Schenectady Avenue & Prospect Place

Schenectady Avenue and Prospect Place meet at a four-way crossing in Crown Heights (North), Brooklyn. The corner is also named Elsie Richardson Way by local law. Between 2021 and 2025, 39 police-reported crashes were recorded here, against a median of seven crashes for a Brooklyn corner. St. John's Park is 60 feet away, and Imani II Community Garden is 1,130 feet away. The nearest subway, Crown Hts-Utica Av, is about six minutes on foot, for the 3 and 4. Within a five-minute walk are 24 public places, 14 of them religious buildings, and 14 places to eat.

Safety record
26 hurt
39 police-reported crashes, 2021–2025
Nearest subway
Crown Hts-Utica Av
0.3 miles · 6 min on foot · 3, 4
Nearest bus stop
710 feet
Bergen St/Schenectady Av · B15, B65
Within a walk
24 places
14 religious buildings, 3 gardens and 6 more kinds, within five minutes

Map

Layers
Schenectady Avenue & Prospect Place Nearby corners, linked

Getting there

How walks are measured

Subway

The nearest subway station is Crown Hts-Utica Av, 0.3 miles from this corner, about six minutes on foot.

  • 2 lines at the nearest station
  • 4 lines within a ten-minute walk
  1. Crown Hts-Utica Av 3, 4
    0.3 miles
    3 4

Next trains at this station

Manhattan
2 lines
  1. 3 …
  2. 4 …
Outbound
2 lines
  1. 3 …
  2. 4 …

Also within a walk

  1. Utica Av A, C
    0.5 miles
    A C

The MTA's permanent art catalog lists “Good Morning and Good Night” (2004) by Hugo Consuegra at the Crown Hts-Utica Av station.

Bus

The nearest bus stop is Bergen St/Schenectady Av, 710 feet away, for the B15 and B65.

  • 10 routes within a ten-minute walk
  1. Bergen St/Schenectady Av B15, B65 · Shelter
    710 feet
    B15 B65
    Shelter

Next buses at this stop

  1. B15 …
  2. B65 …

Live arrivals

Cycling

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

Nearest bike-share station

  1. Schenectady Ave & Prospect Pl 19 docks in all
    60 feet

By car

The nearest highway entrance is the ramp to the Jackie Robinson Parkway eastbound at Jamaica Avenue & J Robinson Parkway, 2.1 miles by car along the streets.

  1. 1802 Atlantic Avenue Gas station
    0.6 miles
  2. 170 Buffalo Avenue Charging for electric cars, 20 Level 2 chargers
    0.6 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 39 crashes at this corner, more than the median of seven crashes for a Brooklyn corner.

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

The most recent crash recorded here was in October 2025.

About this corner

Where facts come from
ZIP code
11213
Community board
Brooklyn Community Board 8
City Council district
36
Police precinct
77
Neighborhood (City Planning area)
Crown Heights (North)
Elevation
96 feet above sea level

This corner is also named Elsie Richardson Way, a co-naming enacted on January 20, 2024 (Local Law 41 of 2024).

The streets

  • One travel lane
  • Two of the streets are one-way

Homes

About 1,500 homes stand within 820 feet of this corner, a mix of apartment buildings and smaller houses. The buildings holding them mostly went up between 1901 and 1922.

Since 2014 at least 104 new affordable homes have been completed within 820 feet.

Trees

NYC Parks records 72 trees within 330 feet; the most common is the pin oak.

The Department of Records' Honorary Street Names dataset has its own note on Elsie Richardson Way.

Parking on the streets meeting here

How signs are read
  • 35 signs on these blocks
  • 5 different rules

The sign wording is DOT's, as recorded between May 2021 and September 2021, and the sign on the street decides.

North side of Prospect Place

  • No parking 10 signs NO PARKING MONDAY THURSDAY 11:30AM-1PM

South side of Prospect Place

  • Authorized vehicles only 2 signs AVO NYC DEPT OF HEALTH & MENTAL HYGIENE MONDAY-FRIDAY 7AM-7PM
  • No parking 11 signs NO PARKING TUESDAY FRIDAY 11:30AM-1PM

East side of Schenectady Avenue

  • No parking 6 signs NO PARKING TUESDAY FRIDAY 11:30AM-1PM

West side of Schenectady Avenue

  • No parking 6 signs NO PARKING MONDAY THURSDAY 11:30AM-1PM

Schools, parks and places within a walk

How places are listed

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

  • 14 religious buildings
  • 3 gardens
  • 2 day care or pre-K sites
  • 1 community center
  • 1 fire station
  • 3 other places

Schools and child care

  1. The Friends of Crown Heights Educational Centers Preschool, ages 2 to 5 · Pre-K
    1,230 feet
  2. Sunshine Infant & Toddler Program Infant and toddler care, ages 0 to 2
    1,290 feet

Parks, playgrounds and gardens

  1. St. John's Park
    60 feet
  2. Eden’s Community Garden
    550 feet
  3. St. John's Playground
    770 feet
Show all 5
  1. Imani Community Garden (Schenectady) Garden
    1,020 feet
  2. Imani II Community Garden
    1,130 feet

Houses of worship

  1. International Christian Center House of worship
    1,080 feet

Community centers and public services

  1. St Johns Recreation Center
    440 feet
  2. Albany Community Center
    1,050 feet

Fire and police

  1. Battalion 38/Engine 234/Ladder 123 Fire station
    1,100 feet

Supermarkets

  1. Shop Fair Supermarket
    1,060 feet
  2. Food Universe Supermarket
    1,110 feet
  3. Ideal Food Basket Supermarket
    0.3 miles

Other stores

  1. Dollar Tree Store
    0.3 miles

Food stores and places to eat

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

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

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