Lincoln Place & Howard Avenue

Lincoln Place and Howard Avenue meet at a four-way crossing in Ocean Hill, Brooklyn. Between 2021 and 2025, five police-reported crashes were recorded here, fewer than the median of seven crashes for a Brooklyn corner. The exedra “Zion Park War Memorial” is 430 feet away. The nearest subway, Sutter Av-Rutland Rd, is about eight minutes on foot, for the 3. Within a five-minute walk are 24 public places, 11 of them religious buildings, and ten places to eat. About 1,400 homes stand within 820 feet, a mix of apartment buildings and smaller houses.

Safety record
2 hurt
5 police-reported crashes, 2021–2025
Nearest subway
Sutter Av-Rutland Rd
0.4 miles · 8 min on foot · 3
Nearest bus stop
640 feet
Pitkin Av/Legion St · B14
Within a walk
24 places
11 religious buildings, 6 gardens and 5 more kinds, within five minutes

Map

Layers
Lincoln Place & Howard Avenue Nearby corners, linked

Getting there

How walks are measured

Subway

The nearest subway station is Sutter Av-Rutland Rd, 0.4 miles from this corner, about eight minutes on foot.

  1. Sutter Av-Rutland Rd 3
    0.4 miles
    3

Next trains at this station

Manhattan
1 line
  1. 3 …
New Lots
1 line
  1. 3 …

The MTA's permanent art catalog lists “Ailanthus” (2017) by Nancy Baker at the Sutter Av-Rutland Rd station.

Bus

The nearest bus stop is Pitkin Av/Legion St, 640 feet away, for the B14.

  • 8 routes within a ten-minute walk
  1. Pitkin Av/Legion St B14
    640 feet
    B14

Next buses at this stop

  1. B14 …

Live arrivals

Cycling

  • 4 bicycle racks within 820 feet
  • 3 more bike-share stations within a five-minute walk

Nearest bike-share station

  1. St Johns Pl & Howard Ave 21 docks in all
    320 feet

By car

The nearest highway entrance is the ramp to the Jackie Robinson Parkway eastbound at Jamaica Avenue & J Robinson Parkway, 1.4 miles by car along the streets.

  1. 519 Howard Avenue Gas station
    330 feet
  2. 492 Thomas Boyland Street Charging for electric cars, five Level 2 chargers
    0.5 miles
  3. 1389 Rockaway Parkway Fast charging for electric cars
    2.2 miles

Safety record

How crashes are counted

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

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

The most recent crash recorded here was in April 2026.

About this corner

Where facts come from
ZIP code
11233
Community board
Brooklyn Community Board 16
City Council district
41
Police precinct
73
Neighborhood (City Planning area)
Ocean Hill
Elevation
65 feet above sea level

The streets

  • One of the streets is one-way

Homes

About 1,400 homes stand within 820 feet of this corner, a mix of apartment buildings and smaller houses.

Since 2014 at least 18 new affordable homes have been completed within 820 feet.

Trees

NYC Parks records 45 trees within 330 feet; the most common is the London planetree.

Parking on the streets meeting here

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

The sign wording is DOT's, as recorded between October 2019 and January 2024, and the sign on the street decides.

East side of Howard Avenue

  • No parking 2 signs NO PARKING TUESDAY FRIDAY 8AM-9:30AM
  • No standing 2 signs NO STANDING ANYTIME

West side of Howard Avenue

  • No standing 1 sign NO STANDING ANYTIME

North side of Lincoln Place

  • No standing 4 signs NO STANDING ANYTIME

South side of Lincoln Place

  • No parking 3 signs NO PARKING TUESDAY FRIDAY 8AM-9:30AM
  • 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 Zion Park.

  1. Zion Park War Memorial Exedra by Charles Cary Rumsey, 1925
    430 feet

Schools, parks and places within a walk

How places are listed

Within a five-minute walk there are 24 public places.

  • 11 religious buildings
  • 6 gardens
  • 2 parks
  • 2 schools
  • 1 fire station
  • 2 other places

Schools and child care

  1. Brooklyn Ascend Charter School
    660 feet
  2. Brownsville Ascend Charter School
    660 feet

Parks, playgrounds and gardens

  1. Brownsville Green Garden
    440 feet
  2. Zion Triangle
    490 feet
  3. Prospect Plaza Park
    960 feet
Show all 8
  1. Ralph-Lincoln Service Center Garden
    1,010 feet
  2. St. John's Place Renaissance Garden
    1,070 feet
  3. Fred McLeod Community Garden
    1,150 feet
  4. Preston Community Garden
    1,230 feet
  5. Sterling Community Group Garden
    1,280 feet

Plazas and public spaces

  1. Zion Triangle Plaza Pedestrian plaza
    520 feet

Libraries, museums and history

  1. Parkway Theater Listed historic place
    620 feet

Fire and police

  1. Rescue 2 Fire station
    930 feet

Supermarkets

  1. Ideal Food Basket Supermarket
    660 feet
  2. Food Bazaar Supermarket
    870 feet
  3. CTown Supermarket
    0.5 miles

Other stores

  1. Family Dollar Store
    0.4 miles
  2. Dollar Tree Store
    0.5 miles

Food stores and places to eat

Within a five-minute walk there are ten places to eat and 12 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 of the 16 corners within a three-minute walk:

See every intersection along Howard Avenue or Lincoln Place.

Sources: NYC Technology and Innovation, NYPD, MTA, NYC DOT, New York City's bike-share system, NYS Environmental Conservation, NYC City Planning, US Department of Energy, NYC Housing Preservation and Development, NYC Public Design Commission, NYC Parks, NYC Health, NYS Agriculture and Markets and USDA, retrieved September 18 – October 6, 2026.