Pacific Street & Washington Avenue

Pacific Street and Washington Avenue meet at a four-way crossing in Prospect Heights, Brooklyn. Between 2021 and 2025, 15 police-reported crashes were recorded here, against a median of seven crashes for a Brooklyn corner. Underhill Plaza is 230 feet away, and Zion Baptist Church is 810 feet away. The nearest subway, Clinton-Washington Avs, is about four minutes on foot, for the C. Within a five-minute walk are 25 public places, 15 of them religious buildings, and 46 places to eat. About 2,300 homes stand within 820 feet, a mix of apartment buildings and smaller houses.

Safety record
10 hurt
15 police-reported crashes, 2021–2025
Nearest subway
Clinton-Washington Avs
1,000 feet · 4 min on foot · C
Nearest bus stop
120 feet
Washington Av/Pacific St · B45
Within a walk
25 places
15 religious buildings, 3 day care or pre-K sites and 5 more kinds, within five minutes

Map

Layers
Pacific Street & Washington Avenue Nearby corners, linked

Getting there

How walks are measured

Subway

The nearest subway station is Clinton-Washington Avs, 1,000 feet from this corner, about four minutes on foot.

  1. Clinton-Washington Avs C
    1,000 feet
    C

Next trains at this station

Manhattan
1 line
  1. C …
Outbound
1 line
  1. C …

Bus

The nearest bus stop is Washington Av/Pacific St, 120 feet away, for the B45.

  • 8 routes within a ten-minute walk
  1. Washington Av/Pacific St B45
    120 feet
    B45

Next buses at this stop

  1. B45 …

Live arrivals

Cycling

  • 31 bicycle racks within 820 feet, 5 of them on-street corrals
  • 1 more bike-share station within a five-minute walk

Nearest bike-share station

  1. Underhill Ave & Pacific St 27 docks in all
    200 feet

By car

The nearest highway entrance is the ramp to the Brooklyn-Queens Expressway eastbound at Navy Street, 1.6 miles by car along the streets.

  1. 506 Grand Avenue Gas station
    0.5 miles
  2. 316 St Marks Avenue Charging for electric cars, five Level 2 chargers
    1,220 feet
  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 15 crashes at this corner, more than the median of seven crashes for a Brooklyn corner.

  • 10 people injured
  • 0 people killed
  • 2 of those hurt, on a bike

The most recent crash recorded here was in January 2026.

What the city has done here

  • Leading pedestrian interval, December 2022

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)
Prospect Heights
Elevation
89 feet above sea level

The streets

  • Up to two travel lanes
  • One of the streets is one-way

Homes

About 2,300 homes stand within 820 feet of this corner, a mix of apartment buildings and smaller houses.

Since 2014 at least 223 new affordable homes have been completed within 820 feet.

Trees

NYC Parks records 70 trees within 330 feet; the most common is the London planetree.

Parking on the streets meeting here

How signs are read
  • 20 signs on these blocks
  • 8 different rules

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

North side of Pacific Street

  • No parking 6 signs NO PARKING MONDAY THURSDAY 8:30AM-10AM
  • No standing 1 sign NO STANDING ANYTIME

South side of Pacific Street

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

East side of Washington Avenue

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

West side of Washington Avenue

  • No parking 2 signs NO PARKING MONDAY THURSDAY 8:30AM-10AM
  • No standing 1 sign NO STANDING ANYTIME

Monuments and public art

How landmarks are placed

The City's public art inventory lists one work near this corner, in Lowry Triangle.

  1. Reverend Benjamin J. Lowry Bust by Robert W. Pugh, 1982
    220 feet

Schools, parks and places within a walk

How places are listed

Within a five-minute walk there are 25 public places.

  • 15 religious buildings
  • 3 day care or pre-K sites
  • 3 schools
  • 1 garden
  • 1 park
  • 2 other places

Schools and child care

  1. Playto Pacific Infant, toddler and preschool care, ages 0 to 5
    890 feet
  2. Public School 9 the Sarah Smith Garnet School
    1,020 feet
  3. P.S. 009 Teunis G. Bergen Pre-K
    1,020 feet
Show all 6
  1. Gotham Professional Arts Academy School
    1,050 feet
  2. Achievement First Endeavor Charter School
    1,110 feet
  3. Aozora Community Foundation Preschool, ages 2 to 5
    1,280 feet

Parks, playgrounds and gardens

  1. Lowry Triangle
    110 feet
  2. Brooklyn's Finest Garden
    1,020 feet

Plazas and public spaces

  1. Underhill Plaza Pedestrian plaza
    230 feet

Houses of worship

  1. Epiphany RC Church House of worship
    510 feet
  2. St Josephs RC Church House of worship
    630 feet
  3. Zion Baptist Church House of worship
    810 feet

Community centers and public services

  1. Adlephi Post Office
    1,180 feet

Supermarkets

  1. Key Food Supermarket
    0.3 miles
  2. Ideal Food Basket Supermarket
    0.3 miles
  3. Foodtown Supermarket
    0.5 miles

Food stores and places to eat

Within a five-minute walk there are 46 places to eat and 16 food stores.

Not on record for this corner: a designated landmark or historic district within 820 feet.

Nearby corners

The eight corners within a three-minute walk:

See every intersection along Pacific Street or Washington Avenue.

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