St Marks Avenue & Grand Avenue

St Marks Avenue and Grand Avenue meet at a four-way crossing in Crown Heights (North), Brooklyn. Between 2021 and 2025, seven police-reported crashes were recorded here, the median for a Brooklyn corner. Gotham Professional Arts Academy is 610 feet away. The nearest subway, Park Pl, is about seven minutes on foot, and four subway lines stop within a ten-minute walk. Within a five-minute walk are 20 public places, 11 of them religious buildings, and 37 places to eat. About 2,300 homes stand within 820 feet, a mix of apartment buildings and smaller houses.

Safety record
5 hurt
7 police-reported crashes, 2021–2025
Nearest subway
Park Pl
0.4 miles · 7 min on foot · S
Nearest bus stop
370 feet
Bergen St/Grand Av · B65
Within a walk
20 places
11 religious buildings, 4 schools and 2 more kinds, within five minutes

Map

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St Marks Avenue & Grand Avenue Nearby corners, linked

Getting there

How walks are measured

Subway

The nearest subway station is Park Pl, 0.4 miles from this corner, about seven minutes on foot.

  • 4 lines within a ten-minute walk
  1. Park Pl S
    0.4 miles
    S

Next trains at this station

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

Also within a walk

  1. Clinton-Washington Avs C
    0.4 miles
    C
  2. Eastern Pkwy-Brooklyn Museum 2, 3
    0.5 miles
    2 3

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 Bergen St/Grand Av, 370 feet away, for the B65.

  • 8 routes within a ten-minute walk
  1. Bergen St/Grand Av B65
    370 feet
    B65

Next buses at this stop

  1. B65 …

Live arrivals

Cycling

  • 52 bicycle racks within 820 feet, 3 of them on-street corrals
  • 3 more bike-share stations within a five-minute walk

Nearest bike-share station

  1. Grand Ave & Bergen St 25 docks in all
    310 feet

By car

The nearest highway entrance is the ramp to the Brooklyn-Queens Expressway eastbound at Navy Street, 1.9 miles by car along the streets.

  1. 506 Grand Avenue Gas station
    0.7 miles
  2. 316 St Marks Avenue Charging for electric cars, five Level 2 chargers
    1,110 feet
  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 seven crashes at this corner, the median for a Brooklyn corner.

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

The most recent crash recorded here was in December 2025.

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
114 feet above sea level

The streets

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

Homes

About 2,300 homes stand within 820 feet of this corner, a mix of apartment buildings and smaller houses.

Since 2014 at least 29 new affordable homes have been completed within 820 feet.

Trees

NYC Parks records 61 trees within 330 feet; the most common is the Callery pear.

Parking on the streets meeting here

How signs are read
  • 32 signs on these blocks
  • 8 different rules

The sign wording is DOT's, as recorded between October 2016 and August 2021, and the sign on the street decides.

East side of Grand Avenue

  • No parking 6 signs NO PARKING TUESDAY FRIDAY 11:30AM-1PM

West side of Grand Avenue

  • No parking 4 signs NO PARKING MONDAY THURSDAY 11:30AM-1PM

North side of St Marks Avenue

  • No parking 7 signs NO PARKING MONDAY THURSDAY 11:30AM-1PM
  • No parking 2 signs NO PARKING MONDAY THURSDAY 8:30AM-10AM
  • No standing 2 signs NO STANDING ANYTIME
  • No standing 3 signs NO STANDING SCHOOL DAYS 7AM-4PM

South side of St Marks Avenue

  • No parking 6 signs NO PARKING TUESDAY FRIDAY 11:30AM-1PM
  • No parking 2 signs NO PARKING TUESDAY FRIDAY 8:30AM-10AM

Landmarks and historic districts

Within 820 feet, 29 buildings are designated by the Landmarks Preservation Commission, recorded mostly as Romanesque Revival, and mostly built between 1894 and 1895.

Schools, parks and places within a walk

How places are listed

Twenty public places are within a five-minute walk.

  • 11 religious buildings
  • 4 schools
  • 3 day care or pre-K sites
  • 2 playgrounds

Schools and child care

  1. Sunny Skies Prospect Preschool, ages 2 to 5 · Pre-K
    570 feet
  2. Gotham Professional Arts Academy School
    610 feet
  3. Brooklyn Arts and Science Elementary School
    780 feet
Show all 7
  1. The Academy for Collaborative Exploration School
    780 feet
  2. Playto Pacific Infant, toddler and preschool care, ages 0 to 5
    1,070 feet
  3. P.S. 009 Teunis G. Bergen Pre-K
    1,300 feet
  4. Public School 9 the Sarah Smith Garnet School
    1,300 feet

Parks, playgrounds and gardens

  1. Stroud Playground
    1,070 feet
  2. James Forten Playground
    1,080 feet

Houses of worship

  1. Epiphany RC Church House of worship
    1,250 feet

Supermarkets

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

Food stores and places to eat

Within a five-minute walk there are 37 places to eat and 17 food stores.

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

Nearby corners

The eight nearest of the 9 corners within a three-minute walk:

See every intersection along Grand Avenue or St Marks Avenue.

Sources: NYC Technology and Innovation, NYPD, MTA, NYC DOT, New York City's bike-share system, NYS Environmental Conservation, NYC City Planning, 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.