Lincoln Place & St Charles Place

Lincoln Place and St Charles Place meet at a three-way junction in Crown Heights (North), Brooklyn. Between 2021 and 2025, two police-reported crashes were recorded here, fewer than the median of seven crashes for a Brooklyn corner. Epiphany Lutheran Elementary School is 1,010 feet away. The nearest subway, Franklin Av-Medgar Evers College/Botanic Garden, is about three minutes on foot, for the 2, 3, 4, 5 and S. Within a five-minute walk are 13 public places, ten of them religious buildings, and 36 places to eat.

Safety record
Nobody hurt
2 police-reported crashes, 2021–2025
Nearest subway
Franklin Av-Medgar Evers College/Botanic Garden
740 feet · 3 min on foot · 2, 3, 4, 5, S
Nearest bus stop
510 feet
Bedford Av/Saint Johns Pl · B49
Within a walk
13 places
10 religious buildings, 1 day care or pre-K site and 2 more kinds, within five minutes

Map

Layers
Lincoln Place & St Charles Place Nearby corners, linked

Getting there

How walks are measured

Subway

The nearest subway station is Franklin Av-Medgar Evers College/Botanic Garden, 740 feet from this corner, about three minutes on foot.

  • 5 lines at the nearest station
  1. Franklin Av-Medgar Evers College/Botanic Garden 2, 3, 4, 5, S
    740 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. Nostrand Av 3
    0.3 miles
    3
  2. Park Pl S
    0.4 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 Bedford Av/Saint Johns Pl, 510 feet away, for the B49.

  • 7 routes within a ten-minute walk
  1. Bedford Av/Saint Johns Pl B49
    510 feet
    B49

Next buses at this stop

  1. B49 …

Live arrivals

Cycling

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

Nearest bike-share station

  1. Eastern Pkwy & Franklin Ave (NE Corner) 42 docks in all
    820 feet

By car

The nearest highway entrance is the ramp to the Prospect Expressway westbound at Prospect Avenue & Prospect Expressway, 2.2 miles by car along the streets.

  1. 1285 Bedford Avenue Gas station
    0.6 miles
  2. 552 Prospect Place Charging for electric cars, ten Level 2 chargers
    0.6 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 two 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 December 2023.

About this corner

Where facts come from
ZIP code
11216
Community board
Brooklyn Community Board 8
City Council district
35
Police precinct
77
Neighborhood (City Planning area)
Crown Heights (North)
Elevation
133 feet above sea level

The streets

  • One travel lane
  • One of the streets is one-way

Homes

About 2,800 homes stand within 820 feet of this corner, a mix of apartment buildings and smaller houses. The buildings holding them mostly went up between 1910 and 1931.

Since 2014 at least 118 new affordable homes have been completed within 820 feet.

Trees

NYC Parks records 73 trees within 330 feet; the most common is the American elm.

Parking on the streets meeting here

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

The sign wording is DOT's, as recorded between March 2021 and April 2021, and the sign on the street decides.

North side of Lincoln Place

  • No parking 5 signs NO PARKING MONDAY THURSDAY 9:30AM-11AM

East side of St Charles Place

  • No parking 2 signs NO PARKING MONDAY THURSDAY 9:30AM-11AM

West side of St Charles Place

  • No parking 3 signs NO PARKING TUESDAY FRIDAY 9:30AM-11AM

Landmarks and historic districts

One building within 820 feet is designated by the Landmarks Preservation Commission, recorded as neo-Gothic, and built in 1920.

  1. Studebaker Building Designated landmark
    820 feet

Schools, parks and places within a walk

How places are listed

Thirteen public places are within a five-minute walk.

  • 10 religious buildings
  • 1 day care or pre-K site
  • 1 garden
  • 1 school

Schools and child care

  1. The Evangelical Lutheran Church of the Epiphany of Brooklyn NY School-based preschool, ages 3 to 5
    970 feet
  2. Epiphany Lutheran Elementary School
    1,010 feet

Parks, playgrounds and gardens

  1. Union Street Garden and Community Development Garden
    1,190 feet

Houses of worship

  1. Kol Israel Congregation Listed historic place
    980 feet
  2. First Baptist Church Crown Heights House of worship
    1,110 feet

Bank branches

  1. Capital One Bank branch
    780 feet

Supermarkets

  1. Ideal Food Basket Supermarket
    0.4 miles
  2. Foodtown Supermarket
    0.4 miles

Food stores and places to eat

Within a five-minute walk there are 36 places to eat and 16 food stores.

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

Nearby corners

The eight corners within a three-minute walk:

See every intersection along Lincoln Place or St Charles 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, Landmarks Preservation Commission, NYC Parks, NYC Health, FDIC, NYS Agriculture and Markets and USDA, retrieved September 18 – October 6, 2026.