New York Avenue & Prospect Place
New York Avenue and Prospect Place meet at a four-way crossing in Crown Heights (North), Brooklyn. The corner is also named Kevin Alves Way by local law. It lies inside the Crown Heights North II Historic District. Between 2021 and 2025, eight police-reported crashes were recorded here, against a median of seven crashes for a Brooklyn corner. Trinity Baptist Church stands 160 feet away. The nearest subway, Nostrand Av, is about nine minutes on foot, for the 3. Within a five-minute walk are 17 public places, five of them religious buildings, and 17 places to eat.
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Getting there
How walks are measuredSubway
The nearest subway station is Nostrand Av, 0.4 miles from this corner, about nine minutes on foot.
- Nostrand Av 30.4 miles3
Next trains at this station
Manhattan
1 line- 3 …
Outbound
1 line- 3 …
Bus
The nearest bus stop is New York Av/Prospect Pl, 110 feet away, for the B44.
- 10 routes within a ten-minute walk
- New York Av/Prospect Pl B44 · Shelter110 feetB44
Next buses at this stop
- B44 …
Cycling
- 7 bicycle racks within 820 feet
- 3 more bike-share stations within a five-minute walk
Nearest bike-share station
- New York Ave & St Marks Ave 23 docks in all360 feet
By car
The nearest highway entrance is the ramp to the Brooklyn-Queens Expressway eastbound at Bedford Avenue, 2.3 miles by car along the streets.
- 51 Brooklyn Avenue Gas station0.5 miles
- 145 Brooklyn Avenue Charging for electric cars, two Level 2 chargers1,230 feet
- 28-17 42nd Road Fast charging for electric cars1.8 miles
Safety record
How crashes are countedBetween 2021 and 2025, police reported eight crashes at this corner, more than the median of seven crashes for a Brooklyn corner.
- 6 people injured
- 0 people killed
- 2 of those hurt, on a bike
The most recent crash recorded here was in May 2025.
About this corner
Where facts come from- ZIP code
- 11216
- Community board
- Brooklyn Community Board 8
- City Council district
- 36
- Police precinct
- 77
- Neighborhood (City Planning area)
- Crown Heights (North)
- Elevation
- 89 feet above sea level
This corner is also named Kevin Alves Way, a co-naming enacted on March 19, 2023 (Local Law 44 of 2023).
The streets
- One travel lane
- Two of the streets are one-way
Homes
About 2,800 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 1901 and 1929.
Since 2014 at least 48 new affordable homes have been completed within 820 feet.
Trees
NYC Parks records 52 trees within 330 feet; the most common is the pin oak.
The Department of Records' Honorary Street Names dataset has its own note on Kevin Alves Way.
Parking on the streets meeting here
How signs are read- 34 signs on these blocks
- 5 different rules
The sign wording is DOT's, as recorded between November 2017 and August 2021, and the sign on the street decides.
East side of New York Avenue
- No parking 2 signs NO PARKING ANYTIME
- No parking 5 signs NO PARKING TUESDAY FRIDAY 8:30AM-10AM
West side of New York Avenue
- No parking 6 signs NO PARKING MONDAY THURSDAY 8:30AM-10AM
North side of Prospect Place
- No parking 10 signs NO PARKING MONDAY THURSDAY 8:30AM-10AM
South side of Prospect Place
- No parking 11 signs NO PARKING TUESDAY FRIDAY 8:30AM-10AM
Landmarks and historic districts
The corner stands in the Crown Heights North II Historic District.
Within 820 feet, 315 buildings are designated by the Landmarks Preservation Commission, recorded most often as Renaissance Revival, and mostly built between 1894 and 1906.
- Trinity Baptist Church Designated landmark160 feet
- Brooklyn M.E. Church Home for the Aged and the Infirm Designated landmark510 feet
- NYC Dept. of Social Services Child Day Care Center Designated landmark540 feet
Schools, parks and places within a walk
How places are listedSeventeen public places are within a five-minute walk.
- 5 religious buildings
- 4 day care or pre-K sites
- 2 schools
- 1 library
- 1 listed historic place
- 4 other places
Schools and child care
- The Friends of Crown Heights Educational Centers Preschool, ages 2 to 5 · Pre-K770 feet
- Park Place DC Preschool, ages 2 to 5 · Pre-K1,180 feet
- Park Place Day Care Infant and toddler care, ages 0 to 21,270 feet
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- Success Academy Charter School - Prospect Heights School1,270 feet
- The Dr. Jean Pierre-Louis School of Excellence School1,270 feet
- P.S. 138 Brooklyn Pre-K1,270 feet
Parks, playgrounds and gardens
- Brower Park840 feet
- Brower Park Playground1,090 feet
Health care
- Crown Heights Center for Nursing and Rehabilitation Nursing home or hospice · landmark540 feet
Libraries, museums and history
- Crown Heights North Historic District Listed historic place110 feet
- Brower Park Library1,090 feet
- Brooklyn Children's Museum1,090 feet
Supermarkets
- Key Food Supermarket980 feet
- Ideal Food Basket Supermarket0.3 miles
Pharmacies
- Walgreens Pharmacy0.4 miles
Food stores and places to eat
Within a five-minute walk there are 17 places to eat and four food stores.
Not on record for this corner: a signal or safety change.
Nearby corners
The eight nearest corners on foot, six of them within a three-minute walk:
- Park Place & New York Avenue 320 feet
- New York Avenue & St Marks Avenue 320 feet
- Bergen Street & New York Avenue 650 feet
- New York Avenue & Sterling Place 650 feet
- Prospect Place & Brooklyn Avenue 770 feet
- Nostrand Avenue & Prospect Place 770 feet
- Dean Street & New York Avenue 940 feet
- New York Avenue & St Johns Place 980 feet
See every intersection along New York Avenue or Prospect Place.