Washington Avenue & Lefferts Avenue

Washington Avenue and Lefferts Avenue meet at a four-way crossing in Prospect Lefferts Gardens-Wingate, Brooklyn. Between 2021 and 2025, 20 police-reported crashes were recorded here, against a median of seven crashes for a Brooklyn corner. Washington Empire Plaza is 470 feet away. The nearest subway, Prospect Park, is about two minutes on foot, for the B, Q and S. Within a five-minute walk are ten public places, three of them religious buildings, and 29 places to eat. About 2,300 homes stand within 820 feet, mostly built between 1925 and 1938, most in buildings of ten homes or more.

Safety record
13 hurt
20 police-reported crashes, 2021–2025
Nearest subway
Prospect Park
570 feet · 2 min on foot · B, Q, S
Nearest bus stop
380 feet
Flatbush Av/Lincoln Rd · B41
Within a walk
10 places
3 religious buildings, 2 day care or pre-K sites and 5 more kinds, within five minutes

Map

Layers
Washington Avenue & Lefferts Avenue Nearby corners, linked

Getting there

How walks are measured

Subway

The nearest subway station is Prospect Park, 570 feet from this corner, about two minutes on foot.

  • 3 lines at the nearest station
  1. Prospect Park B, Q, S
    570 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 Flatbush Av/Lincoln Rd, 380 feet away, for the B41.

  • 9 routes within a ten-minute walk
  1. Flatbush Av/Lincoln Rd B41
    380 feet
    B41

Next buses at this stop

  1. B41 …

Live arrivals

Cycling

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

Nearest bike-share station

  1. Flatbush Ave & Lincoln Rd 23 docks in all
    200 feet

By car

The nearest highway entrance is the ramp to the Prospect Expressway westbound at Prospect Avenue & Prospect Expressway, 1.4 miles by car along the streets.

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

Safety record

How crashes are counted

Between 2021 and 2025, police reported 20 crashes at this corner, more than the median of seven crashes for a Brooklyn corner.

  • 13 people injured
  • 0 people killed
  • 1 of those hurt, on foot
  • 3 of those hurt, on a bike

The most recent crash recorded here was in April 2026.

What the city has done here

  • Leading pedestrian interval, March 2026

About this corner

Where facts come from
ZIP code
11225
Community board
Brooklyn Community Board 9
City Council district
40
Police precinct
71
Neighborhood (City Planning area)
Prospect Lefferts Gardens-Wingate
Elevation
72 feet above sea level

The streets

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

Homes

About 2,300 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 70 new affordable homes have been completed within 820 feet.

Trees

NYC Parks records 46 trees within 330 feet; the most common is the silver linden.

Parking on the streets meeting here

How signs are read
  • 31 signs on these blocks
  • 11 different rules
  • 2 active meters
  • 2 pay-by-cell zones

The sign wording is DOT's, as recorded between September 2014 and November 2024, and the sign on the street decides.

North side of Lefferts Avenue

  • Metered parking 2 signs 2 HOUR METERED PARKING 8:30AM-7PM EXCEPT SUNDAY
  • No parking 2 signs NO PARKING 8AM-8:30AM EXCEPT SUNDAY
  • No parking 6 signs NO PARKING MONDAY THURSDAY 9:30AM-11AM

South side of Lefferts Avenue

  • No parking 8 signs NO PARKING TUESDAY FRIDAY 9:30AM-11AM
  • No standing 1 sign NO STANDING ANYTIME

East side of Washington Avenue

  • Metered parking 2 signs 2 HOUR METERED PARKING 8:30AM-7PM EXCEPT SUNDAY
  • Carshare only 1 sign CARSHARE PARKING ONLY OTHERS NO STANDING ANYTIME
  • No parking 2 signs NO PARKING 8AM-8:30AM EXCEPT SUNDAY
  • No parking 2 signs NO PARKING TUESDAY FRIDAY 8:30AM-10AM

West side of Washington Avenue

  • No parking 3 signs NO PARKING 8AM-6PM ALL DAYS
  • No parking 2 signs NO PARKING MONDAY THURSDAY 8:30AM-10AM

ParkNYC pay-by-cell zones: 301029 and 331480.

Landmarks and historic districts

Within 820 feet is one Individual Landmark, and 75 buildings in all are designated by the Landmarks Preservation Commission, recorded most often as neo-Georgian. They were mostly built between 1915 and 1922.

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

Schools, parks and places within a walk

How places are listed

Ten public places are within a five-minute walk.

  • 3 religious buildings
  • 2 day care or pre-K sites
  • 1 park
  • 1 park feature
  • 1 pedestrian plaza
  • 2 other places

Schools and child care

  1. Lefferts Garden Promise Preschool, ages 2 to 5
    300 feet
  2. Empyrean Team Training Center Trade or language school
    420 feet
  3. The Maple Street School Preschool, ages 2 to 5 · Pre-K
    720 feet

Parks, playgrounds and gardens

  1. Willink Hill in Prospect Park Park feature
    800 feet
  2. Prospect Park
    840 feet
  3. Lincoln Road Playground
    1,040 feet

Plazas and public spaces

  1. Washington Empire Plaza Pedestrian plaza
    470 feet

Houses of worship

  1. Grace Reformed Church Flatbush House of worship
    1,150 feet
  2. John Hus Moravian Church House of worship
    1,180 feet

Supermarkets

  1. Western Beef Supermarket
    890 feet
  2. Associated Supermarkets Supermarket
    0.3 miles
  3. Foodtown 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 29 places to eat and 13 food stores.

Nearby corners

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

See every intersection along Lefferts Avenue or Washington 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 Housing Preservation and Development, Landmarks Preservation Commission, NYC Parks, NYC Health, NYS Agriculture and Markets and USDA, retrieved September 18 – October 6, 2026.