Flatbush Avenue & St Johns Place

Flatbush Avenue and St Johns Place meet at a five-way junction in Park Slope, Brooklyn. The corner lies on the edge of the Park Slope Historic District. Between 2021 and 2025, 20 police-reported crashes were recorded here, against a median of seven crashes for a Brooklyn corner. Grand Army Plaza is 60 feet away, and Grace United Methodist Church is 1,000 feet away. The nearest subway, Grand Army Plaza, is about a minute on foot, for the 2 and 3. Within a five-minute walk are 20 public places and 33 places to eat.

Safety record
20 hurt
20 police-reported crashes, 2021–2025
Nearest subway
Grand Army Plaza
60 feet · 1 min on foot · 2, 3
Nearest bus stop
60 feet
Flatbush Av/Plaza St East · B41, B69
Within a walk
20 places
5 day care or pre-K sites, 5 religious buildings and 5 more kinds, within five minutes

Map

Layers
Flatbush Avenue & St Johns Place Nearby corners, linked

Getting there

How walks are measured

Subway

The nearest subway station is Grand Army Plaza, 60 feet from this corner, about a minute on foot.

  • 2 lines at the nearest station
  • 4 lines within a ten-minute walk
  1. Grand Army Plaza 2, 3
    60 feet
    2 3

Next trains at this station

Manhattan
2 lines
  1. 2 …
  2. 3 …
Outbound
2 lines
  1. 2 …
  2. 3 …

Also within a walk

  1. 7 Av B, Q
    930 feet
    B Q
  2. Bergen St 2, 3
    0.4 miles
    2 3

The MTA's permanent art catalog lists “Wings for the IRT: The Irresistible Romance of Travel” (1995) by Jane Greengold at the Grand Army Plaza station.

Bus

The nearest bus stop is Flatbush Av/Plaza St East, 60 feet away, for the B41 and B69.

  • 7 routes within a ten-minute walk
  1. Flatbush Av/Plaza St East B41, B69
    60 feet
    B41 B69

Next buses at this stop

  1. B41 …
  2. B69 …

Live arrivals

Flatbush Avenue carries a bus lane, all day, every day.

Cycling

A marked bike lane runs on Plaza Street East and Plaza Street West.

  • 68 bicycle racks within 820 feet, 4 of them on-street corrals
  • 5 more bike-share stations within a five-minute walk

Nearest bike-share station

  1. Plaza St West & Flatbush Ave 49 docks in all
    80 feet

By car

The nearest highway entrance is the ramp to the Prospect Expressway eastbound at 19th Street & Prospect Expressway, 1.6 miles by car along the streets.

  1. 300 Bergen Street Gas station
    0.9 miles
  2. 535 Carlton Avenue Charging for electric cars, four Level 2 chargers
    0.4 miles
  3. 28-17 42nd Road Fast charging for electric cars
    2.8 miles

Safety record

How crashes are counted

Between 2021 and 2025, police reported 20 crashes at this corner, more than the median of seven crashes for a Brooklyn corner.

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

The most recent crash recorded here was in January 2026.

About this corner

Where facts come from
ZIP code
11238
Community board
Brooklyn Community Board 6
City Council district
39
Police precinct
78
Neighborhood (City Planning area)
Park Slope
Elevation
121 feet above sea level

The streets

  • Up to six travel lanes
  • A designated truck route
  • Posted limits from 20 to 25 mph
  • Three of the streets are one-way

Homes

About 2,600 homes stand within 820 feet of this corner, most of them in buildings of ten homes or more.

Trees

NYC Parks records 142 trees within 330 feet; the most common is the black cherry.

Parking on the streets meeting here

How signs are read
  • 46 signs on these blocks
  • 18 different rules
  • 3 active meters
  • 3 pay-by-cell zones

The sign wording is DOT's, as recorded between July 2017 and May 2026; the 12 rules shown are the first by street and side, and the sign on the street decides.

