St Marks Avenue & Franklin Avenue

St Marks Avenue and Franklin Avenue meet at a four-way crossing in Crown Heights (North), Brooklyn. Between 2021 and 2025, 28 police-reported crashes were recorded here, against a median of seven crashes for a Brooklyn corner. Mama Dee's Community Garden is 820 feet away, and Brooklyn Arts and Science Elementary School is 1,270 feet away. The nearest subway, Park Pl, is about three minutes on foot, and seven subway lines stop within a ten-minute walk. Within a five-minute walk are 17 public places, eight of them religious buildings, and 34 places to eat.

Safety record
12 hurt
28 police-reported crashes, 2021–2025
Nearest subway
Park Pl
690 feet · 3 min on foot · S
Nearest bus stop
370 feet
Franklin Av/Prospect Pl · B48
Within a walk
17 places
8 religious buildings, 2 gardens and 6 more kinds, within five minutes

Map

Layers
St Marks Avenue & Franklin Avenue Nearby corners, linked

Getting there

How walks are measured

Subway

The nearest subway station is Park Pl, 690 feet from this corner, about three minutes on foot.

  • 7 lines within a ten-minute walk
  1. Park Pl S
    690 feet
    S

Next trains at this station

Franklin Av
1 line
  1. S …
Prospect Park
1 line
  1. S …

Also within a walk

  1. Franklin Av-Medgar Evers College/Botanic Garden 2, 3, 4, 5, S
    0.4 miles
    2 3 4 5 S
  2. Franklin Av C, S
    0.4 miles
    C S

The MTA's permanent art catalog lists “Units of the Free” (1999) by Isha Shabaka at the Park Pl station.

Bus

The nearest bus stop is Franklin Av/Prospect Pl, 370 feet away, for the B48.

  • 10 routes within a ten-minute walk
  1. Franklin Av/Prospect Pl B48
    370 feet
    B48

Next buses at this stop

  1. B48 …

Live arrivals

Cycling

A marked bike lane runs on Franklin Avenue.

  • 80 bicycle racks within 820 feet
  • 4 more bike-share stations within a five-minute walk

Nearest bike-share station

  1. Franklin Ave & St Marks Ave 29 docks in all
    50 feet

By car

The nearest highway entrance is the ramp to the Brooklyn-Queens Expressway eastbound at Bedford Avenue, 2.1 miles by car along the streets.

  1. 1285 Bedford Avenue Gas station
    0.4 miles
  2. 552 Prospect Place Charging for electric cars, ten Level 2 chargers
    950 feet
  3. 28-17 42nd Road Fast charging for electric cars
    2.1 miles

Safety record

How crashes are counted

Between 2021 and 2025, police reported 28 crashes at this corner, more than the median of seven crashes for a Brooklyn corner.

  • 12 people injured
  • 0 people killed
  • 4 of those hurt, on foot
  • 4 of those hurt, on a bike

The most recent crash recorded here was in May 2026.

What the city has done here

  • Leading pedestrian interval, July 2024

About this corner

Where facts come from
ZIP code
11238
Community board
Brooklyn Community Board 8
City Council district
35
Police precinct
77
Neighborhood (City Planning area)
Crown Heights (North)
Elevation
99 feet above sea level

The streets

  • Up to two travel lanes
  • Two of the streets are one-way

Homes

About 2,900 homes stand within 820 feet of this corner, a mix of apartment buildings and smaller houses.

Since 2014 at least 90 new affordable homes have been completed within 820 feet.

Trees

NYC Parks records 45 trees within 330 feet; the most common is the thornless honeylocust.

Parking on the streets meeting here

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

The sign wording is DOT's, as recorded between May 2014 and June 2021, and the sign on the street decides.

East side of Franklin Avenue

  • No parking 3 signs NO PARKING TUESDAY FRIDAY 8:30AM-10AM

West side of Franklin Avenue

  • No parking 4 signs NO PARKING MONDAY THURSDAY 8:30AM-10AM
  • No standing 1 sign NO STANDING ANYTIME

North side of St Marks Avenue

  • No parking 7 signs NO PARKING MONDAY THURSDAY 11:30AM-1PM
  • No parking 4 signs NO PARKING MONDAY THURSDAY 8:30AM-10AM
  • Truck loading only 1 sign TRUCK LOADING ONLY 7AM-6PM ALL DAYS

South side of St Marks Avenue

  • No parking 8 signs NO PARKING TUESDAY FRIDAY 11:30AM-1PM
  • No parking 5 signs NO PARKING TUESDAY FRIDAY 8:30AM-10AM
  • Truck loading only 2 signs TRUCK LOADING ONLY 7AM-6PM EXCEPT SUNDAY

Landmarks and historic districts

Thirteen buildings within 820 feet are designated by the Landmarks Preservation Commission, recorded as Queen Anne, and built between 1889 and 1890.

Schools, parks and places within a walk

How places are listed

Seventeen public places are within a five-minute walk.

  • 8 religious buildings
  • 2 gardens
  • 2 schools
  • 1 college
  • 1 day care or pre-K site
  • 3 other places

Schools and child care

  1. Interfaith Med Ctr School of Nursing College
    760 feet
  2. The Friends of Crown Heights Educational Centers Infant, toddler and preschool care, ages 0 to 5 · Pre-K
    850 feet
  3. Brooklyn Arts and Science Elementary School
    1,270 feet
Show all 4
  1. The Academy for Collaborative Exploration School
    1,270 feet

Parks, playgrounds and gardens

  1. Mama Dee's Community Garden
    820 feet
  2. Walt L. Shamel Community Garden
    1,180 feet
  3. Grant Gore Park
    1,210 feet

Libraries, museums and history

  1. Nassau Brewery Listed historic place
    650 feet
  2. Ulysses S Grant Statue Monument or memorial
    1,280 feet

Houses of worship

  1. Washington Temple Church God House of worship
    1,080 feet
  2. Ebenezer Wesleyan Methodist Church House of worship
    1,150 feet

Supermarkets

  1. Food Garden Market Supermarket
    620 feet
  2. Key Food Supermarket
    770 feet
  3. Lincoln Market Supermarket
    0.4 miles

Other stores

  1. Family Dollar Store
    0.5 miles

Food stores and places to eat

Within a five-minute walk there are 34 places to eat and 11 food stores.

Nearby corners

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

See every intersection along Franklin Avenue or St Marks Avenue.

Sources: NYC Technology and Innovation, NYPD, NYC DOT, MTA, 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 and USDA, retrieved September 18 – October 6, 2026.