Ralph Avenue & Prospect Place

Ralph Avenue and Prospect Place meet at a four-way crossing in Crown Heights (North), Brooklyn. Between 2021 and 2025, 12 police-reported crashes were recorded here, against a median of seven crashes for a Brooklyn corner. St Marks Church of Christ is 490 feet away, and P.S. 191 Paul Robeson is 920 feet away. The nearest subway, Ralph Av, is about eight minutes on foot, for the C. Within a five-minute walk are 21 public places, nine of them religious buildings, and six places to eat. About 1,800 homes stand within 820 feet, a mix of apartment buildings and smaller houses.

Safety record
6 hurt
12 police-reported crashes, 2021–2025
Nearest subway
Ralph Av
0.4 miles · 8 min on foot · C
Nearest bus stop
110 feet
Ralph Av/Prospect Pl · B47
Within a walk
21 places
9 religious buildings, 5 gardens and 4 more kinds, within five minutes

Map

Layers
Ralph Avenue & Prospect Place Nearby corners, linked

Getting there

How walks are measured

Subway

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

  1. Ralph 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 Ralph Av/Prospect Pl, 110 feet away, for the B47.

  • 9 routes within a ten-minute walk
  1. Ralph Av/Prospect Pl B47
    110 feet
    B47

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. St Marks Ave & Ralph Ave 19 docks in all
    370 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. 1998 Atlantic Avenue Gas station
    0.3 miles
  2. 170 Buffalo Avenue Charging for electric cars, 20 Level 2 chargers
    1,200 feet
  3. 1389 Rockaway Parkway Fast charging for electric cars
    2.5 miles

Safety record

How crashes are counted

Between 2021 and 2025, police reported 12 crashes at this corner, more than the median of seven crashes for a Brooklyn corner.

  • 6 people injured
  • 0 people killed
  • 4 of those hurt, on foot

The most recent crash recorded here was in April 2026.

What the city has done here

  • Leading pedestrian interval, August 2016
  • Turn calming, May 2023

About this corner

Where facts come from
ZIP code
11233
Community board
Brooklyn Community Board 8
City Council district
41
Police precinct
73 and 77 (the boundary runs through this corner)
Neighborhood (City Planning area)
Crown Heights (North)
Elevation
94 feet above sea level

The streets

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

Homes

About 1,800 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 57 trees within 330 feet; the most common is the Japanese pagoda tree.

Parking on the streets meeting here

How signs are read
  • 33 signs on these blocks
  • 8 different rules

The sign wording is DOT's, as recorded between March 2015 and December 2022, and the sign on the street decides.

North side of Prospect Place

  • No parking 5 signs NO PARKING MONDAY THURSDAY 9:30AM-11AM
  • No parking 5 signs NO PARKING MONDAY THURSDAY 9AM-10:30AM
  • No standing 2 signs NO STANDING SCHOOL DAYS 7AM-4PM

South side of Prospect Place

  • No parking 6 signs NO PARKING TUESDAY FRIDAY 9:30AM-11AM
  • No parking 4 signs NO PARKING TUESDAY FRIDAY 9AM-10:30AM
  • No standing 2 signs NO STANDING ANYTIME

East side of Ralph Avenue

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

West side of Ralph Avenue

  • No parking 5 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 21 public places.

  • 9 religious buildings
  • 5 gardens
  • 4 schools
  • 1 fire station
  • 1 nursing home or hospice
  • 1 playground

Schools and child care

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

Parks, playgrounds and gardens

  1. Tehuti Ma’at Community Garden
    320 feet
  2. Sterling Community Group Garden
    550 feet
  3. Preston Community Garden
    600 feet
Show all 6
  1. Ralph-Lincoln Service Center Garden
    1,120 feet
  2. South Pacific Playground
    1,160 feet
  3. St. John's Place Renaissance Garden
    1,290 feet

Health care

  1. Brooklyn Center for Rehabilitation and Residential Health Care Nursing home or hospice
    1,120 feet

Houses of worship

  1. St Marks Church of Christ House of worship
    490 feet
  2. Mount Ararat Baptist Church House of worship
    860 feet

Fire and police

  1. Engine 227 Fire station
    760 feet

Supermarkets

  1. Food Bazaar Supermarket
    1,140 feet

Other stores

  1. Family Dollar Store
    0.3 miles

Food stores and places to eat

Within a five-minute walk there are six places to eat and 17 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 Prospect 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, NYCHA, NYC Housing Preservation and Development, NYC Parks, NYC Health, NYS Agriculture and Markets and USDA, retrieved September 18 – October 6, 2026.