East side of Flatbush Avenue

  • Metered parking 3 signs 2 HOUR METERED PARKING MONDAY-FRIDAY 10AM-7PM SATURDAY 8AM-7PM
  • No parking 1 sign NO PARKING ANYTIME
  • No standing 4 signs NO STANDING MONDAY-FRIDAY 7AM-10AM

North side of Flatbush Avenue

  • No standing 1 sign NO STANDING ANYTIME

East side of Plaza Street East

  • No parking 6 signs NO PARKING TUESDAY FRIDAY 9:30AM-11AM

North side of Plaza Street East

  • Metered parking 3 signs 2 HOUR METERED PARKING 8:30AM-7PM EXCEPT SUNDAY
  • No parking 3 signs NO PARKING MONDAY TUESDAY THURSDAY FRIDAY 8AM-8:30AM

South side of Plaza Street East

  • Metered parking 2 signs 2 HOUR METERED PARKING 8:30AM-7PM EXCEPT SUNDAY
  • No parking 2 signs NO PARKING MONDAY TUESDAY THURSDAY FRIDAY 7:30AM-8AM

East side of Plaza Street West

  • No parking 8 signs NO PARKING TUESDAY 11:30AM-1PM
  • No standing 1 sign NO STANDING ANYTIME

West side of Plaza Street West

  • No parking 1 sign NO PARKING TUESDAY 11:30AM-1PM

ParkNYC pay-by-cell zones: 331146, 337867 and 337868.

Landmarks, monuments and public art

How landmarks are placed

Landmarks and historic districts

The corner stands at the edge of the Park Slope Historic District.

Within 820 feet is one Individual Landmark, and 250 buildings in all are designated by the Landmarks Preservation Commission, recorded most often as neo-Grec. They were mostly built between 1881 and 1895.

  1. Montauk Club Designated landmark
    230 feet
  2. Public School No. 9 Annex Designated landmark
    650 feet
  3. The Berkeley Institute Designated landmark
    690 feet

Monuments and public art

The City's public art inventory lists three works near this corner, the nearest in Grand Army Plaza.

  1. Dr. Alexander J.C. Skene Bust by John Massey Rhind, 1905
    230 feet
  2. John F. Kennedy Memorial Bust by Neil Estern, 1965
    430 feet
  3. Bailey Fountain Fountain by Eugene F. Savage, 1932
    560 feet

Schools, parks and places within a walk

How places are listed

Twenty public places are within a five-minute walk.

  • 5 day care or pre-K sites
  • 5 religious buildings
  • 3 monuments or memorials
  • 2 listed historic places
  • 2 parks
  • 3 other places

Schools and child care

  1. I.S. 340 School
    780 feet
  2. Brooklyn Free Space Preschool, ages 2 to 5 · Pre-K
    950 feet
  3. Park Slope Child Care Collective Preschool, ages 2 to 5
    1,050 feet
Show all 7
  1. The Nook Park Slope Preschool, ages 2 to 5
    1,080 feet
  2. Berkeley-Carroll School
    1,170 feet
  3. Montessori Day School of Brooklyn Preschool, ages 2 to 5
    1,240 feet
  4. The Trustees of the Congregation Beth Elohim Preschool, ages 2 to 5
    1,310 feet

Parks, playgrounds and gardens

  1. Grand Army Plaza
    60 feet
  2. Prospect Park
    1,130 feet
  3. Stranahan Monument in Prospect Park Park feature
    1,230 feet

Libraries, museums and history

  1. Skene Monument Monument or memorial
    230 feet
  2. Buildings at 375-379 Flatbush Avenue and 185-187 Sterling Place Listed historic place
    570 feet
  3. Public School 111 and Public School 9 Annex Listed historic place
    730 feet
Show all 5
  1. General Warren Statue Monument or memorial
    850 feet
  2. General Henry Warner Slocum Monument Monument or memorial
    970 feet

Houses of worship

  1. Grace United Methodist Church House of worship
    1,000 feet
  2. Memorial Presbyterian Church House of worship
    1,050 feet
  3. Union Temple Brooklyn Listed historic place
    1,310 feet

Bank branches

  1. Chase Bank branch
    240 feet

Supermarkets

  1. Foodtown Supermarket
    1,110 feet
  2. Park Slope Food Coop Supermarket
    0.4 miles
  3. Key Food Supermarket
    0.5 miles

Pharmacies

  1. Duane Reade Pharmacy
    1,270 feet

Food stores and places to eat

Within a five-minute walk there are 33 places to eat and ten food stores.

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

Nearby corners

The eight nearest of the 13 corners within a three-minute walk:

See every intersection along Flatbush Avenue, Plaza Street East, Plaza Street West 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, Landmarks Preservation Commission, NYC Public Design Commission, NYC Parks, NYC Health, FDIC, NYS Agriculture and Markets and USDA, retrieved September 18 – October 6, 2026.