Prospect Avenue & Greenwood Avenue

Prospect Avenue and Greenwood Avenue meet at a four-way crossing in Windsor Terrace-South Slope, Brooklyn. Between 2021 and 2025, one police-reported crash was recorded here, fewer than the median of seven crashes for a Brooklyn corner. The Battalion 48/Engine 240 firehouse is 130 feet away. The nearest subway, Fort Hamilton Pkwy, is about a minute on foot, for the F and G. Within a five-minute walk are 16 public places, four of them day care or pre-K sites, and eight places to eat.

Safety record
Nobody hurt
1 police-reported crash, 2021–2025
Nearest subway
Fort Hamilton Pkwy
90 feet · 1 min on foot · F, G
Nearest bus stop
1,020 feet
Prospect Park Southwest/Greenwood Av · B68
Within a walk
16 places
4 day care or pre-K sites, 4 parks and 4 more kinds, within five minutes

Map

Layers
Prospect Avenue & Greenwood Avenue Nearby corners, linked

Getting there

How walks are measured

Subway

The nearest subway station is Fort Hamilton Pkwy, 90 feet from this corner, about a minute on foot.

  • 2 lines at the nearest station
  1. Fort Hamilton Pkwy F, G
    90 feet
    F G

Next trains at this station

Northbound
2 lines
  1. F …
  2. G …
Southbound
2 lines
  1. F …
  2. G …

Bus

The nearest bus stop is Prospect Park Southwest/Greenwood Av, 1,020 feet away, for the B68.

  • 4 routes within a ten-minute walk
  1. Prospect Park Southwest/Greenwood Av B68 · Shelter
    1,020 feet
    B68
    Shelter

Next buses at this stop

  1. B68 …

Live arrivals

Cycling

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

Nearest bike-share station

  1. Prospect Ave & Greenwood Ave 20 docks in all
    120 feet

By car

The nearest highway entrance is the ramp to the Prospect Expressway westbound at Prospect Avenue & Prospect Expressway, 1,150 feet by car along the streets.

  1. 378 Coney Island Avenue Gas station
    0.5 miles
  2. 625 Rogers Avenue Charging for electric cars, six Level 2 chargers
    1.5 miles

Safety record

How crashes are counted

Between 2021 and 2025, police reported one crash at this corner, fewer than the median of seven crashes for a Brooklyn corner. Nobody was hurt.

The most recent crash recorded here was in August 2023.

About this corner

Where facts come from
ZIP code
11218
Community board
Brooklyn Community Board 7
City Council district
39
Police precinct
72
Neighborhood (City Planning area)
Windsor Terrace-South Slope

The streets

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

Homes

About 1,200 homes stand within 820 feet of this corner, a mix of apartment buildings and smaller houses. The buildings holding them mostly went up between 1899 and 1937.

Since 2014 at least 95 new affordable homes have been completed within 820 feet.

Trees

NYC Parks records 69 trees within 330 feet; the most common is the London planetree.

Parking on the streets meeting here

How signs are read
  • 27 signs on these blocks
  • 9 different rules

The sign wording is DOT's, as recorded between April 2020 and August 2021, and the sign on the street decides.

North side of Greenwood Avenue

  • No parking 3 signs NO PARKING FRIDAY 11:30AM-1PM

South side of Greenwood Avenue

  • No parking 1 sign NO PARKING ANYTIME
  • No parking 2 signs NO PARKING THURSDAY 11:30AM-1PM

East side of Prospect Avenue

  • No parking 8 signs NO PARKING WEDNESDAY 8:30AM-10AM
  • No standing 1 sign NO STANDING ANYTIME
  • No standing 1 sign NO STANDING FIRE ZONE

West side of Prospect Avenue

  • No parking 7 signs NO PARKING TUESDAY 8:30AM-10AM
  • No standing 2 signs NO STANDING ANYTIME
  • No standing 2 signs NO STANDING FIRE ZONE

Landmarks, monuments and public art

How landmarks are placed

Landmarks and historic districts

One building within 820 feet is designated by the Landmarks Preservation Commission, recorded as Romanesque Revival, and built in 1895.

Monuments and public art

The City's public art inventory lists one work near this corner, in Greenwood Playground.

  1. Sixty First District Memorial Statue by Charles Keck, 1922
    330 feet

Schools, parks and places within a walk

How places are listed

Sixteen public places are within a five-minute walk.

  • 4 day care or pre-K sites
  • 4 parks
  • 4 religious buildings
  • 2 playgrounds
  • 1 fire station
  • 1 garden

Schools and child care

  1. Chai Tots Preschool of Windsor Terrace Preschool, ages 2 to 5 · Pre-K
    310 feet
  2. Kings Bay YM-YWHA Preschool, ages 2 to 5
    670 feet
  3. Kings Bay y at Windsor Terrace Infant and toddler care, ages 0 to 2
    670 feet
Show all 4
  1. Bambi Child Care Infant, toddler and preschool care, ages 0 to 5
    710 feet

Parks, playgrounds and gardens

  1. Greenwood Playground
    280 feet
  2. Sherman Street Sitting Area Playground
    750 feet
  3. Captain John McKenna, IV Park
    970 feet
Show all 7
  1. Prospect Park
    1,030 feet
  2. Prospect Farm Garden
    1,130 feet
  3. Seeley Park
    1,180 feet
  4. Machate Circle
    1,250 feet

Houses of worship

  1. Holy Apostles Church House of worship
    220 feet

Fire and police

  1. Battalion 48/Engine 240 Fire station · landmark
    130 feet

Pharmacies

  1. Walgreens Pharmacy
    0.4 miles

Food stores and places to eat

Within a five-minute walk there are eight places to eat and three food stores.

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

Nearby corners

The eight nearest of the 13 corners within a three-minute walk:

See every intersection along Greenwood Avenue, Greenwood Avenue Pedestrian Overpass or Prospect Avenue.

Sources: 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 Public Design Commission, NYC Parks, NYC Technology and Innovation, NYC Health, NYS Agriculture and Markets and USDA, retrieved September 18 – October 6, 2026.