Prospect Place & Carlton Avenue

Prospect Place and Carlton Avenue meet at a four-way crossing in Prospect Heights, Brooklyn. The corner lies inside the Prospect Heights Historic District. Between 2021 and 2025, 11 police-reported crashes were recorded here, against a median of seven crashes for a Brooklyn corner. Grace United Methodist Church is 830 feet away. The nearest subway, 7 Av, is about a minute on foot, and nine subway lines stop within a ten-minute walk. Within a five-minute walk are 15 public places, seven of them religious buildings, and 67 places to eat.

Safety record
13 hurt
11 police-reported crashes, 2021–2025
Nearest subway
7 Av
390 feet · 1 min on foot · B, Q
Nearest bus stop
460 feet
Flatbush Av/Park Pl · B41, B69, B116
Within a walk
15 places
7 religious buildings, 4 day care or pre-K sites and 3 more kinds, within five minutes

Map

Layers
Prospect Place & Carlton Avenue Nearby corners, linked

Getting there

How walks are measured

Subway

The nearest subway station is 7 Av, 390 feet from this corner, about a minute on foot.

  • 2 lines at the nearest station
  • 9 lines within a ten-minute walk
  1. 7 Av B, Q
    390 feet
    B Q

Next trains at this station

Manhattan
2 lines
  1. B …
  2. Q …
Southbound
2 lines
  1. B …
  2. Q …

Also within a walk

  1. Grand Army Plaza 2, 3
    1,300 feet
    2 3
  2. Bergen St 2, 3
    1,310 feet
    2 3

Bus

The nearest bus stop is Flatbush Av/Park Pl, 460 feet away, for the B41, B69 and B116.

  • 9 routes within a ten-minute walk
  1. Flatbush Av/Park Pl B41, B69, B116
    460 feet
    B41 B69 B116

Next buses at this stop

  1. B41 …
  2. B69 …
  3. B116 …

Live arrivals

Cycling

A marked bike lane runs on Carlton Avenue.

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

Nearest bike-share station

  1. Park Pl & Carlton Ave 27 docks in all
    410 feet

By car

The nearest highway entrance is the ramp to the Brooklyn-Queens Expressway eastbound at Navy Street, 1.4 miles by car along the streets.

  1. 300 Bergen Street Gas station
    0.7 miles
  2. 535 Carlton Avenue Charging for electric cars, four Level 2 chargers
    1,090 feet
  3. 28-17 42nd Road Fast charging for electric cars
    2.5 miles

Safety record

How crashes are counted

Between 2021 and 2025, police reported 11 crashes at this corner, more than the median of seven crashes for a Brooklyn corner.

  • 13 people injured
  • 0 people killed
  • 4 of those hurt, on foot
  • 1 of those hurt, on a bike

The most recent crash recorded here was in September 2025.

About this corner

Where facts come from
ZIP code
11238
Community board
Brooklyn Community Board 8
City Council district
35
Police precinct
78
Neighborhood (City Planning area)
Prospect Heights
Elevation
89 feet above sea level

The streets

  • One travel lane
  • A posted limit of 20 mph
  • Two of the streets are one-way

Homes

About 2,200 homes stand within 820 feet of this corner, a mix of apartment buildings and smaller houses. The buildings holding them mostly went up between 1879 and 1915.

Trees

NYC Parks records 64 trees within 330 feet; the most common are the thornless honeylocust and the maidenhair tree.

Parking on the streets meeting here

How signs are read
  • 31 signs on these blocks
  • 8 different rules

The sign wording is DOT's, as recorded between January 2021 and October 2025, and the sign on the street decides.

East side of Carlton Avenue

  • No parking 5 signs NO PARKING TUESDAY FRIDAY 11:30AM-1PM

West side of Carlton Avenue

  • No parking 5 signs NO PARKING MONDAY THURSDAY 11:30AM-1PM

North side of Prospect Place

  • No parking 3 signs NO PARKING MONDAY THURSDAY 11:30AM-1PM
  • No parking 6 signs NO PARKING MONDAY THURSDAY 8:30AM-10AM
  • No parking 1 sign NO PARKING MONDAY-THURSDAY 7AM-7PM FRIDAY-SUNDAY 11AM-11PM

South side of Prospect Place

  • No parking 3 signs NO PARKING TUESDAY FRIDAY 11:30AM-1PM
  • No parking 6 signs NO PARKING TUESDAY FRIDAY 8:30AM-10AM
  • No standing 2 signs NO STANDING ANYTIME

Landmarks and historic districts

The corner stands in the Prospect Heights Historic District.

Within 820 feet, 485 buildings are designated by the Landmarks Preservation Commission, recorded most often as Italianate, and mostly built between 1870 and 1886.

  1. Fourth Church of Christ, Scientist Designated landmark
    670 feet
  2. Grace United Methodist Episcopal Church Parsonage Designated landmark
    740 feet

Schools, parks and places within a walk

How places are listed

Fifteen public places are within a five-minute walk.

  • 7 religious buildings
  • 4 day care or pre-K sites
  • 2 listed historic places
  • 1 garden
  • 1 park

Schools and child care

  1. Eladia's Kids Parent Infant, toddler and preschool care, ages 0 to 5 · Pre-K
    610 feet
  2. The Nook Park Slope Preschool, ages 2 to 5
    910 feet
  3. Montessori Day School of Brooklyn Preschool, ages 2 to 5
    960 feet
Show all 4
  1. Park Slope Child Care Collective Preschool, ages 2 to 5
    1,200 feet

Parks, playgrounds and gardens

  1. St. Mark's Avenue / Prospect Heights Community Garden
    1,130 feet
  2. Grand Army Plaza
    1,230 feet

Libraries, museums and history

  1. Prospect Heights Historic District Listed historic place
    430 feet
  2. Buildings at 375-379 Flatbush Avenue and 185-187 Sterling Place Listed historic place
    830 feet

Houses of worship

  1. Grace United Methodist Church Landmark
    830 feet
  2. Memorial Presbyterian Church House of worship
    1,200 feet

Bank branches

  1. Chase Bank branch
    1,090 feet

Supermarkets

  1. Foodtown Supermarket
    1,130 feet
  2. Park Slope Food Coop Supermarket
    0.4 miles
  3. Ideal Food Basket Supermarket
    0.5 miles

Pharmacies

  1. Duane Reade Pharmacy
    700 feet
  2. Walgreens Pharmacy
    0.4 miles

Shopping centers

  1. Atlantic Center Shopping center
    0.4 miles

Food stores and places to eat

Within a five-minute walk there are 67 places to eat and 12 food stores.

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

Nearby corners

The eight nearest of the 9 corners within a three-minute walk:

See every intersection along Carlton Avenue or Prospect Place.

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 Parks, NYC Health, FDIC, NYS Agriculture and Markets, USDA and NYC Finance, retrieved September 18 – October 6, 2026.