Prospect Place & Underhill Avenue

Prospect Place and Underhill Avenue meet at a four-way crossing in Prospect Heights, Brooklyn. The corner lies on the edge of the Prospect Heights Historic District. Between 2021 and 2025, 14 police-reported crashes were recorded here, against a median of seven crashes for a Brooklyn corner. James Forten Playground is 40 feet away, and Luria Academy of Brooklyn is 1,040 feet away. The nearest subway, 7 Av, is about eight minutes on foot, and six subway lines stop within a ten-minute walk. Within a five-minute walk are 17 public places, seven of them religious buildings, and 43 places to eat.

Safety record
7 hurt
14 police-reported crashes, 2021–2025
Nearest subway
7 Av
0.4 miles · 8 min on foot · B, Q
Nearest bus stop
800 feet
Washington Av/Prospect Pl · B45
Within a walk
17 places
7 religious buildings, 4 day care or pre-K sites and 5 more kinds, within five minutes

Map

Layers
Prospect Place & Underhill Avenue Nearby corners, linked

Getting there

How walks are measured

Subway

The nearest subway station is 7 Av, 0.4 miles from this corner, about eight minutes on foot.

  • 2 lines at the nearest station
  • 6 lines within a ten-minute walk
  1. 7 Av B, Q
    0.4 miles
    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
    0.4 miles
    2 3
  2. Clinton-Washington Avs C
    0.4 miles
    C

Bus

The nearest bus stop is Washington Av/Prospect Pl, 800 feet away, for the B45.

  • 10 routes within a ten-minute walk
  1. Washington Av/Prospect Pl B45 · Shelter
    800 feet
    B45
    Shelter

Next buses at this stop

  1. B45 …

Live arrivals

Cycling

A bike lane separated from traffic runs on Underhill Avenue.

  • 52 bicycle racks within 820 feet, 4 of them on-street corrals
  • 5 more bike-share stations within a five-minute walk

Nearest bike-share station

  1. Prospect Pl & Underhill Ave 23 docks in all
    60 feet

By car

The nearest highway entrance is the ramp to the Brooklyn-Queens Expressway eastbound at Navy Street, 1.8 miles by car along the streets.

  1. 506 Grand Avenue Gas station
    0.8 miles
  2. 316 St Marks Avenue Charging for electric cars, five Level 2 chargers
    1,120 feet
  3. 28-17 42nd Road Fast charging for electric cars
    2.4 miles

Safety record

How crashes are counted

Between 2021 and 2025, police reported 14 crashes at this corner, more than the median of seven crashes for a Brooklyn corner.

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

The most recent crash recorded here was in November 2025.

About this corner

Where facts come from
ZIP code
11238
Community board
Brooklyn Community Board 8
City Council district
35
Police precinct
77
Neighborhood (City Planning area)
Prospect Heights
Elevation
113 feet above sea level

The streets

  • Up to two travel lanes
  • A posted limit of 20 mph
  • One of the streets is one-way

Homes

About 2,100 homes stand within 820 feet of this corner, a mix of apartment buildings and smaller houses. The buildings holding them mostly went up between 1897 and 1931.

Since 2014 at least 15 new affordable homes have been completed within 820 feet.

Trees

NYC Parks records 81 trees within 330 feet; the most common is the cherry.

Parking on the streets meeting here

How signs are read
  • 31 signs on these blocks
  • 6 different rules
  • 2 active meters
  • 2 pay-by-cell zones

The sign wording is DOT's, as recorded between April 2018 and July 2023, and the sign on the street decides.

North side of Prospect Place

  • Metered parking 1 sign 2 HOUR METERED PARKING 8:30AM-7PM EXCEPT SUNDAY
  • No parking 11 signs NO PARKING MONDAY THURSDAY 8:30AM-10AM

South side of Prospect Place

  • Metered parking 1 sign 2 HOUR METERED PARKING 8:30AM-7PM EXCEPT SUNDAY
  • No parking 11 signs NO PARKING TUESDAY FRIDAY 8:30AM-10AM

East side of Underhill Avenue

  • No parking 5 signs NO PARKING MONDAY THURSDAY 8:30AM-10AM

West side of Underhill Avenue

  • No parking 2 signs NO PARKING TUESDAY FRIDAY 8:30AM-10AM

ParkNYC pay-by-cell zones: 303041 and 310432.

Landmarks and historic districts

The corner stands at the edge of the Prospect Heights Historic District.

Within 820 feet, 307 buildings are designated by the Landmarks Preservation Commission, recorded mostly as Renaissance Revival, and mostly built between 1894 and 1898.

  1. (former) Mount Prospect Laboratory Designated landmark
    270 feet

Schools, parks and places within a walk

How places are listed

Seventeen public places are within a five-minute walk.

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

Schools and child care

  1. Public School 9 the Sarah Smith Garnet School
    740 feet
  2. P.S. 009 Teunis G. Bergen Pre-K
    740 feet
  3. Sunny Skies Prospect Preschool, ages 2 to 5 · Pre-K
    790 feet
Show all 6
  1. ABR Prospect Infant, toddler and preschool care, ages 0 to 5
    850 feet
  2. Aozora Community Foundation Preschool, ages 2 to 5
    980 feet
  3. Luria Academy of Brooklyn School
    1,040 feet

Parks, playgrounds and gardens

  1. James Forten Playground
    40 feet
  2. Prospect Heights Community Farm Garden
    680 feet
  3. Lowry Triangle
    1,300 feet

Libraries, museums and history

  1. Prospect Heights (Boundary Expansion) Listed historic place
    750 feet

Houses of worship

  1. Duryea Presbyterian Church Landmark
    730 feet

Supermarkets

  1. Ideal Food Basket Supermarket
    840 feet
  2. Foodtown Supermarket
    1,050 feet
  3. Key Food Supermarket
    0.4 miles

Pharmacies

  1. Duane Reade Pharmacy
    0.5 miles

Food stores and places to eat

Within a five-minute walk there are 43 places to eat and 19 food stores.

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

Nearby corners

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

See every intersection along Prospect Place or Underhill Avenue.

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