Myrtle Avenue & Prince Street

Myrtle Avenue and Prince Street meet at a three-way junction in Downtown Brooklyn-DUMBO-Boerum Hill, Brooklyn, at the edge of NYCHA's Ingersoll development. Between 2021 and 2025, 16 police-reported crashes were recorded here, against a median of seven crashes for a Brooklyn corner. Long Island Headquarters of the New York Telephone Company, one of three Individual Landmarks within 820 feet, stands 760 feet away. The nearest subway, DeKalb Av, is about four minutes on foot, for the B, Q and R. Within a five-minute walk are 16 public places and 28 places to eat.

Safety record
5 hurt
16 police-reported crashes, 2021–2025
Nearest subway
DeKalb Av
990 feet · 4 min on foot · B, Q, R
Nearest bus stop
60 feet
Myrtle Av/Prince St · B54
Within a walk
16 places
3 day care or pre-K sites, 3 schools and 8 more kinds, within five minutes

Map

Layers
Myrtle Avenue & Prince Street Nearby corners, linked

Getting there

How walks are measured

Subway

The nearest subway station is DeKalb Av, 990 feet from this corner, about four minutes on foot.

  • 3 lines at the nearest station
  • 11 lines within a ten-minute walk
  1. DeKalb Av B, Q, R
    990 feet
    B Q R

Next trains at this station

Manhattan
3 lines
  1. B …
  2. Q …
  3. R …
Southbound
3 lines
  1. B …
  2. Q …
  3. R …

Also within a walk

  1. Jay St-MetroTech A, C, F, R
    1,280 feet
    A C F R
  2. Hoyt St 2, 3
    0.3 miles
    2 3

The MTA's permanent art catalog lists “Masstransiscope” (1980) by Bill Brand and “DeKalb Improvisation” (2005) by Stephen Johnson at the DeKalb Av station.

Bus

The nearest bus stop is Myrtle Av/Prince St, 60 feet away, for the B54.

  • 16 routes within a ten-minute walk
  1. Myrtle Av/Prince St B54
    60 feet
    B54

Next buses at this stop

  1. B54 …

Live arrivals

Cycling

  • 26 bicycle racks within 820 feet, 3 of them on-street corrals
  • 3 more bike-share stations within a five-minute walk

Nearest bike-share station

  1. Myrtle Ave & Fleet Pl 47 docks in all
    190 feet

By car

The nearest highway entrance is the ramp to the Brooklyn-Queens Expressway eastbound at Navy Street, 0.3 miles by car along the streets.

  1. 160 Johnson Street Gas station
    600 feet
  2. 152 Ashland Place Charging for electric cars, 20 Level 2 chargers
    0.4 miles
  3. 28-17 42nd Road Fast charging for electric cars
    2 miles

Safety record

How crashes are counted

Between 2021 and 2025, police reported 16 crashes at this corner, more than the median of seven crashes for a Brooklyn corner.

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

The most recent crash recorded here was in December 2025.

About this corner

Where facts come from
ZIP code
11201
Community board
Brooklyn Community Board 2
City Council district
35
Police precinct
84 and 88 (the boundary runs through this corner)
Neighborhood (City Planning area)
Downtown Brooklyn-DUMBO-Boerum Hill
Elevation
31 feet above sea level

The streets

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

Homes

About 5,600 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 2005 and 2023.

The corner stands at the edge of NYCHA's Ingersoll development.

Since 2014 at least 98 new affordable homes have been completed within 820 feet.

Trees

NYC Parks records 41 trees within 330 feet; the most common is the pin oak.

Parking on the streets meeting here

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

The sign wording is DOT's, as recorded between December 2015 and August 2020, and the sign on the street decides.

North side of Myrtle Avenue

  • No parking 6 signs NO PARKING THURSDAY 8:30AM-10AM
  • No stopping 5 signs NO STOPPING ANYTIME

East side of Prince Street

  • No parking 6 signs NO PARKING MONDAY-FRIDAY 8AM-6PM
  • No standing 2 signs NO STANDING ANYTIME

West side of Prince Street

  • No parking 3 signs NO PARKING MONDAY-FRIDAY 8AM-6PM
  • No standing 2 signs NO STANDING ANYTIME

Landmarks and historic districts

Within 820 feet are three Individual Landmarks, and six buildings in all are designated by the Landmarks Preservation Commission, recorded most often as Greek Revival. They were built between 1835 and 1930.

  1. First Free Congregational Church Designated landmark
    700 feet
  2. Long Island Headquarters of the New York Telephone Company Designated landmark
    760 feet

Schools, parks and places within a walk

How places are listed

Sixteen public places are within a five-minute walk.

  • 3 day care or pre-K sites
  • 3 schools
  • 2 parks
  • 2 trade or language schools
  • 1 college
  • 5 other places

Schools and child care

  1. Bright Horizons Children's Centers Infant, toddler and preschool care, ages 0 to 5
    330 feet
  2. Fullstack Academy Trade or language school
    560 feet
  3. Long Island Univ-Brooklyn Campus College
    990 feet
Show all 9
  1. Brooklyn Bureau Community Services Preschool, ages 2 to 5 · Pre-K
    460 feet
  2. Metro Training Inst Trade or language school
    780 feet
  3. Basis Independent Brooklyn School
    1,010 feet
  4. Imagine Early Learning Centers Infant, toddler and preschool care, ages 0 to 5 · Pre-K
    1,210 feet
  5. City Polytechnic High School of Engineering, Architecture, and Technology School
    1,270 feet
  6. George Westinghouse Career and Technical Education High School
    1,270 feet

Parks, playgrounds and gardens

  1. Garden of Eden - Ingersoll Houses (NYCHA) Garden
    270 feet
  2. University Place Park
    920 feet
  3. Arbor Place Park
    1,310 feet

Plazas and public spaces

  1. Public space at Avalon Fort Greene Public space
    260 feet

Houses of worship

  1. Oratory Church of Saint Boniface House of worship
    810 feet

Community centers and public services

  1. Ingersoll Community Center
    160 feet

Fire and police

  1. Brooklyn Borough Command/Division 11/Battalion 31/Engine 207/Ladder 110 Fire station
    820 feet

Bank branches

  1. Chase Bank branch
    370 feet

Supermarkets

  1. NYC Fresh Market Supermarket
    120 feet
  2. Gold Organic Farm Supermarket
    1,090 feet
  3. Trader Joe's Supermarket
    1,150 feet

Pharmacies

  1. CVS Pharmacy
    890 feet
  2. Duane Reade Pharmacy
    0.4 miles

Other stores

  1. Target Store
    0.3 miles
  2. Dollar Tree Store
    0.4 miles

Shopping centers

  1. City Point Shopping center
    1,000 feet

Food stores and places to eat

Within a five-minute walk there are 28 places to eat and seven food stores.

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

Nearby corners

The eight nearest of the 16 corners within a three-minute walk:

See every intersection along Myrtle Avenue or Prince Street.

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, NYCHA, NYC Housing Preservation and Development, Landmarks Preservation Commission, NYC Parks, NYC Health, FDIC, NYS Agriculture and Markets, USDA and NYC Finance, retrieved September 18 – October 6, 2026.