Prospect Avenue & Prospect Expressway

Prospect Avenue and Prospect Expressway meet at a three-way junction in Windsor Terrace-South Slope, Brooklyn. The corner has a clean safety record in city data between 2021 and 2025. Greenwood Playground is 140 feet away. The nearest subway, Fort Hamilton Pkwy, is about two minutes on foot, for the F and G. Within a five-minute walk are 16 public places, five of them religious buildings, and eight places to eat. About 1,900 homes stand within 820 feet, most in buildings of ten homes or more. NYC Parks records 80 trees within 330 feet; the most common is the London planetree.

Safety record
No crashes
0 police-reported crashes, 2021–2025
Nearest subway
Fort Hamilton Pkwy
510 feet · 2 min on foot · F, G
Nearest bus stop
1,230 feet
Coney Island Av/Park Circle · B68
Within a walk
16 places
5 religious buildings, 4 day care or pre-K sites and 4 more kinds, within five minutes

Map

Layers
Prospect Avenue & Prospect Expressway Nearby corners, linked

Getting there

How walks are measured

Subway

The nearest subway station is Fort Hamilton Pkwy, 510 feet from this corner, about two minutes on foot.

  • 2 lines at the nearest station
  1. Fort Hamilton Pkwy F, G
    510 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 Coney Island Av/Park Circle, 1,230 feet away, for the B68.

  • 7 routes within a ten-minute walk
  1. Coney Island Av/Park Circle B68 · Shelter
    1,230 feet
    B68
    Shelter

Next buses at this stop

  1. B68 …

Live arrivals

Cycling

  • 27 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
    540 feet

By car

A ramp to the Prospect Expressway westbound starts at this corner.

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

Safety record

How crashes are counted

No police-reported crashes between 2021 and 2025, against a median of seven crashes for a Brooklyn corner.

The most recent crash recorded here was in March 2020.

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

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

Homes

About 1,900 homes stand within 820 feet of this corner, most of them in buildings of ten homes or more.

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

Trees

NYC Parks records 80 trees within 330 feet; the most common is the London planetree.

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
    390 feet

Schools, parks and places within a walk

How places are listed

Sixteen public places are within a five-minute walk.

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

Schools and child care

  1. Chai Tots Preschool of Windsor Terrace Preschool, ages 2 to 5 · Pre-K
    740 feet
  2. Kings Bay YM-YWHA Preschool, ages 2 to 5
    1,100 feet
  3. Kings Bay y at Windsor Terrace Infant and toddler care, ages 0 to 2
    1,100 feet
Show all 4
  1. Bambi Child Care Infant, toddler and preschool care, ages 0 to 5
    1,130 feet

Parks, playgrounds and gardens

  1. Greenwood Playground
    140 feet
  2. Sherman Street Sitting Area Playground
    680 feet
  3. Machate Circle
    830 feet
Show all 5
  1. Prospect Park
    1,240 feet
  2. Parade Ground Park
    1,270 feet

Libraries, museums and history

  1. Windsor Terrace Library
    1,230 feet

Houses of worship

  1. Holy Apostles Church House of worship
    640 feet
  2. Immaculate Heart of Mary Church House of worship
    1,210 feet

Fire and police

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

Bank branches

  1. TD Bank Bank branch
    1,190 feet

Supermarkets

  1. Mannan Halal Supermarket Supermarket
    0.5 miles

Pharmacies

  1. Walgreens Pharmacy
    0.5 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 and a parking sign or meter on the blocks meeting here.

Nearby corners

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

See every intersection along Prospect Avenue or Prospect Expressway.

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, FDIC, NYS Agriculture and Markets and USDA, retrieved September 18 – October 6, 2026.