Lincoln Place & St Francis Place

Lincoln Place and St Francis 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. Union Street Garden and Community Development is 940 feet away. The nearest subway, Franklin Av-Medgar Evers College/Botanic Garden, is about two minutes on foot, for the 2, 3, 4, 5 and S. Within a five-minute walk are 15 public places, 11 of them religious buildings, and 46 places to eat.

Safety record
Nobody hurt
2 police-reported crashes, 2021–2025
Nearest subway
Franklin Av-Medgar Evers College/Botanic Garden
500 feet · 2 min on foot · 2, 3, 4, 5, S
Nearest bus stop
470 feet
Franklin Av/Saint Johns Pl · B48
Within a walk
15 places
11 religious buildings, 2 day care or pre-K sites and 2 more kinds, within five minutes

Map

Layers
Lincoln Place & St Francis Place Nearby corners, linked

Getting there

How walks are measured

Subway

The nearest subway station is Franklin Av-Medgar Evers College/Botanic Garden, 500 feet from this corner, about two minutes on foot.

  • 5 lines at the nearest station
  1. Franklin Av-Medgar Evers College/Botanic Garden 2, 3, 4, 5, S
    500 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. Park Pl S
    0.3 miles
    S
  2. Nostrand Av 3
    0.4 miles
    3

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 Franklin Av/Saint Johns Pl, 470 feet away, for the B48.

  • 7 routes within a ten-minute walk
  1. Franklin Av/Saint Johns Pl B48
    470 feet
    B48

Next buses at this stop

  1. B48 …

Live arrivals

Cycling

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

Nearest bike-share station

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

By car

The nearest highway entrance is the ramp to the Prospect Expressway westbound at Prospect Avenue & Prospect Expressway, 2.1 miles by car along the streets.

  1. 1285 Bedford Avenue Gas station
    0.7 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 January 2025.

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
130 feet above sea level

The streets

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

Homes

About 2,900 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 85 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 January 2021 and March 2021, and the sign on the street decides.

North side of Lincoln Place

  • No parking 4 signs NO PARKING MONDAY THURSDAY 9:30AM-11AM

East side of St Francis Place

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

West side of St Francis Place

  • No parking 3 signs NO PARKING MONDAY THURSDAY 9:30AM-11AM

Schools, parks and places within a walk

How places are listed

Fifteen public places are within a five-minute walk.

  • 11 religious buildings
  • 2 day care or pre-K sites
  • 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
    1,220 feet
  2. Epiphany Lutheran Elementary School
    1,250 feet
  3. Classon Avenue Pre-K
    1,250 feet

Parks, playgrounds and gardens

  1. Union Street Garden and Community Development Garden
    940 feet

Houses of worship

  1. Kol Israel Congregation Listed historic place
    730 feet

Bank branches

  1. Capital One Bank branch
    530 feet

Supermarkets

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

Food stores and places to eat

Within a five-minute walk there are 46 places to eat and 19 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, seven of them within a three-minute walk:

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