St Marks Avenue & Carlton Avenue

St Marks Avenue and Carlton Avenue meet at a four-way crossing in Prospect Heights, Brooklyn. The corner lies inside the Prospect Heights Historic District. Between 2021 and 2025, six police-reported crashes were recorded here, fewer than the median of seven crashes for a Brooklyn corner. St. Mark's Avenue / Prospect Heights Community Garden is 790 feet away. The nearest subway, 7 Av, is about three minutes on foot, and nine subway lines stop within a ten-minute walk. Within a five-minute walk are 19 public places, seven of them religious buildings, and 77 places to eat.

Safety record
5 hurt
6 police-reported crashes, 2021–2025
Nearest subway
7 Av
720 feet · 3 min on foot · B, Q
Nearest bus stop
440 feet
Bergen St/Carlton Av · B65
Within a walk
19 places
7 religious buildings, 5 day care or pre-K sites and 5 more kinds, within five minutes

Map

Layers
St Marks Avenue & Carlton Avenue Nearby corners, linked

Getting there

How walks are measured

Subway

The nearest subway station is 7 Av, 720 feet from this corner, about three minutes on foot.

  • 2 lines at the nearest station
  • 9 lines within a ten-minute walk
  1. 7 Av B, Q
    720 feet
    B Q

Next trains at this station

Manhattan
2 lines
  1. B …
  2. Q …
Southbound
2 lines
  1. B …
  2. Q …

Also within a walk

  1. Bergen St 2, 3
    1,170 feet
    2 3
  2. Grand Army Plaza 2, 3
    0.3 miles
    2 3

Bus

The nearest bus stop is Bergen St/Carlton Av, 440 feet away, for the B65.

  • 9 routes within a ten-minute walk
  1. Bergen St/Carlton Av B65
    440 feet
    B65

Next buses at this stop

  1. B65 …

Live arrivals

Cycling

A marked bike lane runs on Carlton Avenue.

  • 92 bicycle racks within 820 feet
  • 5 more bike-share stations within a five-minute walk

Nearest bike-share station

  1. Carlton Ave & Dean St 29 docks in all
    680 feet

By car

The nearest highway entrance is the ramp to the Brooklyn-Queens Expressway eastbound at Navy Street, 1.4 miles by car along the streets.

  1. 300 Bergen Street Gas station
    0.7 miles
  2. 535 Carlton Avenue Charging for electric cars, four Level 2 chargers
    760 feet
  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 six crashes at this corner, fewer than the median of seven crashes for a Brooklyn corner.

  • 5 people injured
  • 0 people killed
  • 1 of those hurt, on foot

The most recent crash recorded here was in May 2026.

About this corner

Where facts come from
ZIP code
11238
Community board
Brooklyn Community Board 8
City Council district
35
Police precinct
78
Neighborhood (City Planning area)
Prospect Heights
Elevation
80 feet above sea level

The streets

  • One travel lane
  • A posted limit of 20 mph
  • Two of the streets are one-way

Homes

About 2,000 homes stand within 820 feet of this corner, a mix of apartment buildings and smaller houses.

Since 2014 at least 240 new affordable homes have been completed within 820 feet.

Trees

NYC Parks records 52 trees within 330 feet; the most common is the thornless honeylocust.

Parking on the streets meeting here

How signs are read
  • 26 signs on these blocks
  • 6 different rules

The sign wording is DOT's, as recorded between July 2021 and October 2025, and the sign on the street decides.

North side of St Marks Avenue

  • No parking 5 signs NO PARKING MONDAY THURSDAY 11:30AM-1PM
  • No parking 7 signs NO PARKING MONDAY THURSDAY 8:30AM-10AM
  • No standing 1 sign NO STANDING ANYTIME

South side of St Marks Avenue

  • No parking 1 sign NO PARKING MONDAY-THURSDAY 7AM-7PM FRIDAY-SUNDAY 11AM-11PM
  • No parking 6 signs NO PARKING TUESDAY FRIDAY 11:30AM-1PM
  • No parking 6 signs NO PARKING TUESDAY FRIDAY 8:30AM-10AM

Landmarks and historic districts

The corner stands in the Prospect Heights Historic District.

Within 820 feet, 410 buildings are designated by the Landmarks Preservation Commission, recorded most often as Italianate, and mostly built between 1870 and 1889.

Schools, parks and places within a walk

How places are listed

Nineteen public places are within a five-minute walk.

  • 7 religious buildings
  • 5 day care or pre-K sites
  • 2 gardens
  • 2 listed historic places
  • 1 playground
  • 2 other places

Schools and child care

  1. Eladia's Kids Parent Infant, toddler and preschool care, ages 0 to 5 · Pre-K
    940 feet
  2. Aozora Community Foundation Preschool, ages 2 to 5
    1,110 feet
  3. ABR Prospect Infant, toddler and preschool care, ages 0 to 5
    1,230 feet
Show all 6
  1. The Nook Park Slope Preschool, ages 2 to 5
    1,240 feet
  2. Luria Academy of Brooklyn School
    1,240 feet
  3. Montessori Day School of Brooklyn Preschool, ages 2 to 5
    1,290 feet

Parks, playgrounds and gardens

  1. St. Mark's Avenue / Prospect Heights Community Garden
    790 feet
  2. Dean Playground
    1,000 feet
  3. Prospect Heights Community Farm Garden
    1,190 feet

Libraries, museums and history

  1. Prospect Heights Historic District Listed historic place
    120 feet
  2. Buildings at 375-379 Flatbush Avenue and 185-187 Sterling Place Listed historic place
    1,160 feet

Houses of worship

  1. Grace United Methodist Church House of worship
    1,160 feet
  2. Dean St Baptist Church House of worship
    1,300 feet

Fire and police

  1. 78th Precinct Police station
    1,210 feet

Supermarkets

  1. Foodtown Supermarket
    0.3 miles

Pharmacies

  1. Duane Reade Pharmacy
    1,030 feet
  2. Walgreens Pharmacy
    0.4 miles

Shopping centers

  1. Atlantic Center Shopping center
    0.4 miles
  2. Atlantic Terminal Shopping center
    0.5 miles

Food stores and places to eat

Within a five-minute walk there are 77 places to eat and ten 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 Carlton Avenue or St Marks Avenue.

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, NYS Agriculture and Markets, USDA and NYC Finance, retrieved September 18 – October 6, 2026.