Park Place & Eastern Parkway

Park Place and Eastern Parkway meet at a four-way crossing in Ocean Hill, Brooklyn. Between 2021 and 2025, 23 police-reported crashes were recorded here, against a median of seven crashes for a Brooklyn corner. It is 660 feet to the 73rd Precinct. The nearest bus stop, Thomas S Boyland St/Eastern Pkwy, is 320 feet away for the B7, and eight bus routes stop within a ten-minute walk. Within a five-minute walk are 22 public places, 13 of them religious buildings, and nine places to eat. About 1,800 homes stand within 820 feet, a mix of apartment buildings and smaller houses.

Safety record
23 hurt
23 police-reported crashes, 2021–2025
Nearest highway entrance
Jackie Robinson Parkway
1.1 miles by car along the streets
Nearest bus stop
320 feet
Thomas S Boyland St/Eastern Pkwy · B7
Within a walk
22 places
13 religious buildings, 2 older adult centers and 7 more kinds, within five minutes

Map

Layers
Park Place & Eastern Parkway Nearby corners, linked

Getting there

How walks are measured

Bus

The nearest bus stop is Thomas S Boyland St/Eastern Pkwy, 320 feet away, for the B7.

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

Next buses at this stop

  1. B7 …

Live arrivals

Cycling

  • 12 bicycle racks within 820 feet
  • 1 more bike-share station within a five-minute walk

Nearest bike-share station

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

By car

The nearest highway entrance is the ramp to the Jackie Robinson Parkway eastbound at Jamaica Avenue & J Robinson Parkway, 1.1 miles 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
    0.3 miles
  3. 1389 Rockaway Parkway 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.

  • 23 people injured
  • 0 people killed
  • 1 of those hurt, on foot

The most recent crash recorded here was in May 2026.

What the city has done here

  • Accessible pedestrian signal, January 2024
  • Leading pedestrian interval, October 2024

About this corner

Where facts come from
ZIP code
11233
Community board
Brooklyn Community Board 16
City Council district
41
Police precinct
73
Neighborhood (City Planning area)
Ocean Hill
Elevation
68 feet above sea level

The streets

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

Homes

About 1,800 homes stand within 820 feet of this corner, a mix of apartment buildings and smaller houses.

Since 2014 at least 270 new affordable homes have been completed within 820 feet.

Trees

NYC Parks records 53 trees within 330 feet; the most common are the Callery pear and the Japanese zelkova.

Parking on the streets meeting here

How signs are read
  • 21 signs on these blocks
  • 4 different rules

The sign wording is DOT's, as recorded between June 2015 and August 2025, and the sign on the street decides.

North side of Eastern Parkway

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

South side of Eastern Parkway

  • No standing 5 signs NO STANDING MONDAY-FRIDAY 4PM-7PM

North side of Park Place

  • No parking 4 signs NO PARKING MONDAY THURSDAY 9AM-10:30AM

South side of Park Place

  • No parking 5 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
    440 feet

Schools, parks and places within a walk

How places are listed

Within a five-minute walk there are 22 public places.

  • 13 religious buildings
  • 2 older adult centers
  • 1 community center
  • 1 day care or pre-K site
  • 1 fire station
  • 4 other places

Schools and child care

  1. Webble Wobble Achievers Infant and toddler care, ages 0 to 2
    660 feet

Parks, playgrounds and gardens

  1. Prospect Plaza Park
    940 feet
  2. Fred McLeod Community Garden
    1,210 feet

Libraries, museums and history

  1. Parkway Theater Listed historic place
    1,280 feet

Houses of worship

  1. Our Lady Presentation & Loreto Church House of worship
    1,250 feet

Community centers and public services

  1. Older adult center at 1440 East New York Avenue Older adult center
    700 feet
  2. Older adult center at Brown Older adult center
    770 feet
  3. Marcus Garvey Community Center
    1,010 feet

Fire and police

  1. 73rd Precinct Police station
    660 feet
  2. Rescue 2 Fire station
    1,210 feet

Supermarkets

  1. Ideal Food Basket Supermarket
    0.3 miles
  2. Food Bazaar Supermarket
    0.4 miles
  3. CTown Supermarket
    0.5 miles

Other stores

  1. Dollar Tree Store
    0.3 miles

Food stores and places to eat

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

Not on record for this corner: a subway entrance within a ten-minute walk 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 Eastern Parkway or Park Place.

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, NYCHA, 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.