Pacific Street & Carlton Avenue

Pacific Street and Carlton Avenue meet at a four-way crossing in Prospect Heights, Brooklyn. The corner lies on the edge of the Prospect Heights Historic District. Between 2021 and 2025, 13 police-reported crashes were recorded here, against a median of seven crashes for a Brooklyn corner. Bridges: a School for Exploration and Equity is 960 feet away. The nearest subway, Bergen St, is about six minutes on foot, and 11 subway lines stop within a ten-minute walk. Within a five-minute walk are 14 public places, four of them schools, and 24 places to eat.

Safety record
5 hurt
13 police-reported crashes, 2021–2025
Nearest subway
Bergen St
0.3 miles · 6 min on foot · 2, 3
Nearest bus stop
330 feet
Atlantic Av/Carlton Av · B45
Within a walk
14 places
4 schools, 3 religious buildings and 6 more kinds, within five minutes

Map

Layers
Pacific Street & Carlton Avenue Nearby corners, linked

Getting there

How walks are measured

Subway

The nearest subway station is Bergen St, 0.3 miles from this corner, about six minutes on foot.

  • 2 lines at the nearest station
  • 11 lines within a ten-minute walk
  1. Bergen St 2, 3
    0.3 miles
    2 3

Next trains at this station

Manhattan
2 lines
  1. 2 …
  2. 3 …
Outbound
2 lines
  1. 2 …
  2. 3 …

Also within a walk

  1. 7 Av B, Q
    0.3 miles
    B Q
  2. Lafayette Av C
    0.3 miles
    C

Bus

The nearest bus stop is Atlantic Av/Carlton Av, 330 feet away, for the B45.

  • 14 routes within a ten-minute walk
  1. Atlantic Av/Carlton Av B45
    330 feet
    B45

Next buses at this stop

  1. B45 …

Live arrivals

Cycling

A marked bike lane runs on Carlton Avenue.

  • 51 bicycle racks within 820 feet

Nearest bike-share station

  1. Carlton Ave & Dean St 29 docks in all
    260 feet

By car

The nearest highway entrance is the ramp to the Brooklyn-Queens Expressway eastbound at Navy Street, 1.3 miles by car along the streets.

  1. 300 Bergen Street Gas station
    0.7 miles
  2. 535 Carlton Avenue Charging for electric cars, four Level 2 chargers
    0.4 miles
  3. 28-17 42nd Road Fast charging for electric cars
    2.3 miles

Safety record

How crashes are counted

Between 2021 and 2025, police reported 13 crashes at this corner, more than the median of seven crashes for a Brooklyn corner.

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

The most recent crash recorded here was in March 2025.

About this corner

Where facts come from
ZIP code
11238
Community board
Brooklyn Community Board 2
City Council district
35
Police precinct
78
Neighborhood (City Planning area)
Prospect Heights
Elevation
61 feet above sea level

The streets

  • Up to three travel lanes
  • Posted limits from 20 to 25 mph
  • One of the streets is one-way

Homes

About 2,500 homes stand within 820 feet of this corner, most of them in buildings of ten homes or more.

Since 2014 at least 742 new affordable homes have been completed within 820 feet.

Trees

NYC Parks records 27 trees within 330 feet; the most common is the sweetgum.

Parking on the streets meeting here

How signs are read
  • 27 signs on these blocks
  • 9 different rules

The sign wording is DOT's, as recorded between July 2017 and March 2026, and the sign on the street decides.

East side of Carlton Avenue

  • No parking 2 signs NO PARKING TUESDAY FRIDAY 11:30AM-1PM
  • No standing 2 signs NO STANDING ANYTIME
  • No stopping 3 signs NO STOPPING ANYTIME

West side of Carlton Avenue

  • No parking 2 signs NO PARKING ANYTIME
  • No parking 3 signs NO PARKING MONDAY THURSDAY 11:30AM-1PM

North side of Pacific Street

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

South side of Pacific Street

  • No parking 6 signs NO PARKING TUESDAY FRIDAY 11:30AM-1PM
  • No standing 1 sign NO STANDING ANYTIME

Landmarks and historic districts

The corner stands at the edge of the Prospect Heights Historic District.

Within 820 feet, 110 buildings are designated by the Landmarks Preservation Commission, recorded most often as Renaissance Revival, and mostly built between 1874 and 1893.

Schools, parks and places within a walk

How places are listed

Fourteen public places are within a five-minute walk.

  • 4 schools
  • 3 religious buildings
  • 2 playgrounds
  • 1 community center
  • 1 day care or pre-K site
  • 3 other places

Schools and child care

  1. P.S. K753 - School for Career Development School
    800 feet
  2. Bridges: a School for Exploration and Equity School
    960 feet
  3. Design Works High School
    960 feet
Show all 5
  1. Wonderforest Nature Preschool Infant, toddler and preschool care, ages 0 to 5
    1,090 feet
  2. League School - Vanderbilt School
    1,140 feet

Parks, playgrounds and gardens

  1. South Oxford Park
    970 feet
  2. South Oxford Park Playground
    980 feet
  3. Dean Playground
    1,050 feet

Libraries, museums and history

  1. Prospect Heights Historic District Listed historic place
    1,030 feet

Houses of worship

  1. Dean St Baptist Church House of worship
    820 feet
  2. St Josephs RC Church House of worship
    1,290 feet

Community centers and public services

  1. Atlantic Terminal Site 4b Community Center
    610 feet

Fire and police

  1. Engine 219/Ladder 105 Fire station
    1,140 feet

Supermarkets

  1. Stop & Shop Supermarket
    0.4 miles
  2. Foodtown Supermarket
    0.4 miles

Pharmacies

  1. Duane Reade Pharmacy
    0.4 miles
  2. Walgreens Pharmacy
    0.4 miles

Other stores

  1. Target Store
    0.4 miles

Shopping centers

  1. Atlantic Center Shopping center
    1,280 feet
  2. Atlantic Terminal Shopping center
    0.4 miles

Food stores and places to eat

Within a five-minute walk there are 24 places to eat and three food stores.

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

Nearby corners

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

See every intersection along Carlton Avenue or Pacific Street.

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