East Drive & South Lake Drive

East Drive and South Lake Drive meet at a three-way junction in Prospect Park, Brooklyn. The corner has a clean safety record in city data between 2021 and 2025. Lefrak Center at Lakeside is 650 feet away, and Rustic Shelter in Prospect Park is 660 feet away. The nearest subway, Parkside Av, is about three minutes on foot, and three subway lines stop within a ten-minute walk. Within a five-minute walk are 12 public places, five of them park features, and 11 places to eat. A bike lane separated from traffic runs along one of the streets meeting here.

Safety record
No crash on record
in any year the city publishes
Nearest subway
Parkside Av
680 feet · 3 min on foot · Q
Nearest bus stop
530 feet
Parkside Av/Ocean Av · B12
Within a walk
12 places
5 park features, 2 parks and 4 more kinds, within five minutes

Map

Layers
East Drive & South Lake Drive Nearby corners, linked

Getting there

How walks are measured

Subway

The nearest subway station is Parkside Av, 680 feet from this corner, about three minutes on foot.

  • 3 lines within a ten-minute walk
  1. Parkside Av Q
    680 feet
    Q

Next trains at this station

Manhattan
1 line
  1. Q …
Southbound
1 line
  1. Q …

Also within a walk

  1. Church Av B, Q
    0.4 miles
    B Q
  2. Prospect Park B, Q, S
    0.4 miles
    B Q S

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

Bus

The nearest bus stop is Parkside Av/Ocean Av, 530 feet away, for the B12.

  • 9 routes within a ten-minute walk
  1. Parkside Av/Ocean Av B12
    530 feet
    B12

Next buses at this stop

  1. B12 …

Live arrivals

Cycling

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

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

Nearest bike-share station

  1. Parkside Ave & Ocean Ave 31 docks in all
    470 feet

By car

The nearest highway entrance is the ramp to the Prospect Expressway westbound at Prospect Avenue & Prospect Expressway, 1.5 miles by car along the streets.

  1. 517 Flatbush Avenue Gas station
    0.5 miles
  2. 375 Lefferts Avenue Charging for electric cars, five Level 2 chargers
    1.2 miles

Safety record

How crashes are counted

No police-reported crash has been recorded at this corner in any year the city publishes.

What the city has done here

  • Barnes Dance all-way crossing, undated in the City's record

About this corner

Where facts come from
ZIP code
11226
City Council district
39
Police precinct
78
Neighborhood (City Planning area)
Prospect Park
Elevation
66 feet above sea level

The streets

  • One travel lane
  • Posted limits from 20 to 25 mph
  • Two of the streets are one-way

Homes

About 1,700 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 1930.

Trees

NYC Parks records 180 trees within 330 feet; the most common is the eastern white pine.

Landmarks, monuments and public art

How landmarks are placed

Landmarks and historic districts

Four buildings within 820 feet are designated by the Landmarks Preservation Commission.

Monuments and public art

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

  1. Prospect Park War Memorial Statue by Augustus Lukeman, 1921
    770 feet

Parks and places within a walk

How places are listed

Twelve public places are within a five-minute walk.

  • 5 park features
  • 2 parks
  • 2 playgrounds
  • 1 pedestrian plaza
  • 1 recreation center
  • 1 religious building

This corner stands inside Prospect Park.

Parks, playgrounds and gardens

  1. Prospect Park
    surrounds this corner
  2. Rustic Shelter in Prospect Park Park feature
    660 feet
  3. Parkside Shelter in Prospect Park Park feature
    710 feet
Show all 9
  1. Rink Shelter in Prospect Park Park feature
    710 feet
  2. Umma Park
    880 feet
  3. Umma Park Playground
    920 feet
  4. Imagination Playground
    1,050 feet
  5. Peninsula in Prospect Park Park feature
    1,100 feet
  6. Rustic Shelter Near Peninsula in Prospect Park Park feature
    1,150 feet

Plazas and public spaces

  1. Duane Joseph Plaza Pedestrian plaza
    650 feet

Houses of worship

  1. Calvary Pentecostal Church House of worship
    740 feet

Community centers and public services

  1. Lefrak Center at Lakeside Recreation center
    650 feet

Supermarkets

  1. Key Food Supermarket
    0.3 miles
  2. Associated Supermarkets Supermarket
    0.4 miles
  3. Ideal Food Basket Supermarket
    0.4 miles

Pharmacies

  1. Duane Reade Pharmacy
    1,100 feet

Food stores and places to eat

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

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

Nearby corners

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

See every intersection along East Drive or South Lake Drive.

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