Washington Avenue & Prospect Place

Washington Avenue and Prospect Place meet at a four-way crossing in Prospect Heights, Brooklyn. Between 2021 and 2025, 25 police-reported crashes were recorded here, against a median of seven crashes for a Brooklyn corner. James Forten Playground is 550 feet away. The nearest subway, Park Pl, is about seven minutes on foot, and four subway lines stop within a ten-minute walk. Within a five-minute walk are 17 public places, nine of them religious buildings, and 40 places to eat. About 2,400 homes stand within 820 feet, mostly built between 1907 and 1931, a mix of apartment buildings and smaller houses.

Safety record
12 hurt
25 police-reported crashes, 2021–2025
Nearest subway
Park Pl
0.3 miles · 7 min on foot · S
Nearest bus stop
130 feet
Washington Av/Prospect Pl · B45
Within a walk
17 places
9 religious buildings, 4 schools and 2 more kinds, within five minutes

Map

Layers
Washington Avenue & Prospect 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 seven minutes on foot.

  • 4 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. Clinton-Washington Avs C
    0.4 miles
    C

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, 130 feet away, for the B45.

  • 7 routes within a ten-minute walk
  1. Washington Av/Prospect Pl B45 · Shelter
    130 feet
    B45
    Shelter

Next buses at this stop

  1. B45 …

Live arrivals

Cycling

A marked bike lane runs on Washington Avenue.

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

Nearest bike-share station

  1. Washington Ave & Park Pl 33 docks in all
    290 feet

By car

The nearest highway entrance is the ramp to the Brooklyn-Queens Expressway eastbound at Navy Street, 1.8 miles by car along the streets.

  1. 506 Grand Avenue Gas station
    0.7 miles
  2. 316 St Marks Avenue Charging for electric cars, five Level 2 chargers
    580 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 25 crashes at this corner, more than the median of seven crashes for a Brooklyn corner.

  • 12 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, December 2022
  • Turn calming, 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
118 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 2,400 homes stand within 820 feet of this corner, a mix of apartment buildings and smaller houses. The buildings holding them mostly went up between 1907 and 1931.

Since 2014 at least 15 new affordable homes have been completed within 820 feet.

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
  • 31 signs on these blocks
  • 13 different rules
  • 4 active meters
  • 4 pay-by-cell zones

The sign wording is DOT's, as recorded between April 2018 and April 2024; the 12 rules shown are the first by street and side, and the sign on the street decides.

North side of Prospect Place

  • Metered parking 1 sign 2 HOUR METERED PARKING 8:30AM-7PM EXCEPT SUNDAY
  • No parking 6 signs NO PARKING MONDAY THURSDAY 8:30AM-10AM

South side of Prospect Place

  • Metered parking 1 sign 2 HOUR METERED PARKING 8:30AM-7PM EXCEPT SUNDAY
  • No parking 6 signs NO PARKING TUESDAY FRIDAY 8:30AM-10AM

East side of Washington Avenue

  • No parking 3 signs NO PARKING TUESDAY FRIDAY 8:30AM-10AM
  • No standing 1 sign 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 3 signs 2 HOUR METERED PARKING 8:30AM-7PM EXCEPT SUNDAY
  • Metered parking 2 signs 2 HOUR METERED PARKING 9AM-7PM EXCEPT SUNDAY
  • No parking 2 signs NO PARKING 8:30AM-9AM EXCEPT SUNDAY
  • No parking 3 signs NO PARKING MONDAY THURSDAY 8:30AM-10AM

ParkNYC pay-by-cell zones: 303041, 303042, 310432 and 334929.

Landmarks and historic districts

Within 820 feet, 140 buildings are designated by the Landmarks Preservation Commission, recorded mostly as Romanesque Revival, and mostly built between 1895 and 1901.

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

Schools, parks and places within a walk

How places are listed

Seventeen public places are within a five-minute walk.

  • 9 religious buildings
  • 4 schools
  • 2 day care or pre-K sites
  • 2 playgrounds

Schools and child care

  1. Sunny Skies Prospect Preschool, ages 2 to 5 · Pre-K
    90 feet
  2. Gotham Professional Arts Academy School
    1,130 feet
  3. P.S. 316 Elijah Stroud School
    1,270 feet
Show all 6
  1. Sunflower Playhouse Infant, toddler and preschool care, ages 0 to 5
    1,280 feet
  2. Brooklyn Arts and Science Elementary School
    1,310 feet
  3. The Academy for Collaborative Exploration School
    1,310 feet

Parks, playgrounds and gardens

  1. James Forten Playground
    550 feet
  2. Stroud Playground
    780 feet

Supermarkets

  1. Ideal Food Basket Supermarket
    130 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 40 places to eat and 17 food stores.

Nearby corners

The eight nearest of the 9 corners within a three-minute walk:

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