St Johns Place & Saratoga Avenue

St Johns Place and Saratoga Avenue meet at a four-way crossing in Ocean Hill, Brooklyn. Between 2021 and 2025, six police-reported crashes were recorded here, fewer than the median of seven crashes for a Brooklyn corner. Brooklyn Ascend Charter School is 480 feet away. The nearest bus stop, Saratoga Av/Park Pl, is 550 feet away for the B7, and eight bus routes stop within a ten-minute walk. Within a five-minute walk are 20 public places, eight of them religious buildings, and 12 places to eat. About 1,600 homes stand within 820 feet, a mix of apartment buildings and smaller houses.

Safety record
4 hurt
6 police-reported crashes, 2021–2025
Nearest highway entrance
Jackie Robinson Parkway
1.2 miles by car along the streets
Nearest bus stop
550 feet
Saratoga Av/Park Pl · B7
Within a walk
20 places
8 religious buildings, 2 parks and 9 more kinds, within five minutes

Map

Layers
St Johns Place & Saratoga Avenue Nearby corners, linked

Getting there

How walks are measured

Bus

The nearest bus stop is Saratoga Av/Park Pl, 550 feet away, for the B7.

  • 8 routes within a ten-minute walk
  1. Saratoga Av/Park Pl B7 · Shelter
    550 feet
    B7
    Shelter

Next buses at this stop

  1. B7 …

Live arrivals

Cycling

A marked bike lane runs on Saratoga Avenue and St Johns Place.

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

Nearest bike-share station

  1. St Johns Pl & Howard Ave 21 docks in all
    810 feet

By car

The nearest highway entrance is the ramp to the Jackie Robinson Parkway eastbound at Jamaica Avenue & J Robinson Parkway, 1.2 miles by car along the streets.

  1. 519 Howard Avenue Gas station
    760 feet
  2. 492 Thomas Boyland Street Charging for electric cars, five Level 2 chargers
    0.3 miles
  3. 1389 Rockaway Parkway Fast charging for electric cars
    2.1 miles

Safety record

How crashes are counted

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

  • 4 people injured
  • 0 people killed

The most recent crash recorded here was in March 2026.

About this corner

Where facts come from
ZIP code
11233
Community board
Brooklyn Community Board 16
City Council district
41
Police precinct
73
Neighborhood (City Planning area)
Ocean Hill
Elevation
55 feet above sea level

The streets

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

Homes

About 1,600 homes stand within 820 feet of this corner, a mix of apartment buildings and smaller houses.

Since 2014 at least 182 new affordable homes have been completed within 820 feet.

Trees

NYC Parks records 64 trees within 330 feet; the most common is the Callery pear.

Parking on the streets meeting here

How signs are read
  • 15 signs on these blocks
  • 7 different rules

The sign wording is DOT's, as recorded between June 2016 and September 2025, and the sign on the street decides.

East side of Saratoga Avenue

  • No parking 1 sign NO PARKING ANYTIME
  • No parking 3 signs NO PARKING TUESDAY FRIDAY 8AM-9:30AM

West side of Saratoga Avenue

  • No parking 2 signs NO PARKING MONDAY THURSDAY 8AM-9:30AM
  • No standing 1 sign NO STANDING ANYTIME

North side of St Johns Place

  • No parking 4 signs NO PARKING MONDAY THURSDAY 9AM-10:30AM

South side of St Johns Place

  • No parking 1 sign NO PARKING ANYTIME
  • No parking 3 signs NO PARKING TUESDAY FRIDAY 9AM-10:30AM

Monuments and public art

How landmarks are placed

The City's public art inventory lists one work near this corner, in Zion Park.

  1. Zion Park War Memorial Exedra by Charles Cary Rumsey, 1925
    570 feet

Schools, parks and places within a walk

How places are listed

Twenty public places are within a five-minute walk.

  • 8 religious buildings
  • 2 parks
  • 2 schools
  • 1 community center
  • 1 day care or pre-K site
  • 6 other places

Schools and child care

  1. Brooklyn Ascend Charter School
    480 feet
  2. Brownsville Ascend Charter School
    480 feet
  3. Webble Wobble Achievers Infant and toddler care, ages 0 to 2
    780 feet

Parks, playgrounds and gardens

  1. Fred McLeod Community Garden
    270 feet
  2. Zion Triangle
    550 feet
  3. Prospect Plaza Park
    640 feet

Plazas and public spaces

  1. Zion Triangle Plaza Pedestrian plaza
    870 feet

Libraries, museums and history

  1. Parkway Theater Listed historic place
    480 feet

Community centers and public services

  1. Marcus Garvey Community Center
    650 feet
  2. Older adult center at 1440 East New York Avenue Older adult center
    870 feet

Fire and police

  1. Rescue 2 Fire station
    920 feet
  2. 73rd Precinct Police station
    1,160 feet

Supermarkets

  1. Ideal Food Basket Supermarket
    840 feet
  2. Food Bazaar Supermarket
    0.3 miles

Other stores

  1. Dollar Tree Store
    0.5 miles

Food stores and places to eat

Within a five-minute walk there are 12 places to eat and 23 food stores.

Not on record for this corner: a subway entrance within a ten-minute walk, a signal or safety change and a designated landmark or historic district within 820 feet.

Nearby corners

The eight nearest of the 15 corners within a three-minute walk:

See every intersection along Saratoga Avenue 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, NYCHA, NYC Housing Preservation and Development, NYC Public Design Commission, NYC Parks, NYC Health, NYS Agriculture and Markets and USDA, retrieved September 18 – October 6, 2026.