Prospect Street & Cadman Plaza East

Prospect Street and Cadman Plaza East meet at a four-way crossing in Downtown Brooklyn-DUMBO-Boerum Hill, Brooklyn. Between 2021 and 2025, 18 police-reported crashes were recorded here, against a median of seven crashes for a Brooklyn corner. In 2025, 2,330 red-light and 3,287 school-zone speed camera tickets were recorded here. The light installation “This Way” is 10 feet away. The nearest subway, High St, is about three minutes on foot, and eight subway lines stop within a ten-minute walk. Within a five-minute walk are 24 public places, eight of them parks, and 42 places to eat.

Safety record
8 hurt
18 police-reported crashes, 2021–2025
Nearest subway
High St
750 feet · 3 min on foot · A, C
Nearest bus stop
30 feet
Washington St/Prospect St · B25
Within a walk
24 places
8 parks, 4 day care or pre-K sites and 7 more kinds, within five minutes

Map

Layers
Prospect Street & Cadman Plaza East Nearby corners, linked

Getting there

How walks are measured

Subway

The nearest subway station is High St, 750 feet from this corner, about three minutes on foot.

  • 2 lines at the nearest station
  • 8 lines within a ten-minute walk
  1. High St A, C
    750 feet
    A C

Next trains at this station

Manhattan
2 lines
  1. A …
  2. C …
Outbound
2 lines
  1. A …
  2. C …

Also within a walk

  1. York St F
    1,120 feet
    F
  2. Clark St 2, 3
    0.3 miles
    2 3

Bus

The nearest bus stop is Washington St/Prospect St, 30 feet away, for the B25.

  • 11 routes within a ten-minute walk
  1. Washington St/Prospect St B25
    30 feet
    B25

Next buses at this stop

  1. B25 …

Live arrivals

Cycling

A bike lane separated from traffic runs on Cadman Plaza East, Prospect Street and Washington Street.

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

Nearest bike-share station

  1. Front St & Washington St 57 docks in all
    720 feet

By car

The nearest highway entrance is the ramp to the Brooklyn-Queens Expressway eastbound at Sands Street & Brooklyn-Queens Expressway, 1,270 feet by car along the streets.

  1. 160 Johnson Street Gas station
    0.7 miles
  2. 35 Red Cross Place Charging for electric cars, six Level 2 chargers
    530 feet
  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 18 crashes at this corner, more than the median of seven crashes for a Brooklyn corner.

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

The most recent crash recorded here was in April 2026.

Camera tickets

How tickets are counted

In 2025, 2,330 red-light camera tickets were issued for violations recorded at this corner, the 83rd most of the 200 corners in the city where any were issued.

In 2026 so far, through July 26, 931 more were issued.

In 2025, 3,287 school-zone speed camera tickets were issued for violations recorded at this corner, the 267th most of the 1,957 corners in the city where any were issued.

In 2026 so far, through August 27, 2,056 more were issued.

Every corner with red-light camera tickets · Every corner with speed camera tickets

About this corner

Where facts come from
ZIP code
11201
Community board
Brooklyn Community Board 2
City Council district
33
Police precinct
84
Neighborhood (City Planning area)
Downtown Brooklyn-DUMBO-Boerum Hill
Elevation
51 feet above sea level

The streets

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

Homes

About 1,500 homes stand within 820 feet of this corner, most of them in buildings of ten homes or more.

Since 2014 at least 561 new affordable homes have been completed within 820 feet.

Trees

NYC Parks records 129 trees within 330 feet; the most common is the London planetree.

Parking on the streets meeting here

How signs are read
  • 40 signs on these blocks
  • 12 different rules

The sign wording is DOT's, as recorded between September 2016 and July 2026, and the sign on the street decides.

