Washington Avenue & Sterling Place

Washington Avenue and Sterling Place meet at a four-way crossing in Prospect Heights, Brooklyn. Between 2021 and 2025, 23 police-reported crashes were recorded here, against a median of seven crashes for a Brooklyn corner. Stroud Playground is 200 feet away. The nearest subway, Eastern Pkwy-Brooklyn Museum, is about six minutes on foot, and five subway lines stop within a ten-minute walk. Within a five-minute walk are 20 public places, six of them day care or pre-K sites, and 38 places to eat.

Safety record
20 hurt
23 police-reported crashes, 2021–2025
Nearest subway
Eastern Pkwy-Brooklyn Museum
0.3 miles · 6 min on foot · 2, 3
Nearest bus stop
50 feet
Sterling Pl/Washington Av · B45
Within a walk
20 places
6 day care or pre-K sites, 6 religious buildings and 6 more kinds, within five minutes

Map

Layers
Washington Avenue & Sterling Place Nearby corners, linked

Getting there

How walks are measured

Subway

The nearest subway station is Eastern Pkwy-Brooklyn Museum, 0.3 miles from this corner, about six minutes on foot.

  • 2 lines at the nearest station
  • 5 lines within a ten-minute walk
  1. Eastern Pkwy-Brooklyn Museum 2, 3
    0.3 miles
    2 3

Next trains at this station

Manhattan
2 lines
  1. 2 …
  2. 3 …
Outbound
2 lines
  1. 2 …
  2. 3 …

Also within a walk

  1. Park Pl S
    0.3 miles
    S
  2. Franklin Av-Medgar Evers College/Botanic Garden 2, 3, 4, 5, S
    0.4 miles
    2 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 Sterling Pl/Washington Av, 50 feet away, for the B45.

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

Next buses at this stop

  1. B45 …

Live arrivals

Cycling

A marked bike lane runs on Sterling Place and Washington Avenue.

  • 81 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. St Johns Pl & Washington Ave 30 docks in all
    350 feet

By car

The nearest highway entrance is the ramp to the Brooklyn-Queens Expressway eastbound at Navy Street, 2 miles by car along the streets.

  1. 506 Grand Avenue Gas station
    0.9 miles
  2. 316 St Marks Avenue Charging for electric cars, five Level 2 chargers
    1,310 feet
  3. 28-17 42nd Road Fast charging for electric cars
    2.5 miles

Safety record

How crashes are counted

Between 2021 and 2025, police reported 23 crashes at this corner, more than the median of seven crashes for a Brooklyn corner.

  • 20 people injured
  • 0 people killed
  • 2 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

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
132 feet above sea level

The streets

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

Homes

About 3,200 homes stand within 820 feet of this corner, a mix of apartment buildings and smaller houses. The buildings holding them mostly went up between 1910 and 1927.

Since 2014 at least 8 new affordable homes have been completed within 820 feet.

Trees

NYC Parks records 69 trees within 330 feet; the most common is the thornless honeylocust.

Parking on the streets meeting here

How signs are read
  • 62 signs on these blocks
  • 21 different rules
  • 4 active meters
  • 4 pay-by-cell zones

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

Meters are posted as 2 hour passenger vehicles Monday to Saturday 9am to 7pm on Washington Avenue (west side).

North side of Sterling Place

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

South side of Sterling Place

  • Metered parking 1 sign 2 HOUR METERED PARKING 8:30AM-7PM EXCEPT SUNDAY
  • No parking 3 signs NO PARKING ANYTIME
  • No parking 6 signs NO PARKING TUESDAY FRIDAY 11:30AM-1PM
  • No parking 7 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
  • Metered parking 1 sign 2 HOUR METERED PARKING MONDAY-FRIDAY 4PM-7PM SATURDAY 9AM-7PM
  • Time-limited parking 2 signs 2 HOUR PARKING 8:30AM-7PM EXCEPT SUNDAY

ParkNYC pay-by-cell zones: 305571, 306949, 312654 and 313474.

Landmarks and historic districts

Within 820 feet, 113 buildings are designated by the Landmarks Preservation Commission, recorded mostly as Renaissance Revival, and mostly built between 1895 and 1901.

Schools, parks and places within a walk

How places are listed

Twenty public places are within a five-minute walk.

  • 6 day care or pre-K sites
  • 6 religious buildings
  • 2 playgrounds
  • 2 schools
  • 1 fire station
  • 3 other places

Schools and child care

  1. Sunflower Playhouse Infant, toddler and preschool care, ages 0 to 5
    550 feet
  2. Sunny Skies Prospect Preschool, ages 2 to 5 · Pre-K
    640 feet
  3. P.S. 316 Elijah Stroud School
    760 feet
Show all 8
  1. Brooklyn Jesuit Prep School
    960 feet
  2. Wurzelkinder Preschool, ages 2 to 5
    1,060 feet
  3. