Lincoln Place & Classon Avenue

Lincoln Place and Classon Avenue meet at a four-way crossing in Prospect Heights, Brooklyn. Between 2021 and 2025, 14 police-reported crashes were recorded here, against a median of seven crashes for a Brooklyn corner. St Francis de Sales-Deaf-Brooklyn is 730 feet away, and P.S. 316 Elijah Stroud is 1,020 feet away. The nearest subway, Franklin Av-Medgar Evers College/Botanic Garden, is about four minutes on foot, for the 2, 3, 4, 5 and S. Within a five-minute walk are 25 public places, seven of them schools, and 33 places to eat.

Safety record
3 hurt
14 police-reported crashes, 2021–2025
Nearest subway
Franklin Av-Medgar Evers College/Botanic Garden
1,060 feet · 4 min on foot · 2, 3, 4, 5, S
Nearest bus stop
300 feet
Classon Av/Saint Johns Pl · B48
Within a walk
25 places
7 schools, 6 day care or pre-K sites and 7 more kinds, within five minutes

Map

Layers
Lincoln Place & Classon Avenue Nearby corners, linked

Getting there

How walks are measured

Subway

The nearest subway station is Franklin Av-Medgar Evers College/Botanic Garden, 1,060 feet from this corner, about four minutes on foot.

  • 5 lines at the nearest station
  1. Franklin Av-Medgar Evers College/Botanic Garden 2, 3, 4, 5, S
    1,060 feet
    2 3 4 5 S

Next trains at this station

Manhattan
4 lines
  1. 2 …
  2. 3 …
  3. 4 …
  4. 5 …
Outbound
4 lines
  1. 2 …
  2. 3 …
  3. 4 …
  4. 5 …
Franklin Av
1 line
  1. S …
Prospect Park
1 line
  1. S …

Also within a walk

  1. Eastern Pkwy-Brooklyn Museum 2, 3
    1,170 feet
    2 3
  2. Park Pl S
    0.3 miles
    S

The MTA's permanent art catalog lists “IL7/Square” (1999) by Millie Burns at the Franklin Av-Medgar Evers College/Botanic Garden station.

Bus

The nearest bus stop is Classon Av/Saint Johns Pl, 300 feet away, for the B48.

  • 6 routes within a ten-minute walk
  1. Classon Av/Saint Johns Pl B48
    300 feet
    B48

Next buses at this stop

  1. B48 …

Live arrivals

Cycling

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

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

Nearest bike-share station

  1. Lincoln Pl & Classon Ave 28 docks in all
    50 feet

By car

The nearest highway entrance is the ramp to the Brooklyn-Queens Expressway eastbound at Navy Street, 2.2 miles by car along the streets.

  1. 506 Grand Avenue Gas station
    0.8 miles
  2. 316 St Marks Avenue Charging for electric cars, five Level 2 chargers
    0.5 miles
  3. 28-17 42nd Road Fast charging for electric cars
    2.4 miles

Safety record

How crashes are counted

Between 2021 and 2025, police reported 14 crashes at this corner, more than the median of seven crashes for a Brooklyn corner.

  • 3 people injured
  • 0 people killed

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 8
City Council district
35
Police precinct
77
Neighborhood (City Planning area)
Prospect Heights
Elevation
140 feet above sea level

The streets

  • Up to two travel lanes
  • Two 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. The buildings holding them mostly went up between 1916 and 1931.

Since 2014 at least 52 new affordable homes have been completed within 820 feet.

Trees

NYC Parks records 64 trees within 330 feet; the most common is the thornless honeylocust.

Parking on the streets meeting here

How signs are read
  • 31 signs on these blocks
  • 6 different rules

The sign wording is DOT's, as recorded between October 2017 and September 2021, and the sign on the street decides.

East side of Classon Avenue

  • No parking 4 signs NO PARKING TUESDAY FRIDAY 11:30AM-1PM

West side of Classon Avenue

  • No parking 1 sign NO PARKING ANYTIME
  • No parking 5 signs NO PARKING MONDAY THURSDAY 11:30AM-1PM

North side of Lincoln Place

  • No parking 10 signs NO PARKING MONDAY THURSDAY 11:30AM-1PM

South side of Lincoln Place

  • No parking 10 signs NO PARKING TUESDAY FRIDAY 11:30AM-1PM
  • No standing 1 sign NO STANDING ANYTIME

Monuments and public art

How landmarks are placed

The City's public art inventory lists one work near this corner, in Dr. Ronald McNair Park.

  1. Dr. Ronald McNair Bust by Ogundipe Fayomi, 1994
    670 feet

Schools, parks and places within a walk

How places are listed

Within a five-minute walk there are 25 public places.

  • 7 schools
  • 6 day care or pre-K sites
  • 6 religious buildings
  • 1 fire station
  • 1 garden
  • 4 other places

Schools and child care

  1. Bumblebees -R-Us Infant and toddler care, ages 0 to 2
    140 feet
  2. Classon Avenue Pre-K
    140 feet
  3. St Francis de Sales-Deaf-Brooklyn School
    730 feet
Show all 13
  1. Chai Tots Preschool of Prospect Heights Infant and toddler care, ages 0 to 2
    170 feet
  2. Wurzelkinder Preschool, ages 2 to 5
    290 feet
  3. Prospect Kids Academy #2 Preschool, ages 2 to 5
    480 feet
  4. Sunflower Playhouse Infant, toddler and preschool care, ages 0 to 5
    670 feet
  5. Brooklyn Jesuit Prep School
    750 feet
  6. P.S. 316 Elijah Stroud School
    1,020 feet
  7. Brooklyn Academy of Science and the Environment School
    1,160 feet
  8. Brooklyn School for Music & Theatre School
    1,160 feet
  9. International High School at Prospect Heights School
    1,160 feet
  10. The High School for Global Citizenship School
    1,160 feet

Parks, playgrounds and gardens

  1. Dr. Ronald McNair Park
    450 feet
  2. Union Street Garden and Community Development Garden
    1,030 feet
  3. Stroud Playground
    1,080 feet

Health care

  1. Downtown Brooklyn Nursing & Rehabilitation Center Nursing home or hospice
    1,170 feet

Libraries, museums and history

  1. Brooklyn Museum Listed historic place
    950 feet

Houses of worship

  1. Kol Israel Congregation Listed historic place
    1,030 feet

Fire and police

  1. Engine 280/Ladder 132 Fire station
    700 feet

Bank branches

  1. Capital One Bank branch
    1,250 feet

Supermarkets

  1. Key Food Supermarket
    0.4 miles
  2. Ideal Food Basket Supermarket
    0.4 miles
  3. Foodtown Supermarket
    0.5 miles

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 and a designated landmark or historic district within 820 feet.

Nearby corners

The eight nearest corners on foot, six of them within a three-minute walk:

See every intersection along Classon 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, NYC Housing Preservation and Development, NYC Public Design Commission, NYC Parks, NYC Health, FDIC, NYS Agriculture and Markets and USDA, retrieved September 18 – October 6, 2026.