Utica Avenue & Prospect Place

Utica Avenue and Prospect Place meet at a four-way crossing in Crown Heights (North), Brooklyn. The corner is also named Roger Brown Way by local law. Between 2021 and 2025, 35 police-reported crashes were recorded here, against a median of seven crashes for a Brooklyn corner. Central Brooklyn Literacy Academy (Cbla) is 790 feet away, and M.S. K394 is 790 feet away. The nearest subway, Crown Hts-Utica Av, is about seven minutes on foot, for the 3 and 4. Within a five-minute walk are 26 public places, 12 of them religious buildings, and 22 places to eat.

Safety record
15 hurt
35 police-reported crashes, 2021–2025
Nearest subway
Crown Hts-Utica Av
0.3 miles · 7 min on foot · 3, 4
Nearest bus stop
110 feet
Utica Av/Prospect Pl · B46
Within a walk
26 places
12 religious buildings, 5 schools and 6 more kinds, within five minutes

Map

Layers
Utica Avenue & Prospect Place Nearby corners, linked

Getting there

How walks are measured

Subway

The nearest subway station is Crown Hts-Utica Av, 0.3 miles from this corner, about seven minutes on foot.

  • 2 lines at the nearest station
  • 4 lines within a ten-minute walk
  1. Crown Hts-Utica Av 3, 4
    0.3 miles
    3 4

Next trains at this station

Manhattan
2 lines
  1. 3 …
  2. 4 …
Outbound
2 lines
  1. 3 …
  2. 4 …

Also within a walk

  1. Utica Av A, C
    0.4 miles
    A C

The MTA's permanent art catalog lists “Good Morning and Good Night” (2004) by Hugo Consuegra at the Crown Hts-Utica Av station.

Bus

The nearest bus stop is Utica Av/Prospect Pl, 110 feet away, for the B46.

  • 11 routes within a ten-minute walk
  1. Utica Av/Prospect Pl B46
    110 feet
    B46

Next buses at this stop

  1. B46 …

Live arrivals

Cycling

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

Nearest bike-share station

  1. Park Pl & Utica Ave 21 docks in all
    350 feet

By car

The nearest highway entrance is the ramp to the Jackie Robinson Parkway eastbound at Jamaica Avenue & J Robinson Parkway, 2 miles by car along the streets.

  1. 1802 Atlantic Avenue Gas station
    0.3 miles
  2. 170 Buffalo Avenue Charging for electric cars, 20 Level 2 chargers
    0.4 miles
  3. 28-17 42nd Road Fast charging for electric cars
    2.6 miles

Safety record

How crashes are counted

Between 2021 and 2025, police reported 35 crashes at this corner, more than the median of seven crashes for a Brooklyn corner.

  • 15 people injured
  • 0 people killed
  • 5 of those hurt, on foot
  • 3 of those hurt, on a bike

The most recent crash recorded here was in February 2026.

What the city has done here

  • Leading pedestrian interval, July 2024

About this corner

Where facts come from
ZIP code
11213
Community board
Brooklyn Community Board 8
City Council district
36
Police precinct
77
Neighborhood (City Planning area)
Crown Heights (North)
Elevation
97 feet above sea level

This corner is also named Roger Brown Way, a co-naming enacted on January 20, 2024 (Local Law 41 of 2024).

The streets

  • Up to two travel lanes
  • A designated truck route
  • One of the streets is one-way

Homes

About 1,800 homes stand within 820 feet of this corner, a mix of apartment buildings and smaller houses. The buildings holding them mostly went up between 1910 and 1925.

Since 2014 at least 104 new affordable homes have been completed within 820 feet.

Trees

NYC Parks records 41 trees within 330 feet; the most common is the 'Sterling' silver linden.

The Department of Records' Honorary Street Names dataset has its own note on Roger Brown Way.

Parking on the streets meeting here

How signs are read
  • 47 signs on these blocks
  • 9 different rules
  • 3 active meters
  • 2 pay-by-cell zones

The sign wording is DOT's, as recorded between July 2018 and November 2025, and the sign on the street decides.

North side of Prospect Place

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

South side of Prospect Place

  • No parking 11 signs NO PARKING TUESDAY FRIDAY 11:30AM-1PM
  • No standing 2 signs NO STANDING SCHOOL DAYS 7AM-4PM

East side of Utica Avenue

  • Metered parking 4 signs 2 HOUR METERED PARKING 8AM-7PM EXCEPT SUNDAY
  • No parking 2 signs NO PARKING ANYTIME
  • No parking 6 signs NO PARKING TUESDAY FRIDAY 11:30AM-1PM

West side of Utica Avenue

  • Metered parking 5 signs 2 HOUR METERED PARKING 8AM-7PM EXCEPT SUNDAY
  • No parking 1 sign NO PARKING ANYTIME
  • No parking 5 signs NO PARKING MONDAY THURSDAY 11:30AM-1PM

ParkNYC pay-by-cell zones: 333612 and 339485.

Schools, parks and places within a walk

How places are listed

Within a five-minute walk there are 26 public places.

  • 12 religious buildings
  • 5 schools
  • 4 day care or pre-K sites
  • 1 garden
  • 1 park
  • 3 other places

Schools and child care

  1. The Friends of Crown Heights Educational Centers Preschool, ages 2 to 5 · Pre-K
    460 feet
  2. Central Brooklyn Literacy Academy (Cbla) School
    790 feet
  3. Explore Empower Charter School
    790 feet
Show all 9
  1. M.S. K394 School
    790 feet
  2. P.S. 335 Granville T. Woods School
    1,110 feet
  3. The Brooklyn Green School
    1,110 feet
  4. Bka of NY Preschool, ages 2 to 5 · Pre-K
    1,160 feet
  5. Brooklyn Kids Academy Infant and toddler care, ages 0 to 2
    1,160 feet
  6. Roots to Grow Preschool, ages 2 to 5
    1,160 feet

Parks, playgrounds and gardens

  1. St. John's Park
    830 feet
  2. Woods Playground
    840 feet
  3. Eden’s Community Garden
    920 feet

Houses of worship

  1. Berean Baptist Church House of worship
    1,140 feet

Community centers and public services

  1. St Johns Recreation Center
    1,210 feet

Fire and police

  1. 77th Precinct Police station
    590 feet

Bank branches

  1. Chase Bank branch
    1,290 feet

Supermarkets

  1. Ideal Food Basket Supermarket
    1,180 feet
  2. Shop Fair Supermarket
    0.3 miles
  3. Food Universe Supermarket
    0.4 miles

Other stores

  1. Dollar Tree Store
    0.4 miles

Food stores and places to eat

Within a five-minute walk there are 22 places to eat and 11 food stores.

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

Nearby corners

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

See every intersection along Prospect Place or Utica Avenue.

Sources: NYC Technology and Innovation, NYPD, NYC DOT, MTA, New York City's bike-share system, NYS Environmental Conservation, NYC City Planning, US Department of Energy, NYC Records, NYC Housing Preservation and Development, NYC Parks, NYC Health, FDIC, NYS Agriculture and Markets and USDA, retrieved September 18 – October 6, 2026.