East Drive & East Lake Drive

East Drive and East Lake Drive meet at a four-way crossing in Prospect Park, Brooklyn. Between 2021 and 2025, 11 police-reported crashes were recorded here, against a median of seven crashes for a Brooklyn corner. Lincoln Road Playground is 220 feet away, and the bust “Washington Irving Memorial” is 440 feet away. The nearest subway, Prospect Park, is about two minutes on foot, for the B, Q and S. Within a five-minute walk are 13 public places, seven of them park features, and 15 places to eat.

Safety record
14 hurt
11 police-reported crashes, 2021–2025
Nearest subway
Prospect Park
580 feet · 2 min on foot · B, Q, S
Nearest bus stop
420 feet
Ocean Av/Lincoln Rd · B16
Within a walk
13 places
7 park features, 2 playgrounds and 4 more kinds, within five minutes

Map

Layers
East Drive & East Lake Drive Nearby corners, linked

Getting there

How walks are measured

Subway

The nearest subway station is Prospect Park, 580 feet from this corner, about two minutes on foot.

  • 3 lines at the nearest station
  1. Prospect Park B, Q, S
    580 feet
    B Q S

Next trains at this station

Northbound
3 lines
  1. B …
  2. Q …
  3. S …
Southbound
3 lines
  1. B …
  2. Q …
  3. S …

Also within a walk

  1. Parkside Av Q
    0.4 miles
    Q

The MTA's permanent art catalog lists “Brighton Clay Re-Leaf Nos. 1-4” (1994) by Susan Tunick at the Prospect Park station.

Bus

The nearest bus stop is Ocean Av/Lincoln Rd, 420 feet away, for the B16.

  • 8 routes within a ten-minute walk
  1. Ocean Av/Lincoln Rd B16
    420 feet
    B16

Next buses at this stop

  1. B16 …

Live arrivals

Cycling

A bike lane separated from traffic runs on East Drive and East Lake Drive.

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

Nearest bike-share station

  1. Lincoln Rd & Ocean Ave 23 docks in all
    400 feet

By car

The nearest highway entrance is the ramp to the Prospect Expressway westbound at Prospect Avenue & Prospect Expressway, 1.1 miles by car along the streets.

  1. 517 Flatbush Avenue Gas station
    1,150 feet
  2. 375 Lefferts Avenue Charging for electric cars, five Level 2 chargers
    0.9 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.

  • 14 people injured
  • 0 people killed
  • 5 of those hurt, on foot
  • 8 of those hurt, on a bike

The most recent crash recorded here was in August 2024.

About this corner

Where facts come from
ZIP code
11215
City Council district
39
Police precinct
78
Neighborhood (City Planning area)
Prospect Park
Elevation
82 feet above sea level

The streets

  • Up to two travel lanes
  • Posted limits from 20 to 25 mph
  • One of the streets is one-way

Homes

About 1,600 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 1939.

Since 2014 at least 54 new affordable homes have been completed within 820 feet.

Trees

NYC Parks records 236 trees within 330 feet; the most common is the black cherry.

Landmarks, monuments and public art

How landmarks are placed

Landmarks and historic districts

Within 820 feet is one Individual Landmark, and six buildings in all are designated by the Landmarks Preservation Commission. They were built between 1888 and 1918.

  1. Music Pagoda Designated landmark
    300 feet

Monuments and public art

The City's public art inventory lists three works near this corner, the nearest in Prospect Park.

  1. Washington Irving Memorial Bust by James Wilson Alexander MacDonald, 1871
    440 feet
  2. Mozart Bust by Augustus Max Johannes Mueller, 1897
    550 feet
  3. Ludwig Van Beethoven Bust by Henry Baerer, 1894
    560 feet

Schools, parks and places within a walk

How places are listed

Thirteen public places are within a five-minute walk.

  • 7 park features
  • 2 playgrounds
  • 1 day care or pre-K site
  • 1 park
  • 1 recreation center
  • 1 religious building

This corner stands inside Prospect Park.

Schools and child care

  1. The Maple Street School Preschool, ages 2 to 5 · Pre-K
    520 feet

Parks, playgrounds and gardens

  1. Prospect Park
    surrounds this corner
  2. Willink Hill in Prospect Park Park feature
    10 feet
  3. Lincoln Road Playground
    220 feet
Show all 10
  1. Breeze Hill in Prospect Park Park feature
    230 feet
  2. Concert Grove in Prospect Park Park feature
    290 feet
  3. Flower Garden in Prospect Park Park feature
    490 feet
  4. Boat House in Prospect Park Park feature · landmark · listed historic place
    520 feet
  5. Imagination Playground
    530 feet
  6. Lullwater in Prospect Park Park feature
    630 feet
  7. Midwood in Prospect Park Park feature
    900 feet

Houses of worship

  1. John Hus Moravian Church House of worship
    700 feet

Community centers and public services

  1. Lefrak Center at Lakeside Recreation center
    1,060 feet

Supermarkets

  1. Western Beef Supermarket
    0.4 miles
  2. Associated Supermarkets Supermarket
    0.4 miles

Food stores and places to eat

Within a five-minute walk there are 15 places to eat and eight food stores.

Not on record for this corner: a signal or safety change and a parking sign or meter on the blocks meeting here.

Nearby corners

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

See every intersection along East Drive or East Lake Drive.

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