Prospect Place & Thomas S Boyland Street

Prospect Place and Thomas S Boyland Street meet at a four-way crossing in Ocean Hill, Brooklyn, at the edge of NYCHA's Brown development. Between 2021 and 2025, nine police-reported crashes were recorded here, against a median of seven crashes for a Brooklyn corner. It is 740 feet to the 73rd Precinct. The nearest subway, Rockaway Av, is about eight minutes on foot, for the C. Within a five-minute walk are 25 public places, 15 of them religious buildings, and seven places to eat. About 1,600 homes stand within 820 feet, a mix of apartment buildings and smaller houses.

Safety record
8 hurt
9 police-reported crashes, 2021–2025
Nearest subway
Rockaway Av
0.4 miles · 8 min on foot · C
Nearest bus stop
220 feet
Thomas S Boyland St/Eastern Pkwy · B7
Within a walk
25 places
15 religious buildings, 2 older adult centers and 6 more kinds, within five minutes

Map

Layers
Prospect Place & Thomas S Boyland Street Nearby corners, linked

Getting there

How walks are measured

Subway

The nearest subway station is Rockaway Av, 0.4 miles from this corner, about eight 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 Thomas S Boyland St/Eastern Pkwy, 220 feet away, for the B7.

  • 8 routes within a ten-minute walk
  1. Thomas S Boyland St/Eastern Pkwy B7
    220 feet
    B7

Next buses at this stop

  1. B7 …

Live arrivals

Cycling

A marked bike lane runs on Thomas S Boyland Street.

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

Nearest bike-share station

  1. St Marks Ave & Thomas S. Boyland St 21 docks in all
    330 feet

By car

The nearest highway entrance is the ramp to the Jackie Robinson Parkway eastbound at Jamaica Avenue & J Robinson Parkway, 1.1 miles by car along the streets.

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

Safety record

How crashes are counted

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

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

The most recent crash recorded here was in February 2024.

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
72 feet above sea level

The streets

  • One travel lane
  • Two of the streets are one-way

Homes

About 1,600 homes stand within 820 feet of this corner, a mix of apartment buildings and smaller houses.

The corner stands at the edge of NYCHA's Brown development.

Since 2014 at least 360 new affordable homes have been completed within 820 feet.

Trees

NYC Parks records 57 trees within 330 feet; the most common is the Japanese zelkova.

Parking on the streets meeting here

How signs are read
  • 23 signs on these blocks
  • 5 different rules

The sign wording is DOT's, as recorded between July 2020 and September 2021, and the sign on the street decides.

North side of Prospect Place

  • No parking 1 sign NO PARKING ANYTIME
  • No parking 8 signs NO PARKING MONDAY THURSDAY 9AM-10:30AM

South side of Prospect Place

  • No parking 6 signs NO PARKING TUESDAY FRIDAY 9AM-10:30AM

East side of Thomas S Boyland Street

  • No parking 4 signs NO PARKING TUESDAY FRIDAY 8AM-9:30AM

West side of Thomas S Boyland Street

  • No parking 4 signs NO PARKING MONDAY THURSDAY 8AM-9:30AM

Monuments and public art

How landmarks are placed

The City's public art inventory lists one work near this corner, at New York City Police Department 73rd Precinct.

  1. Face to Face Sculpture by Peter Chinni, 1984
    560 feet

Schools, parks and places within a walk

How places are listed

Within a five-minute walk there are 25 public places.

  • 15 religious buildings
  • 2 older adult centers
  • 2 playgrounds
  • 2 schools
  • 1 ambulance station
  • 3 other places

Schools and child care

  1. Achievement First Brownsville Charter School
    970 feet
  2. Brooklyn Collegiate: a College Board School
    970 feet
  3. Webble Wobble Achievers Infant and toddler care, ages 0 to 2
    970 feet

Parks, playgrounds and gardens

  1. Hilltop Playground
    980 feet
  2. Ocean Hill Playground
    990 feet

Health care

  1. EMS Station 44 Ambulance station
    1,300 feet

Houses of worship

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

Community centers and public services

  1. Older adult center at Brown Older adult center
    310 feet
  2. Older adult center at 1440 East New York Avenue Older adult center
    790 feet
  3. Marcus Garvey Community Center
    1,090 feet

Fire and police

  1. 73rd Precinct Police station
    740 feet

Supermarkets

  1. Ideal Food Basket Supermarket
    0.4 miles
  2. Food Bazaar Supermarket
    0.5 miles
  3. CTown Supermarket
    0.5 miles

Other stores

  1. Dollar Tree Store
    1,170 feet

Food stores and places to eat

Within a five-minute walk there are seven places to eat and 17 food stores.

Not on record for this corner: a signal or safety change and 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 Thomas S Boyland Street.

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