St Pauls Place & Crooke Avenue

St Pauls Place and Crooke Avenue meet at a four-way crossing in Flatbush, Brooklyn. Between 2021 and 2025, 11 police-reported crashes were recorded here, against a median of seven crashes for a Brooklyn corner. Rustic Shelter in Prospect Park is 980 feet away. The nearest subway, Church Av, is about two minutes on foot, for the B and Q. Within a five-minute walk are 11 public places, three of them parks, and nine places to eat. About 4,000 homes stand within 820 feet, mostly built between 1924 and 1949, most in buildings of ten homes or more.

Safety record
8 hurt
11 police-reported crashes, 2021–2025
Nearest subway
Church Av
440 feet · 2 min on foot · B, Q
Nearest bus stop
460 feet
Caton Av/Saint Pauls Pl · B16
Within a walk
11 places
3 parks, 2 park features and 4 more kinds, within five minutes

Map

Layers
St Pauls Place & Crooke Avenue Nearby corners, linked

Getting there

How walks are measured

Subway

The nearest subway station is Church Av, 440 feet from this corner, about two minutes on foot.

  • 2 lines at the nearest station
  1. Church Av B, Q
    440 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. Parkside Av Q
    0.3 miles
    Q

Bus

The nearest bus stop is Caton Av/Saint Pauls Pl, 460 feet away, for the B16.

  • 6 routes within a ten-minute walk
  1. Caton Av/Saint Pauls Pl B16
    460 feet
    B16

Next buses at this stop

  1. B16 …

Live arrivals

Cycling

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

Nearest bike-share station

  1. Caton Ave & St. Pauls Pl 21 docks in all
    420 feet

By car

The nearest highway entrance is the ramp to the Prospect Expressway westbound at Prospect Avenue & Prospect Expressway, 0.8 miles by car along the streets.

  1. 378 Coney Island Avenue Gas station
    0.6 miles
  2. 625 Rogers Avenue Charging for electric cars, six Level 2 chargers
    0.7 miles
  3. 2699 Nostrand Avenue Fast charging for electric cars
    3 miles

Safety record

How crashes are counted

Between 2021 and 2025, police reported 11 crashes at this corner, more than the median of seven crashes for a Brooklyn corner.

  • 8 people injured
  • 0 people killed
  • 2 of those hurt, on foot

The most recent crash recorded here was in May 2026.

About this corner

Where facts come from
ZIP code
11226
Community board
Brooklyn Community Board 14
City Council district
40
Police precinct
70
Neighborhood (City Planning area)
Flatbush
Elevation
57 feet above sea level

The streets

  • One travel lane
  • Two of the streets are one-way

Homes

About 4,000 homes stand within 820 feet of this corner, most of them in buildings of ten homes or more. The buildings holding them mostly went up between 1924 and 1949.

Trees

NYC Parks records 48 trees within 330 feet; the most common is the thornless honeylocust.

Parking on the streets meeting here

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

The sign wording is DOT's, as recorded between May 2017 and December 2024, and the sign on the street decides.

North side of Crooke Avenue

  • No parking 4 signs NO PARKING MONDAY THURSDAY 8:30AM-10AM
  • No parking 4 signs NO PARKING MONDAY THURSDAY 9:30AM-11AM
  • No standing 1 sign NO STANDING ANYTIME

South side of Crooke Avenue

  • No parking 4 signs NO PARKING TUESDAY FRIDAY 8:30AM-10AM
  • No parking 4 signs NO PARKING TUESDAY FRIDAY 9:30AM-11AM

East side of St Pauls Place

  • No parking 6 signs NO PARKING TUESDAY FRIDAY 8:30AM-10AM
  • No standing 1 sign NO STANDING ANYTIME

West side of St Pauls Place

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

Schools, parks and places within a walk

How places are listed

Eleven public places are within a five-minute walk.

  • 3 parks
  • 2 park features
  • 2 playgrounds
  • 2 religious buildings
  • 1 day care or pre-K site
  • 1 garden

Schools and child care

  1. Practical Learning Center Preschool, ages 2 to 5
    1,310 feet

Parks, playgrounds and gardens

  1. Detective Dillon Stewart Playground
    600 feet
  2. Parade Ground Park
    610 feet
  3. Prospect Park
    640 feet
Show all 8
  1. Umma Park
    700 feet
  2. Umma Park Playground
    700 feet
  3. Rustic Shelter in Prospect Park Park feature
    980 feet
  4. Parkside Shelter in Prospect Park Park feature
    1,020 feet
  5. Q Gardens Community Farm Garden
    1,030 feet

Houses of worship

  1. Calvary Pentecostal Church House of worship
    1,080 feet

Supermarkets

  1. Key Food Supermarket
    0.4 miles
  2. Ideal Food Basket Supermarket
    0.5 miles
  3. Associated Supermarkets Supermarket
    0.5 miles

Pharmacies

  1. Duane Reade Pharmacy
    0.3 miles

Other stores

  1. Target Store
    0.3 miles
  2. Dollar Tree Store
    0.4 miles

Food stores and places to eat

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

Not on record for this corner: a signal or safety change and a designated landmark or historic district within 820 feet.

Nearby corners

The eight corners within a three-minute walk:

See every intersection along Crooke Avenue or St Pauls Place.

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