Lincoln Place & 8th Avenue

Lincoln Place and 8th Avenue meet at a four-way crossing in Park Slope, Brooklyn. The corner lies inside the Park Slope Historic District. Between 2021 and 2025, four police-reported crashes were recorded here, fewer than the median of seven crashes for a Brooklyn corner. The Berkeley Institute stands 480 feet away. The nearest subway, Grand Army Plaza, is about two minutes on foot, and four subway lines stop within a ten-minute walk. Within a five-minute walk are 15 public places, four of them religious buildings, and 35 places to eat.

Safety record
Nobody hurt
4 police-reported crashes, 2021–2025
Nearest subway
Grand Army Plaza
470 feet · 2 min on foot · 2, 3
Nearest bus stop
430 feet
Flatbush Av/8 Av · B41, B69
Within a walk
15 places
4 religious buildings, 3 day care or pre-K sites and 4 more kinds, within five minutes

Map

Layers
Lincoln Place & 8th Avenue Nearby corners, linked

Getting there

How walks are measured

Subway

The nearest subway station is Grand Army Plaza, 470 feet from this corner, about two minutes on foot.

  • 2 lines at the nearest station
  • 4 lines within a ten-minute walk
  1. Grand Army Plaza 2, 3
    470 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
    1,130 feet
    B Q
  2. Bergen St 2, 3
    0.5 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/8 Av, 430 feet away, for the B41 and B69.

  • 6 routes within a ten-minute walk
  1. Flatbush Av/8 Av B41, B69
    430 feet
    B41 B69

Next buses at this stop

  1. B41 …
  2. B69 …

Live arrivals

Cycling

A marked bike lane runs on Lincoln Place.

  • 58 bicycle racks within 820 feet, one of them an on-street corral
  • 3 more bike-share stations within a five-minute walk

Nearest bike-share station

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

By car

The nearest highway entrance is the ramp to the Prospect Expressway eastbound at 19th Street & Prospect Expressway, 1.5 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
    0.5 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 four crashes at this corner, fewer than the median of seven crashes for a Brooklyn corner. Nobody was hurt.

The most recent crash recorded here was in February 2025.

About this corner

Where facts come from
ZIP code
11217
Community board
Brooklyn Community Board 6
City Council district
39
Police precinct
78
Neighborhood (City Planning area)
Park Slope
Elevation
116 feet above sea level

The streets

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

Homes

About 2,400 homes stand within 820 feet of this corner, a mix of apartment buildings and smaller houses.

Trees

NYC Parks records 104 trees within 330 feet; the most common is the London planetree.

Parking on the streets meeting here

How signs are read
  • 38 signs on these blocks
  • 10 different rules
  • 4 active meters
  • 2 pay-by-cell zones

The sign wording is DOT's, as recorded between February 2022 and September 2024, and the sign on the street decides.

East side of 8th Avenue

  • Metered parking 4 signs 2 HOUR METERED PARKING 9AM-7PM EXCEPT SUNDAY
  • No parking 4 signs NO PARKING 8:30AM-9AM EXCEPT SUNDAY

West side of 8th Avenue

  • Metered parking 4 signs 2 HOUR METERED PARKING 9AM-7PM EXCEPT SUNDAY
  • No parking 4 signs NO PARKING 8:30AM-9AM EXCEPT SUNDAY
  • No standing 2 signs NO STANDING ANYTIME

North side of Lincoln Place

  • No parking 8 signs NO PARKING WEDNESDAY 11:30AM-1PM
  • No standing 1 sign NO STANDING ANYTIME
  • No standing 3 signs NO STANDING SCHOOL DAYS 7AM-4PM

South side of Lincoln Place

  • No parking 7 signs NO PARKING TUESDAY 11:30AM-1PM
  • No standing 1 sign NO STANDING ANYTIME

ParkNYC pay-by-cell zones: 301098 and 310284.

Landmarks, monuments and public art

How landmarks are placed

Landmarks and historic districts

The corner stands in the Park Slope Historic District.

Within 820 feet, 315 buildings are designated by the Landmarks Preservation Commission, recorded most often as neo-Grec, and mostly built between 1882 and 1889.

  1. Montauk Club Designated landmark
    130 feet
  2. The Berkeley Institute Designated landmark
    480 feet
  3. Fourth Church of Christ, Scientist Designated landmark
    730 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
    500 feet
  2. John F. Kennedy Memorial Bust by Neil Estern, 1965
    560 feet
  3. Bailey Fountain Fountain by Eugene F. Savage, 1932
    640 feet

Schools, parks and places within a walk

How places are listed

Fifteen public places are within a five-minute walk.

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

Schools and child care

  1. Berkeley-Carroll School
    710 feet
  2. Brooklyn Free Space Preschool, ages 2 to 5 · Pre-K
    860 feet
  3. Park Slope Child Care Collective Preschool, ages 2 to 5
    1,010 feet
Show all 5
  1. I.S. 340 School
    1,250 feet
  2. The Nook Park Slope Preschool, ages 2 to 5
    1,270 feet

Parks, playgrounds and gardens

  1. Grand Army Plaza
    160 feet
  2. Prospect Park
    1,100 feet

Libraries, museums and history

  1. Skene Monument Monument or memorial
    560 feet
  2. Buildings at 375-379 Flatbush Avenue and 185-187 Sterling Place Listed historic place
    770 feet
  3. General Warren Statue Monument or memorial
    850 feet
Show all 4
  1. Public School 111 and Public School 9 Annex Listed historic place
    1,200 feet

Houses of worship

  1. Memorial Presbyterian Church House of worship
    1,010 feet
  2. Grace United Methodist Church Landmark
    1,110 feet

Bank branches

  1. Chase Bank branch
    470 feet

Supermarkets

  1. Foodtown Supermarket
    0.3 miles
  2. Park Slope Food Coop Supermarket
    0.3 miles
  3. Key Food Supermarket
    0.4 miles

Pharmacies

  1. Duane Reade Pharmacy
    0.3 miles

Food stores and places to eat

Within a five-minute walk there are 35 places to eat and six 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 8th Avenue or Lincoln 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.