Washington Avenue & Montgomery Street

Washington Avenue and Montgomery Street meet at a three-way junction in Crown Heights (South), Brooklyn, at the edge of Prospect Park. Between 2021 and 2025, 12 police-reported crashes were recorded here, against a median of seven crashes for a Brooklyn corner. The fountain “Jenkins Fountain” is 200 feet away, and Dr. Ronald McNair Park is 1,140 feet away. The nearest subway, Prospect Park, is about eight minutes on foot, and seven subway lines stop within a ten-minute walk. Within a five-minute walk are ten public places, four of them schools, and three places to eat.

Safety record
6 hurt
12 police-reported crashes, 2021–2025
Nearest subway
Prospect Park
0.4 miles · 8 min on foot · B, Q, S
Nearest bus stop
120 feet
Washington Av/Montgomery St · B48
Within a walk
10 places
4 schools, 1 botanical garden and 5 more kinds, within five minutes

Map

Layers
Washington Avenue & Montgomery Street Nearby corners, linked

Getting there

How walks are measured

Subway

The nearest subway station is Prospect Park, 0.4 miles from this corner, about eight minutes on foot.

  • 3 lines at the nearest station
  • 7 lines within a ten-minute walk
  1. Prospect Park B, Q, S
    0.4 miles
    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 …

Also within a walk

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

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 Washington Av/Montgomery St, 120 feet away, for the B48.

  • 9 routes within a ten-minute walk
  1. Washington Av/Montgomery St B48
    120 feet
    B48

Next buses at this stop

  1. B48 …

Live arrivals

Cycling

  • 7 bicycle racks within 820 feet
  • 2 more bike-share stations within a five-minute walk

Nearest bike-share station

  1. Montgomery St & Franklin Ave 19 docks in all
    310 feet

By car

The nearest highway entrance is the ramp to the Prospect Expressway westbound at Prospect Avenue & Prospect Expressway, 1.7 miles by car along the streets.

  1. 517 Flatbush Avenue Gas station
    0.4 miles
  2. 316 St Marks Avenue Charging for electric cars, five Level 2 chargers
    0.8 miles
  3. 28-17 42nd Road Fast charging for electric cars
    2.8 miles

Safety record

How crashes are counted

Between 2021 and 2025, police reported 12 crashes at this corner, more than the median of seven crashes for a Brooklyn corner.

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

The most recent crash recorded here was in April 2026.

About this corner

Where facts come from
ZIP code
11225
Community board
Brooklyn Community Board 9
City Council district
35
Police precinct
71 and 78 (the boundary runs through this corner)
Neighborhood (City Planning area)
Crown Heights (South); the corner is on the edge of the Prospect Park area
Elevation
104 feet above sea level

The streets

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

Homes

About 2,200 homes stand within 820 feet of this corner, most of them in buildings of ten homes or more.

Trees

NYC Parks records 35 trees within 330 feet; the most common is the thornless honeylocust.

Parking on the streets meeting here

How signs are read
  • 21 signs on these blocks
  • 6 different rules

The sign wording is DOT's, as recorded between September 2023 and May 2025, and the sign on the street decides.

North side of Montgomery Street

  • Loading only 1 sign LOADING ONLY MONDAY-FRIDAY 7AM-7PM
  • No parking 6 signs NO PARKING MONDAY THURSDAY 8:30AM-10AM

South side of Montgomery Street

  • No parking 4 signs NO PARKING TUESDAY FRIDAY 8:30AM-10AM
  • No standing 1 sign NO STANDING ANYTIME

East side of Washington Avenue

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

Landmarks, monuments and public art

How landmarks are placed

Landmarks and historic districts

One building within 820 feet is designated by the Landmarks Preservation Commission, recorded as Tuscan Revival, and built between 1912 and 1917.

Monuments and public art

The City's public art inventory lists one work near this corner, in Brooklyn Botanic Garden.

  1. Jenkins Fountain Fountain by Isabel M. Kimball, 1930
    200 feet

Schools, parks and places within a walk

How places are listed

Ten public places are within a five-minute walk.

  • 4 schools
  • 1 botanical garden
  • 1 college
  • 1 day care or pre-K site
  • 1 park
  • 2 other places

Schools and child care

  1. Little Angel Day Care #3 Preschool, ages 2 to 5
    420 feet
  2. Clara Barton High School
    1,030 feet
  3. Ebbets Field Middle School
    1,180 feet
Show all 6
  1. P.S. 375 Jackie Robinson School
    1,180 feet
  2. Medgar Evers College
    1,270 feet
  3. P.S. 241 Emma L. Johnston School
    1,290 feet

Parks, playgrounds and gardens

  1. Brooklyn Botanic Garden Botanical garden · landmark
    440 feet
  2. Jackie Robinson Playground
    640 feet
  3. Dr. Ronald McNair Park
    1,140 feet

Supermarkets

  1. Foodtown Supermarket
    1,130 feet
  2. Western Beef Supermarket
    0.3 miles

Food stores and places to eat

Within a five-minute walk there are three places to eat and two food stores.

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

Nearby corners

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

See every intersection along Montgomery Street or Washington Avenue.

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 Housing Preservation and Development, Landmarks Preservation Commission, NYC Public Design Commission, NYC Parks, NYC Health, NYS Agriculture and Markets and USDA, retrieved September 18 – October 6, 2026.