Prospect Park West & Garfield Place

Prospect Park West and Garfield Place meet at a three-way junction in Park Slope, Brooklyn, at the edge of Prospect Park. Between 2021 and 2025, five police-reported crashes were recorded here, fewer than the median of seven crashes for a Brooklyn corner. Garfield Tot Lot is 120 feet away, and Grand Army Plaza is 1,030 feet away. The nearest subway, Grand Army Plaza, is about eight minutes on foot, for the 2 and 3. Within a five-minute walk are 15 public places, four of them park features, and one place to eat.

Safety record
2 hurt
5 police-reported crashes, 2021–2025
Nearest subway
Grand Army Plaza
0.4 miles · 8 min on foot · 2, 3
Nearest bus stop
0.3 miles
Flatbush Av/Grand Army Plaza · B41
Within a walk
15 places
4 park features, 3 day care or pre-K sites and 5 more kinds, within five minutes

Map

Layers
Prospect Park West & Garfield Place Nearby corners, linked

Getting there

How walks are measured

Subway

The nearest subway station is Grand Army Plaza, 0.4 miles from this corner, about eight minutes on foot.

  • 2 lines at the nearest station
  1. Grand Army Plaza 2, 3
    0.4 miles
    2 3

Next trains at this station

Manhattan
2 lines
  1. 2 …
  2. 3 …
Outbound
2 lines
  1. 2 …
  2. 3 …

The MTA's permanent art catalog lists “Wings for the IRT: The Irresistible Romance of Travel” (1995) by Jane Greengold at the Grand Army Plaza station.

Bus

The nearest bus stop is Flatbush Av/Grand Army Plaza, 0.3 miles away, for the B41.

  • 4 routes within a ten-minute walk
  1. Flatbush Av/Grand Army Plaza B41 · Shelter
    0.3 miles
    B41
    Shelter

Next buses at this stop

  1. B41 …

Live arrivals

Cycling

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

  • 5 bicycle racks within 820 feet
  • 2 more bike-share stations within a five-minute walk

Nearest bike-share station

  1. Garfield Pl & 8 Ave 25 docks in all
    820 feet

By car

The nearest highway entrance is the ramp to the Prospect Expressway eastbound at 19th Street & Prospect Expressway, 1.3 miles by car along the streets.

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

Safety record

How crashes are counted

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

  • 2 people injured
  • 0 people killed

The most recent crash recorded here was in December 2024.

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; the corner is on the edge of the Prospect Park area
Elevation
143 feet above sea level

The streets

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

Homes

About 1,300 homes stand within 820 feet of this corner, a mix of apartment buildings and smaller houses. The buildings holding them mostly went up between 1896 and 1920.

Trees

NYC Parks records 222 trees within 330 feet; the most common is the American elm.

Parking on the streets meeting here

How signs are read
  • 18 signs on these blocks
  • 4 different rules

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

North side of Garfield Place

  • No parking 7 signs NO PARKING MONDAY 9AM-10:30AM

South side of Garfield Place

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

West side of Prospect Park West

  • Carshare only 1 sign CARSHARE PARKING ONLY OTHERS NO STANDING ANYTIME
  • No parking 4 signs NO PARKING FRIDAY 9AM-10:30AM

Landmarks, monuments and public art

How landmarks are placed

Landmarks and historic districts

Within 820 feet, 287 buildings are designated by the Landmarks Preservation Commission, recorded most often as Romanesque Revival, and mostly built between 1892 and 1908.

  1. The Temple House Designated landmark
    680 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
    750 feet

Schools, parks and places within a walk

How places are listed

Fifteen public places are within a five-minute walk.

  • 4 park features
  • 3 day care or pre-K sites
  • 2 parks
  • 2 playgrounds
  • 2 religious buildings
  • 2 other places

Schools and child care

  1. Poly Prep Lower School School-based preschool, ages 3 to 5
    350 feet
  2. Congregation Beth Elohim Ecc Preschool, ages 2 to 5
    610 feet
  3. Chai Tots Preschool, ages 2 to 5 · Pre-K
    740 feet

Parks, playgrounds and gardens

  1. Prospect Park
    50 feet
  2. Garfield Tot Lot Playground
    120 feet
  3. Meadowport Arch in Prospect Park Park feature
    580 feet
Show all 8
  1. Litchfield Villa in Prospect Park Park feature · listed historic place
    810 feet
  2. Grand Army Plaza
    1,030 feet
  3. Third Street Playground
    1,260 feet
  4. Upper Long Meadow in Prospect Park Park feature
    1,270 feet
  5. Stranahan Monument in Prospect Park Park feature
    1,300 feet

Libraries, museums and history

  1. Park Slope Historic District Listed historic place
    1,180 feet
  2. General Warren Statue Monument or memorial
    1,230 feet

Houses of worship

  1. Beth Elohim Congregation Landmark
    760 feet

Supermarkets

  1. Key Food Supermarket
    0.4 miles

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

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