Empire Boulevard & McKeever Place

Empire Boulevard and McKeever Place meet at a three-way junction in Prospect Lefferts Gardens-Wingate, Brooklyn. Between 2021 and 2025, 16 police-reported crashes were recorded here, against a median of seven crashes for a Brooklyn corner. Willink Hill in Prospect Park is 790 feet away, and Jackie Robinson Playground is 800 feet away. The nearest subway, Prospect Park, is about four minutes on foot, for the B, Q and S. Within a five-minute walk are 12 public places, two of them park features, and 14 places to eat.

Safety record
18 hurt
16 police-reported crashes, 2021–2025
Nearest subway
Prospect Park
1,110 feet · 4 min on foot · B, Q, S
Nearest bus stop
390 feet
Empire Blvd/Washington Av · B43
Within a walk
12 places
2 park features, 2 religious buildings and 7 more kinds, within five minutes

Map

Layers
Empire Boulevard & McKeever Place Nearby corners, linked

Getting there

How walks are measured

Subway

The nearest subway station is Prospect Park, 1,110 feet from this corner, about four minutes on foot.

  • 3 lines at the nearest station
  1. Prospect Park B, Q, S
    1,110 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 …

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 Empire Blvd/Washington Av, 390 feet away, for the B43.

  • 9 routes within a ten-minute walk
  1. Empire Blvd/Washington Av B43
    390 feet
    B43

Next buses at this stop

  1. B43 …

Live arrivals

Cycling

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

Nearest bike-share station

  1. Washington Ave & Empire Blvd 27 docks in all
    300 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
    1,300 feet
  2. 375 Lefferts Avenue Charging for electric cars, five Level 2 chargers
    0.7 miles
  3. 28-17 42nd Road Fast charging for electric cars
    3 miles

Safety record

How crashes are counted

Between 2021 and 2025, police reported 16 crashes at this corner, more than the median of seven crashes for a Brooklyn corner.

  • 18 people injured
  • 0 people killed
  • 2 of those hurt, on foot
  • 2 of those hurt, on a bike

The most recent crash recorded here was in April 2026.

What the city has done here

  • Leading pedestrian interval, January 2020
  • Accessible pedestrian signal, February 2020

About this corner

Where facts come from
ZIP code
11225
Community board
Brooklyn Community Board 9
City Council district
35 and 40 (the boundary runs through this corner)
Police precinct
71
Neighborhood (City Planning area)
Prospect Lefferts Gardens-Wingate
Elevation
73 feet above sea level

The streets

  • Up to four travel lanes
  • A designated truck route

Homes

About 2,600 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 1930 and 1960.

Since 2014 at least 32 new affordable homes have been completed within 820 feet.

Trees

NYC Parks records 58 trees within 330 feet; the most common is the Callery pear.

Parking on the streets meeting here

How signs are read
  • 11 signs on these blocks
  • 3 different rules

The sign wording is DOT's, as recorded between April 2016 and August 2026, and the sign on the street decides.

North side of Empire Boulevard

  • No parking 7 signs NO PARKING MONDAY THURSDAY 8:30AM-10AM

East side of McKeever Place

  • No parking 2 signs NO PARKING MONDAY THURSDAY 8:30AM-10AM

West side of McKeever Place

  • No parking 2 signs NO PARKING TUESDAY FRIDAY 8:30AM-10AM

Landmarks and historic districts

One building within 820 feet is designated by the Landmarks Preservation Commission, recorded as Florentine Early Renaissance, and built in 1913.

  1. Brooklyn Central Office, Bureau of Fire Communications Designated landmark
    460 feet

Schools, parks and places within a walk

How places are listed

Twelve public places are within a five-minute walk.

  • 2 park features
  • 2 religious buildings
  • 2 schools
  • 1 day care or pre-K site
  • 1 museum
  • 4 other places

Schools and child care

  1. Empyrean Team Training Center Trade or language school
    640 feet
  2. Ebbets Field Middle School
    700 feet
  3. P.S. 375 Jackie Robinson School
    700 feet
Show all 4
  1. Lefferts Garden Promise Preschool, ages 2 to 5
    1,130 feet

Parks, playgrounds and gardens

  1. Willink Hill in Prospect Park Park feature
    790 feet
  2. Jackie Robinson Playground
    800 feet
  3. Prospect Park
    830 feet
Show all 4
  1. Carousel in Prospect Park Park feature
    1,280 feet

Plazas and public spaces

  1. Washington Empire Plaza Pedestrian plaza
    370 feet

Libraries, museums and history

  1. Lefferts Historic House Museum
    1,290 feet

Bank branches

  1. TD Bank Bank branch
    1,090 feet

Supermarkets

  1. Western Beef Supermarket
    130 feet
  2. Foodtown Supermarket
    0.3 miles
  3. Associated Supermarkets Supermarket
    0.5 miles

Food stores and places to eat

Within a five-minute walk there are 14 places to eat and six food stores.

Nearby corners

The eight nearest of the 9 corners within a three-minute walk:

See every intersection along Empire Boulevard or McKeever Place.

Sources: NYC Technology and Innovation, NYPD, NYC DOT, MTA, 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 Parks, NYC Health, FDIC, NYS Agriculture and Markets and USDA, retrieved September 18 – October 6, 2026.