Prospect Avenue & Calder Place

Prospect Avenue and Calder Place meet at a three-way junction in Windsor Terrace-South Slope, Brooklyn. Between 2021 and 2025, two police-reported crashes were recorded here, fewer than the median of seven crashes for a Brooklyn corner. Purple Playground is 610 feet away. The nearest subway, Prospect Av, is about seven minutes on foot, and three subway lines stop within a ten-minute walk. Within a five-minute walk are 19 public places, five of them schools, and 23 places to eat. About 1,500 homes stand within 820 feet, mostly built between 1901 and 1931, a mix of apartment buildings and smaller houses.

Safety record
1 hurt
2 police-reported crashes, 2021–2025
Nearest subway
Prospect Av
0.4 miles · 7 min on foot · R
Nearest bus stop
400 feet
7 Av/Prospect Av · B67, B69
Within a walk
19 places
5 schools, 4 day care or pre-K sites and 6 more kinds, within five minutes

Map

Layers
Prospect Avenue & Calder Place Nearby corners, linked

Getting there

How walks are measured

Subway

The nearest subway station is Prospect Av, 0.4 miles from this corner, about seven minutes on foot.

  • 3 lines within a ten-minute walk
  1. Prospect Av R
    0.4 miles
    R

Next trains at this station

Manhattan
1 line
  1. R …
Southbound
1 line
  1. R …

Also within a walk

  1. 15 St-Prospect Park F, G
    0.5 miles
    F G

The MTA's permanent art catalog lists “Duration” (2017) by Monika Bravo at the Prospect Av station.

Bus

The nearest bus stop is 7 Av/Prospect Av, 400 feet away, for the B67 and B69.

  • 4 routes within a ten-minute walk
  1. 7 Av/Prospect Av B67, B69 · Shelter
    400 feet
    B67 B69
    Shelter

Next buses at this stop

  1. B67 …
  2. B69 …

Live arrivals

Cycling

  • 35 bicycle racks within 820 feet

Nearest bike-share station

  1. 7 Ave & 17 St 21 docks in all
    610 feet

By car

The nearest highway entrance is the ramp to the Prospect Expressway eastbound at 19th Street & Prospect Expressway, 1,190 feet by car along the streets.

  1. 668 3rd Avenue Gas station
    0.8 miles
  2. 266 13th Street Charging for electric cars, two Level 2 chargers
    0.5 miles

Safety record

How crashes are counted

Between 2021 and 2025, police reported two 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 April 2022.

About this corner

Where facts come from
ZIP code
11215
Community board
Brooklyn Community Board 7
City Council district
39
Police precinct
72
Neighborhood (City Planning area)
Windsor Terrace-South Slope
Elevation
131 feet above sea level

The streets

  • Up to two travel lanes
  • One of the streets is one-way

Homes

About 1,500 homes stand within 820 feet of this corner, a mix of apartment buildings and smaller houses. The buildings holding them mostly went up between 1901 and 1931.

Trees

NYC Parks records 83 trees within 330 feet; the most common is the London planetree.

Parking on the streets meeting here

How signs are read
  • 12 signs on these blocks
  • 3 different rules

The sign wording is DOT's, as recorded between September 2018 and September 2020, and the sign on the street decides.

East side of Calder Place

  • No parking 3 signs NO PARKING THURSDAY 8:30AM-10AM

West side of Calder Place

  • No parking 2 signs NO PARKING FRIDAY 8:30AM-10AM

South side of Prospect Avenue

  • No parking 7 signs NO PARKING MONDAY 11:30AM-1PM

Schools, parks and places within a walk

How places are listed

Nineteen public places are within a five-minute walk.

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

Schools and child care

  1. Bumblebees R US Infant, toddler and preschool care, ages 0 to 5 · Pre-K
    20 feet
  2. Prospect Kids Academy Preschool, ages 2 to 5
    60 feet
  3. Magnet School of Math, Science and Design Technology School
    700 feet
Show all 9
  1. Brooklyn Sandbox Early Learning Center Preschool, ages 2 to 5 · Pre-K
    950 feet
  2. Chickpeas Childcare Center Preschool, ages 2 to 5 · Pre-K
    980 feet
  3. J.H.S. 088 Peter Rouget School
    1,170 feet
  4. P.S. K053 School
    1,170 feet
  5. New Voices School of Academic & Creative Arts School
    1,290 feet
  6. P.S. 295 School
    1,290 feet

Parks, playgrounds and gardens

  1. Detective Joseph Mayrose Park
    130 feet
  2. Purple Playground
    610 feet
  3. Butterfly Gardens Garden
    790 feet
Show all 5
  1. Slope Park Playground
    940 feet
  2. 6/15 Green Community Garden
    1,100 feet

Libraries, museums and history

  1. Prospect Hall Listed historic place
    1,000 feet

Houses of worship

  1. St John St Matthew Emanuel Lutheran Church House of worship
    680 feet
  2. Resurrection Coptic Catholic Church House of worship
    1,080 feet

Community centers and public services

  1. Older adult center at 283 Prospect Avenue Older adult center
    790 feet

Supermarkets

  1. Key Food Supermarket
    0.3 miles

Food stores and places to eat

Within a five-minute walk there are 23 places to eat and seven food stores.

Not on record for this corner: a signal or safety change and a designated landmark or historic district within 820 feet.

Nearby corners

The eight nearest of the 11 corners within a three-minute walk:

See every intersection along Calder Place or Prospect 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 Parks, NYC Health, NYS Agriculture and Markets and USDA, retrieved September 18 – October 6, 2026.