Washington Avenue & Park Place

Washington Avenue and Park Place meet at a four-way crossing in Prospect Heights, Brooklyn. Between 2021 and 2025, 21 police-reported crashes were recorded here, against a median of seven crashes for a Brooklyn corner. (former) Mount Prospect Laboratory stands 750 feet away. The nearest subway, Park Pl, is about six minutes on foot, and seven subway lines stop within a ten-minute walk. Within a five-minute walk are 16 public places, eight of them religious buildings, and 43 places to eat.

Safety record
4 hurt
21 police-reported crashes, 2021–2025
Nearest subway
Park Pl
0.3 miles · 6 min on foot · S
Nearest bus stop
250 feet
Washington Av/Prospect Pl · B45
Within a walk
16 places
8 religious buildings, 2 day care or pre-K sites and 5 more kinds, within five minutes

Map

Layers
Washington Avenue & Park Place 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.

  • 7 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
    0.4 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 Washington Av/Prospect Pl, 250 feet away, for the B45.

  • 5 routes within a ten-minute walk
  1. Washington Av/Prospect Pl B45
    250 feet
    B45

Next buses at this stop

  1. B45 …

Live arrivals

Cycling

A marked bike lane runs on Washington Avenue.

  • 78 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
    100 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
    950 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 21 crashes at this corner, more than the median of seven crashes for a Brooklyn corner.

  • 4 people injured
  • 0 people killed
  • 1 of those hurt, on a bike

The most recent crash recorded here was in May 2026.

What the city has done here

  • Turn calming, February 2020
  • Leading pedestrian interval, December 2022

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
126 feet above sea level

The streets

  • Up to two travel lanes
  • Posted limits from 20 to 25 mph
  • One of the streets is one-way

Homes

About 2,700 homes stand within 820 feet of this corner, a mix of apartment buildings and smaller houses. The buildings holding them mostly went up between 1908 and 1931.

Trees

NYC Parks records 62 trees within 330 feet; the most common is the thornless honeylocust.

Parking on the streets meeting here

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

The sign wording is DOT's, as recorded between April 2018 and June 2024, and the sign on the street decides.

North side of Park Place

  • Metered parking 1 sign 2 HOUR METERED PARKING 8:30AM-7PM EXCEPT SUNDAY
  • No parking 6 signs NO PARKING MONDAY THURSDAY 9:30AM-11AM

South side of Park Place

  • No parking 7 signs NO PARKING TUESDAY FRIDAY 9:30AM-11AM

East side of Washington Avenue

  • Time-limited parking 2 signs 2 HOUR PARKING 8:30AM-7PM EXCEPT SUNDAY
  • No parking 3 signs NO PARKING TUESDAY FRIDAY 8:30AM-10AM
  • No standing 3 signs NO STANDING ANYTIME
  • Truck loading only 1 sign TRUCK LOADING ONLY MONDAY-FRIDAY 8:30AM-4PM

West side of Washington Avenue

  • Metered parking 1 sign 2 HOUR METERED PARKING 4PM-7PM EXCEPT SUNDAY
  • Metered parking 5 signs 2 HOUR METERED PARKING 9AM-7PM EXCEPT SUNDAY
  • Metered parking 1 sign 2 HOUR METERED PARKING MONDAY-FRIDAY 4PM-7PM SATURDAY 9AM-7PM
  • No parking 6 signs NO PARKING 8:30AM-9AM EXCEPT SUNDAY
  • Truck loading only 2 signs TRUCK LOADING ONLY MONDAY-FRIDAY 9AM-4PM

ParkNYC pay-by-cell zones: 334928 and 334929.

Landmarks and historic districts

Within 820 feet, 141 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
    750 feet

Schools, parks and places within a walk

How places are listed

Sixteen public places are within a five-minute walk.

  • 8 religious buildings
  • 2 day care or pre-K sites
  • 2 playgrounds
  • 1 fire station
  • 1 listed historic place
  • 2 other places

Schools and child care

  1. Sunny Skies Prospect Preschool, ages 2 to 5 · Pre-K
    280 feet
  2. P.S. 316 Elijah Stroud School
    910 feet
  3. Sunflower Playhouse Infant, toddler and preschool care, ages 0 to 5
    920 feet

Parks, playgrounds and gardens

  1. Stroud Playground
    420 feet
  2. James Forten Playground
    790 feet

Health care

  1. Downtown Brooklyn Nursing & Rehabilitation Center Nursing home or hospice
    1,120 feet

Libraries, museums and history

  1. Prospect Heights (Boundary Expansion) Listed historic place
    1,270 feet

Houses of worship

  1. Duryea Presbyterian Church House of worship
    1,160 feet

Fire and police

  1. Engine 280/Ladder 132 Fire station
    1,170 feet

Supermarkets

  1. Ideal Food Basket Supermarket
    300 feet
  2. Key Food Supermarket
    0.3 miles
  3. Foodtown Supermarket
    0.3 miles

Food stores and places to eat

Within a five-minute walk there are 43 places to eat and 17 food stores.

Nearby corners

The eight corners within a three-minute walk:

See every intersection along Park Place or Washington Avenue.

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