Park Place & Howard Avenue

Park Place and Howard Avenue meet at a four-way crossing in Ocean Hill, Brooklyn. Between 2021 and 2025, nine police-reported crashes were recorded here, against a median of seven crashes for a Brooklyn corner. Preston Community Garden is 270 feet away, and South Pacific Playground is 1,310 feet away. The nearest bus stop, Saratoga Av/Park Pl, is 860 feet away for the B7, and eight bus routes stop within a ten-minute walk. Within a five-minute walk are 21 public places, ten of them religious buildings, and three places to eat.

Safety record
3 hurt
9 police-reported crashes, 2021–2025
Nearest highway entrance
Jackie Robinson Parkway
1.3 miles by car along the streets
Nearest bus stop
860 feet
Saratoga Av/Park Pl · B7
Within a walk
21 places
10 religious buildings, 4 gardens and 6 more kinds, within five minutes

Map

Layers
Park Place & Howard Avenue Nearby corners, linked

Getting there

How walks are measured

Bus

The nearest bus stop is Saratoga Av/Park Pl, 860 feet away, for the B7.

  • 8 routes within a ten-minute walk
  1. Saratoga Av/Park Pl B7 · Shelter
    860 feet
    B7
    Shelter

Next buses at this stop

  1. B7 …

Live arrivals

Cycling

  • 8 bicycle racks within 820 feet
  • 2 more bike-share stations within a five-minute walk

Nearest bike-share station

  1. Prospect Pl & Howard Ave 19 docks in all
    350 feet

By car

The nearest highway entrance is the ramp to the Jackie Robinson Parkway eastbound at Jamaica Avenue & J Robinson Parkway, 1.3 miles by car along the streets.

  1. 519 Howard Avenue Gas station
    0.4 miles
  2. 170 Buffalo Avenue Charging for electric cars, 20 Level 2 chargers
    0.4 miles
  3. 1389 Rockaway Parkway Fast charging for electric cars
    2.4 miles

Safety record

How crashes are counted

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

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

The most recent crash recorded here was in June 2025.

What the city has done here

  • Leading pedestrian interval, September 2021
  • Accessible pedestrian signal, March 2025

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
84 feet above sea level

The streets

  • Up to two travel lanes
  • Two of the streets are 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 404 new affordable homes have been completed within 820 feet.

Trees

NYC Parks records 69 trees within 330 feet; the most common is the littleleaf linden.

Parking on the streets meeting here

How signs are read
  • 34 signs on these blocks
  • 7 different rules

The sign wording is DOT's, as recorded between November 2019 and February 2024, and the sign on the street decides.

East side of Howard Avenue

  • No parking 6 signs NO PARKING TUESDAY FRIDAY 8AM-9:30AM

West side of Howard Avenue

  • No parking 5 signs NO PARKING MONDAY THURSDAY 8AM-9:30AM
  • No standing 1 sign NO STANDING ANYTIME

North side of Park Place

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

South side of Park Place

  • No parking 1 sign NO PARKING ANYTIME
  • No parking 10 signs NO PARKING TUESDAY FRIDAY 9AM-10:30AM
  • No standing 1 sign NO STANDING ANYTIME

Schools, parks and places within a walk

How places are listed

Within a five-minute walk there are 21 public places.

  • 10 religious buildings
  • 4 gardens
  • 2 schools
  • 1 day care or pre-K site
  • 1 fire station
  • 3 other places

Schools and child care

  1. Dr. Jacqueline Peek-Davis School
    510 feet
  2. Ronald Edmonds Learning Center II School
    510 feet
  3. Webble Wobble Achievers Infant and toddler care, ages 0 to 2
    900 feet

Parks, playgrounds and gardens

  1. Preston Community Garden
    270 feet
  2. Prospect Plaza Park
    420 feet
  3. Sterling Community Group Garden
    940 feet
Show all 6
  1. Tehuti Ma’at Community Garden
    1,280 feet
  2. South Pacific Playground
    1,310 feet
  3. Farmers Garden
    1,310 feet

Libraries, museums and history

  1. Parkway Theater Listed historic place
    1,080 feet

Houses of worship

  1. Mount Ararat Baptist Church House of worship
    530 feet

Fire and police

  1. Rescue 2 Fire station
    620 feet

Supermarkets

  1. Food Bazaar Supermarket
    1,210 feet
  2. Ideal Food Basket Supermarket
    0.3 miles

Other stores

  1. Family Dollar Store
    0.5 miles

Food stores and places to eat

Within a five-minute walk there are three places to eat and 14 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 corners on foot, six of them within a three-minute walk:

See every intersection along Howard Avenue 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, NYC Housing Preservation and Development, NYC Parks, NYC Health, NYS Agriculture and Markets and USDA, retrieved September 18 – October 6, 2026.