Park Place & Vanderbilt Avenue

Park Place and Vanderbilt Avenue meet at a four-way crossing in Prospect Heights, Brooklyn. The corner lies on the edge of the Prospect Heights Historic District. Between 2021 and 2025, eight police-reported crashes were recorded here, against a median of seven crashes for a Brooklyn corner. I.S. 340 is 340 feet away. The nearest subway, 7 Av, is about three minutes on foot, and four subway lines stop within a ten-minute walk. Within a five-minute walk are 18 public places, five of them religious buildings, and 52 places to eat.

Safety record
9 hurt
8 police-reported crashes, 2021–2025
Nearest subway
7 Av
890 feet · 3 min on foot · B, Q
Nearest bus stop
120 feet
Vanderbilt Av/Park Pl · B69
Within a walk
18 places
5 religious buildings, 3 day care or pre-K sites and 6 more kinds, within five minutes

Map

Layers
Park Place & Vanderbilt Avenue Nearby corners, linked

Getting there

How walks are measured

Subway

The nearest subway station is 7 Av, 890 feet from this corner, about three minutes on foot.

  • 2 lines at the nearest station
  • 4 lines within a ten-minute walk
  1. 7 Av B, Q
    890 feet
    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
    930 feet
    2 3
  2. Bergen St 2, 3
    0.4 miles
    2 3

Bus

The nearest bus stop is Vanderbilt Av/Park Pl, 120 feet away, for the B69.

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

Next buses at this stop

  1. B69 …

Live arrivals

Cycling

A marked bike lane runs on Vanderbilt Avenue.

  • 76 bicycle racks within 820 feet, 7 of them on-street corrals
  • 6 more bike-share stations within a five-minute walk

Nearest bike-share station

  1. Park Pl & Vanderbilt Ave 21 docks in all
    50 feet

By car

The nearest highway entrance is the ramp to the Brooklyn-Queens Expressway eastbound at Navy Street, 1.7 miles by car along the streets.

  1. 300 Bergen Street Gas station
    0.9 miles
  2. 316 St Marks Avenue Charging for electric cars, five Level 2 chargers
    0.4 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 eight crashes at this corner, more than the median of seven crashes for a Brooklyn corner.

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

The most recent crash recorded here was in April 2026.

What the city has done here

  • Leading pedestrian interval, May 2018
  • Turn calming, January 2024

About this corner

Where facts come from
ZIP code
11238
Community board
Brooklyn Community Board 8
City Council district
35
Police precinct
77 and 78 (the boundary runs through this corner)
Neighborhood (City Planning area)
Prospect Heights
Elevation
113 feet above sea level

The streets

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

Homes

About 2,600 homes stand within 820 feet of this corner, a mix of apartment buildings and smaller houses.

Trees

NYC Parks records 57 trees within 330 feet; the most common is the thornless honeylocust.

Parking on the streets meeting here

How signs are read
  • 45 signs on these blocks
  • 14 different rules
  • 2 active meters
  • 2 pay-by-cell zones

The sign wording is DOT's, as recorded between June 2019 and May 2026; the 12 rules shown are the first by street and side, and the sign on the street decides.

North side of Park Place

  • No parking 11 signs NO PARKING MONDAY THURSDAY 9:30AM-11AM

South side of Park Place

  • No parking 11 signs NO PARKING TUESDAY FRIDAY 9:30AM-11AM
  • No standing 2 signs NO STANDING ANYTIME

East side of Vanderbilt Avenue

  • Metered parking 2 signs 2 HOUR METERED PARKING 8:30AM-7PM EXCEPT SUNDAY
  • No parking 2 signs NO PARKING 8AM-8:30AM EXCEPT SUNDAY
  • No parking 2 signs NO PARKING TUESDAY FRIDAY 9:30AM-11AM
  • No standing 2 signs NO STANDING MAY-SEPTEMBER SATURDAY 11AM-11PM

West side of Vanderbilt Avenue

  • Metered parking 2 signs 2 HOUR METERED PARKING 9AM-7PM EXCEPT SUNDAY
  • Metered parking 1 sign 2 HOUR METERED PARKING SATURDAY 9AM-7PM
  • No parking 3 signs NO PARKING 8:30AM-9AM EXCEPT SUNDAY
  • No parking 2 signs NO PARKING MONDAY THURSDAY 9:30AM-11AM
  • No standing 3 signs NO STANDING MAY-SEPTEMBER SATURDAY 11AM-11PM

ParkNYC pay-by-cell zones: 302647 and 330703.

Landmarks, monuments and public art

How landmarks are placed

Landmarks and historic districts

The corner stands at the edge of the Prospect Heights Historic District.

Within 820 feet is one Individual Landmark, and 378 buildings in all are designated by the Landmarks Preservation Commission, recorded most often as Renaissance Revival. They were mostly built between 1882 and 1897.

  1. Public School No. 9 Annex Designated landmark
    270 feet

Monuments and public art

The City's public art inventory lists one work near this corner, in Grand Army Plaza.

  1. Dr. Alexander J.C. Skene Bust by John Massey Rhind, 1905
    740 feet

Schools, parks and places within a walk

How places are listed

Eighteen public places are within a five-minute walk.

  • 5 religious buildings
  • 3 day care or pre-K sites
  • 3 listed historic places
  • 2 gardens
  • 2 schools
  • 3 other places

Schools and child care

  1. Montessori Day School of Brooklyn Preschool, ages 2 to 5
    290 feet
  2. I.S. 340 School
    340 feet
  3. Aozora Community Foundation Preschool, ages 2 to 5
    860 feet
Show all 5
  1. ABR Prospect Infant, toddler and preschool care, ages 0 to 5
    980 feet
  2. Luria Academy of Brooklyn School
    990 feet

Parks, playgrounds and gardens

  1. Grand Army Plaza
    550 feet
  2. Prospect Heights Community Farm Garden
    740 feet
  3. St. Mark's Avenue / Prospect Heights Community Garden
    830 feet
Show all 4
  1. James Forten Playground
    960 feet

Libraries, museums and history

  1. Public School 111 and Public School 9 Annex Listed historic place
    250 feet
  2. Prospect Heights (Boundary Expansion) Listed historic place
    590 feet
  3. Skene Monument Monument or memorial
    770 feet
Show all 4
  1. Buildings at 375-379 Flatbush Avenue and 185-187 Sterling Place Listed historic place
    1,050 feet

Houses of worship

  1. Duryea Presbyterian Church House of worship
    1,230 feet

Bank branches

  1. Chase Bank branch
    1,190 feet

Supermarkets

  1. Foodtown Supermarket
    150 feet
  2. Ideal Food Basket Supermarket
    0.4 miles

Pharmacies

  1. Duane Reade Pharmacy
    0.3 miles

Food stores and places to eat

Within a five-minute walk there are 52 places to eat and 12 food stores.

Nearby corners

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

See every intersection along Park Place or Vanderbilt Avenue.

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