Prospect Park West & 15th Street

Prospect Park West and 15th Street meet at a three-way junction in Park Slope, Brooklyn, at the edge of Prospect Park. The corner stands inside Bartel-Pritchard Square. Between 2021 and 2025, 12 police-reported crashes were recorded here, against a median of seven crashes for a Brooklyn corner. Sanders (now Pavilion) Theatre stands 170 feet away, and Harmony Playground is 1,230 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 14 public places, five of them religious buildings, and 35 places to eat.

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

Map

Layers
Prospect Park West & 15th Street Nearby corners, linked

Getting there

How walks are measured

Subway

The nearest subway station is 15 St-Prospect Park, 160 feet from this corner, about a minute on foot.

  • 2 lines at the nearest station
  1. 15 St-Prospect Park F, G
    160 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, 190 feet away, for the B61.

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

Next buses at this stop

  1. B61 …

Live arrivals

Cycling

A signed bike route shared with traffic runs on 15th Street and Prospect Park West.

  • 34 bicycle racks within 820 feet
  • 3 more bike-share stations within a five-minute walk

Nearest bike-share station

  1. West Drive & Prospect Park West 29 docks in all
    260 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
    1.1 miles
  2. 266 13th Street Charging for electric cars, two Level 2 chargers
    0.7 miles

Safety record

How crashes are counted

Between 2021 and 2025, police reported 12 crashes at this corner, more than the median of seven crashes for a Brooklyn corner.

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

The most recent crash recorded here was in April 2026.

What the city has done here

  • Accessible pedestrian signal, August 2023
  • Barnes Dance all-way crossing, undated in the City's record

About this corner

Where facts come from
ZIP code
11215
City Council district
39
Police precinct
72 and 78 (the boundary runs through this corner)
Neighborhood (City Planning area)
Park Slope; the corner is on the edge of the Prospect Park area
Elevation
152 feet above sea level

The streets

  • Up to three 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 1920.

Trees

NYC Parks records 84 trees within 330 feet; the most common is the littleleaf linden.

Parking on the streets meeting here

How signs are read
  • 11 signs on these blocks
  • 3 different rules
  • 1 active meter
  • 1 pay-by-cell zone

The sign wording is DOT's, as recorded between October 2018 and December 2020, and the sign on the street decides.

Meters are posted as 2 hour passenger vehicles Monday to Saturday 8:30am to 7pm on Prospect Park West (north side).

North side of 15th Street

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

South side of 15th Street

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

ParkNYC pay-by-cell zone: 330125.

Landmarks and historic districts

Within 820 feet, 178 buildings are designated by the Landmarks Preservation Commission, recorded most often as Renaissance Revival, and mostly built between 1893 and 1904.

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

Schools, parks and places within a walk

How places are listed

Fourteen public places are within a five-minute walk.

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

This corner stands inside Bartel-Pritchard Square.

Schools and child care

  1. St Joseph the Worker Catholic Acad School
    690 feet
  2. P.S. 107 John W. Kimball School · landmark
    1,180 feet

Parks, playgrounds and gardens

  1. Bartel-Pritchard Square
    surrounds this corner
  2. The Bandshell in Prospect Park Park feature
    190 feet
  3. Prospect Park
    230 feet
Show all 5
  1. Lower Long Meadow in Prospect Park Park feature
    810 feet
  2. Harmony Playground
    1,230 feet

Libraries, museums and history

  1. 15th Street - Prospect Park Subway Station (IND) Listed historic place
    330 feet
  2. Eighth Avenue (14th Regiment) Armory Listed historic place
    1,120 feet

Houses of worship

  1. Shepherds Hall House of worship
    790 feet
  2. Memorial Baptist Church House of worship
    880 feet
  3. Park Slope Jewish Center Listed historic place
    1,000 feet

Bank branches

  1. Santander Bank Bank branch
    700 feet

Pharmacies

  1. Walgreens Pharmacy
    0.5 miles

Food stores and places to eat

Within a five-minute walk there are 35 places to eat and ten food stores.

Nearby corners

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

See every intersection along 15th 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.