Park Place & Carlton Avenue

Park Place 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, five police-reported crashes were recorded here, fewer than the median of seven crashes for a Brooklyn corner. Grace United Methodist Episcopal Church Parsonage stands 450 feet away, and St Augustine RC Church is 1,150 feet away. The nearest subway, 7 Av, is about a minute on foot, for the B and Q. Within a five-minute walk are 18 public places, six of them religious buildings, and 57 places to eat.

Safety record
8 hurt
5 police-reported crashes, 2021–2025
Nearest subway
7 Av
60 feet · 1 min on foot · B, Q
Nearest bus stop
130 feet
Flatbush Av/Park Pl · B41, B69, B116
Within a walk
18 places
6 religious buildings, 5 day care or pre-K sites and 4 more kinds, within five minutes

Map

Layers
Park Place & Carlton Avenue Nearby corners, linked

Getting there

How walks are measured

Subway

The nearest subway station is 7 Av, 60 feet from this corner, about a minute on foot.

  • 2 lines at the nearest station
  • 9 lines within a ten-minute walk
  1. 7 Av B, Q
    60 feet
    B Q

Next trains at this station

Manhattan
2 lines
  1. B …
  2. Q …
Southbound
2 lines
  1. B …
  2. Q …

Also within a walk

  1. Grand Army Plaza 2, 3
    960 feet
    2 3
  2. Bergen St 2, 3
    0.3 miles
    2 3

Bus

The nearest bus stop is Flatbush Av/Park Pl, 130 feet away, for the B41, B69 and B116.

  • 7 routes within a ten-minute walk
  1. Flatbush Av/Park Pl B41, B69, B116
    130 feet
    B41 B69 B116

Next buses at this stop

  1. B41 …
  2. B69 …
  3. B116 …

Live arrivals

Cycling

A marked bike lane runs on Carlton Avenue and Park Place.

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

Nearest bike-share station

  1. Park Pl & Carlton Ave 27 docks in all
    70 feet

By car

The nearest highway entrance is the ramp to the Brooklyn-Queens Expressway eastbound at Navy Street, 1.5 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
    0.3 miles
  3. 28-17 42nd Road Fast charging for electric cars
    2.6 miles

Safety record

How crashes are counted

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

  • 8 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 November 2025.

About this corner

Where facts come from
ZIP code
11238
Community board
Brooklyn Community Board 8
City Council district
35
Police precinct
78
Neighborhood (City Planning area)
Prospect Heights
Elevation
96 feet above sea level

The streets

  • Up to two travel lanes
  • Posted limits from 20 to 25 mph
  • Two of the streets are one-way

Homes

About 2,500 homes stand within 820 feet of this corner, a mix of apartment buildings and smaller houses.

Trees

NYC Parks records 62 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 January 2015 and October 2025, 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 1 sign NO STANDING ANYTIME

West side of Carlton Avenue

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

North side of Park Place

  • No parking 6 signs NO PARKING MONDAY THURSDAY 9:30AM-11AM
  • No standing 1 sign NO STANDING ANYTIME

South side of Park Place

  • No parking 5 signs NO PARKING TUESDAY FRIDAY 9:30AM-11AM
  • 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, 439 buildings are designated by the Landmarks Preservation Commission, recorded most often as neo-Grec, and mostly built between 1870 and 1886.

  1. Fourth Church of Christ, Scientist Designated landmark
    350 feet
  2. Grace United Methodist Episcopal Church Parsonage Designated landmark
    450 feet
  3. St. John's Protestant Episcopal Church Designated landmark
    670 feet

Schools, parks and places within a walk

How places are listed

Eighteen public places are within a five-minute walk.

  • 6 religious buildings
  • 5 day care or pre-K sites
  • 3 listed historic places
  • 2 schools
  • 1 monument or memorial
  • 1 park

Schools and child care

  1. The Nook Park Slope Preschool, ages 2 to 5
    570 feet
  2. Montessori Day School of Brooklyn Preschool, ages 2 to 5
    630 feet
  3. Eladia's Kids Parent Infant, toddler and preschool care, ages 0 to 5 · Pre-K
    750 feet
Show all 7
  1. Park Slope Child Care Collective Preschool, ages 2 to 5
    870 feet
  2. I.S. 340 School
    1,110 feet
  3. Berkeley-Carroll School
    1,150 feet
  4. Bpos of Park Slope Preschool, ages 2 to 5
    1,290 feet

Parks, playgrounds and gardens

  1. Grand Army Plaza
    900 feet

Libraries, museums and history

  1. Buildings at 375-379 Flatbush Avenue and 185-187 Sterling Place Listed historic place
    500 feet
  2. Prospect Heights Historic District Listed historic place
    760 feet
  3. Skene Monument Monument or memorial
    1,140 feet
Show all 4
  1. Public School 111 and Public School 9 Annex Listed historic place
    1,160 feet

Houses of worship

  1. Grace United Methodist Church Landmark
    500 feet
  2. Memorial Presbyterian Church Landmark
    870 feet
  3. St Augustine RC Church House of worship
    1,150 feet

Bank branches

  1. Chase Bank branch
    760 feet

Supermarkets

  1. Foodtown Supermarket
    990 feet
  2. Park Slope Food Coop Supermarket
    0.4 miles
  3. Key Food Supermarket
    0.4 miles

Pharmacies

  1. Duane Reade Pharmacy
    420 feet
  2. Walgreens Pharmacy
    0.5 miles

Shopping centers

  1. Atlantic Center Shopping center
    0.5 miles

Food stores and places to eat

Within a five-minute walk there are 57 places to eat and nine food stores.

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

Nearby corners

The eight nearest of the 12 corners within a three-minute walk:

See every intersection along Carlton Avenue or Park Place.

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, Landmarks Preservation Commission, NYC Parks, NYC Health, FDIC, NYS Agriculture and Markets, USDA and NYC Finance, retrieved September 18 – October 6, 2026.