Prospect Park West & 17th Street

Prospect Park West and 17th Street meet at a four-way crossing in Windsor Terrace-South Slope, Brooklyn. Between 2021 and 2025, three police-reported crashes were recorded here, fewer than the median of seven crashes for a Brooklyn corner. M.S. 442 Carroll Gardens School for Innovation is 1,010 feet away. The nearest subway, 15 St-Prospect Park, is about four minutes on foot, for the F and G. Within a five-minute walk are 12 public places, four of them schools, and 32 places to eat.

Safety record
1 hurt
3 police-reported crashes, 2021–2025
Nearest subway
15 St-Prospect Park
970 feet · 4 min on foot · F, G
Nearest bus stop
120 feet
Prospect Park West/Prospect Av · B61
Within a walk
12 places
4 schools, 3 day care or pre-K sites and 3 more kinds, within five minutes

Map

Layers
Prospect Park West & 17th Street Nearby corners, linked

Getting there

How walks are measured

Subway

The nearest subway station is 15 St-Prospect Park, 970 feet from this corner, about four minutes on foot.

  • 2 lines at the nearest station
  1. 15 St-Prospect Park F, G
    970 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 West/Prospect Av, 120 feet away, for the B61.

  • 4 routes within a ten-minute walk
  1. Prospect Park West/Prospect Av B61
    120 feet
    B61

Next buses at this stop

  1. B61 …

Live arrivals

Cycling

A signed bike route shared with traffic runs on Prospect Park West.

  • 40 bicycle racks within 820 feet, 7 of them on-street corrals
  • 2 more bike-share stations within a five-minute walk

Nearest bike-share station

  1. Prospect Park W & 20 St 25 docks in all
    770 feet

By car

The nearest highway entrance is the ramp to the Prospect Expressway eastbound at 19th Street & Prospect Expressway, 0.4 miles by car along the streets.

  1. 20 Caton Avenue Gas station
    0.9 miles
  2. 266 13th Street Charging for electric cars, two Level 2 chargers
    0.9 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.

  • 1 person injured
  • 0 people killed

The most recent crash recorded here was in December 2023.

About this corner

Where facts come from
ZIP code
11215
Community board
Brooklyn Community Board 7
City Council district
39
Police precinct
72
Neighborhood (City Planning area)
Windsor Terrace-South Slope
Elevation
180 feet above sea level

The streets

  • Up to two travel lanes
  • One of the streets is one-way

Homes

About 1,200 homes stand within 820 feet of this corner, a mix of apartment buildings and smaller houses. The buildings holding them mostly went up between 1910 and 1931.

Trees

NYC Parks records 65 trees within 330 feet; the most common is the London planetree.

Parking on the streets meeting here

How signs are read
  • 32 signs on these blocks
  • 10 different rules
  • 2 active meters
  • 2 pay-by-cell zones

The sign wording is DOT's, as recorded between April 2018 and October 2021, and the sign on the street decides.

North side of 17th Street

  • No parking 5 signs NO PARKING THURSDAY 8:30AM-10AM
  • No parking 6 signs NO PARKING WEDNESDAY 8:30AM-10AM

South side of 17th Street

  • No parking 5 signs NO PARKING FRIDAY 8:30AM-10AM
  • No parking 6 signs NO PARKING TUESDAY 8:30AM-10AM

East side of Prospect Park West

  • Metered parking 2 signs 2 HOUR METERED PARKING 9AM-7PM EXCEPT SUNDAY
  • No parking 2 signs NO PARKING 8:30AM-9AM EXCEPT SUNDAY
  • No parking 2 signs NO PARKING FRIDAY 8:30AM-10AM

West side of Prospect Park West

  • Metered parking 1 sign 2 HOUR METERED PARKING 9AM-7PM EXCEPT SUNDAY
  • No parking 1 sign NO PARKING 8:30AM-9AM EXCEPT SUNDAY
  • No parking 2 signs NO PARKING THURSDAY 8:30AM-10AM

ParkNYC pay-by-cell zones: 300426 and 301156.

Schools, parks and places within a walk

How places are listed

Twelve public places are within a five-minute walk.

  • 4 schools
  • 3 day care or pre-K sites
  • 3 religious buildings
  • 1 listed historic place
  • 1 park

Schools and child care

  1. Kids-Centric Preschool
    290 feet
  2. St Joseph the Worker Catholic Acad School
    720 feet
  3. Therapy and Learning Center Preschool
    1,000 feet
Show all 7
  1. Brooklyn Urban Garden Charter School
    1,010 feet
  2. M.S. 442 Carroll Gardens School for Innovation School
    1,010 feet
  3. Bishop Ford School Pre-K center
    1,010 feet
  4. Mesilas Bais Yaakov School
    1,230 feet

Parks, playgrounds and gardens

  1. Bartel-Pritchard Square
    1,050 feet

Libraries, museums and history

  1. 15th Street - Prospect Park Subway Station (IND) Listed historic place
    1,210 feet

Houses of worship

  1. Shepherds Hall House of worship
    480 feet

Bank branches

  1. Santander Bank Bank branch
    620 feet

Pharmacies

  1. Walgreens Pharmacy
    0.3 miles

Food stores and places to eat

Within a five-minute walk there are 32 places to eat and ten food stores.

Not on record for this corner: a signal or safety change and a designated landmark or historic district within 820 feet.

Nearby corners

The eight nearest of the 10 corners within a three-minute walk:

See every intersection along 17th 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, NYC Parks, NYC Health, FDIC, NYS Agriculture and Markets and USDA, retrieved September 18 – October 6, 2026.