President Street & Franklin Avenue

President Street and Franklin Avenue meet at a four-way crossing in Crown Heights (South), Brooklyn. Between 2021 and 2025, nine police-reported crashes were recorded here, against a median of seven crashes for a Brooklyn corner. P.S. 241 Emma L. Johnston is 550 feet away, and Brooklyn School for Music & Theatre is 810 feet away. The nearest subway, Franklin Av-Medgar Evers College/Botanic Garden, is about two minutes on foot, for the 2, 3, 4, 5 and S. Within a five-minute walk are 16 public places, seven of them schools, and 28 places to eat.

Safety record
4 hurt
9 police-reported crashes, 2021–2025
Nearest subway
Franklin Av-Medgar Evers College/Botanic Garden
580 feet · 2 min on foot · 2, 3, 4, 5, S
Nearest bus stop
240 feet
Franklin Av/Union St · B48
Within a walk
16 places
7 schools, 4 religious buildings and 4 more kinds, within five minutes

Map

Layers
President Street & Franklin Avenue Nearby corners, linked

Getting there

How walks are measured

Subway

The nearest subway station is Franklin Av-Medgar Evers College/Botanic Garden, 580 feet from this corner, about two minutes on foot.

  • 5 lines at the nearest station
  1. Franklin Av-Medgar Evers College/Botanic Garden 2, 3, 4, 5, S
    580 feet
    2 3 4 5 S

Next trains at this station

Manhattan
4 lines
  1. 2 …
  2. 3 …
  3. 4 …
  4. 5 …
Outbound
4 lines
  1. 2 …
  2. 3 …
  3. 4 …
  4. 5 …
Franklin Av
1 line
  1. S …
Prospect Park
1 line
  1. S …

Also within a walk

  1. President St-Medgar Evers College 2, 5
    0.4 miles
    2 5
  2. Eastern Pkwy-Brooklyn Museum 2, 3
    0.4 miles
    2 3

The MTA's permanent art catalog lists “IL7/Square” (1999) by Millie Burns at the Franklin Av-Medgar Evers College/Botanic Garden station.

Bus

The nearest bus stop is Franklin Av/Union St, 240 feet away, for the B48.

  • 7 routes within a ten-minute walk
  1. Franklin Av/Union St B48 · Shelter
    240 feet
    B48
    Shelter

Next buses at this stop

  1. B48 …

Live arrivals

Cycling

A signed bike route shared with traffic runs on Franklin Avenue.

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

Nearest bike-share station

  1. Carroll St & Franklin Ave 19 docks in all
    380 feet

By car

The nearest highway entrance is the ramp to the Prospect Expressway westbound at Prospect Avenue & Prospect Expressway, 1.9 miles by car along the streets.

  1. 517 Flatbush Avenue Gas station
    0.6 miles
  2. 316 St Marks Avenue Charging for electric cars, five Level 2 chargers
    0.8 miles
  3. 28-17 42nd Road Fast charging for electric cars
    2.8 miles

Safety record

How crashes are counted

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

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

The most recent crash recorded here was in February 2026.

What the city has done here

  • Leading pedestrian interval, July 2016

About this corner

Where facts come from
ZIP code
11225
Community board
Brooklyn Community Board 9
City Council district
35
Police precinct
71
Neighborhood (City Planning area)
Crown Heights (South)
Elevation
122 feet above sea level

The streets

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

Homes

About 2,700 homes stand within 820 feet of this corner, most of them in buildings of ten homes or more. The buildings holding them mostly went up between 1923 and 1938.

Since 2014 at least 18 new affordable homes have been completed within 820 feet.

Trees

NYC Parks records 40 trees within 330 feet; the most common are the London planetree and the pin oak.

Parking on the streets meeting here

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

The sign wording is DOT's, as recorded between January 2019 and August 2025; the 12 rules shown are the first by street and side, and the sign on the street decides.

East side of Franklin Avenue

  • Metered parking 2 signs 2 HOUR METERED PARKING 8AM-7PM EXCEPT SUNDAY
  • Time-limited parking 2 signs 2 HOUR PARKING 8AM-7PM EXCEPT SUNDAY
  • No parking 4 signs NO PARKING 7:30AM-8AM EXCEPT SUNDAY

West side of Franklin Avenue

  • Metered parking 2 signs 2 HOUR METERED PARKING 8AM-7PM EXCEPT SUNDAY
  • Time-limited parking 3 signs 2 HOUR PARKING 8AM-7PM EXCEPT SUNDAY
  • No parking 5 signs NO PARKING 7:30AM-8AM EXCEPT SUNDAY
  • No parking 1 sign NO PARKING ANYTIME
  • No standing 1 sign NO STANDING ANYTIME

North side of President Street

  • No parking 12 signs NO PARKING MONDAY THURSDAY 9:30AM-11AM
  • No standing 1 sign NO STANDING SCHOOL DAYS 7AM-4PM

South side of President Street

  • No parking 1 sign NO PARKING ANYTIME
  • No parking 15 signs NO PARKING TUESDAY FRIDAY 9:30AM-11AM

ParkNYC pay-by-cell zone: 334886.

Schools, parks and places within a walk

How places are listed

Sixteen public places are within a five-minute walk.

  • 7 schools
  • 4 religious buildings
  • 2 day care or pre-K sites
  • 1 garden
  • 1 park
  • 1 playground

Schools and child care

  1. P.S. 241 Emma L. Johnston School
    550 feet
  2. Friends of Crown Heights Educational Center Preschool, ages 2 to 5 · Pre-K
    790 feet
  3. Brooklyn Academy of Science and the Environment School
    810 feet
Show all 9
  1. Brooklyn School for Music & Theatre School
    810 feet
  2. International High School at Prospect Heights School
    810 feet
  3. The High School for Global Citizenship School
    810 feet
  4. Clara Barton High School
    920 feet
  5. St Francis de Sales-Deaf-Brooklyn School
    1,240 feet
  6. Little Angel Day Care #3 Preschool, ages 2 to 5
    1,290 feet

Parks, playgrounds and gardens

  1. Union Street Garden and Community Development Garden
    620 feet
  2. Dr. Ronald McNair Park
    1,010 feet
  3. Jackie Robinson Playground
    1,040 feet

Houses of worship

  1. Jehovahs Witnesses Ebbets Field House of worship
    1,020 feet

Bank branches

  1. Capital One Bank branch
    830 feet

Supermarkets

  1. Foodtown Supermarket
    510 feet
  2. Western Beef Supermarket
    0.5 miles

Food stores and places to eat

Within a five-minute walk there are 28 places to eat and 16 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, five of them within a three-minute walk:

See every intersection along Franklin Avenue or President Street.

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