St Johns Place & St Francis Place

St Johns Place and St Francis Place meet at a three-way junction in Crown Heights (North), Brooklyn. Between 2021 and 2025, four police-reported crashes were recorded here, fewer than the median of seven crashes for a Brooklyn corner. Studebaker Building stands 720 feet away. The nearest subway, Franklin Av-Medgar Evers College/Botanic Garden, is about three minutes on foot, for the 2, 3, 4, 5 and S. Within a five-minute walk are 13 public places, nine of them religious buildings, and 43 places to eat. About 2,800 homes stand within 820 feet, a mix of apartment buildings and smaller houses.

Safety record
2 hurt
4 police-reported crashes, 2021–2025
Nearest subway
Franklin Av-Medgar Evers College/Botanic Garden
830 feet · 3 min on foot · 2, 3, 4, 5, S
Nearest bus stop
220 feet
Saint Johns Pl/Franklin Av · B45
Within a walk
13 places
9 religious buildings, 2 day care or pre-K sites and 2 more kinds, within five minutes

Map

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

Getting there

How walks are measured

Subway

The nearest subway station is Franklin Av-Medgar Evers College/Botanic Garden, 830 feet from this corner, about three minutes on foot.

  • 5 lines at the nearest station
  1. Franklin Av-Medgar Evers College/Botanic Garden 2, 3, 4, 5, S
    830 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
    1,290 feet
    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/Franklin Av, 220 feet away, for the B45.

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

Next buses at this stop

  1. B45 …

Live arrivals

Cycling

A marked bike lane runs on St Johns Place.

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

Nearest bike-share station

  1. Eastern Pkwy & Franklin Ave (NE Corner) 42 docks in all
    910 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
    0.6 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
  • 1 of those hurt, on foot

The most recent crash recorded here was in June 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 2,800 homes stand within 820 feet of this corner, a mix of apartment buildings and smaller houses.

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

Trees

NYC Parks records 55 trees within 330 feet; the most common is the Callery pear.

Parking on the streets meeting here

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

The sign wording is DOT's, as recorded between March 2021 and December 2023, and the sign on the street decides.

East side of St Francis Place

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

West side of St Francis Place

  • No parking 3 signs NO PARKING MONDAY THURSDAY 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 14 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
    720 feet

Schools, parks and places within a walk

How places are listed

Thirteen public places are within a five-minute walk.

  • 9 religious buildings
  • 2 day care or pre-K sites
  • 1 garden
  • 1 school

Schools and child care

  1. Prospect Kids Academy #2 Preschool, ages 2 to 5
    1,080 feet
  2. German School Brooklyn School
    1,240 feet
  3. Wurzelkinder Preschool, ages 2 to 5
    1,270 feet

Parks, playgrounds and gardens

  1. Union Street Garden and Community Development Garden
    1,280 feet

Houses of worship

  1. Kol Israel Congregation Listed historic place
    520 feet

Bank branches

  1. Capital One Bank branch
    860 feet

Supermarkets

  1. Ideal Food Basket Supermarket
    0.4 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 43 places to eat and 16 food stores.

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

Nearby corners

The eight nearest corners on foot, seven of them within a three-minute walk:

See every intersection along St Francis 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.