Prospect Place & Buffalo Avenue
Prospect Place and Buffalo Avenue meet at a four-way crossing in Crown Heights (North), Brooklyn. Between 2021 and 2025, 23 police-reported crashes were recorded here, against a median of seven crashes for a Brooklyn corner. The city lists this corner as a Vision Zero priority intersection. Brooklyn Center for Rehabilitation and Residential Health Care is 300 feet away. The nearest bus stop, Buffalo Av/Prospect Pl, is 100 feet away for the B15, and nine bus routes stop within a ten-minute walk. Within a five-minute walk are 31 public places, 15 of them religious buildings, and two places to eat.
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Getting there
How walks are measuredBus
The nearest bus stop is Buffalo Av/Prospect Pl, 100 feet away, for the B15.
- 9 routes within a ten-minute walk
- Buffalo Av/Prospect Pl B15100 feetB15
Next buses at this stop
- B15 …
Cycling
- 12 bicycle racks within 820 feet
- 4 more bike-share stations within a five-minute walk
Nearest bike-share station
- Park Pl & Buffalo Ave 20 docks in all370 feet
By car
The nearest highway entrance is the ramp to the Jackie Robinson Parkway eastbound at Jamaica Avenue & J Robinson Parkway, 1.7 miles by car along the streets.
- 1998 Atlantic Avenue Gas station0.5 miles
- 170 Buffalo Avenue Charging for electric cars, 20 Level 2 chargers380 feet
- 1389 Rockaway Parkway Fast charging for electric cars2.5 miles
Safety record
How crashes are countedBetween 2021 and 2025, police reported 23 crashes at this corner, more than the median of seven crashes for a Brooklyn corner.
- 19 people injured
- 0 people killed
- 5 of those hurt, on foot
- 2 of those hurt, on a bike
The most recent crash recorded here was in February 2026.
The city lists this corner as a Vision Zero priority intersection, a designation it applies to corners selected for attention on their injury record. It is not a record of work done.
What the city has done here
- Leading pedestrian interval, January 2024
About this corner
Where facts come from- ZIP code
- 11213
- Community board
- Brooklyn Community Board 8
- City Council district
- 41
- Police precinct
- 77
- Neighborhood (City Planning area)
- Crown Heights (North)
- Elevation
- 91 feet above sea level
The streets
- Up to two travel lanes
- One of the streets is one-way
Homes
About 2,300 homes stand within 820 feet of this corner, a mix of apartment buildings and smaller houses. The buildings holding them mostly went up between 1910 and 1950.
Since 2014 at least 81 new affordable homes have been completed within 820 feet.
Trees
NYC Parks records 47 trees within 330 feet; the most common is the thornless honeylocust.
Parking on the streets meeting here
How signs are read- 34 signs on these blocks
- 8 different rules
The sign wording is DOT's, as recorded between March 2015 and April 2023, and the sign on the street decides.
East side of Buffalo Avenue
- No parking 3 signs NO PARKING MONDAY THURSDAY 8:30AM-10AM
- No parking 2 signs NO PARKING MONDAY THURSDAY 9:30AM-11AM
West side of Buffalo Avenue
- No parking 3 signs NO PARKING TUESDAY FRIDAY 8:30AM-10AM
- No parking 3 signs NO PARKING TUESDAY FRIDAY 9:30AM-11AM
- No standing 1 sign NO STANDING ANYTIME
North side of Prospect Place
- No parking 9 signs NO PARKING MONDAY THURSDAY 9:30AM-11AM
South side of Prospect Place
- No parking 12 signs NO PARKING TUESDAY FRIDAY 9:30AM-11AM
- No standing 1 sign NO STANDING ANYTIME
Landmarks, monuments and public art
How landmarks are placedLandmarks and historic districts
Within 820 feet are four Individual Landmarks, and eight buildings in all are designated by the Landmarks Preservation Commission, recorded mostly as Vernacular. They were built in 1830.
Monuments and public art
The City's public art inventory lists one work near this corner, at Weeksville Heritage Center.
- Sugar in My Bowl II Sculpture by Chakaia Booker, 2012440 feet
Schools, parks and places within a walk
How places are listedWithin a five-minute walk there are 31 public places.
- 15 religious buildings
- 7 schools
- 2 older adult centers
- 2 playgrounds
- 1 day care or pre-K site
- 4 other places
Schools and child care
- Uncommon Excellence Girls CMS School620 feet
- P.S. 191 Paul Robeson School690 feet
- Central Brooklyn Literacy Academy (Cbla) School1,070 feet
Show all 8
- Explore Empower Charter School1,070 feet
- M.S. K394 School1,070 feet
- The Friends of Crown Heights Educational Centers Preschool, ages 2 to 5 · Pre-K1,080 feet
- P.S. 335 Granville T. Woods School1,290 feet
- The Brooklyn Green School1,290 feet
Parks, playgrounds and gardens
- Tehuti Ma’at Community Garden1,140 feet
- Kingsborough Houses Bergen Playground1,170 feet
- Woods Playground1,300 feet
Health care
- Brooklyn Center for Rehabilitation and Residential Health Care Nursing home or hospice300 feet
Libraries, museums and history
- Weeksville Heritage Center Historic site · listed historic place500 feet
- Hunterfly Road Historic District Listed historic place830 feet
Houses of worship
- St Marks Church of Christ House of worship1,230 feet
Community centers and public services
- Older adult center at 447 Kingsborough 4 Walk Older adult center880 feet
- Older adult center at Kingsborough Extension Older adult center910 feet
Supermarkets
- Food Bazaar Supermarket0.4 miles
- Associated Supermarkets Supermarket0.5 miles
Food stores and places to eat
Within a five-minute walk there are two places to eat and ten food stores.
Not on record for this corner: a subway entrance within a ten-minute walk.
Nearby corners
The eight nearest corners on foot, six of them within a three-minute walk:
- St Marks Avenue & Buffalo Avenue 320 feet
- Park Place & Buffalo Avenue 320 feet
- Bergen Street & Buffalo Avenue 650 feet
- Sterling Place & Buffalo Avenue 650 feet
- Prospect Place & Rochester Avenue 770 feet
- Ralph Avenue & Prospect Place 820 feet
- Bergen Street & Kingsborough 3rd Walk 890 feet
- St Johns Place & Buffalo Avenue 980 feet
See every intersection along Buffalo Avenue or Prospect Place.