Pacific Street & Franklin Avenue

Pacific Street and Franklin Avenue meet at a four-way crossing in Crown Heights (North), Brooklyn. Between 2021 and 2025, 23 police-reported crashes were recorded here, against a median of seven crashes for a Brooklyn corner. A designated landmark, 23rd Regiment Armory, stands 450 feet away, and Grant Gore is 1,170 feet away. The nearest subway, Franklin Av, is about four minutes on foot, and three subway lines stop within a ten-minute walk. Within a five-minute walk are 16 public places, nine of them religious buildings, and 20 places to eat.

Safety record
10 hurt
23 police-reported crashes, 2021–2025
Nearest subway
Franklin Av
1,080 feet · 4 min on foot · C, S
Nearest bus stop
170 feet
Franklin Av/Atlantic Av · B48, B49
Within a walk
16 places
9 religious buildings, 3 gardens and 4 more kinds, within five minutes

Map

Layers
Pacific Street & Franklin Avenue Nearby corners, linked

Getting there

How walks are measured

Subway

The nearest subway station is Franklin Av, 1,080 feet from this corner, about four minutes on foot.

  • 2 lines at the nearest station
  • 3 lines within a ten-minute walk
  1. Franklin Av C, S
    1,080 feet
    C S

Next trains at this station

Manhattan
1 line
  1. C …
Outbound
1 line
  1. C …
Prospect Park
1 line
  1. S …

Also within a walk

  1. Nostrand Av A, C
    1,290 feet
    A C
  2. Park Pl S
    0.3 miles
    S

The MTA's permanent art catalog lists “Life and Continued Growth” (1999) by Eric Pryor at the Franklin Av station.

Bus

The nearest bus stop is Franklin Av/Atlantic Av, 170 feet away, for the B48 and B49.

  • 9 routes within a ten-minute walk
  1. Franklin Av/Atlantic Av B48, B49
    170 feet
    B48 B49

Next buses at this stop

  1. B48 …
  2. B49 …

Live arrivals

Cycling

A marked bike lane runs on Franklin Avenue.

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

Nearest bike-share station

  1. Dean St & Franklin Ave 21 docks in all
    330 feet

By car

The nearest highway entrance is the ramp to the Brooklyn-Queens Expressway eastbound at Bedford Avenue, 1.9 miles by car along the streets.

  1. 1285 Bedford Avenue Gas station
    0.4 miles
  2. 552 Prospect Place Charging for electric cars, ten Level 2 chargers
    0.4 miles
  3. 28-17 42nd Road Fast charging for electric cars
    2.1 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.

  • 10 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 April 2026.

What the city has done here

  • Leading pedestrian interval, July 2024

About this corner

Where facts come from
ZIP code
11238
Community board
Brooklyn Community Board 8
City Council district
35
Police precinct
77
Neighborhood (City Planning area)
Crown Heights (North)
Elevation
81 feet above sea level

The streets

  • Up to two travel lanes
  • Two of the streets are one-way

Homes

About 2,000 homes stand within 820 feet of this corner, a mix of apartment buildings and smaller houses.

Since 2014 at least 142 new affordable homes have been completed within 820 feet.

Trees

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

Parking on the streets meeting here

How signs are read
  • 43 signs on these blocks
  • 13 different rules

The sign wording is DOT's, as recorded between August 2014 and November 2025; the 12 rules shown are the first by street and side, and the sign on the street decides.

East side of Franklin Avenue

  • No parking 4 signs NO PARKING TUESDAY FRIDAY 8:30AM-10AM
  • No standing 1 sign NO STANDING ANYTIME

West side of Franklin Avenue

  • No parking 3 signs NO PARKING MONDAY THURSDAY 8:30AM-10AM
  • No standing 1 sign NO STANDING ANYTIME

North side of Pacific Street

  • Authorized vehicles only 1 sign AVO DEPT OF HOMELESS SERVICES
  • No parking 3 signs NO PARKING ANYTIME
  • No parking 7 signs NO PARKING MONDAY THURSDAY 11:30AM-1PM
  • No parking 5 signs NO PARKING MONDAY THURSDAY 8:30AM-10AM
  • Truck loading only 1 sign TRUCK LOADING ONLY

South side of Pacific Street

  • No parking 2 signs NO PARKING ANYTIME
  • No parking 8 signs NO PARKING TUESDAY FRIDAY 11:30AM-1PM
  • No parking 5 signs NO PARKING TUESDAY FRIDAY 8:30AM-10AM

Landmarks and historic districts

Within 820 feet is one Individual Landmark, and three buildings in all are designated by the Landmarks Preservation Commission, recorded mostly as French Renaissance Revival. They were built between 1891 and 1895.

  1. 23rd Regiment Armory Designated landmark
    450 feet

Parks and places within a walk

How places are listed

Sixteen public places are within a five-minute walk.

  • 9 religious buildings
  • 3 gardens
  • 1 listed historic place
  • 1 monument or memorial
  • 1 older adult center
  • 1 park

Parks, playgrounds and gardens

  1. Walt L. Shamel Community Garden
    690 feet
  2. Westbrook Memorial Garden
    1,020 feet
  3. Grant Gore Park
    1,170 feet
Show all 4
  1. Lefferts Place Community Garden
    1,220 feet

Libraries, museums and history

  1. Nassau Brewery Listed historic place
    650 feet
  2. Ulysses S Grant Statue Monument or memorial
    1,110 feet

Houses of worship

  1. South Brooklyn Seventh Day Adventist Church House of worship
    850 feet
  2. St Bartholemew Episcopal Church Listed historic place
    900 feet
  3. Washington Temple Church God House of worship
    1,180 feet

Community centers and public services

  1. Older adult center at 19 Rogers Avenue Older adult center
    1,130 feet

Supermarkets

  1. Food Garden Market Supermarket
    350 feet
  2. Lincoln Market Supermarket
    1,000 feet
  3. Shop Fair Supermarket
    0.3 miles

Pharmacies

  1. Walgreens Pharmacy
    0.4 miles

Other stores

  1. Family Dollar Store
    0.3 miles

Food stores and places to eat

Within a five-minute walk there are 20 places to eat and 13 food stores.

Nearby corners

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

See every intersection along Franklin Avenue or Pacific Street.

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.