Prospect Place & Albany Avenue

Prospect Place and Albany Avenue meet at a three-way junction in Crown Heights (North), Brooklyn, at the edge of NYCHA's Albany development. The corner lies on the edge of the Crown Heights North III Historic District. Between 2021 and 2025, seven police-reported crashes were recorded here, the median for a Brooklyn corner. Lighthouse Early Learning Center is 150 feet away. The nearest subway, Kingston Av, is about nine minutes on foot, for the 3. Within a five-minute walk are 23 public places, seven of them schools, and seven places to eat.

Safety record
2 hurt
7 police-reported crashes, 2021–2025
Nearest subway
Kingston Av
0.4 miles · 9 min on foot · 3
Nearest bus stop
750 feet
Bergen St/Albany Av · B65
Within a walk
23 places
7 schools, 5 religious buildings and 7 more kinds, within five minutes

Map

Layers
Prospect Place & Albany Avenue Nearby corners, linked

Getting there

How walks are measured

Subway

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

  1. Kingston Av 3
    0.4 miles
    3

Next trains at this station

Manhattan
1 line
  1. 3 …
Outbound
1 line
  1. 3 …

Bus

The nearest bus stop is Bergen St/Albany Av, 750 feet away, for the B65.

  • 6 routes within a ten-minute walk
  1. Bergen St/Albany Av B65
    750 feet
    B65

Next buses at this stop

  1. B65 …

Live arrivals

Cycling

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

Nearest bike-share station

  1. Kingston Ave & Park Pl 21 docks in all
    1,080 feet

By car

The nearest highway entrance is the ramp to the Jackie Robinson Parkway eastbound at Jamaica Avenue & J Robinson Parkway, 2.4 miles by car along the streets.

  1. 51 Brooklyn Avenue Gas station
    0.6 miles
  2. 145 Brooklyn Avenue Charging for electric cars, two Level 2 chargers
    0.5 miles
  3. 28-17 42nd Road Fast charging for electric cars
    2.2 miles

Safety record

How crashes are counted

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

  • 2 people injured
  • 0 people killed

The most recent crash recorded here was in November 2025.

About this corner

Where facts come from
ZIP code
11213
Community board
Brooklyn Community Board 8
City Council district
36
Police precinct
77
Neighborhood (City Planning area)
Crown Heights (North)
Elevation
94 feet above sea level

The streets

  • One travel lane
  • Two of the streets are one-way

Homes

About 2,500 homes stand within 820 feet of this corner, most of them in buildings of ten homes or more.

The corner stands at the edge of NYCHA's Albany development.

Trees

NYC Parks records 22 trees within 330 feet; the most common is the London planetree.

Parking on the streets meeting here

How signs are read
  • 32 signs on these blocks
  • 5 different rules

The sign wording is DOT's, as recorded between August 2021 and February 2023, and the sign on the street decides.

West side of Albany Avenue

  • No parking 6 signs NO PARKING MONDAY THURSDAY 11:30AM-1PM

North side of Prospect Place

  • No parking 7 signs NO PARKING MONDAY THURSDAY 11:30AM-1PM
  • No standing 6 signs NO STANDING ANYTIME

South side of Prospect Place

  • No parking 7 signs NO PARKING TUESDAY FRIDAY 11:30AM-1PM
  • No standing 6 signs NO STANDING ANYTIME

Landmarks and historic districts

The corner stands at the edge of the Crown Heights North III Historic District.

Within 820 feet, 274 buildings are designated by the Landmarks Preservation Commission, recorded most often as Renaissance Revival, and mostly built between 1896 and 1902.

Schools, parks and places within a walk

How places are listed

Within a five-minute walk there are 23 public places.

  • 7 schools
  • 5 religious buildings
  • 3 day care or pre-K sites
  • 2 parks
  • 2 playgrounds
  • 4 other places

Schools and child care

  1. Creative Learning Academy Preschool, ages 2 to 5 · Pre-K
    60 feet
  2. Lighthouse Early Learning Center School
    150 feet
  3. Edwards L. Cleaveland Day Care Center Preschool, ages 2 to 5 · Pre-K
    510 feet
Show all 10
  1. Academy for Health Careers School
    940 feet
  2. Pathways in Technology Early College High School (P-Tech) School
    940 feet
  3. P.S. 289 George V. Brower School
    1,000 feet
  4. Kipp Always Mentally Prepared Charter School
    1,010 feet
  5. Kipp Amp Elementary Charter School
    1,010 feet
  6. The School of Integrated Learning School
    1,010 feet
  7. Arista Preparatory School School-based preschool, ages 2 to 5
    1,290 feet

Parks, playgrounds and gardens

  1. St. Mark's Playground
    620 feet
  2. Brower Park
    830 feet
  3. St. John's Park
    960 feet
Show all 4
  1. St. John's Playground
    980 feet

Libraries, museums and history

  1. Crown Heights North Historic District (Boundary Increase) Listed historic place
    960 feet

Houses of worship

  1. First Church of God in Christ Landmark
    1,020 feet

Community centers and public services

  1. Older adult center at 196 Albany Avenue Older adult center
    150 feet
  2. Albany Community Center
    750 feet
  3. St Johns Recreation Center
    1,250 feet

Supermarkets

  1. Shop Fair Supermarket
    1,100 feet
  2. Food Universe Supermarket
    0.5 miles

Pharmacies

  1. Walgreens Pharmacy
    0.4 miles

Other stores

  1. Dollar Tree Store
    0.5 miles

Food stores and places to eat

Within a five-minute walk there are seven places to eat and nine food stores.

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 Albany Avenue or Prospect Place.

Sources: NYC Technology and Innovation, NYPD, MTA, NYC DOT, New York City's bike-share system, NYS Environmental Conservation, NYC City Planning, US Department of Energy, NYCHA, Landmarks Preservation Commission, NYC Parks, NYC Health, NYS Agriculture and Markets and USDA, retrieved September 18 – October 6, 2026.