Prospect Park West & 13th Street

Prospect Park West and 13th Street meet at a three-way junction in Park Slope, Brooklyn. The corner lies inside the Park Slope Historic District. Between 2021 and 2025, three police-reported crashes were recorded here, fewer than the median of seven crashes for a Brooklyn corner. Sanders (now Pavilion) Theatre stands 370 feet away. The nearest subway, 15 St-Prospect Park, is about a minute on foot, for the F and G. Within a five-minute walk are 11 public places, three of them park features, and 23 places to eat. A bike lane separated from traffic runs along Prospect Park West.

Safety record
Nobody hurt
3 police-reported crashes, 2021–2025
Nearest subway
15 St-Prospect Park
340 feet · 1 min on foot · F, G
Nearest bus stop
180 feet
Prospect Park West/12 St · B61
Within a walk
11 places
3 park features, 2 parks and 4 more kinds, within five minutes

Map

Layers
Prospect Park West & 13th Street Nearby corners, linked

Getting there

How walks are measured

Subway

The nearest subway station is 15 St-Prospect Park, 340 feet from this corner, about a minute on foot.

  • 2 lines at the nearest station
  1. 15 St-Prospect Park F, G
    340 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
    0.3 miles
    F G

Bus

The nearest bus stop is Prospect Park West/12 St, 180 feet away, for the B61.

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

Next buses at this stop

  1. B61 …

Live arrivals

Cycling

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

  • 17 bicycle racks within 820 feet
  • 2 more bike-share stations within a five-minute walk

Nearest bike-share station

  1. West Drive & Prospect Park West 29 docks in all
    510 feet

By car

The nearest highway entrance is the ramp to the Prospect Expressway eastbound at 19th Street & Prospect Expressway, 0.7 miles by car along the streets.

  1. 378 Coney Island Avenue Gas station
    1.2 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 three crashes 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 May 2024.

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
Elevation
149 feet above sea level

The streets

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

Homes

About 1,600 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 1909.

Trees

NYC Parks records 134 trees within 330 feet; the most common is the London planetree.

Parking on the streets meeting here

How signs are read
  • 15 signs on these blocks
  • 3 different rules

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

North side of 13th Street

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

South side of 13th Street

  • No parking 6 signs NO PARKING TUESDAY 11:30AM-1PM

West side of Prospect Park West

  • No parking 4 signs NO PARKING FRIDAY 11:30AM-1PM

Landmarks and historic districts

The corner stands in the Park Slope Historic District.

Within 820 feet, 285 buildings are designated by the Landmarks Preservation Commission, recorded most often as neo-Italian Renaissance, and mostly built between 1892 and 1901.

  1. Sanders (now Pavilion) Theatre Designated landmark
    370 feet

Schools, parks and places within a walk

How places are listed

Eleven public places are within a five-minute walk.

  • 3 park features
  • 2 parks
  • 2 religious buildings
  • 2 schools
  • 1 listed historic place
  • 1 playground

Schools and child care

  1. P.S. 107 John W. Kimball School · landmark
    790 feet
  2. St Joseph the Worker Catholic Acad School
    1,260 feet

Parks, playgrounds and gardens

  1. The Bandshell in Prospect Park Park feature
    30 feet
  2. Prospect Park
    60 feet
  3. Bartel-Pritchard Square
    360 feet
Show all 6
  1. Harmony Playground
    660 feet
  2. Lafayette Monument in Prospect Park Park feature
    1,050 feet
  3. Lower Long Meadow in Prospect Park Park feature
    1,060 feet

Libraries, museums and history

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

Houses of worship

  1. Park Slope Jewish Center Listed historic place
    1,000 feet

Bank branches

  1. Santander Bank Bank branch
    1,270 feet

Food stores and places to eat

Within a five-minute walk there are 23 places to eat and seven food stores.

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

Nearby corners

The eight corners within a three-minute walk:

See every intersection along 13th Street or Prospect Park West.

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, Landmarks Preservation Commission, NYC Parks, NYC Health, FDIC and NYS Agriculture and Markets, retrieved September 18 – October 6, 2026.