Prospect Place & Howard Avenue

Prospect Place and Howard Avenue meet at a four-way crossing in Ocean Hill, Brooklyn. Between 2021 and 2025, four police-reported crashes were recorded here, fewer than the median of seven crashes for a Brooklyn corner. Dr. Jacqueline Peek-Davis School is 180 feet away, and Ronald Edmonds Learning Center II is 180 feet away. The nearest bus stop, Ralph Av/Prospect Pl, is 820 feet away for the B47, and nine bus routes stop within a ten-minute walk. Within a five-minute walk are 19 public places, nine of them religious buildings, and three places to eat.

Safety record
1 hurt
4 police-reported crashes, 2021–2025
Nearest highway entrance
Jackie Robinson Parkway
1.4 miles by car along the streets
Nearest bus stop
820 feet
Ralph Av/Prospect Pl · B47
Within a walk
19 places
9 religious buildings, 4 gardens and 5 more kinds, within five minutes

Map

Layers
Prospect Place & Howard Avenue Nearby corners, linked

Getting there

How walks are measured

Bus

The nearest bus stop is Ralph Av/Prospect Pl, 820 feet away, for the B47.

  • 9 routes within a ten-minute walk
  1. Ralph Av/Prospect Pl B47
    820 feet
    B47

Next buses at this stop

  1. B47 …

Live arrivals

Cycling

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

Nearest bike-share station

  1. Prospect Pl & Howard Ave 19 docks in all
    40 feet

By car

The nearest highway entrance is the ramp to the Jackie Robinson Parkway eastbound at Jamaica Avenue & J Robinson Parkway, 1.4 miles by car along the streets.

  1. 1998 Atlantic Avenue Gas station
    0.4 miles
  2. 170 Buffalo Avenue Charging for electric cars, 20 Level 2 chargers
    0.4 miles
  3. 1389 Rockaway Parkway Fast charging for electric cars
    2.5 miles

Safety record

How crashes are counted

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

  • 1 person injured
  • 0 people killed

The most recent crash recorded here was in March 2025.

What the city has done here

  • Leading pedestrian interval, September 2021
  • Accessible pedestrian signal, January 2025

About this corner

Where facts come from
ZIP code
11233
Community board
Brooklyn Community Board 16
City Council district
41
Police precinct
73
Neighborhood (City Planning area)
Ocean Hill
Elevation
91 feet above sea level

The streets

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

Homes

About 1,800 homes stand within 820 feet of this corner, a mix of apartment buildings and smaller houses.

Since 2014 at least 262 new affordable homes have been completed within 820 feet.

Trees

NYC Parks records 71 trees within 330 feet; the most common is the pin oak.

Parking on the streets meeting here

How signs are read
  • 35 signs on these blocks
  • 7 different rules

The sign wording is DOT's, as recorded between May 2019 and December 2022, and the sign on the street decides.

East side of Howard Avenue

  • No parking 1 sign NO PARKING ANYTIME
  • No parking 6 signs NO PARKING TUESDAY FRIDAY 8AM-9:30AM

West side of Howard Avenue

  • No parking 6 signs NO PARKING MONDAY THURSDAY 8AM-9:30AM

North side of Prospect Place

  • No parking 10 signs NO PARKING MONDAY THURSDAY 9AM-10:30AM
  • No standing 2 signs NO STANDING SCHOOL DAYS 7AM-4PM

South side of Prospect Place

  • No parking 9 signs NO PARKING TUESDAY FRIDAY 9AM-10:30AM
  • No standing 1 sign NO STANDING ANYTIME

Schools, parks and places within a walk

How places are listed

Nineteen public places are within a five-minute walk.

  • 9 religious buildings
  • 4 gardens
  • 2 schools
  • 1 day care or pre-K site
  • 1 fire station
  • 2 other places

Schools and child care

  1. Dr. Jacqueline Peek-Davis School
    180 feet
  2. Ronald Edmonds Learning Center II School
    180 feet
  3. Webble Wobble Achievers Infant and toddler care, ages 0 to 2
    980 feet

Parks, playgrounds and gardens

  1. Preston Community Garden
    350 feet
  2. Prospect Plaza Park
    740 feet
  3. Tehuti Ma’at Community Garden
    950 feet
Show all 6
  1. South Pacific Playground
    980 feet
  2. Farmers Garden
    980 feet
  3. Sterling Community Group Garden
    1,270 feet

Houses of worship

  1. Mount Ararat Baptist Church House of worship
    210 feet
  2. St Marks Church of Christ House of worship
    1,150 feet

Fire and police

  1. Rescue 2 Fire station
    940 feet

Supermarkets

  1. Food Bazaar Supermarket
    0.3 miles
  2. Ideal Food Basket Supermarket
    0.4 miles

Other stores

  1. Family Dollar Store
    0.4 miles

Food stores and places to eat

Within a five-minute walk there are three places to eat and 13 food stores.

Not on record for this corner: a subway entrance within a ten-minute walk and a designated landmark or historic district within 820 feet.

Nearby corners

The eight nearest corners on foot, six of them within a three-minute walk:

See every intersection along Howard Avenue or Prospect Place.

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