Prospect Park West & 20th Street

Prospect Park West and 20th Street meet at a three-way junction in Windsor Terrace-South Slope, Brooklyn. Between 2021 and 2025, four 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 510 feet away. The nearest subway, 15 St-Prospect Park, is about seven minutes on foot, for the F and G. Within a five-minute walk are eight public places, three of them day care or pre-K sites, and 16 places to eat. A bike lane separated from traffic runs along one of the streets meeting here.

Safety record
4 hurt
4 police-reported crashes, 2021–2025
Nearest subway
15 St-Prospect Park
0.3 miles · 7 min on foot · F, G
Nearest bus stop
120 feet
20 St/Prospect Park West · B67, B69
Within a walk
8 places
3 day care or pre-K sites, 3 schools and 1 more kind, within five minutes

Map

Layers
Prospect Park West & 20th 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 seven 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 20 St/Prospect Park West, 120 feet away, for the B67 and B69.

  • 4 routes within a ten-minute walk
  1. 20 St/Prospect Park West B67, B69
    120 feet
    B67 B69

Next buses at this stop

  1. B67 …
  2. B69 …

Live arrivals

Cycling

A bike lane separated from traffic runs on 20th Street and Prospect Park West.

  • 20 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
    50 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
    0.8 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 four crashes at this corner, fewer than the median of seven crashes for a Brooklyn corner.

  • 4 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 May 2025.

What the city has done here

  • Leading pedestrian interval, May 2025

About this corner

Where facts come from
ZIP code
11215
Community board
Brooklyn Community Board 7
City Council district
38 and 39 (the boundary runs through this corner)
Police precinct
72
Neighborhood (City Planning area)
Windsor Terrace-South Slope
Elevation
175 feet above sea level

The streets

  • Up to two travel lanes
  • A designated truck route
  • One of the streets is one-way

Homes

About 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 24 trees within 330 feet; the most common is the London planetree.

Parking on the streets meeting here

How signs are read
  • 42 signs on these blocks
  • 10 different rules

The sign wording is DOT's, as recorded between March 2021 and March 2026, and the sign on the street decides.

North side of 20th Street

  • No parking 5 signs NO PARKING THURSDAY 9:30AM-11AM
  • No parking 6 signs NO PARKING WEDNESDAY 8:30AM-10AM
  • No standing 1 sign NO STANDING ANYTIME
  • No standing 6 signs NO STANDING SCHOOL DAYS 7AM-6PM
  • Truck loading only 1 sign TRUCK LOADING ONLY 7AM-7PM EXCEPT SUNDAY
  • Truck loading only 2 signs TRUCK LOADING ONLY MONDAY-FRIDAY 7AM-7PM

South side of 20th Street

  • No stopping 17 signs NO STOPPING ANYTIME

East side of Prospect Park West

  • No parking 2 signs NO PARKING FRIDAY 8:30AM-10AM
  • No standing 1 sign NO STANDING ANYTIME

West side of Prospect Park West

  • No parking 1 sign NO PARKING MONDAY-FRIDAY 7AM-7PM

Schools and places within a walk

How places are listed

Eight public places are within a five-minute walk.

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

Schools and child care

  1. Brooklyn Urban Garden Charter School
    510 feet
  2. Bishop Ford School Pre-K center
    510 feet
  3. M.S. 442 Carroll Gardens School for Innovation School
    510 feet
Show all 6
  1. Kids-Centric Preschool
    600 feet
  2. Mesilas Bais Yaakov School
    970 feet
  3. Therapy and Learning Center Preschool
    1,280 feet

Houses of worship

  1. Shepherds Hall House of worship
    1,260 feet

Pharmacies

  1. Walgreens Pharmacy
    0.5 miles

Food stores and places to eat

Within a five-minute walk there are 16 places to eat and three 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, six of them within a three-minute walk:

See every intersection along 20th 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, NYS Agriculture and Markets and USDA, retrieved September 18 – October 6, 2026.