Prospect Park West & 19th Street

Prospect Park West and 19th Street meet at a four-way crossing in Windsor Terrace-South Slope, Brooklyn. Between 2021 and 2025, six police-reported crashes were recorded here, fewer than the median of seven crashes for a Brooklyn corner. Brooklyn Urban Garden Charter School is 490 feet away. The nearest subway, 15 St-Prospect Park, is about six minutes on foot, for the F and G. Within a five-minute walk are ten public places, four of them schools, and 20 places to eat.

Safety record
3 hurt
6 police-reported crashes, 2021–2025
Nearest subway
15 St-Prospect Park
0.3 miles · 6 min on foot · F, G
Nearest bus stop
120 feet
Prospect Park West/19 St · B61
Within a walk
10 places
4 schools, 3 day care or pre-K sites and 1 more kind, within five minutes

Map

Layers
Prospect Park West & 19th Street Nearby corners, linked

Getting there

How walks are measured

Subway

The nearest subway station is 15 St-Prospect Park, 0.3 miles from this corner, about six minutes on foot.

  • 2 lines at the nearest station
  1. 15 St-Prospect Park F, G
    0.3 miles
    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/19 St, 120 feet away, for the B61.

  • 4 routes within a ten-minute walk
  1. Prospect Park West/19 St 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.

  • 24 bicycle racks within 820 feet, 7 of them on-street corrals
  • 1 more bike-share station within a five-minute walk

Nearest bike-share station

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

By car

The nearest highway entrance is the ramp to the Prospect Expressway westbound at 11th Avenue & 18th Street, 0.3 miles by car along the streets.

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

Safety record

How crashes are counted

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

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

The most recent crash recorded here was in October 2024.

What the city has done here

  • Safety Improvement Project, 2022
  • Leading pedestrian interval, May 2022

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
177 feet above sea level

The streets

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

Homes

About 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 1915 and 1931.

Trees

NYC Parks records 45 trees within 330 feet; the most common is the London planetree.

Parking on the streets meeting here

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

The sign wording is DOT's, as recorded between November 2020 and August 2023; the 12 rules shown are the first by street and side, and the sign on the street decides.

North side of 19th Street

  • No parking 2 signs NO PARKING MONDAY-FRIDAY 7AM-7PM
  • No parking 9 signs NO PARKING THURSDAY 8:30AM-10AM
  • No parking 5 signs NO PARKING WEDNESDAY 8:30AM-10AM
  • No standing 1 sign NO STANDING ANYTIME
  • Truck loading only 2 signs TRUCK LOADING ONLY 6AM-6PM EXCEPT SUNDAY

South side of 19th Street

  • No parking 4 signs NO PARKING FRIDAY 8:30AM-10AM
  • No parking 2 signs NO PARKING MONDAY-FRIDAY 7AM-7PM
  • No parking 4 signs NO PARKING TUESDAY 8:30AM-10AM
  • No standing 1 sign NO STANDING ANYTIME
  • No standing 1 sign NO STANDING SCHOOL DAYS 7AM-4PM
  • No standing 2 signs NO STANDING SCHOOL DAYS 8AM-4PM
  • Truck loading only 1 sign TRUCK LOADING ONLY 6AM-6PM EXCEPT SUNDAY

Schools and places within a walk

How places are listed

Ten public places are within a five-minute walk.

  • 4 schools
  • 3 day care or pre-K sites
  • 3 religious buildings

Schools and child care

  1. Kids-Centric Preschool
    340 feet
  2. Brooklyn Urban Garden Charter School
    490 feet
  3. M.S. 442 Carroll Gardens School for Innovation School
    490 feet
Show all 7
  1. Bishop Ford School Pre-K center
    490 feet
  2. Mesilas Bais Yaakov School
    710 feet
  3. Therapy and Learning Center Preschool
    1,020 feet
  4. St Joseph the Worker Catholic Acad School
    1,240 feet

Houses of worship

  1. Shepherds Hall House of worship
    1,000 feet

Bank branches

  1. Santander Bank Bank branch
    1,140 feet

Pharmacies

  1. Walgreens Pharmacy
    0.4 miles

Food stores and places to eat

Within a five-minute walk there are 20 places to eat and four food stores.

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

Nearby corners

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

See every intersection along 19th 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, NYC Parks, NYC Health, FDIC, NYS Agriculture and Markets and USDA, retrieved September 18 – October 6, 2026.