St Marks Avenue & Vanderbilt Avenue

St Marks Avenue and Vanderbilt Avenue meet at a four-way crossing in Prospect Heights, Brooklyn. The corner lies inside the Prospect Heights Historic District. Between 2021 and 2025, 16 police-reported crashes were recorded here, against a median of seven crashes for a Brooklyn corner. St. Mark's Avenue / Prospect Heights Community Garden is 160 feet away, and Grand Army Plaza is 1,220 feet away. The nearest subway, 7 Av, is about six minutes on foot, for the B and Q. Within a five-minute walk are 18 public places and 45 places to eat.

Safety record
14 hurt
16 police-reported crashes, 2021–2025
Nearest subway
7 Av
0.3 miles · 6 min on foot · B, Q
Nearest bus stop
120 feet
Vanderbilt Av/Saint Marks Av · B69
Within a walk
18 places
4 day care or pre-K sites, 4 religious buildings and 5 more kinds, within five minutes

Map

Layers
St Marks Avenue & Vanderbilt Avenue Nearby corners, linked

Getting there

How walks are measured

Subway

The nearest subway station is 7 Av, 0.3 miles from this corner, about six minutes on foot.

  • 2 lines at the nearest station
  • 5 lines within a ten-minute walk
  1. 7 Av B, Q
    0.3 miles
    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. Grand Army Plaza 2, 3
    0.3 miles
    2 3
  2. Bergen St 2, 3
    0.4 miles
    2 3

Bus

The nearest bus stop is Vanderbilt Av/Saint Marks Av, 120 feet away, for the B69.

  • 9 routes within a ten-minute walk
  1. Vanderbilt Av/Saint Marks Av B69
    120 feet
    B69

Next buses at this stop

  1. B69 …

Live arrivals

Cycling

A marked bike lane runs on Vanderbilt Avenue.

  • 76 bicycle racks within 820 feet, 9 of them on-street corrals
  • 3 more bike-share stations within a five-minute walk

Nearest bike-share station

  1. Prospect Pl & Vanderbilt Ave 27 docks in all
    380 feet

By car

The nearest highway entrance is the ramp to the Brooklyn-Queens Expressway eastbound at Navy Street, 1.6 miles by car along the streets.

  1. 506 Grand Avenue Gas station
    0.8 miles
  2. 316 St Marks Avenue Charging for electric cars, five Level 2 chargers
    0.3 miles
  3. 28-17 42nd Road Fast charging for electric cars
    2.4 miles

Safety record

How crashes are counted

Between 2021 and 2025, police reported 16 crashes at this corner, more than the median of seven crashes for a Brooklyn corner.

  • 14 people injured
  • 0 people killed
  • 9 of those hurt, on a bike

The most recent crash recorded here was in November 2025.

What the city has done here

  • Leading pedestrian interval, January 2018

About this corner

Where facts come from
ZIP code
11238
Community board
Brooklyn Community Board 8
City Council district
35
Police precinct
77 and 78 (the boundary runs through this corner)
Neighborhood (City Planning area)
Prospect Heights
Elevation
95 feet above sea level

The streets

  • Up to three travel lanes
  • A posted limit of 20 mph
  • One of the streets is one-way

Homes

About 2,100 homes stand within 820 feet of this corner, a mix of apartment buildings and smaller houses.

Trees

NYC Parks records 56 trees within 330 feet; the most common is the Japanese zelkova.

Parking on the streets meeting here

How signs are read
  • 55 signs on these blocks
  • 14 different rules
  • 4 active meters
  • 2 pay-by-cell zones

The sign wording is DOT's, as recorded between August 2018 and October 2025; the 12 rules shown are the first by street and side, and the sign on the street decides.

North side of St Marks Avenue

  • No parking 14 signs NO PARKING MONDAY THURSDAY 8:30AM-10AM
  • No standing 2 signs NO STANDING SCHOOL DAYS 8AM-4PM
  • Truck loading only 1 sign TRUCK LOADING ONLY

South side of St Marks Avenue

  • No parking 2 signs NO PARKING MONDAY-FRIDAY 7AM-4PM
  • No parking 1 sign NO PARKING MONDAY-THURSDAY 7AM-7PM FRIDAY-SUNDAY 11AM-11PM
  • No parking 12 signs NO PARKING TUESDAY FRIDAY 8:30AM-10AM

East side of Vanderbilt Avenue

  • Metered parking 3 signs 2 HOUR METERED PARKING 8:30AM-7PM EXCEPT SUNDAY
  • No parking 3 signs NO PARKING 8AM-8:30AM EXCEPT SUNDAY
  • No parking 1 sign NO PARKING ANYTIME
  • No standing 4 signs NO STANDING MAY-SEPTEMBER SATURDAY 11AM-11PM

West side of Vanderbilt Avenue

  • Metered parking 3 signs 2 HOUR METERED PARKING 9AM-7PM EXCEPT SUNDAY
  • No parking 4 signs NO PARKING 8:30AM-9AM EXCEPT SUNDAY

ParkNYC pay-by-cell zones: 301004 and 301223.

Landmarks and historic districts

The corner stands in the Prospect Heights Historic District.

Within 820 feet, 361 buildings are designated by the Landmarks Preservation Commission, recorded most often as Renaissance Revival, and mostly built between 1877 and 1896.

Schools, parks and places within a walk

How places are listed

Eighteen public places are within a five-minute walk.

  • 4 day care or pre-K sites
  • 4 religious buildings
  • 3 listed historic places
  • 3 schools
  • 2 gardens
  • 2 other places

Schools and child care

  1. Aozora Community Foundation Preschool, ages 2 to 5
    190 feet
  2. ABR Prospect Infant, toddler and preschool care, ages 0 to 5
    310 feet
  3. Luria Academy of Brooklyn School
    330 feet
Show all 7
  1. Public School 9 the Sarah Smith Garnet School
    820 feet
  2. P.S. 009 Teunis G. Bergen Pre-K
    820 feet
  3. Montessori Day School of Brooklyn Preschool, ages 2 to 5
    950 feet
  4. I.S. 340 School
    1,000 feet

Parks, playgrounds and gardens

  1. St. Mark's Avenue / Prospect Heights Community Garden
    160 feet
  2. Prospect Heights Community Farm Garden
    280 feet
  3. James Forten Playground
    1,200 feet
Show all 4
  1. Grand Army Plaza
    1,220 feet

Libraries, museums and history

  1. Prospect Heights Historic District Listed historic place
    810 feet
  2. Public School 111 and Public School 9 Annex Listed historic place
    920 feet
  3. Prospect Heights (Boundary Expansion) Listed historic place
    1,260 feet

Houses of worship

  1. St Josephs RC Church House of worship
    1,040 feet

Supermarkets

  1. Foodtown Supermarket
    550 feet
  2. Ideal Food Basket Supermarket
    0.4 miles

Pharmacies

  1. Duane Reade Pharmacy
    0.4 miles

Food stores and places to eat

Within a five-minute walk there are 45 places to eat and ten food stores.

Nearby corners

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

See every intersection along St Marks Avenue or Vanderbilt 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, Landmarks Preservation Commission, NYC Parks, NYC Health, NYS Agriculture and Markets and USDA, retrieved September 18 – October 6, 2026.