Washington Avenue & President Street
Washington Avenue and President Street meet at a three-way junction in Crown Heights (South), Brooklyn. Between 2021 and 2025, one police-reported crash was recorded here, fewer than the median of seven crashes for a Brooklyn corner. In 2025, 384 school-zone speed camera tickets were recorded here. The urn “Joseph A. Guider” is 170 feet away, and Brooklyn Museum is 580 feet away. The nearest subway, Eastern Pkwy-Brooklyn Museum, is about five minutes on foot, and five subway lines stop within a ten-minute walk. Within a five-minute walk are 19 public places, seven of them schools, and 14 places to eat.
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Getting there
How walks are measuredSubway
The nearest subway station is Eastern Pkwy-Brooklyn Museum, 1,210 feet from this corner, about five minutes on foot.
- 2 lines at the nearest station
- 5 lines within a ten-minute walk
- Eastern Pkwy-Brooklyn Museum 2, 31,210 feet2 3
Next trains at this station
Manhattan
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Outbound
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Also within a walk
- Franklin Av-Medgar Evers College/Botanic Garden 2, 3, 4, 5, S0.3 miles2 3 4 5 S
The MTA's permanent art catalog lists “New York City Architectural Artifacts from the Collection of the Brooklyn Museum” (2004) by MTA Arts & Design Collaborative at the Eastern Pkwy-Brooklyn Museum station.
Bus
The nearest bus stop is Classon Av/President St, 180 feet away, for the B48.
- 5 routes within a ten-minute walk
- Classon Av/President St B48 · Shelter180 feetB48
Next buses at this stop
- B48 …
Cycling
- 3 more bike-share stations within a five-minute walk
Nearest bike-share station
- Carroll St & Washington Ave 27 docks in all410 feet
By car
The nearest highway entrance is the ramp to the Prospect Expressway westbound at Prospect Avenue & Prospect Expressway, 1.9 miles by car along the streets.
- 517 Flatbush Avenue Gas station0.6 miles
- 316 St Marks Avenue Charging for electric cars, five Level 2 chargers0.6 miles
- 28-17 42nd Road Fast charging for electric cars2.6 miles
Safety record
How crashes are countedBetween 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 April 2026.
Camera tickets
How tickets are countedIn 2025, 384 school-zone speed camera tickets were issued for violations recorded at this corner, the 1,336th most of the 1,957 corners in the city where any were issued.
In 2026 so far, through August 27, 210 more were issued.
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)
- Elevation
- 140 feet above sea level
The streets
- Up to two travel lanes
- One of the streets is one-way
Homes
About 600 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 1926 and 1927.
Trees
NYC Parks records 60 trees within 330 feet; the most common is the pin oak.
Landmarks, monuments and public art
How landmarks are placedLandmarks and historic districts
Within 820 feet are two Individual Landmarks, and four buildings in all are designated by the Landmarks Preservation Commission. They were built between 1893 and 1917.
Monuments and public art
The City's public art inventory lists two works near this corner, the nearest in Dr. Ronald McNair Park.
- Joseph A. Guider Urn by Romeo Frassanito, 1930170 feet
- Dr. Ronald McNair Bust by Ogundipe Fayomi, 1994340 feet
Schools, parks and places within a walk
How places are listedNineteen public places are within a five-minute walk.
- 7 schools
- 5 day care or pre-K sites
- 3 religious buildings
- 1 botanical garden
- 1 garden
- 2 other places
Schools and child care
- Clara Barton High School350 feet
- Brooklyn Academy of Science and the Environment School540 feet
- Brooklyn School for Music & Theatre School540 feet
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- International High School at Prospect Heights School540 feet
- The High School for Global Citizenship School540 feet
- P.S. 241 Emma L. Johnston School660 feet
- St Francis de Sales-Deaf-Brooklyn School740 feet
- Little Angel Day Care #3 Preschool, ages 2 to 5850 feet
- Chai Tots Preschool of Prospect Heights Infant and toddler care, ages 0 to 2890 feet
- Bumblebees -R-Us Infant and toddler care, ages 0 to 21,190 feet
- Classon Avenue Pre-K1,190 feet
- Sunflower Playhouse Infant, toddler and preschool care, ages 0 to 51,270 feet
Parks, playgrounds and gardens
- Dr. Ronald McNair Park70 feet
- Brooklyn Botanic Garden Botanical garden · landmark830 feet
- Union Street Garden and Community Development Garden1,020 feet
Libraries, museums and history
- Brooklyn Museum Landmark · listed historic place580 feet
Supermarkets
- Foodtown Supermarket0.3 miles
- Ideal Food Basket Supermarket0.5 miles
Food stores and places to eat
Within a five-minute walk there are 14 places to eat and ten food stores.
Not on record for this corner: a bike route here or a bicycle rack within 820 feet, a signal or safety change and a parking sign or meter on the blocks meeting here.
Nearby corners
The eight nearest corners on foot, seven of them within a three-minute walk:
- President Street & Classon Avenue 70 feet
- Washington Avenue & Classon Avenue 160 feet
- Washington Avenue & Carroll Street 360 feet
- Union Street & Classon Avenue 380 feet
- Eastern Parkway & Classon Avenue 720 feet
- Washington Avenue & Crown Street 720 feet
- Washington Avenue & Eastern Parkway 730 feet
- President Street & Franklin Avenue 1,030 feet
See every intersection along President Street or Washington Avenue.