Prospect Place & Vanderbilt Avenue

Prospect Place and Vanderbilt Avenue meet at a four-way crossing in Prospect Heights, Brooklyn. The corner lies inside the Prospect Heights Historic District. Between 2021 and 2025, 19 police-reported crashes were recorded here, against a median of seven crashes for a Brooklyn corner. Prospect Heights Community Farm is 410 feet away, and Public School 9 the Sarah Smith Garnet School is 1,150 feet away. The nearest subway, 7 Av, is about five minutes on foot, for the B and Q. Within a five-minute walk are 18 public places and 41 places to eat.

Safety record
8 hurt
19 police-reported crashes, 2021–2025
Nearest subway
7 Av
1,220 feet · 5 min on foot · B, Q
Nearest bus stop
120 feet
Vanderbilt Av/Prospect Pl · B69
Within a walk
18 places
4 day care or pre-K sites, 3 listed historic places and 6 more kinds, within five minutes

Map

Layers
Prospect Place & Vanderbilt Avenue Nearby corners, linked

Getting there

How walks are measured

Subway

The nearest subway station is 7 Av, 1,220 feet from this corner, about five minutes on foot.

  • 2 lines at the nearest station
  • 5 lines within a ten-minute walk
  1. 7 Av B, Q
    1,220 feet
    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
    1,260 feet
    2 3
  2. Bergen St 2, 3
    0.4 miles
    2 3

Bus

The nearest bus stop is Vanderbilt Av/Prospect Pl, 120 feet away, for the B69.

  • 9 routes within a ten-minute walk
  1. Vanderbilt Av/Prospect Pl B69 · Shelter
    120 feet
    B69
    Shelter

Next buses at this stop

  1. B69 …

Live arrivals

Cycling

A marked bike lane runs on Vanderbilt Avenue.

  • 59 bicycle racks within 820 feet, 8 of them on-street corrals
  • 4 more bike-share stations within a five-minute walk

Nearest bike-share station

  1. Prospect Pl & Vanderbilt Ave 27 docks in all
    50 feet

By car

The nearest highway entrance is the ramp to the Brooklyn-Queens Expressway eastbound at Navy Street, 1.6 miles by car along the streets.

  1. 300 Bergen Street Gas station
    0.9 miles
  2. 316 St Marks Avenue Charging for electric cars, five Level 2 chargers
    0.4 miles
  3. 28-17 42nd Road Fast charging for electric cars
    2.5 miles

Safety record

How crashes are counted

Between 2021 and 2025, police reported 19 crashes at this corner, more than the median of seven crashes for a Brooklyn corner.

  • 8 people injured
  • 0 people killed
  • 5 of those hurt, on a bike

The most recent crash recorded here was in April 2026.

What the city has done here

  • Leading pedestrian interval, May 2018

About this corner

Where facts come from
ZIP code
11238
Community board
Brooklyn Community Board 8
City Council district
35
Police precinct
77 and 78 (the boundary runs through this corner)
Neighborhood (City Planning area)
Prospect Heights
Elevation
104 feet above sea level

The streets

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

Homes

About 2,300 homes stand within 820 feet of this corner, a mix of apartment buildings and smaller houses.

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
  • 54 signs on these blocks
  • 14 different rules
  • 4 active meters
  • 2 pay-by-cell zones

The sign wording is DOT's, as recorded between January 2024 and October 2025; the 12 rules shown are the first by street and side, and the sign on the street decides.

North side of Prospect Place

  • No parking 12 signs NO PARKING MONDAY THURSDAY 8:30AM-10AM
  • No parking 1 sign NO PARKING MONDAY-THURSDAY 7AM-7PM FRIDAY-SUNDAY 11AM-11PM

South side of Prospect Place

  • No parking 12 signs NO PARKING TUESDAY FRIDAY 8:30AM-10AM
  • No standing 1 sign NO STANDING ANYTIME

East side of Vanderbilt Avenue

  • Metered parking 3 signs 2 HOUR METERED PARKING 8:30AM-7PM EXCEPT SUNDAY
  • No parking 3 signs NO PARKING 8AM-8:30AM EXCEPT SUNDAY
  • No parking 1 sign NO PARKING ANYTIME
  • No standing 4 signs NO STANDING MAY-SEPTEMBER SATURDAY 11AM-11PM

West side of Vanderbilt Avenue

  • Metered parking 4 signs 2 HOUR METERED PARKING 9AM-7PM EXCEPT SUNDAY
  • Metered parking 1 sign 2 HOUR METERED PARKING SATURDAY 9AM-7PM
  • No parking 5 signs NO PARKING 8:30AM-9AM EXCEPT SUNDAY
  • No standing 1 sign NO STANDING ANYTIME

ParkNYC pay-by-cell zones: 302647 and 330703.

Landmarks and historic districts

The corner stands in the Prospect Heights Historic District.

Within 820 feet is one Individual Landmark, and 435 buildings in all are designated by the Landmarks Preservation Commission, recorded most often as Renaissance Revival. They were mostly built between 1879 and 1897.

  1. Public School No. 9 Annex Designated landmark
    580 feet

Schools, parks and places within a walk

How places are listed

Eighteen public places are within a five-minute walk.

  • 4 day care or pre-K sites
  • 3 listed historic places
  • 3 religious buildings
  • 3 schools
  • 2 gardens
  • 3 other places

Schools and child care

  1. Aozora Community Foundation Preschool, ages 2 to 5
    520 feet
  2. Montessori Day School of Brooklyn Preschool, ages 2 to 5
    620 feet
  3. Luria Academy of Brooklyn School
    660 feet
Show all 7
  1. ABR Prospect Infant, toddler and preschool care, ages 0 to 5
    650 feet
  2. I.S. 340 School
    670 feet
  3. Public School 9 the Sarah Smith Garnet School
    1,150 feet
  4. P.S. 009 Teunis G. Bergen Pre-K
    1,150 feet

Parks, playgrounds and gardens

  1. Prospect Heights Community Farm Garden
    410 feet
  2. St. Mark's Avenue / Prospect Heights Community Garden
    500 feet
  3. James Forten Playground
    870 feet
Show all 4
  1. Grand Army Plaza
    890 feet

Libraries, museums and history

  1. Public School 111 and Public School 9 Annex Listed historic place
    580 feet
  2. Prospect Heights (Boundary Expansion) Listed historic place
    920 feet
  3. Skene Monument Monument or memorial
    1,100 feet
Show all 4
  1. Prospect Heights Historic District Listed historic place
    1,140 feet

Supermarkets

  1. Foodtown Supermarket
    220 feet
  2. Ideal Food Basket Supermarket
    0.3 miles

Pharmacies

  1. Duane Reade Pharmacy
    0.3 miles

Food stores and places to eat

Within a five-minute walk there are 41 places to eat and nine food stores.

Nearby corners

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

See every intersection along Prospect Place or Vanderbilt Avenue.

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