Washington Avenue & Grand Avenue

Washington Avenue and Grand Avenue meet at a three-way junction in Prospect Heights, Brooklyn. Between 2021 and 2025, one police-reported crash was recorded here, fewer than the median of seven crashes for a Brooklyn corner. P.S. 316 Elijah Stroud is 960 feet away, and the Engine 280/Ladder 132 firehouse is 1,070 feet away. The nearest subway, Park Pl, is about six minutes on foot, and five subway lines stop within a ten-minute walk. Within a five-minute walk are 14 public places, six of them religious buildings, and 41 places to eat.

Safety record
Nobody hurt
1 police-reported crash, 2021–2025
Nearest subway
Park Pl
0.3 miles · 6 min on foot · S
Nearest bus stop
300 feet
Sterling Pl/Washington Av · B45
Within a walk
14 places
6 religious buildings, 2 day care or pre-K sites and 4 more kinds, within five minutes

Map

Layers
Washington Avenue & Grand Avenue Nearby corners, linked

Getting there

How walks are measured

Subway

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

  • 5 lines within a ten-minute walk
  1. Park Pl S
    0.3 miles
    S

Next trains at this station

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

Also within a walk

  1. Eastern Pkwy-Brooklyn Museum 2, 3
    0.3 miles
    2 3
  2. Franklin Av-Medgar Evers College/Botanic Garden 2, 3, 4, 5, S
    0.5 miles
    2 3 4 5 S

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 Sterling Pl/Washington Av, 300 feet away, for the B45.

  • 4 routes within a ten-minute walk
  1. Sterling Pl/Washington Av B45 · Shelter
    300 feet
    B45
    Shelter

Next buses at this stop

  1. B45 …

Live arrivals

Cycling

A marked bike lane runs on Washington Avenue.

  • 83 bicycle racks within 820 feet, 2 of them on-street corrals
  • 4 more bike-share stations within a five-minute walk

Nearest bike-share station

  1. Washington Ave & Park Pl 33 docks in all
    200 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
    0.8 miles
  2. 316 St Marks Avenue Charging for electric cars, five Level 2 chargers
    1,050 feet
  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 one crash at this corner, fewer than the median of seven crashes for a Brooklyn corner. Nobody was hurt.

The most recent crash recorded here was in November 2024.

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)
Prospect Heights
Elevation
128 feet above sea level

The streets

  • Up to two travel lanes
  • One of the streets is one-way

Homes

About 2,800 homes stand within 820 feet of this corner, a mix of apartment buildings and smaller houses. The buildings holding them mostly went up between 1909 and 1931.

Trees

NYC Parks records 71 trees within 330 feet; the most common is the thornless honeylocust.

Parking on the streets meeting here

How signs are read
  • 1 active meter
  • 1 pay-by-cell zone

Meters on the blocks meeting at this corner are posted as 2 hour passenger vehicles Monday to Saturday 9am to 7pm on Washington Avenue (west side).

ParkNYC pay-by-cell zone: 313226.

Landmarks and historic districts

Within 820 feet, 132 buildings are designated by the Landmarks Preservation Commission, recorded mostly as Renaissance Revival, and mostly built between 1895 and 1901.

  1. (former) Mount Prospect Laboratory Designated landmark
    810 feet

Schools, parks and places within a walk

How places are listed

Fourteen public places are within a five-minute walk.

  • 6 religious buildings
  • 2 day care or pre-K sites
  • 2 playgrounds
  • 2 schools
  • 1 fire station
  • 1 nursing home or hospice

Schools and child care

  1. Sunny Skies Prospect Preschool, ages 2 to 5 · Pre-K
    380 feet
  2. Sunflower Playhouse Infant, toddler and preschool care, ages 0 to 5
    810 feet
  3. P.S. 316 Elijah Stroud School
    960 feet
Show all 4
  1. Brooklyn Jesuit Prep School
    1,220 feet

Parks, playgrounds and gardens

  1. Stroud Playground
    310 feet
  2. James Forten Playground
    900 feet

Health care

  1. Downtown Brooklyn Nursing & Rehabilitation Center Nursing home or hospice
    1,170 feet

Houses of worship

  1. Duryea Presbyterian Church House of worship
    1,230 feet

Fire and police

  1. Engine 280/Ladder 132 Fire station
    1,070 feet

Supermarkets

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

Food stores and places to eat

Within a five-minute walk there are 41 places to eat and 16 food stores.

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

Nearby corners

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

See every intersection along Grand Avenue or Washington Avenue.

Sources: NYC Technology and Innovation, NYPD, MTA, NYC DOT, 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.