Park Place & Grand Avenue

Park Place and Grand Avenue meet at a four-way crossing in Prospect Heights, Brooklyn. Between 2021 and 2025, seven police-reported crashes were recorded here, the median for a Brooklyn corner. James Forten Playground is 840 feet away. The nearest subway, Park Pl, is about six minutes on foot, and seven subway lines stop within a ten-minute walk. Within a five-minute walk are 16 public places, seven of them religious buildings, and 43 places to eat. About 2,700 homes stand within 820 feet, mostly built between 1908 and 1931, a mix of apartment buildings and smaller houses.

Safety record
2 hurt
7 police-reported crashes, 2021–2025
Nearest subway
Park Pl
0.3 miles · 6 min on foot · S
Nearest bus stop
300 feet
Washington Av/Prospect Pl · B45
Within a walk
16 places
7 religious buildings, 2 day care or pre-K sites and 5 more kinds, within five minutes

Map

Layers
Park Place & Grand Avenue Nearby corners, linked

Getting there

How walks are measured

Subway

The nearest subway station is Park Pl, 0.3 miles from this corner, about six minutes on foot.

  • 7 lines within a ten-minute walk
  1. Park Pl S
    0.3 miles
    S

Next trains at this station

Franklin Av
1 line
  1. S …
Prospect Park
1 line
  1. S …

Also within a walk

  1. Eastern Pkwy-Brooklyn Museum 2, 3
    0.3 miles
    2 3
  2. Franklin Av-Medgar Evers College/Botanic Garden 2, 3, 4, 5, S
    0.5 miles
    2 3 4 5 S

The MTA's permanent art catalog lists “Units of the Free” (1999) by Isha Shabaka at the Park Pl station.

Bus

The nearest bus stop is Washington Av/Prospect Pl, 300 feet away, for the B45.

  • 6 routes within a ten-minute walk
  1. Washington Av/Prospect Pl B45
    300 feet
    B45

Next buses at this stop

  1. B45 …

Live arrivals

Cycling

  • 81 bicycle racks within 820 feet, 2 of them on-street corrals
  • 4 more bike-share stations within a five-minute walk

Nearest bike-share station

  1. Washington Ave & Park Pl 33 docks in all
    140 feet

By car

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

  1. 506 Grand Avenue Gas station
    0.8 miles
  2. 316 St Marks Avenue Charging for electric cars, five Level 2 chargers
    1,110 feet
  3. 28-17 42nd Road Fast charging for electric cars
    2.4 miles

Safety record

How crashes are counted

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

  • 2 people injured
  • 0 people killed

The most recent crash recorded here was in January 2025.

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
125 feet above sea level

The streets

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

Homes

About 2,700 homes stand within 820 feet of this corner, a mix of apartment buildings and smaller houses. The buildings holding them mostly went up between 1908 and 1931.

Trees

NYC Parks records 65 trees within 330 feet; the most common is the thornless honeylocust.

Parking on the streets meeting here

How signs are read
  • 28 signs on these blocks
  • 10 different rules

The sign wording is DOT's, as recorded between May 2017 and October 2019, and the sign on the street decides.

East side of Grand Avenue

  • Authorized vehicles only 2 signs AVO POLICE DEPARTMENT
  • No parking 2 signs NO PARKING TUESDAY FRIDAY 11:30AM-1PM

West side of Grand Avenue

  • Authorized vehicles only 2 signs AVO POLICE DEPARTMENT
  • No parking 2 signs NO PARKING MONDAY THURSDAY 11:30AM-1PM

North side of Park Place

  • Authorized vehicles only 2 signs AVO POLICE DEPARTMENT
  • No parking 6 signs NO PARKING MONDAY THURSDAY 11:30AM-1PM

South side of Park Place

  • No parking 2 signs NO PARKING ANYTIME
  • No parking 7 signs NO PARKING TUESDAY FRIDAY 11:30AM-1PM
  • No standing 1 sign NO STANDING ANYTIME
  • No standing 2 signs NO STANDING SCHOOL DAYS 7AM-4PM

Landmarks and historic districts

Within 820 feet, 130 buildings are designated by the Landmarks Preservation Commission, recorded mostly as Renaissance Revival, and mostly built between 1895 and 1901.

  1. (former) Mount Prospect Laboratory Designated landmark
    790 feet

Schools, parks and places within a walk

How places are listed

Sixteen public places are within a five-minute walk.

  • 7 religious buildings
  • 2 day care or pre-K sites
  • 2 playgrounds
  • 2 schools
  • 1 fire station
  • 2 other places

Schools and child care

  1. Sunny Skies Prospect Preschool, ages 2 to 5 · Pre-K
    320 feet
  2. P.S. 316 Elijah Stroud School
    860 feet
  3. Sunflower Playhouse Infant, toddler and preschool care, ages 0 to 5
    910 feet
Show all 4
  1. Gotham Professional Arts Academy School
    1,270 feet

Parks, playgrounds and gardens

  1. Stroud Playground
    410 feet
  2. James Forten Playground
    840 feet

Health care

  1. Downtown Brooklyn Nursing & Rehabilitation Center Nursing home or hospice
    1,080 feet

Libraries, museums and history

  1. Prospect Heights (Boundary Expansion) Listed historic place
    1,310 feet

Houses of worship

  1. Duryea Presbyterian Church House of worship
    1,200 feet

Fire and police

  1. Engine 280/Ladder 132 Fire station
    1,160 feet

Supermarkets

  1. Ideal Food Basket Supermarket
    340 feet
  2. Key Food Supermarket
    0.3 miles
  3. Foodtown Supermarket
    0.4 miles

Food stores and places to eat

Within a five-minute walk there are 43 places to eat and 16 food stores.

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

Nearby corners

The eight corners within a three-minute walk:

See every intersection along Grand Avenue or Park Place.

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