Prospect Place & Saratoga Avenue

Prospect Place and Saratoga Avenue meet at a four-way crossing in Ocean Hill, Brooklyn. Between 2021 and 2025, 18 police-reported crashes were recorded here, against a median of seven crashes for a Brooklyn corner. Mount Ararat Baptist Church is 730 feet away. The nearest bus stop, Saratoga Av/Saint Marks Av, is 220 feet away for the B7, and nine bus routes stop within a ten-minute walk. Within a five-minute walk are 24 public places, 13 of them religious buildings, and three places to eat. About 2,100 homes stand within 820 feet, a mix of apartment buildings and smaller houses.

Safety record
11 hurt
18 police-reported crashes, 2021–2025
Nearest highway entrance
Jackie Robinson Parkway
1.3 miles by car along the streets
Nearest bus stop
220 feet
Saratoga Av/Saint Marks Av · B7
Within a walk
24 places
13 religious buildings, 4 gardens and 5 more kinds, within five minutes

Map

Layers
Prospect Place & Saratoga Avenue Nearby corners, linked

Getting there

How walks are measured

Bus

The nearest bus stop is Saratoga Av/Saint Marks Av, 220 feet away, for the B7.

  • 9 routes within a ten-minute walk
  1. Saratoga Av/Saint Marks Av B7
    220 feet
    B7

Next buses at this stop

  1. B7 …

Live arrivals

Cycling

  • 13 bicycle racks within 820 feet
  • 3 more bike-share stations within a five-minute walk

Nearest bike-share station

  1. Bergen St & Saratoga Ave 20 docks in all
    670 feet

By car

The nearest highway entrance is the ramp to the Jackie Robinson Parkway eastbound at Jamaica Avenue & J Robinson Parkway, 1.3 miles by car along the streets.

  1. 519 Howard Avenue Gas station
    0.3 miles
  2. 492 Thomas Boyland Street Charging for electric cars, five Level 2 chargers
    0.4 miles
  3. 1389 Rockaway Parkway Fast charging for electric cars
    2.3 miles

Safety record

How crashes are counted

Between 2021 and 2025, police reported 18 crashes at this corner, more than the median of seven crashes for a Brooklyn corner.

  • 11 people injured
  • 0 people killed
  • 2 of those hurt, on foot
  • 1 of those hurt, on a bike

The most recent crash recorded here was in May 2026.

What the city has done here

  • Leading pedestrian interval, October 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
82 feet above sea level

The streets

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

Homes

About 2,100 homes stand within 820 feet of this corner, a mix of apartment buildings and smaller houses.

Since 2014 at least 500 new affordable homes have been completed within 820 feet.

Trees

NYC Parks records 53 trees within 330 feet; the most common is the Callery pear.

Parking on the streets meeting here

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

The sign wording is DOT's, as recorded between October 2017 and September 2021, and the sign on the street decides.

North side of Prospect Place

  • No parking 1 sign NO PARKING ANYTIME
  • No parking 11 signs NO PARKING MONDAY THURSDAY 9AM-10:30AM

South side of Prospect Place

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

East side of Saratoga Avenue

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

West side of Saratoga Avenue

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

Schools, parks and places within a walk

How places are listed

Within a five-minute walk there are 24 public places.

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

Schools and child care

  1. Webble Wobble Achievers Infant and toddler care, ages 0 to 2
    210 feet
  2. Dr. Jacqueline Peek-Davis School
    950 feet
  3. Ronald Edmonds Learning Center II School
    950 feet
Show all 4
  1. Wiser Choice Learning Preschool, ages 2 to 5 · Pre-K
    980 feet

Parks, playgrounds and gardens

  1. Prospect Plaza Park
    740 feet
  2. Preston Community Garden
    1,130 feet
  3. Farmers Garden
    1,150 feet
Show all 5
  1. Fred McLeod Community Garden
    1,240 feet
  2. Sh'ma Yisrael Garden
    1,260 feet

Houses of worship

  1. Mount Ararat Baptist Church House of worship
    730 feet

Community centers and public services

  1. Older adult center at Brown Older adult center
    1,080 feet

Fire and police

  1. Rescue 2 Fire station
    1,240 feet

Supermarkets

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

Other stores

  1. Dollar Tree Store
    0.4 miles

Food stores and places to eat

Within a five-minute walk there are three places to eat and 11 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 corners within a three-minute walk:

See every intersection along Prospect Place or Saratoga 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, NYC Housing Preservation and Development, NYC Parks, NYC Health, NYS Agriculture and Markets and USDA, retrieved September 18 – October 6, 2026.