Nostrand Avenue & Park Place

Nostrand Avenue and Park Place meet at a four-way crossing in Crown Heights (North), Brooklyn. The corner lies on the edge of the Crown Heights North II Historic District. Between 2021 and 2025, 23 police-reported crashes were recorded here, against a median of seven crashes for a Brooklyn corner. It is 1,120 feet to 1100 Bergen Street Community Garden, and Bedford Central Presbyterian Church is 1,190 feet away. The nearest subway, Nostrand Av, is about five minutes on foot, for the 3. Within a five-minute walk are 21 public places, 11 of them religious buildings, and 45 places to eat.

Safety record
11 hurt
23 police-reported crashes, 2021–2025
Nearest subway
Nostrand Av
0.3 miles · 5 min on foot · 3
Nearest bus stop
310 feet
Nostrand Av/Prospect Pl · B44
Within a walk
21 places
11 religious buildings, 5 day care or pre-K sites and 3 more kinds, within five minutes

Map

Layers
Nostrand Avenue & Park Place Nearby corners, linked

Getting there

How walks are measured

Subway

The nearest subway station is Nostrand Av, 0.3 miles from this corner, about five minutes on foot.

  • 6 lines within a ten-minute walk
  1. Nostrand Av 3
    0.3 miles
    3

Next trains at this station

Manhattan
1 line
  1. 3 …
Outbound
1 line
  1. 3 …

Also within a walk

  1. President St-Medgar Evers College 2, 5
    0.4 miles
    2 5
  2. Park Pl S
    0.4 miles
    S

Bus

The nearest bus stop is Nostrand Av/Prospect Pl, 310 feet away, for the B44.

  • 9 routes within a ten-minute walk
  1. Nostrand Av/Prospect Pl B44
    310 feet
    B44

Next buses at this stop

  1. B44 …

Live arrivals

Nostrand Avenue carries a bus lane, 7am to 7pm on weekdays.

Cycling

  • 28 bicycle racks within 820 feet
  • 2 more bike-share stations within a five-minute walk

Nearest bike-share station

  1. Prospect Pl & Nostrand Ave 22 docks in all
    370 feet

By car

The nearest highway entrance is the ramp to the Brooklyn-Queens Expressway eastbound at Bedford Avenue, 2.4 miles by car along the streets.

  1. 51 Brooklyn Avenue Gas station
    0.7 miles
  2. 145 Brooklyn Avenue Charging for electric cars, two 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 23 crashes at this corner, more than the median of seven crashes for a Brooklyn corner.

  • 11 people injured
  • 0 people killed
  • 2 of those hurt, on foot
  • 3 of those hurt, on a bike

The most recent crash recorded here was in May 2026.

What the city has done here

  • Leading pedestrian interval, September 2016

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
90 feet above sea level

The streets

  • Up to two travel lanes
  • A designated truck route
  • Two of the streets are one-way

Homes

About 2,600 homes stand within 820 feet of this corner, a mix of apartment buildings and smaller houses. The buildings holding them mostly went up between 1900 and 1931.

Since 2014 at least 41 new affordable homes have been completed within 820 feet.

Trees

NYC Parks records 46 trees within 330 feet; the most common is the thornless honeylocust.

Parking on the streets meeting here

How signs are read
  • 49 signs on these blocks
  • 12 different rules
  • 3 active meters
  • 2 pay-by-cell zones

The sign wording is DOT's, as recorded between October 2018 and May 2026, and the sign on the street decides.

East side of Nostrand Avenue

  • Metered parking 4 signs 2 HOUR METERED PARKING MONDAY-FRIDAY NOON-4PM SATURDAY 8AM-7PM
  • No standing 1 sign NO STANDING ANYTIME
  • No standing 4 signs NO STANDING MONDAY-FRIDAY 7AM-10AM 4PM-7PM SATURDAY 7:30AM-8AM
  • Truck loading only 4 signs TRUCK LOADING ONLY MONDAY-FRIDAY 10AM-NOON

West side of Nostrand Avenue

  • Metered parking 4 signs 2 HOUR METERED PARKING MONDAY-FRIDAY 8:30AM-NOON 2PM-7PM SATURDAY 8:30AM-7PM
  • No parking 4 signs NO PARKING 8AM-8:30AM EXCEPT SUNDAY
  • Truck loading only 4 signs TRUCK LOADING ONLY MONDAY-FRIDAY NOON-2PM

North side of Park Place

  • No parking 1 sign NO PARKING ANYTIME
  • No parking 11 signs NO PARKING MONDAY THURSDAY 8:30AM-10AM
  • No standing 1 sign NO STANDING SCHOOL DAYS 7AM-5PM

South side of Park Place

  • No parking 1 sign NO PARKING ANYTIME
  • No parking 10 signs NO PARKING TUESDAY FRIDAY 8:30AM-10AM

ParkNYC pay-by-cell zones: 300639 and 334915.

Landmarks and historic districts

The corner stands at the edge of the Crown Heights North II Historic District.

Within 820 feet, 224 buildings are designated by the Landmarks Preservation Commission, recorded most often as Renaissance Revival, and mostly built between 1894 and 1903.

Schools, parks and places within a walk

How places are listed

Within a five-minute walk there are 21 public places.

  • 11 religious buildings
  • 5 day care or pre-K sites
  • 3 schools
  • 1 garden
  • 1 listed historic place

Schools and child care

  1. Park Place DC Preschool, ages 2 to 5 · Pre-K
    90 feet
  2. Park Place Day Care Infant and toddler care, ages 0 to 2
    170 feet
  3. Success Academy Charter School - Prospect Heights School
    510 feet
Show all 8
  1. The Dr. Jean Pierre-Louis School of Excellence School
    510 feet
  2. P.S. 138 Brooklyn Pre-K
    510 feet
  3. The Friends of Crown Heights Educational Center Preschool, ages 2 to 5 · Pre-K
    710 feet
  4. The Friends of Crown Heights Educational Centers Preschool, ages 2 to 5 · Pre-K
    1,210 feet
  5. German School Brooklyn School
    1,230 feet

Parks, playgrounds and gardens

  1. 1100 Bergen Street Community Garden
    1,120 feet

Libraries, museums and history

  1. Crown Heights North Historic District Listed historic place
    1,210 feet

Houses of worship

  1. Bedford Central Presbyterian Church House of worship
    1,190 feet

Supermarkets

  1. Ideal Food Basket Supermarket
    500 feet
  2. Key Food Supermarket
    530 feet

Pharmacies

  1. Walgreens Pharmacy
    0.5 miles

Food stores and places to eat

Within a five-minute walk there are 45 places to eat and nine food stores.

Nearby corners

The eight nearest corners on foot, six of them within a three-minute walk:

See every intersection along Nostrand Avenue or Park Place.

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