Prospect Expressway & 7th Avenue

Prospect Expressway and 7th Avenue meet at a six-way junction in Sunset Park (West), Brooklyn. Between 2021 and 2025, four police-reported crashes were recorded here, fewer than the median of seven crashes for a Brooklyn corner. In 2025, 121 school-zone speed camera tickets were recorded here. Detective Joseph Mayrose Park is 90 feet away. The nearest subway, 15 St-Prospect Park, is about ten minutes on foot, for the F and G. Within a five-minute walk are 14 public places, six of them schools, and 18 places to eat.

Safety record
3 hurt
4 police-reported crashes, 2021–2025
Nearest subway
15 St-Prospect Park
0.5 miles · 10 min on foot · F, G
Nearest bus stop
130 feet
7 Av/18 St · B67, B69
Within a walk
14 places
6 schools, 4 day care or pre-K sites and 3 more kinds, within five minutes

Map

Layers
Prospect Expressway & 7th Avenue Nearby corners, linked

Getting there

How walks are measured

Subway

The nearest subway station is 15 St-Prospect Park, 0.5 miles from this corner, about ten minutes on foot.

  • 2 lines at the nearest station
  1. 15 St-Prospect Park F, G
    0.5 miles
    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 7 Av/18 St, 130 feet away, for the B67 and B69.

  • 4 routes within a ten-minute walk
  1. 7 Av/18 St B67, B69
    130 feet
    B67 B69

Next buses at this stop

  1. B67 …
  2. B69 …

Live arrivals

Cycling

A marked bike lane runs on 7th Avenue.

  • 28 bicycle racks within 820 feet, 4 of them on-street corrals
  • 3 more bike-share stations within a five-minute walk

Nearest bike-share station

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

By car

The nearest highway entrance is the ramp to the Prospect Expressway eastbound at 19th Street & Prospect Expressway, 310 feet by car along the streets.

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

Safety record

How crashes are counted

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

  • 3 people injured
  • 0 people killed

The most recent crash recorded here was in December 2025.

Camera tickets

How tickets are counted

In 2025, 121 school-zone speed camera tickets were issued for violations recorded at this corner, the 1,723rd most of the 1,957 corners in the city where any were issued.

In 2026 so far, through August 27, 82 more were issued.

Every corner with speed camera tickets

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)
Sunset Park (West)

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 1910 and 1931.

Trees

NYC Parks records 90 trees within 330 feet; the most common is the London planetree.

Parking on the streets meeting here

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

The sign wording is DOT's, as recorded between August 2017 and October 2025, and the sign on the street decides.

North side of 18th Street

  • No parking 10 signs NO PARKING THURSDAY 8:30AM-10AM
  • No standing 1 sign NO STANDING ANYTIME
  • No standing 3 signs NO STANDING SCHOOL DAYS 7AM-4PM

South side of 18th Street

  • No parking 13 signs NO PARKING FRIDAY 8:30AM-10AM
  • No parking 10 signs NO PARKING TUESDAY 8:30AM-10AM
  • No standing 3 signs NO STANDING ANYTIME
  • No standing 2 signs NO STANDING SCHOOL DAYS 7AM-4PM

East side of 7th Avenue

  • No parking 4 signs NO PARKING FRIDAY 8:30AM-10AM
  • No standing 3 signs NO STANDING ANYTIME

West side of 7th Avenue

  • No parking 3 signs NO PARKING THURSDAY 8:30AM-10AM
  • No standing 4 signs NO STANDING ANYTIME
  • No standing 1 sign NO STANDING SCHOOL DAYS 7AM-4PM

Schools, parks and places within a walk

How places are listed

Fourteen public places are within a five-minute walk.

  • 6 schools
  • 4 day care or pre-K sites
  • 2 playgrounds
  • 1 garden
  • 1 park

Schools and child care

  1. J.H.S. 088 Peter Rouget School
    290 feet
  2. P.S. K053 School
    290 feet
  3. Magnet School of Math, Science and Design Technology School
    440 feet
Show all 10
  1. New Voices School of Academic & Creative Arts School
    670 feet
  2. P.S. 295 School
    670 feet
  3. Prospect Kids Academy Preschool, ages 2 to 5
    840 feet
  4. Therapy and Learning Center Preschool
    860 feet
  5. Bumblebees R US Infant, toddler and preschool care, ages 0 to 5 · Pre-K
    900 feet
  6. Chickpeas Childcare Center Preschool, ages 2 to 5 · Pre-K
    1,120 feet
  7. Mesilas Bais Yaakov School
    1,210 feet

Parks, playgrounds and gardens

  1. Detective Joseph Mayrose Park
    90 feet
  2. Butterfly Gardens Garden
    130 feet
  3. Slope Park Playground
    690 feet
Show all 4
  1. Purple Playground
    1,120 feet

Supermarkets

  1. Key Food Supermarket
    0.4 miles

Food stores and places to eat

Within a five-minute walk there are 18 places to eat and six 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 12 corners within a three-minute walk:

See every intersection along 18th Street, 7th Avenue or Prospect Expressway.

Sources: NYPD, NYC Finance, MTA, NYC DOT, NYC City Planning, New York City's bike-share system, NYS Environmental Conservation, US Department of Energy, NYC Parks, NYC Technology and Innovation, NYC Health, NYS Agriculture and Markets and USDA, retrieved September 18 – October 6, 2026.