Park Place & Hampton Place
Park Place and Hampton Place meet at a three-way junction in Crown Heights (North), Brooklyn. The corner lies inside the Crown Heights North III Historic District. Between 2021 and 2025, four police-reported crashes were recorded here, fewer than the median of seven crashes for a Brooklyn corner. P.S. 289 George V. Brower is 860 feet away, and Brower Park Playground is 890 feet away. The nearest subway, Kingston Av, is about seven minutes on foot, for the 3. Within a five-minute walk are 22 public places, seven of them religious buildings, and 17 places to eat.
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Getting there
How walks are measuredSubway
The nearest subway station is Kingston Av, 0.3 miles from this corner, about seven minutes on foot.
- Kingston Av 30.3 miles3
Next trains at this station
Manhattan
1 line- 3 …
Outbound
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Bus
The nearest bus stop is Kingston Av/Prospect Pl, 750 feet away, for the B43.
- 5 routes within a ten-minute walk
- Kingston Av/Prospect Pl B43750 feetB43
Next buses at this stop
- B43 …
Cycling
- 21 bicycle racks within 820 feet
- 3 more bike-share stations within a five-minute walk
Nearest bike-share station
- Kingston Ave & Park Pl 21 docks in all350 feet
By car
The nearest highway entrance is the ramp to the Jackie Robinson Parkway eastbound at Jamaica Avenue & J Robinson Parkway, 2.4 miles by car along the streets.
- 51 Brooklyn Avenue Gas station0.8 miles
- 959 Sterling Place Charging for electric cars, 21 Level 2 chargers0.5 miles
- 28-17 42nd Road Fast charging for electric cars2.4 miles
Safety record
How crashes are countedBetween 2021 and 2025, police reported four crashes at this corner, fewer than the median of seven crashes for a Brooklyn corner. Nobody was hurt.
The most recent crash recorded here was in November 2022.
About this corner
Where facts come from- ZIP code
- 11213
- Community board
- Brooklyn Community Board 8
- City Council district
- 36
- Police precinct
- 77
- Neighborhood (City Planning area)
- Crown Heights (North)
- Elevation
- 89 feet above sea level
The streets
- Up to two travel lanes
- Two of the streets are one-way
Homes
About 2,100 homes stand within 820 feet of this corner, a mix of apartment buildings and smaller houses. The buildings holding them mostly went up between 1903 and 1931.
Since 2014 at least 23 new affordable homes have been completed within 820 feet.
Trees
NYC Parks records 61 trees within 330 feet; the most common is the London planetree.
Parking on the streets meeting here
How signs are read- 10 signs on these blocks
- 4 different rules
The sign wording is DOT's, as recorded between March 2020 and February 2021, and the sign on the street decides.
East side of Hampton Place
- No standing 3 signs NO STANDING ANYTIME
West side of Hampton Place
- No parking 2 signs NO PARKING MONDAY THURSDAY 11:30AM-1PM
South side of Park Place
- No parking 1 sign NO PARKING ANYTIME
- No parking 4 signs NO PARKING TUESDAY FRIDAY 11:30AM-1PM
Landmarks and historic districts
The corner stands in the Crown Heights North III Historic District.
Within 820 feet, 330 buildings are designated by the Landmarks Preservation Commission, recorded most often as Renaissance Revival, and mostly built between 1897 and 1907.
Schools, parks and places within a walk
How places are listedWithin a five-minute walk there are 22 public places.
- 7 religious buildings
- 5 schools
- 4 day care or pre-K sites
- 2 older adult centers
- 2 playgrounds
- 2 other places
Schools and child care
- Arista Preparatory School School-based preschool, ages 2 to 5500 feet
- Edwards L. Cleaveland Day Care Center Preschool, ages 2 to 5 · Pre-K660 feet
- P.S. 289 George V. Brower School860 feet
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- Creative Learning Academy Preschool, ages 2 to 5 · Pre-K850 feet
- Lighthouse Early Learning Center School940 feet
- Kipp Always Mentally Prepared Charter School1,170 feet
- Kipp Amp Elementary Charter School1,170 feet
- The School of Integrated Learning School1,170 feet
- Yeled Vyalda Early Childhood Center Preschool, ages 2 to 51,310 feet
Parks, playgrounds and gardens
- Brower Park360 feet
- Brower Park Playground890 feet
- St. Mark's Playground1,310 feet
Libraries, museums and history
- Crown Heights North Historic District (Boundary Increase) Listed historic place480 feet
Houses of worship
- First Church of God in Christ Landmark240 feet
Community centers and public services
- Older adult center at 230 Kingston Avenue Older adult center820 feet
- Older adult center at 196 Albany Avenue Older adult center940 feet
Supermarkets
- Shop Fair Supermarket1,300 feet
Pharmacies
- Walgreens Pharmacy0.3 miles
Food stores and places to eat
Within a five-minute walk there are 17 places to eat and 11 food stores.
Not on record for this corner: a signal or safety change.
Nearby corners
The eight nearest of the 10 corners within a three-minute walk:
- Park Place & Virginia Place 220 feet
- Park Place & Kingston Avenue 310 feet
- Sterling Place & Hampton Place 330 feet
- Park Place & Albany Avenue 470 feet
- Sterling Place & Virginia Place 540 feet
- Prospect Place & Kingston Avenue 630 feet
- Sterling Place & Kingston Avenue 630 feet
- St Johns Place & Hampton Place 650 feet
See every intersection along Hampton Place or Park Place.