Prospect Park Southwest & Park Circle

Prospect Park Southwest and Park Circle meet at a three-way junction in Windsor Terrace-South Slope, Brooklyn. The corner stands inside Machate Circle. Between 2021 and 2025, two police-reported crashes were recorded here, fewer than the median of seven crashes for a Brooklyn corner. The statue “The Horse Tamers” is 260 feet away. The nearest subway, Fort Hamilton Pkwy, is about five minutes on foot, for the F and G. Within a five-minute walk are nine public places, three of them parks. A bike lane separated from traffic runs along Park Circle.

Safety record
1 hurt
2 police-reported crashes, 2021–2025
Nearest subway
Fort Hamilton Pkwy
1,230 feet · 5 min on foot · F, G
Nearest bus stop
420 feet
Prospect Park Southwest/Greenwood Av · B68
Within a walk
9 places
3 parks, 3 religious buildings and 2 more kinds, within five minutes

Map

Layers
Prospect Park Southwest & Park Circle Nearby corners, linked

Getting there

How walks are measured

Subway

The nearest subway station is Fort Hamilton Pkwy, 1,230 feet from this corner, about five minutes on foot.

  • 2 lines at the nearest station
  1. Fort Hamilton Pkwy F, G
    1,230 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, 420 feet away, for the B68.

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

Next buses at this stop

  1. B68 …

Live arrivals

Cycling

A bike lane separated from traffic runs on Park Circle.

  • 3 bicycle racks within 820 feet
  • 1 more bike-share station within a five-minute walk

Nearest bike-share station

  1. Park Circle & East Dr 29 docks in all
    170 feet

By car

The nearest highway entrance is the ramp to the Prospect Expressway westbound at Prospect Avenue & Prospect Expressway, 1,010 feet by car along the streets.

  1. 378 Coney Island Avenue Gas station
    1,190 feet
  2. 625 Rogers Avenue Charging for electric cars, six Level 2 chargers
    1.2 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
  • 1 of those hurt, on a bike

The most recent crash recorded here was in March 2026.

About this corner

Where facts come from
ZIP code
11218
Community board
Brooklyn Community Board 7
City Council district
39
Police precinct
72 and 78 (the boundary runs through this corner)
Neighborhood (City Planning area)
Windsor Terrace-South Slope
Elevation
55 feet above sea level

The streets

  • Up to four travel lanes
  • Two of the streets are one-way

Homes

About 1,600 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 96 trees within 330 feet; the most common is the English yew.

Parking on the streets meeting here

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

The sign wording is DOT's, as recorded between July 2021 and April 2026, and the sign on the street decides.

East side of Park Circle

  • No stopping 2 signs NO STOPPING ANYTIME

North side of Park Circle

  • No parking 3 signs NO PARKING THURSDAY 11:30AM-1PM
  • No standing 3 signs NO STANDING ANYTIME

South side of Park Circle

  • No parking 2 signs NO PARKING FRIDAY 11:30AM-1PM

East side of Prospect Park Southwest

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

West side of Prospect Park Southwest

  • No standing 3 signs NO STANDING ANYTIME

Landmarks, monuments and public art

How landmarks are placed

Landmarks and historic districts

Two buildings within 820 feet are designated by the Landmarks Preservation Commission, and built in 1904.

Monuments and public art

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

  1. The Horse Tamers Statue by Frederick William MacMonnies, 1899
    260 feet

Schools, parks and places within a walk

How places are listed

Nine public places are within a five-minute walk.

  • 3 parks
  • 3 religious buildings
  • 2 playgrounds
  • 1 school

This corner stands inside Machate Circle.

Schools and child care

  1. Brooklyn College Academy School
    930 feet

Parks, playgrounds and gardens

  1. Machate Circle
    surrounds this corner
  2. Prospect Park
    190 feet
  3. Parade Ground Park
    410 feet
Show all 5
  1. Sherman Street Sitting Area Playground
    640 feet
  2. Greenwood Playground
    1,170 feet

Houses of worship

  1. Holy Apostles Church House of worship
    1,040 feet

Bank branches

  1. TD Bank Bank branch
    200 feet

Supermarkets

  1. Mannan Halal Supermarket Supermarket
    0.3 miles

Food stores and places to eat

Within a five-minute walk there are two food stores.

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

Nearby corners

The eight nearest of the 12 corners within a three-minute walk:

See every intersection along Park Circle or Prospect Park Southwest.

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