Flatbush Avenue & Washington Avenue

Flatbush Avenue and Washington Avenue meet at a four-way crossing in Prospect Lefferts Gardens-Wingate, Brooklyn. The corner is also named Lloyd George Sealey Square by local law. Between 2021 and 2025, 18 police-reported crashes were recorded here, against a median of seven crashes for a Brooklyn corner. Lincoln Road Playground is 750 feet away, and Grace Reformed Church Flatbush is 1,080 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 12 public places, three of them park features, and 33 places to eat.

Safety record
17 hurt
18 police-reported crashes, 2021–2025
Nearest subway
Prospect Park
420 feet · 2 min on foot · B, Q, S
Nearest bus stop
100 feet
Flatbush Av/Lincoln Rd · B41
Within a walk
12 places
3 park features, 3 religious buildings and 5 more kinds, within five minutes

Map

Layers
Flatbush Avenue & Washington Avenue Nearby corners, linked

Getting there

How walks are measured

Subway

The nearest subway station is Prospect Park, 420 feet from this corner, about two minutes on foot.

  • 3 lines at the nearest station
  1. Prospect Park B, Q, S
    420 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
    0.5 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 Flatbush Av/Lincoln Rd, 100 feet away, for the B41.

  • 8 routes within a ten-minute walk
  1. Flatbush Av/Lincoln Rd B41
    100 feet
    B41

Next buses at this stop

  1. B41 …

Live arrivals

Cycling

A marked bike lane runs on Lincoln Road.

  • 36 bicycle racks within 820 feet
  • 5 more bike-share stations within a five-minute walk

Nearest bike-share station

  1. Flatbush Ave & Lincoln Rd 23 docks in all
    140 feet

By car

The nearest highway entrance is the ramp to the Prospect Expressway westbound at Prospect Avenue & Prospect Expressway, 1.3 miles by car along the streets.

  1. 517 Flatbush Avenue Gas station
    250 feet
  2. 375 Lefferts Avenue Charging for electric cars, five Level 2 chargers
    0.7 miles

Safety record

How crashes are counted

Between 2021 and 2025, police reported 18 crashes at this corner, more than the median of seven crashes for a Brooklyn corner.

  • 17 people injured
  • 0 people killed
  • 4 of those hurt, on foot

The most recent crash recorded here was in May 2026.

About this corner

Where facts come from
ZIP code
11225
Community board
Brooklyn Community Board 9
City Council district
40
Police precinct
71
Neighborhood (City Planning area)
Prospect Lefferts Gardens-Wingate
Elevation
69 feet above sea level

This corner is also named Lloyd George Sealey Square, a co-naming enacted on March 14, 1989 (Local Law 16 of 1989).

The streets

  • Up to two travel lanes
  • Three of the streets are one-way

Homes

About 3,100 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 1926 and 1939.

Since 2014 at least 70 new affordable homes have been completed within 820 feet.

Trees

NYC Parks records 48 trees within 330 feet; the most common is the silver linden.

The Department of Records' Honorary Street Names dataset has its own note on Lloyd George Sealey Square.

Parking on the streets meeting here

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

The sign wording is DOT's, as recorded between December 2015 and June 2026; the 12 rules shown are the first by street and side, and the sign on the street decides.

Meters are posted as 2 hour passenger vehicles Monday to Saturday 8:30am to 7pm on Washington Avenue (east side).

East side of Flatbush Avenue

  • Metered parking 2 signs 2 HOUR METERED PARKING MONDAY-FRIDAY 10AM-7PM SATURDAY 8AM-7PM
  • No parking 2 signs NO PARKING SATURDAY 7:30AM-8AM
  • No standing 2 signs NO STANDING 7AM-10AM EXCEPT SUNDAY
  • No standing 3 signs NO STANDING ANYTIME
  • No standing 2 signs NO STANDING MONDAY-FRIDAY 7AM-10AM

West side of Flatbush Avenue

  • Metered parking 6 signs 2 HOUR METERED PARKING 8AM-7PM EXCEPT SUNDAY
  • No parking 6 signs NO PARKING 7:30AM-8AM EXCEPT SUNDAY

North side of Lincoln Road

  • Loading only 1 sign LOADING ONLY MONDAY-FRIDAY 7AM-7PM
  • No parking 1 sign NO PARKING ANYTIME
  • No parking 9 signs NO PARKING MONDAY THURSDAY 9:30AM-11AM
  • No standing 2 signs NO STANDING ANYTIME
  • Truck loading only 2 signs TRUCK LOADING ONLY 8AM-6PM EXCEPT SUNDAY

ParkNYC pay-by-cell zones: 301029, 305130 and 305721.

Landmarks and historic districts

Within 820 feet, 138 buildings are designated by the Landmarks Preservation Commission, recorded most often as neo-Georgian, and mostly built between 1909 and 1922.

Schools, parks and places within a walk

How places are listed

Twelve public places are within a five-minute walk.

  • 3 park features
  • 3 religious buildings
  • 2 day care or pre-K sites
  • 1 park
  • 1 pedestrian plaza
  • 2 other places

Schools and child care

  1. The Maple Street School Preschool, ages 2 to 5 · Pre-K
    430 feet
  2. Lefferts Garden Promise Preschool, ages 2 to 5
    500 feet
  3. Empyrean Team Training Center Trade or language school
    710 feet

Parks, playgrounds and gardens

  1. Willink Hill in Prospect Park Park feature
    640 feet
  2. Prospect Park
    660 feet
  3. Lincoln Road Playground
    750 feet
Show all 5
  1. Concert Grove in Prospect Park Park feature
    1,170 feet
  2. Breeze Hill in Prospect Park Park feature
    1,180 feet

Plazas and public spaces

  1. Washington Empire Plaza Pedestrian plaza
    750 feet

Houses of worship

  1. John Hus Moravian Church House of worship
    900 feet
  2. Grace Reformed Church Flatbush House of worship
    1,080 feet

Supermarkets

  1. Western Beef Supermarket
    1,180 feet
  2. Associated Supermarkets Supermarket
    0.3 miles
  3. Foodtown Supermarket
    0.5 miles

Pharmacies

  1. Duane Reade Pharmacy
    0.4 miles

Food stores and places to eat

Within a five-minute walk there are 33 places to eat and 15 food stores.

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

Nearby corners

The eight nearest of the 10 corners within a three-minute walk:

See every intersection along Flatbush Avenue, Lincoln Road or Washington Avenue.

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