within a five-minute walk

Nearest bike-share station

  1. Prospect Ave & Greenwood Ave 20 docks in all
    410 feet

By car

The nearest highway entrance is the ramp to the Prospect Expressway westbound at Prospect Avenue & Prospect Expressway, 870 feet by car along the streets.

  1. 378 Coney Island Avenue Gas station
    0.5 miles
  2. 625 Rogers Avenue Charging for electric cars, six Level 2 chargers
    1.4 miles

Safety record

How crashes are counted

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

  • 1 person injured
  • 0 people killed

The most recent crash recorded here was in September 2025.

About this corner

Where facts come from
ZIP code
11218
Community board
Brooklyn Community Board 7
City Council district
39
Police precinct
72
Neighborhood (City Planning area)
Windsor Terrace-South Slope
Elevation
58 feet above sea level

The streets

  • Up to two travel lanes
  • One of the streets is one-way

Homes

About 1,400 homes stand within 820 feet of this corner, a mix of apartment buildings and smaller houses.

Since 2014 at least 95 new affordable homes have been completed within 820 feet.

Trees

NYC Parks records 50 trees within 330 feet; the most common are the goldenrain tree and the littleleaf linden.

Parking on the streets meeting here

How signs are read
  • 27 signs on these blocks
  • 5 different rules

The sign wording is DOT's, as recorded between July 2018 and September 2020, and the sign on the street decides.

East side of East 7th Street

  • No parking 8 signs NO PARKING FRIDAY 11:30AM-1PM

West side of East 7th Street

  • No parking 8 signs NO PARKING THURSDAY 11:30AM-1PM

North side of Greenwood Avenue

  • No parking 5 signs NO PARKING FRIDAY 11:30AM-1PM

South side of Greenwood Avenue

  • No parking 1 sign NO PARKING ANYTIME
  • No parking 5 signs NO PARKING THURSDAY 11:30AM-1PM

Landmarks, monuments and public art

How landmarks are placed

Landmarks and historic districts

Within 820 feet is one Individual Landmark, and two buildings in all are designated by the Landmarks Preservation Commission. They were built between 1895 and 1904.

Monuments and public art

The City's public art inventory lists one work near this corner, in Greenwood Playground.

  1. Sixty First District Memorial Statue by Charles Keck, 1922
    610 feet

Schools, parks and places within a walk

How places are listed

Thirteen public places are within a five-minute walk.

  • 4 day care or pre-K sites
  • 3 parks
  • 3 religious buildings
  • 2 playgrounds
  • 1 fire station

Schools and child care

  1. Chai Tots Preschool of Windsor Terrace Preschool, ages 2 to 5 · Pre-K
    600 feet
  2. Kings Bay YM-YWHA Preschool, ages 2 to 5
    950 feet
  3. Kings Bay y at Windsor Terrace Infant and toddler care, ages 0 to 2
    950 feet
Show all 4
  1. Bambi Child Care Infant, toddler and preschool care, ages 0 to 5
    990 feet

Parks, playgrounds and gardens

  1. Sherman Street Sitting Area Playground
    470 feet
  2. Greenwood Playground
    560 feet
  3. Prospect Park
    750 feet
Show all 5
  1. Machate Circle
    1,020 feet
  2. Captain John McKenna, IV Park
    1,260 feet

Houses of worship

  1. Holy Apostles Church House of worship
    100 feet

Fire and police

  1. Battalion 48/Engine 240 Fire station · landmark
    360 feet

Bank branches

  1. TD Bank Bank branch
    1,100 feet

Supermarkets

  1. Mannan Halal Supermarket Supermarket
    0.5 miles

Pharmacies

  1. Walgreens Pharmacy
    0.4 miles

Food stores and places to eat

Within a five-minute walk there are seven places to eat and three food stores.

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

Nearby corners

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

See every intersection along East 7th Street or Greenwood Avenue.

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 Public Design Commission, NYC Parks, NYC Health, FDIC, NYS Agriculture and Markets and USDA, retrieved September 18 – October 6, 2026.