Prospect Park West & 4th Street

Prospect Park West and 4th Street meet at a three-way junction in Park Slope, Brooklyn. The corner lies on the edge of the Park Slope Historic District. Between 2021 and 2025, three police-reported crashes were recorded here, fewer than the median of seven crashes for a Brooklyn corner. Prospect Park is 40 feet away, and Garfield Tot Lot is 1,120 feet away. The nearest subway, 7 Av, is about eight minutes on foot, for the F and G. Within a five-minute walk are 13 public places, five of them park features, and one place to eat.

Safety record
2 hurt
3 police-reported crashes, 2021–2025
Nearest subway
7 Av
0.4 miles · 8 min on foot · F, G
Nearest bus stop
0.3 miles
Prospect Park West/9 St · B61
Within a walk
13 places
5 park features, 2 day care or pre-K sites and 4 more kinds, within five minutes

Map

Layers
Prospect Park West & 4th Street Nearby corners, linked

Getting there

How walks are measured

Subway

The nearest subway station is 7 Av, 0.4 miles from this corner, about eight minutes on foot.

  • 2 lines at the nearest station
  1. 7 Av F, G
    0.4 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/9 St, 0.3 miles away, for the B61.

  • 4 routes within a ten-minute walk
  1. Prospect Park West/9 St B61
    0.3 miles
    B61

Next buses at this stop

  1. B61 …

Live arrivals

Cycling

A bike lane separated from traffic runs on Prospect Park West.

  • 1 bicycle rack within 820 feet
  • 1 more bike-share station within a five-minute walk

Nearest bike-share station

  1. 3 St & Prospect Park West 31 docks in all
    320 feet

By car

The nearest highway entrance is the ramp to the Prospect Expressway eastbound at 19th Street & Prospect Expressway, 1.1 miles by car along the streets.

  1. 300 Bergen Street Gas station
    1.5 miles
  2. 99 Prospect Park West Charging for electric cars, two Level 2 chargers
    340 feet

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.

  • 2 people injured
  • 0 people killed
  • 2 of those hurt, on foot

The most recent crash recorded here was in October 2025.

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
154 feet above sea level

The streets

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

Homes

About 1,100 homes stand within 820 feet of this corner, a mix of apartment buildings and smaller houses. The buildings holding them mostly went up between 1903 and 1914.

Trees

NYC Parks records 143 trees within 330 feet; the most common is the London planetree.

Parking on the streets meeting here

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

The sign wording is DOT's, as recorded between April 2018 and September 2023, and the sign on the street decides.

North side of 4th Street

  • No parking 6 signs NO PARKING MONDAY 9AM-10:30AM

South side of 4th Street

  • No parking 6 signs NO PARKING TUESDAY 9AM-10:30AM

West side of Prospect Park West

  • No parking 4 signs NO PARKING FRIDAY 9AM-10:30AM

Landmarks, monuments and public art

How landmarks are placed

Landmarks and historic districts

The corner stands at the edge of the Park Slope Historic District.

Within 820 feet is one Individual Landmark, and 290 buildings in all are designated by the Landmarks Preservation Commission, recorded most often as Neoclassical and Romanesque Revival. They were mostly built between 1900 and 1909.

  1. Grace Hill, Litchfield House, Litchfield Villa Designated landmark
    290 feet

Monuments and public art

The City's public art inventory lists one work near this corner, in Prospect Park.

  1. Panthers Statue by Alexander Phimister Proctor, 1898
    300 feet

Schools, parks and places within a walk

How places are listed

Thirteen public places are within a five-minute walk.

  • 5 park features
  • 2 day care or pre-K sites
  • 2 playgrounds
  • 2 religious buildings
  • 1 park
  • 1 school

Schools and child care

  1. Chai Tots Preschool, ages 2 to 5 · Pre-K
    300 feet
  2. Poly Prep Lower School School-based preschool, ages 3 to 5
    700 feet
  3. St Saviour High School
    1,140 feet

Parks, playgrounds and gardens

  1. Litchfield Villa in Prospect Park Park feature · listed historic place
    30 feet
  2. Prospect Park
    40 feet
  3. Third Street Playground
    740 feet
Show all 8
  1. Upper Long Meadow in Prospect Park Park feature
    750 feet
  2. The Bandshell in Prospect Park Park feature
    890 feet
  3. Garfield Tot Lot Playground
    1,120 feet
  4. Middle Long Meadow in Prospect Park Park feature
    1,210 feet
  5. Lafayette Monument in Prospect Park Park feature
    1,300 feet

Houses of worship

  1. Church of the Virgin Mary House of worship
    1,250 feet
  2. St Saviour Church House of worship
    1,280 feet

Food stores and places to eat

Within a five-minute walk there is one place to eat.

Not on record for this corner: a signal or safety change.

Nearby corners

The eight corners within a three-minute walk:

See every intersection along 4th 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, Landmarks Preservation Commission, NYC Public Design Commission, NYC Parks, NYC Health and NYS Agriculture and Markets, retrieved September 18 – October 6, 2026.