Washington Avenue & Empire Boulevard

Washington Avenue and Empire Boulevard meet at a four-way crossing in Prospect Lefferts Gardens-Wingate, Brooklyn. The corner is also named Tiarah Poyau Way by local law. Between 2021 and 2025, 41 police-reported crashes were recorded here, against a median of seven crashes for a Brooklyn corner. In 2026, 923 red-light camera tickets were recorded here through July 26. Brooklyn Central Office, Bureau of Fire Communications stands 170 feet away. The nearest subway, Prospect Park, is about three minutes on foot, for the B, Q and S. Within a five-minute walk are 13 public places and 22 places to eat.

Safety record
35 hurt
41 police-reported crashes, 2021–2025
Nearest subway
Prospect Park
770 feet · 3 min on foot · B, Q, S
Nearest bus stop
50 feet
Empire Blvd/Washington Av · B43
Within a walk
13 places
2 day care or pre-K sites, 2 park features and 8 more kinds, within five minutes

Map

Layers
Washington Avenue & Empire Boulevard Nearby corners, linked

Getting there

How walks are measured

Subway

The nearest subway station is Prospect Park, 770 feet from this corner, about three minutes on foot.

  • 3 lines at the nearest station
  1. Prospect Park B, Q, S
    770 feet
    B Q S

Next trains at this station

Northbound
3 lines
  1. B …
  2. Q …
  3. S …
Southbound
3 lines
  1. B …
  2. Q …
  3. S …

The MTA's permanent art catalog lists “Brighton Clay Re-Leaf Nos. 1-4” (1994) by Susan Tunick at the Prospect Park station.

Bus

The nearest bus stop is Empire Blvd/Washington Av, 50 feet away, for the B43.

  • 8 routes within a ten-minute walk
  1. Empire Blvd/Washington Av B43
    50 feet
    B43

Next buses at this stop

  1. B43 …

Live arrivals

Cycling

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

Nearest bike-share station

  1. Washington Ave & Empire Blvd 27 docks in all
    150 feet

By car

The nearest highway entrance is the ramp to the Prospect Expressway westbound at Prospect Avenue & Prospect Expressway, 1.5 miles by car along the streets.

  1. 517 Flatbush Avenue Gas station
    960 feet
  2. 375 Lefferts Avenue Charging for electric cars, five Level 2 chargers
    0.7 miles

Safety record

How crashes are counted

Between 2021 and 2025, police reported 41 crashes at this corner, more than the median of seven crashes for a Brooklyn corner.

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

The most recent crash recorded here was in March 2026.

Camera tickets

How tickets are counted

In 2026 so far, through July 26, 923 red-light camera tickets were issued for violations recorded at this corner.

Every corner with red-light camera tickets

About this corner

Where facts come from
ZIP code
11225
Community board
Brooklyn Community Board 9
City Council district
35 and 40 (the boundary runs through this corner)
Police precinct
71 and 78 (the boundary runs through this corner)
Neighborhood (City Planning area)
Prospect Lefferts Gardens-Wingate
Elevation
77 feet above sea level

This corner carries two co-namings: Tiarah Poyau Way (Local Law 81 of 2024, enacted on July 20, 2024) and Russell D. Ramsey Memorial Triangle (Local Law 16 of 1998, enacted on February 26, 1998).

The streets

  • Up to four travel lanes
  • A designated truck route

Homes

About 1,000 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 1925 and 1938.

Since 2014 at least 32 new affordable homes have been completed within 820 feet.

Trees

NYC Parks records 54 trees within 330 feet; the most common is the Japanese zelkova.

The Department of Records' Honorary Street Names dataset has its own note on each of these co-names.

Parking on the streets meeting here

How signs are read
  • 57 signs on these blocks
  • 14 different rules

The sign wording is DOT's, as recorded between February 2023 and August 2026; the 12 rules shown are the first by street and side, and the sign on the street decides.

North side of Empire Boulevard

  • No standing 5 signs NO STANDING ANYTIME

South side of Empire Boulevard

  • No parking 6 signs NO PARKING TUESDAY FRIDAY 8:30AM-10AM
  • No standing 1 sign NO STANDING ANYTIME
  • Truck loading only 2 signs TRUCK LOADING ONLY MONDAY-FRIDAY 7AM-4PM

East side of Washington Avenue

  • No standing 2 signs NO STANDING ANYTIME
  • No standing 3 signs NO STANDING MONDAY-FRIDAY 7AM-10AM

West side of Washington Avenue

  • No parking 3 signs NO PARKING 8AM-6PM ALL DAYS
  • No parking 12 signs NO PARKING MONDAY THURSDAY 8:30AM-10AM
  • No parking 7 signs NO PARKING MONDAY THURSDAY 9:30AM-11AM
  • No parking 4 signs NO PARKING SATURDAY SUNDAY & HOLIDAYS 7AM-7PM
  • No standing 6 signs NO STANDING ANYTIME
  • No standing 3 signs NO STANDING FIRE ZONE

Landmarks and historic districts

Within 820 feet is one Individual Landmark, and two buildings in all are designated by the Landmarks Preservation Commission. They were built in 1913.

  1. Brooklyn Central Office, Bureau of Fire Communications Designated landmark
    170 feet

Schools, parks and places within a walk

How places are listed

Thirteen public places are within a five-minute walk.

  • 2 day care or pre-K sites
  • 2 park features
  • 2 schools
  • 1 museum
  • 1 park
  • 5 other places

Schools and child care

  1. Empyrean Team Training Center Trade or language school
    380 feet
  2. Ebbets Field Middle School
    860 feet
  3. P.S. 375 Jackie Robinson School
    860 feet
Show all 5
  1. Lefferts Garden Promise Preschool, ages 2 to 5
    870 feet
  2. The Maple Street School Preschool, ages 2 to 5 · Pre-K
    1,280 feet

Parks, playgrounds and gardens

  1. Willink Hill in Prospect Park Park feature
    460 feet
  2. Prospect Park
    490 feet
  3. Carousel in Prospect Park Park feature
    940 feet
Show all 5
  1. Jackie Robinson Playground
    1,140 feet
  2. Prospect Park Zoo Zoo or aquarium
    1,310 feet

Plazas and public spaces

  1. Washington Empire Plaza Pedestrian plaza
    170 feet

Libraries, museums and history

  1. Lefferts Historic House Museum
    950 feet

Supermarkets

  1. Western Beef Supermarket
    440 feet
  2. Foodtown Supermarket
    0.3 miles
  3. Associated Supermarkets Supermarket
    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 signal or safety change.

Nearby corners

The eight nearest of the 11 corners within a three-minute walk:

See every intersection along Empire Boulevard or Washington Avenue.

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