Park Place & East New York Avenue

Park Place and East New York Avenue meet at a five-way junction in Ocean Hill, Brooklyn. Between 2021 and 2025, ten police-reported crashes were recorded here, against a median of seven crashes for a Brooklyn corner. It is 350 feet to the 73rd Precinct. The nearest bus stop, Thomas S Boyland St/Eastern Pkwy, is 440 feet away for the B7, and four bus routes stop within a ten-minute walk. Within a five-minute walk are 30 public places, 20 of them religious buildings, and 13 places to eat.

Safety record
3 hurt
10 police-reported crashes, 2021–2025
Nearest highway entrance
Jackie Robinson Parkway
1 mile by car along the streets
Nearest bus stop
440 feet
Thomas S Boyland St/Eastern Pkwy · B7
Within a walk
30 places
20 religious buildings, 3 day care or pre-K sites and 6 more kinds, within five minutes

Map

Layers
Park Place & East New York Avenue Nearby corners, linked

Getting there

How walks are measured

Bus

The nearest bus stop is Thomas S Boyland St/Eastern Pkwy, 440 feet away, for the B7.

  • 4 routes within a ten-minute walk
  1. Thomas S Boyland St/Eastern Pkwy B7
    440 feet
    B7

Next buses at this stop

  1. B7 …

Live arrivals

Cycling

A signed bike route shared with traffic runs on East New York Avenue.

  • 12 bicycle racks within 820 feet
  • 3 more bike-share stations within a five-minute walk

Nearest bike-share station

  1. Park Pl & Thomas S. Boyland St 23 docks in all
    370 feet

By car

The nearest highway entrance is the ramp to the Jackie Robinson Parkway eastbound at Jamaica Avenue & J Robinson Parkway, 1 mile by car along the streets.

  1. 519 Howard Avenue Gas station
    0.4 miles
  2. 492 Thomas Boyland Street Charging for electric cars, five Level 2 chargers
    1,230 feet
  3. 1389 Rockaway Parkway Fast charging for electric cars
    2 miles

Safety record

How crashes are counted

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

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

The most recent crash recorded here was in April 2026.

About this corner

Where facts come from
ZIP code
11212
Community board
Brooklyn Community Board 16
City Council district
41
Police precinct
73
Neighborhood (City Planning area)
Ocean Hill
Elevation
50 feet above sea level

The streets

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

Homes

About 1,300 homes stand within 820 feet of this corner, a mix of apartment buildings and smaller houses.

Since 2014 at least 256 new affordable homes have been completed within 820 feet.

Trees

NYC Parks records 43 trees within 330 feet; the most common is the thornless honeylocust.

Parking on the streets meeting here

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

The sign wording is DOT's, as recorded between April 2016 and September 2025, and the sign on the street decides.

East side of Bristol Street

  • No parking 4 signs NO PARKING TUESDAY FRIDAY 8AM-9:30AM

West side of Bristol Street

  • Authorized vehicles only 4 signs AVO POLICE DEPARTMENT
  • No parking 3 signs NO PARKING MONDAY THURSDAY 8AM-9:30AM

North side of East New York Avenue

  • No parking 2 signs NO PARKING ANYTIME
  • No standing 7 signs NO STANDING MONDAY-FRIDAY 4PM-7PM

South side of East New York Avenue

  • No standing 2 signs NO STANDING ANYTIME
  • No standing 2 signs NO STANDING MONDAY-FRIDAY 7AM-10AM

North side of Park Place

  • No parking 3 signs NO PARKING MONDAY THURSDAY 9AM-10:30AM

South side of Park Place

  • No parking 2 signs NO PARKING TUESDAY FRIDAY 9AM-10:30AM

Monuments and public art

How landmarks are placed

The City's public art inventory lists one work near this corner, at New York City Police Department 73rd Precinct.

  1. Face to Face Sculpture by Peter Chinni, 1984
    240 feet

Schools, parks and places within a walk

How places are listed

Within a five-minute walk there are 30 public places.

  • 20 religious buildings
  • 3 day care or pre-K sites
  • 2 older adult centers
  • 1 community center
  • 1 garden
  • 3 other places

Schools and child care

  1. Brooklyn Kindergarten Society Preschool, ages 2 to 5 · Pre-K
    1,190 feet
  2. Webble Wobble Achievers Infant and toddler care, ages 0 to 2
    1,210 feet
  3. Brooklyn Sky Child Care Center Preschool, ages 2 to 5
    1,240 feet

Parks, playgrounds and gardens

  1. Chester Playground
    900 feet
  2. Howard Pool Park
    1,180 feet
  3. Fred McLeod Community Garden
    1,180 feet

Houses of worship

  1. Our Lady Presentation & Loreto Church House of worship
    1,030 feet
  2. Bethany Gospel Chapel House of worship
    1,200 feet

Community centers and public services

  1. Older adult center at 1440 East New York Avenue Older adult center
    550 feet
  2. Marcus Garvey Community Center
    860 feet
  3. Older adult center at Brown Older adult center
    950 feet

Fire and police

  1. 73rd Precinct Police station
    350 feet

Bank branches

  1. Chase Bank branch
    1,310 feet

Supermarkets

  1. Ideal Food Basket Supermarket
    0.4 miles
  2. CTown Supermarket
    0.4 miles
  3. Fine Fare Supermarket
    0.5 miles

Other stores

  1. Dollar Tree Store
    1,230 feet
  2. Family Dollar Store
    0.5 miles

Food stores and places to eat

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

Not on record for this corner: a subway entrance within a ten-minute walk, a signal or safety change and a designated landmark or historic district within 820 feet.

Nearby corners

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

See every intersection along Bristol Street, East New York 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, NYCHA, NYC Housing Preservation and Development, NYC Public Design Commission, NYC Parks, NYC Health, FDIC, NYS Agriculture and Markets and USDA, retrieved September 18 – October 6, 2026.