Park Place & Underhill Avenue

Park Place and Underhill Avenue meet at a four-way crossing in Prospect Heights, Brooklyn. The corner lies inside the Prospect Heights Historic District. Between 2021 and 2025, five police-reported crashes were recorded here, fewer than the median of seven crashes for a Brooklyn corner. (former) Mount Prospect Laboratory stands 140 feet away. The nearest subway, 7 Av, is about seven minutes on foot, and six subway lines stop within a ten-minute walk. Within a five-minute walk are 20 public places, six of them day care or pre-K sites, and 30 places to eat.

Safety record
1 hurt
5 police-reported crashes, 2021–2025
Nearest subway
7 Av
0.3 miles · 7 min on foot · B, Q
Nearest bus stop
950 feet
Vanderbilt Av/Park Pl · B69
Within a walk
20 places
6 day care or pre-K sites, 6 religious buildings and 5 more kinds, within five minutes

Map

Layers
Park Place & Underhill Avenue Nearby corners, linked

Getting there

How walks are measured

Subway

The nearest subway station is 7 Av, 0.3 miles from this corner, about seven minutes on foot.

  • 2 lines at the nearest station
  • 6 lines within a ten-minute walk
  1. 7 Av B, Q
    0.3 miles
    B Q

Next trains at this station

Manhattan
2 lines
  1. B …
  2. Q …
Southbound
2 lines
  1. B …
  2. Q …

Also within a walk

  1. Grand Army Plaza 2, 3
    0.3 miles
    2 3
  2. Eastern Pkwy-Brooklyn Museum 2, 3
    0.4 miles
    2 3

Bus

The nearest bus stop is Vanderbilt Av/Park Pl, 950 feet away, for the B69.

  • 9 routes within a ten-minute walk
  1. Vanderbilt Av/Park Pl B69 · Shelter
    950 feet
    B69
    Shelter

Next buses at this stop

  1. B69 …

Live arrivals

Cycling

A bike lane separated from traffic runs on Underhill Avenue.

  • 51 bicycle racks within 820 feet, 5 of them on-street corrals
  • 4 more bike-share stations within a five-minute walk

Nearest bike-share station

  1. Prospect Pl & Underhill Ave 23 docks in all
    370 feet

By car

The nearest highway entrance is the ramp to the Brooklyn-Queens Expressway eastbound at Navy Street, 1.8 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
    0.3 miles
  3. 28-17 42nd Road Fast charging for electric cars
    2.5 miles

Safety record

How crashes are counted

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

  • 1 person injured
  • 0 people killed

The most recent crash recorded here was in August 2022.

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
120 feet above sea level

The streets

  • Up to two travel lanes
  • A posted limit of 20 mph
  • One of the streets is one-way

Homes

About 2,400 homes stand within 820 feet of this corner, a mix of apartment buildings and smaller houses. The buildings holding them mostly went up between 1897 and 1925.

Since 2014 at least 15 new affordable homes have been completed within 820 feet.

Trees

NYC Parks records 80 trees within 330 feet; the most common is the cherry.

Parking on the streets meeting here

How signs are read
  • 38 signs on these blocks
  • 10 different rules
  • 1 active meter
  • 1 pay-by-cell zone

The sign wording is DOT's, as recorded between October 2017 and June 2024, and the sign on the street decides.

North side of Park Place

  • Metered parking 1 sign 2 HOUR METERED PARKING 8:30AM-7PM EXCEPT SUNDAY
  • No parking 11 signs NO PARKING MONDAY THURSDAY 9:30AM-11AM

South side of Park Place

  • No parking 13 signs NO PARKING TUESDAY FRIDAY 9:30AM-11AM
  • No standing 1 sign NO STANDING ANYTIME

East side of Underhill Avenue

  • No parking 3 signs NO PARKING MONDAY THURSDAY 8:30AM-10AM
  • No parking 2 signs NO PARKING MONDAY THURSDAY 9:30AM-11AM
  • No standing 1 sign NO STANDING ANYTIME

West side of Underhill Avenue

  • No parking 2 signs NO PARKING TUESDAY FRIDAY 8:30AM-10AM
  • No parking 3 signs NO PARKING TUESDAY FRIDAY 9:30AM-11AM
  • No standing 1 sign NO STANDING ANYTIME

ParkNYC pay-by-cell zone: 334928.

Landmarks and historic districts

The corner stands in the Prospect Heights Historic District.

Within 820 feet, 347 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
    140 feet
  2. Public School No. 9 Annex Designated landmark
    740 feet

Schools, parks and places within a walk

How places are listed

Twenty public places are within a five-minute walk.

  • 6 day care or pre-K sites
  • 6 religious buildings
  • 2 listed historic places
  • 2 playgrounds
  • 2 schools
  • 2 other places

Schools and child care

  1. Public School 9 the Sarah Smith Garnet School
    1,070 feet
  2. P.S. 009 Teunis G. Bergen Pre-K
    1,070 feet
  3. Montessori Day School of Brooklyn Preschool, ages 2 to 5
    1,120 feet
Show all 8
  1. Sunny Skies Prospect Preschool, ages 2 to 5 · Pre-K
    1,130 feet
  2. I.S. 340 School
    1,170 feet
  3. ABR Prospect Infant, toddler and preschool care, ages 0 to 5
    1,180 feet
  4. The Trustees of the Congregation Beth Elohim Preschool, ages 2 to 5
    1,230 feet
  5. Aozora Community Foundation Preschool, ages 2 to 5
    1,310 feet

Parks, playgrounds and gardens

  1. James Forten Playground
    130 feet
  2. Prospect Heights Community Farm Garden
    1,010 feet
  3. Grand Army Plaza
    1,060 feet
Show all 4
  1. Stroud Playground
    1,270 feet

Libraries, museums and history

  1. Prospect Heights (Boundary Expansion) Listed historic place
    420 feet
  2. Public School 111 and Public School 9 Annex Listed historic place
    1,080 feet

Houses of worship

  1. Duryea Presbyterian Church Landmark
    400 feet
  2. Union Temple Brooklyn Listed historic place
    1,230 feet

Supermarkets

  1. Foodtown Supermarket
    980 feet
  2. Ideal Food Basket Supermarket
    1,150 feet

Pharmacies

  1. Duane Reade Pharmacy
    0.4 miles

Food stores and places to eat

Within a five-minute walk there are 30 places to eat and 14 food stores.

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

Nearby corners

The eight nearest corners on foot, five of them within a three-minute walk:

See every intersection along Park Place or Underhill Avenue.

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