St Johns Place & St Charles Place

St Johns Place and St Charles Place meet at a three-way junction in Crown Heights (North), Brooklyn. Between 2021 and 2025, two police-reported crashes were recorded here, fewer than the median of seven crashes for a Brooklyn corner. Kol Israel Congregation is 770 feet away. The nearest subway, Franklin Av-Medgar Evers College/Botanic Garden, is about four minutes on foot, for the 2, 3, 4, 5 and S. Within a five-minute walk are 16 public places, 13 of them religious buildings, and 36 places to eat.

Safety record
Nobody hurt
2 police-reported crashes, 2021–2025
Nearest subway
Franklin Av-Medgar Evers College/Botanic Garden
1,070 feet · 4 min on foot · 2, 3, 4, 5, S
Nearest bus stop
260 feet
Saint Johns Pl/Bedford Av · B45
Within a walk
16 places
13 religious buildings, 2 schools and 1 more kind, within five minutes

Map

Layers
St Johns Place & St Charles Place Nearby corners, linked

Getting there

How walks are measured

Subway

The nearest subway station is Franklin Av-Medgar Evers College/Botanic Garden, 1,070 feet from this corner, about four minutes on foot.

  • 5 lines at the nearest station
  1. Franklin Av-Medgar Evers College/Botanic Garden 2, 3, 4, 5, S
    1,070 feet
    2 3 4 5 S

Next trains at this station

Manhattan
4 lines
  1. 2 …
  2. 3 …
  3. 4 …
  4. 5 …
Outbound
4 lines
  1. 2 …
  2. 3 …
  3. 4 …
  4. 5 …
Franklin Av
1 line
  1. S …
Prospect Park
1 line
  1. S …

Also within a walk

  1. Park Pl S
    0.3 miles
    S
  2. Nostrand Av 3
    0.4 miles
    3

The MTA's permanent art catalog lists “IL7/Square” (1999) by Millie Burns at the Franklin Av-Medgar Evers College/Botanic Garden station.

Bus

The nearest bus stop is Saint Johns Pl/Bedford Av, 260 feet away, for the B45.

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

Next buses at this stop

  1. B45 …

Live arrivals

Cycling

A marked bike lane runs on St Johns Place.

  • 48 bicycle racks within 820 feet
  • 3 more bike-share stations within a five-minute walk

Nearest bike-share station

  1. Sterling Pl & Bedford Ave 25 docks in all
    660 feet

By car

The nearest highway entrance is the ramp to the Prospect Expressway westbound at Prospect Avenue & Prospect Expressway, 2.2 miles by car along the streets.

  1. 1285 Bedford Avenue Gas station
    0.6 miles
  2. 552 Prospect Place Charging for electric cars, ten Level 2 chargers
    0.5 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 two crashes at this corner, fewer than the median of seven crashes for a Brooklyn corner. Nobody was hurt.

The most recent crash recorded here was in January 2023.

About this corner

Where facts come from
ZIP code
11216
Community board
Brooklyn Community Board 8
City Council district
35
Police precinct
77
Neighborhood (City Planning area)
Crown Heights (North)
Elevation
123 feet above sea level

The streets

  • One travel lane
  • One of the streets is one-way

Homes

About 2,700 homes stand within 820 feet of this corner, a mix of apartment buildings and smaller houses. The buildings holding them mostly went up between 1906 and 1931.

Since 2014 at least 118 new affordable homes have been completed within 820 feet.

Trees

NYC Parks records 48 trees within 330 feet; the most common is the Callery pear.

Parking on the streets meeting here

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

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

East side of St Charles Place

  • No parking 2 signs NO PARKING MONDAY THURSDAY 9:30AM-11AM

West side of St Charles Place

  • No parking 3 signs NO PARKING TUESDAY FRIDAY 9:30AM-11AM

South side of St Johns Place

  • No parking 4 signs NO PARKING TUESDAY FRIDAY 9:30AM-11AM

Landmarks and historic districts

Within 820 feet is one Individual Landmark, and 13 buildings in all are designated by the Landmarks Preservation Commission, recorded mostly as Queen Anne. They were mostly built between 1889 and 1890.

  1. Studebaker Building Designated landmark
    540 feet

Schools and places within a walk

How places are listed

Sixteen public places are within a five-minute walk.

  • 13 religious buildings
  • 2 schools
  • 1 day care or pre-K site

Schools and child care

  1. German School Brooklyn School
    990 feet
  2. The Evangelical Lutheran Church of the Epiphany of Brooklyn NY School-based preschool, ages 3 to 5
    1,230 feet
  3. Epiphany Lutheran Elementary School
    1,270 feet

Houses of worship

  1. Kol Israel Congregation Listed historic place
    770 feet

Bank branches

  1. Capital One Bank branch
    1,110 feet

Supermarkets

  1. Ideal Food Basket Supermarket
    0.3 miles
  2. Key Food Supermarket
    0.4 miles
  3. Foodtown Supermarket
    0.4 miles

Food stores and places to eat

Within a five-minute walk there are 36 places to eat and 12 food stores.

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

Nearby corners

The eight corners within a three-minute walk:

See every intersection along St Charles 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.