East side of Cadman Plaza East

  • No parking 2 signs NO PARKING ANYTIME

West side of Cadman Plaza East

  • Authorized vehicles only 4 signs AUTHORIZED VEHICLES ONLY AWM & FLEO MONDAY-FRIDAY 8AM-6PM
  • Authorized vehicles only 2 signs AUTHORIZED VEHICLES ONLY NYPD COURT SECTION MONDAY-FRIDAY 8AM-6PM
  • Authorized vehicles only 2 signs AUTHORIZED VEHICLES ONLY US ATTORNEY'S OFFICE MONDAY-FRIDAY 8AM-6PM
  • Authorized vehicles only 1 sign AVO US PROBATION MONDAY-FRIDAY 8AM-6PM
  • No parking 10 signs NO PARKING MONDAY WEDNESDAY FRIDAY MIDNIGHT-3AM
  • No standing 4 signs NO STANDING ANYTIME

North side of Prospect Street

  • No standing 4 signs NO STANDING ANYTIME

South side of Prospect Street

  • No standing 4 signs NO STANDING ANYTIME

East side of Washington Street

  • No parking 1 sign NO PARKING TUESDAY THURSDAY SATURDAY 3AM-6AM

West side of Washington Street

  • No parking 3 signs NO PARKING MONDAY-FRIDAY 8AM-6PM
  • No parking 3 signs NO PARKING W/ MONDAY WEDNESDAY FRIDAY 3AM-6AM

Landmarks, monuments and public art

How landmarks are placed

Landmarks and historic districts

Within 820 feet, 43 buildings are designated by the Landmarks Preservation Commission, recorded most often as Eclectic, and mostly built between 1850 and 1899.

  1. 84th Police Precinct Designated landmark
    670 feet
  2. District School No. 8 Designated landmark
    690 feet
  3. 84th Police Precinct Garage Designated landmark
    730 feet

Monuments and public art

The City's public art inventory lists two works near this corner, the nearest at Brooklyn Bridge Pedestrian Underpasses.

  1. This Way Light installation by Linnaea Tillett and Karin Tehve, 2009
    10 feet
  2. William Jay Gaynor Memorial Bust by Adolph Alexander Weinman, 1926
    480 feet

Schools, parks and places within a walk

How places are listed

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

  • 8 parks
  • 4 day care or pre-K sites
  • 4 schools
  • 2 playgrounds
  • 2 religious buildings
  • 4 other places

Schools and child care

  1. Vivvi 5 Infant, toddler and preschool care, ages 0 to 5
    350 feet
  2. Imagine Early Learning Centers Infant, toddler and preschool care, ages 0 to 5 · Pre-K
    700 feet
  3. Brooklyn Laboratory Charter School
    720 feet
Show all 8
  1. Edmund W. Gordon Brooklyn Laboratory Charter School
    720 feet
  2. Seedlings Playschool Preschool, ages 2 to 5
    990 feet
  3. The Emily Warren Roebling School
    1,070 feet
  4. Dock Street School for Steam Studies School
    1,250 feet
  5. District 13 Pre-K Center at 25 Dock Street Pre-K center
    1,250 feet

Parks, playgrounds and gardens

  1. Anchorage Plaza
    40 feet
  2. Cadman Plaza Park
    140 feet
  3. Walt Whitman Park
    710 feet
Show all 11
  1. Maritcha R. Lyons Park
    880 feet
  2. Bridge Park 3 Park
    910 feet
  3. Susan Smith McKinney Steward Park
    1,010 feet
  4. Poplar Street Community Garden
    1,100 feet
  5. Brooklyn Bridge Park
    1,180 feet
  6. Susan Smith McKinney Steward Park Playground
    1,210 feet
  7. Brooklyn Bridge Park Playground
    1,250 feet
  8. Hillside Dog Park
    1,300 feet

Plazas and public spaces

  1. Public space at 90 Sands Street Public space
    1,150 feet

Libraries, museums and history

  1. Brooklyn War Memorial Monument or memorial
    880 feet

Houses of worship

  1. Assumption Blessed Virgin Mary Church House of worship
    1,160 feet

Fire and police

  1. Engine 205/Ladder 118 Fire station
    990 feet

Supermarkets

  1. Gristedes Supermarket
    0.3 miles

Pharmacies

  1. CVS Pharmacy
    0.3 miles

Food stores and places to eat

Within a five-minute walk there are 42 places to eat and four food stores.

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

Nearby corners

The eight nearest of the 19 corners within a three-minute walk:

See every intersection along Cadman Plaza East, Prospect Street or Washington Street.

Sources: NYC Technology and Innovation, NYPD, NYC Finance, 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 Public Design Commission, NYC Parks, NYC Health, NYS Agriculture and Markets and USDA, retrieved September 18 – October 6, 2026.