Park Place & Saratoga Avenue

Park Place and Saratoga Avenue meet at a four-way crossing in Ocean Hill, Brooklyn. Between 2021 and 2025, 25 police-reported crashes were recorded here, against a median of seven crashes for a Brooklyn corner. Preston Community Garden is 1,040 feet away, and Brownsville Ascend Charter School is 1,130 feet away. The nearest bus stop, Saratoga Av/Park Pl, is 120 feet away for the B7, and eight bus routes stop within a ten-minute walk. Within a five-minute walk are 26 public places, ten of them religious buildings, and six places to eat.

Safety record
18 hurt
25 police-reported crashes, 2021–2025
Nearest highway entrance
Jackie Robinson Parkway
1.2 miles by car along the streets
Nearest bus stop
120 feet
Saratoga Av/Park Pl · B7
Within a walk
26 places
10 religious buildings, 4 schools and 8 more kinds, within five minutes

Map

Layers
Park Place & Saratoga Avenue Nearby corners, linked

Getting there

How walks are measured

Bus

The nearest bus stop is Saratoga Av/Park Pl, 120 feet away, for the B7.

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

Next buses at this stop

  1. B7 …

Live arrivals

Cycling

  • 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
    750 feet

By car

The nearest highway entrance is the ramp to the Jackie Robinson Parkway eastbound at Jamaica Avenue & J Robinson Parkway, 1.2 miles by car along the streets.

  1. 519 Howard Avenue Gas station
    1,170 feet
  2. 492 Thomas Boyland Street Charging for electric cars, five Level 2 chargers
    0.4 miles
  3. 1389 Rockaway Parkway Fast charging for electric cars
    2.2 miles

Safety record

How crashes are counted

Between 2021 and 2025, police reported 25 crashes at this corner, more than the median of seven crashes for a Brooklyn corner.

  • 18 people injured
  • 0 people killed
  • 1 of those hurt, on foot
  • 2 of those hurt, on a bike

The most recent crash recorded here was in June 2026.

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
72 feet above sea level

The streets

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

Homes

About 2,000 homes stand within 820 feet of this corner, a mix of apartment buildings and smaller houses.

Since 2014 at least 428 new affordable homes have been completed within 820 feet.

Trees

NYC Parks records 53 trees within 330 feet; the most common is the sawtooth oak.

Parking on the streets meeting here

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

The sign wording is DOT's, as recorded between September 2014 and February 2020, and the sign on the street decides.

North side of Park Place

  • No parking 8 signs NO PARKING MONDAY THURSDAY 9AM-10:30AM

South side of Park Place

  • No parking 8 signs NO PARKING TUESDAY FRIDAY 9AM-10:30AM

East side of Saratoga Avenue

  • No parking 1 sign NO PARKING ANYTIME
  • No parking 5 signs NO PARKING TUESDAY FRIDAY 8AM-9:30AM
  • No standing 2 signs NO STANDING ANYTIME

West side of Saratoga Avenue

  • No parking 5 signs NO PARKING MONDAY THURSDAY 8AM-9:30AM

Schools, parks and places within a walk

How places are listed

Within a five-minute walk there are 26 public places.

  • 10 religious buildings
  • 4 schools
  • 2 day care or pre-K sites
  • 2 gardens
  • 2 older adult centers
  • 6 other places

Schools and child care

  1. Webble Wobble Achievers Infant and toddler care, ages 0 to 2
    120 feet
  2. Brooklyn Ascend Charter School
    1,130 feet
  3. Brownsville Ascend Charter School
    1,130 feet
Show all 6
  1. Dr. Jacqueline Peek-Davis School
    1,280 feet
  2. Ronald Edmonds Learning Center II School
    1,280 feet
  3. Wiser Choice Learning Preschool, ages 2 to 5 · Pre-K
    1,300 feet

Parks, playgrounds and gardens

  1. Prospect Plaza Park
    420 feet
  2. Fred McLeod Community Garden
    920 feet
  3. Preston Community Garden
    1,040 feet
Show all 4
  1. Zion Triangle
    1,200 feet

Libraries, museums and history

  1. Parkway Theater Listed historic place
    990 feet

Houses of worship

  1. Mount Ararat Baptist Church House of worship
    1,060 feet

Community centers and public services

  1. Older adult center at 1440 East New York Avenue Older adult center
    1,110 feet
  2. Marcus Garvey Community Center
    1,220 feet
  3. Older adult center at Brown Older adult center
    1,300 feet

Fire and police

  1. Rescue 2 Fire station
    910 feet
  2. 73rd Precinct Police station
    1,190 feet

Supermarkets

  1. Ideal Food Basket Supermarket
    0.3 miles
  2. Food Bazaar Supermarket
    0.3 miles

Other stores

  1. Dollar Tree Store
    0.4 miles

Food stores and places to eat

Within a five-minute walk there are six places to eat and 14 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 11 corners within a three-minute walk:

See every intersection along Park Place or Saratoga Avenue.

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, NYCHA, NYC Housing Preservation and Development, NYC Parks, NYC Health, NYS Agriculture and Markets and USDA, retrieved September 18 – October 6, 2026.