Prospect Park West & Prospect Avenue

Prospect Park West and Prospect Avenue meet at a four-way crossing in Windsor Terrace-South Slope, Brooklyn. Between 2021 and 2025, 14 police-reported crashes were recorded here, against a median of seven crashes for a Brooklyn corner. Bartel-Pritchard Square is 800 feet away. The nearest subway, 15 St-Prospect Park, is about three minutes on foot, for the F and G. Within a five-minute walk are 13 public places, three of them day care or pre-K sites, and 35 places to eat.

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

Map

Layers
Prospect Park West & Prospect Avenue Nearby corners, linked

Getting there

How walks are measured

Subway

The nearest subway station is 15 St-Prospect Park, 730 feet from this corner, about three minutes on foot.

  • 2 lines at the nearest station
  1. 15 St-Prospect Park F, G
    730 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, 50 feet away, for the B61.

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

Next buses at this stop

  1. B61 …

Live arrivals

Cycling

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

  • 33 bicycle racks within 820 feet, 3 of them on-street corrals
  • 3 more bike-share stations within a five-minute walk

Nearest bike-share station

  1. Windsor Pl & Howard Pl 24 docks in all
    680 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
    0.8 miles

Safety record

How crashes are counted

Between 2021 and 2025, police reported 14 crashes at this corner, more than the median of seven crashes for a Brooklyn corner.

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

The most recent crash recorded here was in April 2025.

What the city has done here

  • Leading pedestrian interval, September 2018

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
174 feet above sea level

The streets

  • Up to two travel lanes

Homes

About 1,700 homes stand within 820 feet of this corner, a mix of apartment buildings and smaller houses. The buildings holding them mostly went up between 1910 and 1935.

Trees

NYC Parks records 64 trees within 330 feet; the most common is the pin oak.

Parking on the streets meeting here

How signs are read
  • 41 signs on these blocks
  • 8 different rules
  • 4 active meters
  • 2 pay-by-cell zones

The sign wording is DOT's, as recorded between September 2020 and June 2025, and the sign on the street decides.

North side of Prospect Avenue

  • No parking 7 signs NO PARKING TUESDAY 11:30AM-1PM

South side of Prospect Avenue

  • No parking 12 signs NO PARKING MONDAY 11:30AM-1PM

East side of Prospect Park West

  • Metered parking 4 signs 2 HOUR METERED PARKING 9AM-7PM EXCEPT SUNDAY
  • No parking 5 signs NO PARKING 8:30AM-9AM EXCEPT SUNDAY
  • No parking 2 signs NO PARKING ANYTIME
  • No standing 1 sign NO STANDING SCHOOL DAYS 7AM-4PM

West side of Prospect Park West

  • Metered parking 5 signs 2 HOUR METERED PARKING 9AM-7PM EXCEPT SUNDAY
  • No parking 5 signs NO PARKING 8:30AM-9AM EXCEPT SUNDAY

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

Landmarks and historic districts

Three buildings within 820 feet are designated by the Landmarks Preservation Commission, recorded as Renaissance Revival, and built in 1905.

Schools, parks and places within a walk

How places are listed

Thirteen public places are within a five-minute walk.

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

Schools and child care

  1. St Joseph the Worker Catholic Acad School
    470 feet
  2. Kids-Centric Preschool
    540 feet
  3. Therapy and Learning Center Preschool
    1,250 feet
Show all 6
  1. Brooklyn Urban Garden Charter School
    1,260 feet
  2. M.S. 442 Carroll Gardens School for Innovation School
    1,260 feet
  3. Bishop Ford School Pre-K center
    1,260 feet

Parks, playgrounds and gardens

  1. Bartel-Pritchard Square
    800 feet
  2. Prospect Park
    1,080 feet
  3. The Bandshell in Prospect Park Park feature
    1,100 feet

Libraries, museums and history

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

Houses of worship

  1. Shepherds Hall House of worship
    230 feet

Bank branches

  1. Santander Bank Bank branch
    360 feet

Pharmacies

  1. Walgreens Pharmacy
    0.3 miles

Food stores and places to eat

Within a five-minute walk there are 35 places to eat and ten food stores.

Nearby corners

The eight nearest of the 11 corners within a three-minute walk:

See every intersection along Prospect Avenue 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, Landmarks Preservation Commission, NYC Parks, NYC Health, FDIC, NYS Agriculture and Markets and USDA, retrieved September 18 – October 6, 2026.