Parkside Avenue & Parkside Court

Parkside Avenue and Parkside Court meet at a four-way crossing in Flatbush, Brooklyn. Between 2021 and 2025, 17 police-reported crashes were recorded here, against a median of seven crashes for a Brooklyn corner. Duane Joseph Plaza is 290 feet away. The nearest subway, Parkside Av, is about a minute on foot, and three subway lines stop within a ten-minute walk. Within a five-minute walk are seven public places, two of them day care or pre-K sites, and 36 places to eat. About 3,700 homes stand within 820 feet, most in buildings of ten homes or more.

Safety record
8 hurt
17 police-reported crashes, 2021–2025
Nearest subway
Parkside Av
290 feet · 1 min on foot · Q
Nearest bus stop
150 feet
Parkside Av/Ocean Av · B12
Within a walk
7 places
2 day care or pre-K sites, 2 parks and 3 more kinds, within five minutes

Map

Layers
Parkside Avenue & Parkside Court Nearby corners, linked

Getting there

How walks are measured

Subway

The nearest subway station is Parkside Av, 290 feet from this corner, about a minute on foot.

  • 3 lines within a ten-minute walk
  1. Parkside Av Q
    290 feet
    Q

Next trains at this station

Manhattan
1 line
  1. Q …
Southbound
1 line
  1. Q …

Also within a walk

  1. Church Av B, Q
    0.4 miles
    B Q
  2. Prospect Park B, Q, S
    0.5 miles
    B Q S

The MTA's permanent art catalog lists “Brighton Clay Re-Leaf Nos. 1-4” (1994) by Susan Tunick at the Parkside Av station.

Bus

The nearest bus stop is Parkside Av/Ocean Av, 150 feet away, for the B12.

  • 10 routes within a ten-minute walk
  1. Parkside Av/Ocean Av B12
    150 feet
    B12

Next buses at this stop

  1. B12 …

Live arrivals

Cycling

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

Nearest bike-share station

  1. Parkside Ave & Flatbush Ave 25 docks in all
    310 feet

By car

The nearest highway entrance is the ramp to the Prospect Expressway westbound at Prospect Avenue & Prospect Expressway, 0.9 miles by car along the streets.

  1. 517 Flatbush Avenue Gas station
    0.5 miles
  2. 625 Rogers Avenue Charging for electric cars, six Level 2 chargers
    0.4 miles
  3. 2699 Nostrand Avenue Fast charging for electric cars
    2.8 miles

Safety record

How crashes are counted

Between 2021 and 2025, police reported 17 crashes at this corner, more than the median of seven crashes for a Brooklyn corner.

  • 8 people injured
  • 0 people killed
  • 2 of those hurt, on foot

The most recent crash recorded here was in April 2026.

About this corner

Where facts come from
ZIP code
11226
Community board
Brooklyn Community Board 9
City Council district
40
Police precinct
70 and 71 (the boundary runs through this corner)
Neighborhood (City Planning area)
Flatbush
Elevation
59 feet above sea level

The streets

  • Up to two travel lanes

Homes

About 3,700 homes stand within 820 feet of this corner, most of them in buildings of ten homes or more.

Since 2014 at least 47 new affordable homes have been completed within 820 feet.

Trees

NYC Parks records 52 trees within 330 feet; the most common is the pin oak.

Parking on the streets meeting here

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

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

Meters are posted as 2 hour passenger vehicles Monday to Saturday 8am to 7pm on Parkside Avenue (south side).

North side of Parkside Avenue

  • Metered parking 1 sign 2 HOUR METERED PARKING 8AM-7PM EXCEPT SUNDAY
  • Metered parking 3 signs 2 HOUR METERED PARKING MONDAY-FRIDAY 3PM-7PM SATURDAY 8AM-7PM
  • No parking 3 signs NO PARKING 7:30AM-8AM EXCEPT SUNDAY
  • No parking 2 signs NO PARKING TUESDAY FRIDAY 7:30AM-8AM
  • No standing 1 sign NO STANDING ANYTIME
  • Truck loading only 3 signs TRUCK LOADING ONLY MONDAY-FRIDAY 8AM-3PM

ParkNYC pay-by-cell zones: 329476 and 336843.

Landmarks and historic districts

Ten buildings within 820 feet are designated by the Landmarks Preservation Commission, recorded mostly as Neoclassical, and mostly built between 1912 and 1913.

Schools, parks and places within a walk

How places are listed

Seven public places are within a five-minute walk.

  • 2 day care or pre-K sites
  • 2 parks
  • 1 pedestrian plaza
  • 1 playground
  • 1 religious building

Schools and child care

  1. The David Foster Pre-School Academy Preschool, ages 2 to 5 · Pre-K
    1,150 feet
  2. The Maple Street School Preschool, ages 2 to 5
    1,170 feet

Parks, playgrounds and gardens

  1. Prospect Park
    520 feet
  2. Umma Park
    760 feet
  3. Umma Park Playground
    800 feet

Plazas and public spaces

  1. Duane Joseph Plaza Pedestrian plaza
    290 feet

Houses of worship

  1. Calvary Pentecostal Church House of worship
    320 feet

Supermarkets

  1. Key Food Supermarket
    880 feet
  2. Associated Supermarkets Supermarket
    1,000 feet
  3. Ideal Food Basket Supermarket
    0.3 miles

Pharmacies

  1. Duane Reade Pharmacy
    240 feet

Other stores

  1. Target Store
    0.5 miles
  2. Dollar Tree Store
    0.5 miles

Food stores and places to eat

Within a five-minute walk there are 36 places to eat and 15 food stores.

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

Nearby corners

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

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