St Johns Place & Hampton Place

St Johns Place and Hampton Place meet at a three-way junction in Crown Heights (North), Brooklyn. The corner lies on the edge of the Crown Heights North III Historic District. Between 2021 and 2025, four police-reported crashes were recorded here, fewer than the median of seven crashes for a Brooklyn corner. Jewish Children's Museum is 1,090 feet away, and Chabad Lubavitch World HQ is 1,140 feet away. The nearest subway, Kingston Av, is about four minutes on foot, for the 3. Within a five-minute walk are 33 public places, 20 of them religious buildings, and 18 places to eat.

Safety record
2 hurt
4 police-reported crashes, 2021–2025
Nearest subway
Kingston Av
1,070 feet · 4 min on foot · 3
Nearest bus stop
220 feet
Saint Johns Pl/Kingston Av · B45
Within a walk
33 places
20 religious buildings, 5 schools and 6 more kinds, within five minutes

Map

Layers
St Johns Place & Hampton Place Nearby corners, linked

Getting there

How walks are measured

Subway

The nearest subway station is Kingston Av, 1,070 feet from this corner, about four minutes on foot.

  • 2 lines within a ten-minute walk
  1. Kingston Av 3
    1,070 feet
    3

Next trains at this station

Manhattan
1 line
  1. 3 …
Outbound
1 line
  1. 3 …

Also within a walk

  1. Crown Hts-Utica Av 3, 4
    0.5 miles
    3 4

Bus

The nearest bus stop is Saint Johns Pl/Kingston Av, 220 feet away, for the B45.

  • 7 routes within a ten-minute walk
  1. Saint Johns Pl/Kingston Av B45 · Shelter
    220 feet
    B45
    Shelter

Next buses at this stop

  1. B45 …

Live arrivals

Cycling

A marked bike lane runs on St Johns Place.

  • 20 bicycle racks within 820 feet
  • 2 more bike-share stations within a five-minute walk

Nearest bike-share station

  1. St Johns Pl & Kingston Ave 22 docks in all
    360 feet

By car

The nearest highway entrance is the ramp to the Jackie Robinson Parkway eastbound at Jamaica Avenue & J Robinson Parkway, 2.5 miles by car along the streets.

  1. 51 Brooklyn Avenue Gas station
    0.7 miles
  2. 959 Sterling Place Charging for electric cars, 21 Level 2 chargers
    0.4 miles
  3. 28-17 42nd Road Fast charging for electric cars
    2.3 miles

Safety record

How crashes are counted

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

  • 2 people injured
  • 0 people killed

The most recent crash recorded here was in February 2025.

About this corner

Where facts come from
ZIP code
11213
Community board
Brooklyn Community Board 8
City Council district
35
Police precinct
77
Neighborhood (City Planning area)
Crown Heights (North)
Elevation
93 feet above sea level

The streets

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

Homes

About 2,200 homes stand within 820 feet of this corner, a mix of apartment buildings and smaller houses. The buildings holding them mostly went up between 1905 and 1931.

Since 2014 at least 23 new affordable homes have been completed within 820 feet.

Trees

NYC Parks records 48 trees within 330 feet; the most common is the littleleaf linden.

Parking on the streets meeting here

How signs are read
  • 5 signs on these blocks
  • 1 rule

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

North side of St Johns Place

  • No parking 5 signs NO PARKING MONDAY THURSDAY 11:30AM-1PM

Landmarks and historic districts

The corner stands at the edge of the Crown Heights North III Historic District.

Within 820 feet, 292 buildings are designated by the Landmarks Preservation Commission, recorded mostly as Renaissance Revival, and mostly built between 1899 and 1908.

  1. Congregation Shaari Zedek Designated landmark
    550 feet

Schools, parks and places within a walk

How places are listed

Within a five-minute walk there are 33 public places.

  • 20 religious buildings
  • 5 schools
  • 3 day care or pre-K sites
  • 1 listed historic place
  • 1 museum
  • 3 other places

Schools and child care

  1. Yeled Vyalda Early Childhood Center Preschool, ages 2 to 5
    660 feet
  2. Arista Prep School
    700 feet
  3. Arista Preparatory School School-based preschool, ages 2 to 5
    770 feet
Show all 8
  1. Yeshiva Beis Chaya Mushka School
    1,100 feet
  2. United Lubavitcher Yeshivoth Annex School
    1,100 feet
  3. Chabad Girls Academy School
    1,120 feet
  4. Chanoch Lenaar School
    1,290 feet
  5. Edwards L. Cleaveland Day Care Center Preschool, ages 2 to 5 · Pre-K
    1,310 feet

Parks, playgrounds and gardens

  1. Brower Park
    1,010 feet

Libraries, museums and history

  1. Jewish Children's Museum
    1,090 feet
  2. Crown Heights North Historic District (Boundary Increase) Listed historic place
    1,130 feet

Houses of worship

  1. First Church of God in Christ House of worship
    670 feet
  2. Chabad Lubavitch World HQ House of worship
    1,140 feet
  3. St Gregory the Great RC Church House of worship
    1,230 feet

Community centers and public services

  1. Older adult center at 230 Kingston Avenue Older adult center
    630 feet
  2. St Johns Place Post Office
    980 feet

Bank branches

  1. Bank of America Bank branch
    910 feet
  2. Apple Bank Bank branch
    1,290 feet

Supermarkets

  1. Shop Fair Supermarket
    0.4 miles
  2. Food Universe Supermarket
    0.4 miles

Pharmacies

  1. Walgreens Pharmacy
    750 feet

Food stores and places to eat

Within a five-minute walk there are 18 places to eat and seven food stores.

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

Nearby corners

The eight nearest of the 9 corners within a three-minute walk:

See every intersection along Hampton Place or St Johns Place.

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