Prospect Park West & 11th Street

Prospect Park West and 11th Street meet at a three-way junction in Park Slope, Brooklyn, at the edge of Prospect Park. The corner lies on the edge of the Park Slope Historic District. Between 2021 and 2025, 11 police-reported crashes were recorded here, against a median of seven crashes for a Brooklyn corner. Harmony Playground is 140 feet away. The nearest subway, 15 St-Prospect Park, is about three minutes on foot, for the F and G. Within a five-minute walk are ten public places, three of them park features, and ten places to eat.

Safety record
9 hurt
11 police-reported crashes, 2021–2025
Nearest subway
15 St-Prospect Park
870 feet · 3 min on foot · F, G
Nearest bus stop
370 feet
Prospect Park West/12 St · B61
Within a walk
10 places
3 park features, 2 parks and 5 more kinds, within five minutes

Map

Layers
Prospect Park West & 11th Street Nearby corners, linked

Getting there

How walks are measured

Subway

The nearest subway station is 15 St-Prospect Park, 870 feet from this corner, about three minutes on foot.

  • 2 lines at the nearest station
  1. 15 St-Prospect Park F, G
    870 feet
    F G

Next trains at this station

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

Also within a walk

  1. 7 Av F, G
    1,240 feet
    F G

Bus

The nearest bus stop is Prospect Park West/12 St, 370 feet away, for the B61.

  • 4 routes within a ten-minute walk
  1. Prospect Park West/12 St B61
    370 feet
    B61

Next buses at this stop

  1. B61 …

Live arrivals

Cycling

A bike lane separated from traffic runs on Prospect Park West.

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

Nearest bike-share station

  1. Prospect Park West & 8 St 25 docks in all
    760 feet

By car

The nearest highway entrance is the ramp to the Prospect Expressway eastbound at 19th Street & Prospect Expressway, 0.8 miles by car along the streets.

  1. 378 Coney Island Avenue Gas station
    1.3 miles
  2. 352 8th Street Charging for electric cars, two Level 2 chargers
    0.6 miles

Safety record

How crashes are counted

Between 2021 and 2025, police reported 11 crashes at this corner, more than the median of seven crashes for a Brooklyn corner.

  • 9 people injured
  • 0 people killed
  • 2 of those hurt, on foot
  • 1 of those hurt, on a bike

The most recent crash recorded here was in July 2025.

What the city has done here

  • Accessible pedestrian signal, July 2022
  • Barnes Dance all-way crossing, undated in the City's record

About this corner

Where facts come from
ZIP code
11215
Community board
Brooklyn Community Board 6
City Council district
39
Police precinct
78
Neighborhood (City Planning area)
Park Slope; the corner is on the edge of the Prospect Park area
Elevation
154 feet above sea level

The streets

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

Homes

About 1,400 homes stand within 820 feet of this corner, a mix of apartment buildings and smaller houses. The buildings holding them mostly went up between 1896 and 1903.

Trees

NYC Parks records 148 trees within 330 feet; the most common is the pin oak.

Parking on the streets meeting here

How signs are read
  • 16 signs on these blocks
  • 5 different rules

The sign wording is DOT's, as recorded between June 2016 and September 2025, and the sign on the street decides.

North side of 11th Street

  • No parking 5 signs NO PARKING FRIDAY 11:30AM-1PM
  • No standing 1 sign NO STANDING ANYTIME

South side of 11th Street

  • No parking 5 signs NO PARKING TUESDAY 11:30AM-1PM

West side of Prospect Park West

  • No parking 4 signs NO PARKING FRIDAY 11:30AM-1PM
  • No standing 1 sign NO STANDING ANYTIME

Landmarks, monuments and public art

How landmarks are placed

Landmarks and historic districts

The corner stands at the edge of the Park Slope Historic District.

Within 820 feet, 332 buildings are designated by the Landmarks Preservation Commission, recorded most often as neo-Italian Renaissance, and mostly built between 1890 and 1901.

Monuments and public art

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

  1. Lafayette Memorial Stele by Daniel Chester French, 1917
    520 feet

Schools, parks and places within a walk

How places are listed

Ten public places are within a five-minute walk.

  • 3 park features
  • 2 parks
  • 1 fire station
  • 1 listed historic place
  • 1 playground
  • 2 other places

Schools and child care

  1. P.S. 107 John W. Kimball School
    1,310 feet

Parks, playgrounds and gardens

  1. The Bandshell in Prospect Park Park feature
    40 feet
  2. Prospect Park
    60 feet
  3. Harmony Playground
    140 feet
Show all 6
  1. Lafayette Monument in Prospect Park Park feature
    530 feet
  2. Bartel-Pritchard Square
    880 feet
  3. Litchfield Villa in Prospect Park Park feature · listed historic place
    960 feet

Libraries, museums and history

  1. 15th Street - Prospect Park Subway Station (IND) Listed historic place
    1,230 feet

Houses of worship

  1. Kolot Chayeinu Congregation House of worship
    940 feet

Fire and police

  1. Engine 220/Ladder 122 Fire station
    1,240 feet

Food stores and places to eat

Within a five-minute walk there are ten places to eat and two food stores.

Nearby corners

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

See every intersection along 11th Street or Prospect Park West.

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