Ralph Avenue & Park Place

Ralph Avenue and Park Place meet at a four-way crossing in Ocean Hill, Brooklyn. Between 2021 and 2025, 19 police-reported crashes were recorded here, against a median of seven crashes for a Brooklyn corner. Preston Community Garden is 470 feet away. The nearest subway, Ralph Av, is about ten minutes on foot, for the C. Within a five-minute walk are 24 public places, 13 of them religious buildings, and four places to eat. About 1,900 homes stand within 820 feet, a mix of apartment buildings and smaller houses.

Safety record
11 hurt
19 police-reported crashes, 2021–2025
Nearest subway
Ralph Av
0.5 miles · 10 min on foot · C
Nearest bus stop
240 feet
Ralph Av/Sterling Pl · B47
Within a walk
24 places
13 religious buildings, 5 gardens and 3 more kinds, within five minutes

Map

Layers
Ralph Avenue & Park Place Nearby corners, linked

Getting there

How walks are measured

Subway

The nearest subway station is Ralph Av, 0.5 miles from this corner, about ten minutes on foot.

  1. Ralph Av C
    0.5 miles
    C

Next trains at this station

Manhattan
1 line
  1. C …
Outbound
1 line
  1. C …

Bus

The nearest bus stop is Ralph Av/Sterling Pl, 240 feet away, for the B47.

  • 9 routes within a ten-minute walk
  1. Ralph Av/Sterling Pl B47 · Shelter
    240 feet
    B47
    Shelter

Next buses at this stop

  1. B47 …

Live arrivals

Cycling

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

Nearest bike-share station

  1. Sterling Pl & Ralph Ave 19 docks in all
    380 feet

By car

The nearest highway entrance is the ramp to the Jackie Robinson Parkway eastbound at Jamaica Avenue & J Robinson Parkway, 1.5 miles by car along the streets.

  1. 1412 Eastern Parkway Gas station
    0.3 miles
  2. 170 Buffalo Avenue Charging for electric cars, 20 Level 2 chargers
    0.3 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 19 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

The most recent crash recorded here was in May 2025.

What the city has done here

  • Leading pedestrian interval, August 2016

About this corner

Where facts come from
ZIP code
11233
Community board
Brooklyn Community Board 16
City Council district
41
Police precinct
73 and 77 (the boundary runs through this corner)
Neighborhood (City Planning area)
Ocean Hill
Elevation
90 feet above sea level

The streets

  • Up to two travel lanes
  • One of the streets is one-way

Homes

About 1,900 homes stand within 820 feet of this corner, a mix of apartment buildings and smaller houses.

Since 2014 at least 48 new affordable homes have been completed within 820 feet.

Trees

NYC Parks records 59 trees within 330 feet; the most common is the thornless honeylocust.

Parking on the streets meeting here

How signs are read
  • 36 signs on these blocks
  • 9 different rules

The sign wording is DOT's, as recorded between October 2016 and February 2024, and the sign on the street decides.

North side of Park Place

  • No parking 7 signs NO PARKING MONDAY THURSDAY 8:30AM-10AM
  • No parking 5 signs NO PARKING MONDAY THURSDAY 9AM-10:30AM

South side of Park Place

  • No parking 1 sign NO PARKING ANYTIME
  • No parking 6 signs NO PARKING TUESDAY FRIDAY 8:30AM-10AM
  • No parking 5 signs NO PARKING TUESDAY FRIDAY 9AM-10:30AM
  • No standing 1 sign NO STANDING ANYTIME
  • No standing 1 sign NO STANDING SCHOOL DAYS 7AM-4PM

East side of Ralph Avenue

  • No parking 4 signs NO PARKING TUESDAY FRIDAY 8:30AM-10AM

West side of Ralph Avenue

  • No parking 6 signs NO PARKING MONDAY THURSDAY 8:30AM-10AM

Schools, parks and places within a walk

How places are listed

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

  • 13 religious buildings
  • 5 gardens
  • 4 schools
  • 1 fire station
  • 1 park

Schools and child care

  1. P.S. 191 Paul Robeson School
    600 feet
  2. Uncommon Excellence Girls CMS School
    620 feet
  3. Dr. Jacqueline Peek-Davis School
    1,030 feet
Show all 4
  1. Ronald Edmonds Learning Center II School
    1,030 feet

Parks, playgrounds and gardens

  1. Sterling Community Group Garden
    230 feet
  2. Preston Community Garden
    470 feet
  3. Tehuti Ma’at Community Garden
    650 feet
Show all 6
  1. Ralph-Lincoln Service Center Garden
    790 feet
  2. St. John's Place Renaissance Garden
    960 feet
  3. Prospect Plaza Park
    1,140 feet

Houses of worship

  1. St Marks Church of Christ House of worship
    820 feet
  2. Mount Ararat Baptist Church House of worship
    1,190 feet

Fire and police

  1. Engine 227 Fire station
    1,090 feet

Supermarkets

  1. Food Bazaar Supermarket
    810 feet
  2. Ideal Food Basket Supermarket
    0.4 miles

Other stores

  1. Family Dollar Store
    0.4 miles

Food stores and places to eat

Within a five-minute walk there are four places to eat and 14 food stores.

Not on record for this corner: a designated landmark or historic district within 820 feet.

Nearby corners

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

See every intersection along Park Place or Ralph 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.