Park Place & Schenectady Avenue

Park Place and Schenectady Avenue meet at a four-way crossing in Crown Heights (North), Brooklyn. Between 2021 and 2025, 27 police-reported crashes were recorded here, against a median of seven crashes for a Brooklyn corner. St Johns Recreation Center is 770 feet away, and Kipp Amp Elementary Charter School is 1,160 feet away. The nearest subway, Crown Hts-Utica Av, is about five minutes on foot, for the 3 and 4. Within a five-minute walk are 19 public places, nine of them religious buildings, and 15 places to eat.

Safety record
13 hurt
27 police-reported crashes, 2021–2025
Nearest subway
Crown Hts-Utica Av
0.3 miles · 5 min on foot · 3, 4
Nearest bus stop
690 feet
Saint Johns Pl/Schenectady Av · B45
Within a walk
19 places
9 religious buildings, 4 schools and 6 more kinds, within five minutes

Map

Layers
Park Place & Schenectady Avenue Nearby corners, linked

Getting there

How walks are measured

Subway

The nearest subway station is Crown Hts-Utica Av, 0.3 miles from this corner, about five minutes on foot.

  • 2 lines at the nearest station
  1. Crown Hts-Utica Av 3, 4
    0.3 miles
    3 4

Next trains at this station

Manhattan
2 lines
  1. 3 …
  2. 4 …
Outbound
2 lines
  1. 3 …
  2. 4 …

The MTA's permanent art catalog lists “Good Morning and Good Night” (2004) by Hugo Consuegra at the Crown Hts-Utica Av station.

Bus

The nearest bus stop is Saint Johns Pl/Schenectady Av, 690 feet away, for the B45.

  • 8 routes within a ten-minute walk
  1. Saint Johns Pl/Schenectady Av B45 · Shelter
    690 feet
    B45
    Shelter

Next buses at this stop

  1. B45 …

Live arrivals

Cycling

  • 36 bicycle racks within 820 feet
  • 3 more bike-share stations within a five-minute walk

Nearest bike-share station

  1. Sterling Pl & Schenectady Ave 21 docks in all
    370 feet

By car

The nearest highway entrance is the ramp to the Jackie Robinson Parkway eastbound at Jamaica Avenue & J Robinson Parkway, 2.1 miles by car along the streets.

  1. 1802 Atlantic Avenue Gas station
    0.5 miles
  2. 170 Buffalo Avenue Charging for electric cars, 20 Level 2 chargers
    0.6 miles
  3. 28-17 42nd Road Fast charging for electric cars
    2.7 miles

Safety record

How crashes are counted

Between 2021 and 2025, police reported 27 crashes at this corner, more than the median of seven crashes for a Brooklyn corner.

  • 13 people injured
  • 0 people killed
  • 5 of those hurt, on foot

The most recent crash recorded here was in February 2026.

What the city has done here

  • Leading pedestrian interval, July 2024
  • Turn calming, April 2026

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
101 feet above sea level

The streets

  • One travel lane
  • Two of the streets are one-way

Homes

About 1,900 homes stand within 820 feet of this corner, a mix of apartment buildings and smaller houses. The buildings holding them mostly went up between 1906 and 1920.

Since 2014 at least 9 new affordable homes have been completed within 820 feet.

Trees

NYC Parks records 35 trees within 330 feet; the most common is the pin oak.

Parking on the streets meeting here

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

The sign wording is DOT's, as recorded between April 2021 and January 2023, and the sign on the street decides.

North side of Park Place

  • No parking 11 signs NO PARKING MONDAY THURSDAY 11:30AM-1PM
  • No standing 1 sign NO STANDING ANYTIME

South side of Park Place

  • No parking 1 sign NO PARKING ANYTIME
  • No parking 12 signs NO PARKING TUESDAY FRIDAY 11:30AM-1PM

East side of Schenectady Avenue

  • No parking 6 signs NO PARKING TUESDAY FRIDAY 11:30AM-1PM

West side of Schenectady Avenue

  • No parking 5 signs NO PARKING MONDAY THURSDAY 11:30AM-1PM

Schools, parks and places within a walk

How places are listed

Nineteen public places are within a five-minute walk.

  • 9 religious buildings
  • 4 schools
  • 1 day care or pre-K site
  • 1 fire station
  • 1 garden
  • 3 other places

Schools and child care

  1. Sunshine Infant & Toddler Program Infant and toddler care, ages 0 to 2
    960 feet
  2. Kipp Always Mentally Prepared Charter School
    1,160 feet
  3. Kipp Amp Elementary Charter School
    1,160 feet
Show all 5
  1. The School of Integrated Learning School
    1,160 feet
  2. New Bridges Elementary School
    1,250 feet

Parks, playgrounds and gardens

  1. St. John's Park
    390 feet
  2. Eden’s Community Garden
    880 feet
  3. St. John's Playground
    1,100 feet

Community centers and public services

  1. St Johns Recreation Center
    770 feet

Fire and police

  1. Battalion 38/Engine 234/Ladder 123 Fire station
    770 feet

Supermarkets

  1. Shop Fair Supermarket
    770 feet
  2. Food Universe Supermarket
    780 feet
  3. Ideal Food Basket Supermarket
    1,320 feet

Other stores

  1. Dollar Tree Store
    0.3 miles

Food stores and places to eat

Within a five-minute walk there are 15 places to eat and 13 food stores.

Not on record for this corner: 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 Park Place or Schenectady Avenue.

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.