Prospect Park West & 14th Street

Prospect Park West and 14th Street meet at a three-way junction in Park Slope, Brooklyn. The corner lies inside the Park Slope Historic District. Between 2021 and 2025, nine police-reported crashes were recorded here, against a median of seven crashes for a Brooklyn corner. Bartel-Pritchard Square is 100 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 13 public places, four of them religious buildings, and 26 places to eat. A bike lane separated from traffic runs along one of the streets meeting here.

Safety record
5 hurt
9 police-reported crashes, 2021–2025
Nearest subway
15 St-Prospect Park
90 feet · 1 min on foot · F, G
Nearest bus stop
140 feet
Prospect Park Southwest/Bartel Pritchard Sq · B61
Within a walk
13 places
4 religious buildings, 2 listed historic places and 4 more kinds, within five minutes

Map

Layers
Prospect Park West & 14th Street Nearby corners, linked

Getting there

How walks are measured

Subway

The nearest subway station is 15 St-Prospect Park, 90 feet from this corner, about a minute on foot.

  • 2 lines at the nearest station
  1. 15 St-Prospect Park F, G
    90 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
    0.4 miles
    F G

Bus

The nearest bus stop is Prospect Park Southwest/Bartel Pritchard Sq, 140 feet away, for the B61.

  • 4 routes within a ten-minute walk
  1. Prospect Park Southwest/Bartel Pritchard Sq B61
    140 feet
    B61

Next buses at this stop

  1. B61 …

Live arrivals

Cycling

A bike lane separated from traffic runs on 14th Street and Prospect Park West.

  • 26 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
    250 feet

By car

The nearest highway entrance is the ramp to the Prospect Expressway eastbound at 19th Street & Prospect Expressway, 0.6 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
    0.8 miles

Safety record

How crashes are counted

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

  • 5 people injured
  • 0 people killed
  • 3 of those hurt, on a bike

The most recent crash recorded here was in June 2026.

What the city has done here

  • Safety Improvement Project, 2012

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
150 feet above sea level

The streets

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

Homes

About 1,700 homes stand within 820 feet of this corner, a mix of apartment buildings and smaller houses. The buildings holding them mostly went up between 1901 and 1910.

Trees

NYC Parks records 122 trees within 330 feet; the most common is the London planetree.

Parking on the streets meeting here

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

The sign wording is DOT's, as recorded between October 2016 and June 2020, and the sign on the street decides.

North side of 14th Street

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

South side of 14th Street

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

West side of Prospect Park West

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

Landmarks and historic districts

The corner stands in the Park Slope Historic District.

Within 820 feet, 215 buildings are designated by the Landmarks Preservation Commission, recorded most often as Renaissance Revival, and mostly built between 1894 and 1904.

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

Schools, parks and places within a walk

How places are listed

Thirteen public places are within a five-minute walk.

  • 4 religious buildings
  • 2 listed historic places
  • 2 parks
  • 2 park features
  • 2 schools
  • 1 playground

Schools and child care

  1. St Joseph the Worker Catholic Acad School
    1,000 feet
  2. P.S. 107 John W. Kimball School · landmark
    1,030 feet

Parks, playgrounds and gardens

  1. The Bandshell in Prospect Park Park feature
    30 feet
  2. Prospect Park
    50 feet
  3. Bartel-Pritchard Square
    100 feet
Show all 5
  1. Lower Long Meadow in Prospect Park Park feature
    800 feet
  2. Harmony Playground
    920 feet

Libraries, museums and history

  1. 15th Street - Prospect Park Subway Station (IND) Listed historic place
    450 feet
  2. Eighth Avenue (14th Regiment) Armory Listed historic place
    1,220 feet

Houses of worship

  1. Park Slope Jewish Center Listed historic place
    880 feet
  2. Shepherds Hall House of worship
    1,110 feet
  3. Memorial Baptist Church House of worship
    1,190 feet

Bank branches

  1. Santander Bank Bank branch
    1,010 feet

Pharmacies

  1. Walgreens Pharmacy
    0.5 miles

Food stores and places to eat

Within a five-minute walk there are 26 places to eat and eight food stores.

Nearby corners

The eight corners within a three-minute walk:

See every intersection along 14th 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 Parks, NYC Health, FDIC, NYS Agriculture and Markets and USDA, retrieved September 18 – October 6, 2026.