Prospect Place & Rockaway Avenue

Prospect Place and Rockaway Avenue meet at a four-way crossing in Ocean Hill, Brooklyn. Between 2021 and 2025, seven police-reported crashes were recorded here, the median for a Brooklyn corner. Ocean Hill Playground is 790 feet away. The nearest subway, Rockaway Av, is about nine minutes on foot, for the C. Within a five-minute walk are 29 public places, 18 of them religious buildings, and 15 places to eat. About 1,700 homes stand within 820 feet, most in buildings of ten homes or more. NYC Parks records 25 trees within 330 feet; the most common is the swamp white oak.

Safety record
5 hurt
7 police-reported crashes, 2021–2025
Nearest subway
Rockaway Av
0.4 miles · 9 min on foot · C
Nearest bus stop
30 feet
Rockaway Av/Prospect Pl · B12, B60
Within a walk
29 places
18 religious buildings, 2 day care or pre-K sites and 7 more kinds, within five minutes

Map

Layers
Prospect Place & Rockaway Avenue Nearby corners, linked

Getting there

How walks are measured

Subway

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

  1. Rockaway Av C
    0.4 miles
    C

Next trains at this station

Manhattan
1 line
  1. C …
Outbound
1 line
  1. C …

Bus

The nearest bus stop is Rockaway Av/Prospect Pl, 30 feet away, for the B12 and B60.

  • 5 routes within a ten-minute walk
  1. Rockaway Av/Prospect Pl B12, B60
    30 feet
    B12 B60

Next buses at this stop

  1. B12 …
  2. B60 …

Live arrivals

Cycling

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

Nearest bike-share station

  1. Eastern Pkwy & St Marks Ave 23 docks in all
    460 feet

By car

The nearest highway entrance is the ramp to the Jackie Robinson Parkway eastbound at Jamaica Avenue & J Robinson Parkway, 0.9 miles by car along the streets.

  1. 2111 Monaco Place Gas station
    0.4 miles
  2. 492 Thomas Boyland Street Charging for electric cars, five Level 2 chargers
    0.3 miles
  3. 1389 Rockaway Parkway Fast charging for electric cars
    1.9 miles

Safety record

How crashes are counted

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

  • 5 people injured
  • 0 people killed
  • 3 of those hurt, on foot

The most recent crash recorded here was in September 2023.

What the city has done here

  • Turn calming, April 2021

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
52 feet above sea level

The streets

  • Up to two travel lanes
  • A designated truck route
  • One of the streets is one-way

Homes

About 1,700 homes stand within 820 feet of this corner, most of them in buildings of ten homes or more.

Since 2014 at least 253 new affordable homes have been completed within 820 feet.

Trees

NYC Parks records 25 trees within 330 feet; the most common is the swamp white oak.

Parking on the streets meeting here

How signs are read
  • 11 signs on these blocks
  • 4 different rules

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

North side of Prospect Place

  • No parking 3 signs NO PARKING MONDAY THURSDAY 9AM-10:30AM

South side of Prospect Place

  • No parking 2 signs NO PARKING ANYTIME
  • No parking 5 signs NO PARKING TUESDAY FRIDAY 9AM-10:30AM

West side of Rockaway Avenue

  • No parking 1 sign NO PARKING 8AM-8:30AM EXCEPT SUNDAY

Schools, parks and places within a walk

How places are listed

Within a five-minute walk there are 29 public places.

  • 18 religious buildings
  • 2 day care or pre-K sites
  • 2 older adult centers
  • 2 playgrounds
  • 1 ambulance station
  • 4 other places

Schools and child care

  1. Brooklyn Kindergarten Society Preschool, ages 2 to 5 · Pre-K
    610 feet
  2. Brooklyn Sky Child Care Center Preschool, ages 2 to 5
    730 feet

Parks, playgrounds and gardens

  1. Howard Pool Park
    600 feet
  2. Ocean Hill Playground
    790 feet
  3. Howard Playground
    1,180 feet

Health care

  1. EMS Station 44 Ambulance station
    750 feet

Libraries, museums and history

  1. Brownsville Library
    1,190 feet

Houses of worship

  1. Our Lady Presentation & Loreto Church House of worship
    420 feet

Community centers and public services

  1. Older adult center at Brown Older adult center
    770 feet
  2. Older adult center at 1440 East New York Avenue Older adult center
    1,160 feet
  3. Howard Community Center
    1,260 feet

Fire and police

  1. 73rd Precinct Police station
    960 feet

Bank branches

  1. Chase Bank branch
    940 feet

Supermarkets

  1. CTown Supermarket
    0.3 miles
  2. Fine Fare Supermarket
    0.4 miles

Other stores

  1. Dollar Tree Store
    630 feet
  2. Family Dollar Store
    0.4 miles

Food stores and places to eat

Within a five-minute walk there are 15 places to eat and 15 food stores.

Not on record for this corner: a designated landmark or historic district within 820 feet.

Nearby corners

The eight nearest of the 12 corners within a three-minute walk:

See every intersection along Prospect Place or Rockaway Avenue.

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, NYCHA, NYC Housing Preservation and Development, NYC Parks, NYC Health, FDIC, NYS Agriculture and Markets and USDA, retrieved September 18 – October 6, 2026.