Franklin Avenue & Empire Boulevard

Franklin Avenue and Empire Boulevard meet at a four-way crossing in Prospect Lefferts Gardens-Wingate, Brooklyn. Between 2021 and 2025, 11 police-reported crashes were recorded here, against a median of seven crashes for a Brooklyn corner. Washington Empire Plaza is 120 feet away. The nearest subway, Prospect Park, is about three minutes on foot, for the B, Q and S. Within a five-minute walk are 12 public places, two of them day care or pre-K sites, and 22 places to eat.

Safety record
5 hurt
11 police-reported crashes, 2021–2025
Nearest subway
Prospect Park
860 feet · 3 min on foot · B, Q, S
Nearest bus stop
140 feet
Empire Blvd/Washington Av · B43
Within a walk
12 places
2 day care or pre-K sites, 2 park features and 7 more kinds, within five minutes

Map

Layers
Franklin Avenue & Empire Boulevard Nearby corners, linked

Getting there

How walks are measured

Subway

The nearest subway station is Prospect Park, 860 feet from this corner, about three minutes on foot.

  • 3 lines at the nearest station
  1. Prospect Park B, Q, S
    860 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, 140 feet away, for the B43.

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

Next buses at this stop

  1. B43 …

Live arrivals

Cycling

A signed bike route shared with traffic runs on Franklin Avenue.

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

Nearest bike-share station

  1. Washington Ave & Empire Blvd 27 docks in all
    60 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
    1,060 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 11 crashes at this corner, more than the median of seven crashes for a Brooklyn corner.

  • 5 people injured
  • 0 people killed
  • 1 of those hurt, on foot

The most recent crash recorded here was in February 2025.

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
76 feet above sea level

The streets

  • Up to four travel lanes
  • A designated truck route
  • One of the streets is one-way

Homes

About 1,200 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 1929 and 1938.

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

Trees

NYC Parks records 57 trees within 330 feet; the most common is the Japanese zelkova.

Parking on the streets meeting here

How signs are read
  • 10 signs on these blocks
  • 5 different rules

The sign wording is DOT's, as recorded between September 2016 and September 2023, and the sign on the street decides.

North side of Empire Boulevard

  • No parking 3 signs NO PARKING MONDAY THURSDAY 8:30AM-10AM
  • No standing 1 sign NO STANDING ANYTIME

East side of Franklin Avenue

  • No parking 3 signs NO PARKING TUESDAY FRIDAY 8:30AM-10AM

West side of Franklin Avenue

  • No parking 1 sign NO PARKING ANYTIME
  • No parking 2 signs NO PARKING MONDAY THURSDAY 8:30AM-10AM

Landmarks and historic districts

Within 820 feet is one Individual Landmark, and two buildings in all are designated by the Landmarks Preservation Commission. They were built in 1913.

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

Schools, parks and places within a walk

How places are listed

Twelve public places are within a five-minute walk.

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

Schools and child care

  1. Empyrean Team Training Center Trade or language school
    400 feet
  2. Ebbets Field Middle School
    760 feet
  3. P.S. 375 Jackie Robinson School
    760 feet
Show all 5
  1. Lefferts Garden Promise Preschool, ages 2 to 5
    890 feet
  2. The Maple Street School Preschool, ages 2 to 5 · Pre-K
    1,300 feet

Parks, playgrounds and gardens

  1. Willink Hill in Prospect Park Park feature
    550 feet
  2. Prospect Park
    590 feet
  3. Jackie Robinson Playground
    1,040 feet
Show all 4
  1. Carousel in Prospect Park Park feature
    1,040 feet

Plazas and public spaces

  1. Washington Empire Plaza Pedestrian plaza
    120 feet

Libraries, museums and history

  1. Lefferts Historic House Museum
    1,050 feet

Supermarkets

  1. Western Beef Supermarket
    350 feet
  2. Foodtown Supermarket
    0.3 miles
  3. Associated Supermarkets Supermarket
    0.4 miles

Food stores and places to eat

Within a five-minute walk there are 22 places to eat and 11 food stores.

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

Nearby corners

The eight nearest of the 11 corners within a three-minute walk:

See every intersection along Empire Boulevard or Franklin 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 Housing Preservation and Development, Landmarks Preservation Commission, NYC Parks, NYC Health, NYS Agriculture and Markets and USDA, retrieved September 18 – October 6, 2026.