Eastern Parkway & St Johns Place

Eastern Parkway and St Johns Place meet at a four-way crossing in Ocean Hill, Brooklyn. Between 2021 and 2025, 41 police-reported crashes were recorded here, against a median of seven crashes for a Brooklyn corner. The exedra “Zion Park War Memorial” is 440 feet away, and Marcus Garvey Community Center is 1,140 feet away. The nearest subway, Sutter Av-Rutland Rd, is about ten minutes on foot, for the 3. Within a five-minute walk are 25 public places, ten of them religious buildings, and 12 places to eat.

Safety record
24 hurt
41 police-reported crashes, 2021–2025
Nearest subway
Sutter Av-Rutland Rd
0.5 miles · 10 min on foot · 3
Nearest bus stop
820 feet
Saratoga Av/Park Pl · B7
Within a walk
25 places
10 religious buildings, 6 gardens and 7 more kinds, within five minutes

Map

Layers
Eastern Parkway & St Johns Place Nearby corners, linked

Getting there

How walks are measured

Subway

The nearest subway station is Sutter Av-Rutland Rd, 0.5 miles from this corner, about ten minutes on foot.

  1. Sutter Av-Rutland Rd 3
    0.5 miles
    3

Next trains at this station

Manhattan
1 line
  1. 3 …
New Lots
1 line
  1. 3 …

The MTA's permanent art catalog lists “Ailanthus” (2017) by Nancy Baker at the Sutter Av-Rutland Rd station.

Bus

The nearest bus stop is Saratoga Av/Park Pl, 820 feet away, for the B7.

  • 8 routes within a ten-minute walk
  1. Saratoga Av/Park Pl B7 · Shelter
    820 feet
    B7
    Shelter

Next buses at this stop

  1. B7 …

Live arrivals

Cycling

A marked bike lane runs on St Johns Place.

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

Nearest bike-share station

  1. St Johns Pl & Howard Ave 21 docks in all
    320 feet

By car

The nearest highway entrance is the ramp to the Jackie Robinson Parkway eastbound at Jamaica Avenue & J Robinson Parkway, 1.3 miles by car along the streets.

  1. 519 Howard Avenue Gas station
    270 feet
  2. 492 Thomas Boyland Street Charging for electric cars, five Level 2 chargers
    0.4 miles
  3. 1389 Rockaway Parkway Fast charging for electric cars
    2.2 miles

Safety record

How crashes are counted

Between 2021 and 2025, police reported 41 crashes at this corner, more than the median of seven crashes for a Brooklyn corner.

  • 24 people injured
  • 0 people killed
  • 1 of those hurt, on foot
  • 1 of those hurt, on a bike

The most recent crash recorded here was in May 2026.

About this corner

Where facts come from
ZIP code
11233
Community board
Brooklyn Community Board 16
City Council district
41
Police precinct
73
Neighborhood (City Planning area)
Ocean Hill
Elevation
64 feet above sea level

The streets

  • Up to four travel lanes

Homes

About 1,600 homes stand within 820 feet of this corner, a mix of apartment buildings and smaller houses.

Since 2014 at least 153 new affordable homes have been completed within 820 feet.

Trees

NYC Parks records 41 trees within 330 feet; the most common are the green ash and the London planetree.

Parking on the streets meeting here

How signs are read
  • 24 signs on these blocks
  • 6 different rules

The sign wording is DOT's, as recorded between July 2015 and May 2021, and the sign on the street decides.

North side of Eastern Parkway

  • No standing 1 sign NO STANDING ANYTIME
  • No standing 4 signs NO STANDING MONDAY-FRIDAY 7AM-10AM

South side of Eastern Parkway

  • No standing 8 signs NO STANDING MONDAY-FRIDAY 4PM-7PM

North side of St Johns Place

  • No parking 5 signs NO PARKING MONDAY THURSDAY 9AM-10:30AM

South side of St Johns Place

  • No parking 1 sign NO PARKING ANYTIME
  • No parking 5 signs NO PARKING TUESDAY FRIDAY 9AM-10:30AM

Monuments and public art

How landmarks are placed

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

  1. Zion Park War Memorial Exedra by Charles Cary Rumsey, 1925
    440 feet

Schools, parks and places within a walk

How places are listed

Within a five-minute walk there are 25 public places.

  • 10 religious buildings
  • 6 gardens
  • 2 parks
  • 2 schools
  • 1 community center
  • 4 other places

Schools and child care

  1. Brooklyn Ascend Charter School
    970 feet
  2. Brownsville Ascend Charter School
    970 feet
  3. Webble Wobble Achievers Infant and toddler care, ages 0 to 2
    1,050 feet

Parks, playgrounds and gardens

  1. Fred McLeod Community Garden
    760 feet
  2. Brownsville Green Garden
    830 feet
  3. Prospect Plaza Park
    920 feet
Show all 8
  1. Zion Triangle
    950 feet
  2. Ralph-Lincoln Service Center Garden
    1,140 feet
  3. Preston Community Garden
    1,200 feet
  4. Sterling Community Group Garden
    1,240 feet
  5. St. John's Place Renaissance Garden
    1,310 feet

Plazas and public spaces

  1. Zion Triangle Plaza Pedestrian plaza
    980 feet

Libraries, museums and history

  1. Parkway Theater Listed historic place
    150 feet

Community centers and public services

  1. Marcus Garvey Community Center
    1,140 feet

Fire and police

  1. Rescue 2 Fire station
    890 feet

Supermarkets

  1. Food Bazaar Supermarket
    830 feet
  2. Ideal Food Basket Supermarket
    1,130 feet

Other stores

  1. Family Dollar Store
    0.5 miles

Food stores and places to eat

Within a five-minute walk there are 12 places to eat and 14 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 14 corners within a three-minute walk:

See every intersection along Eastern Parkway or St Johns Place.

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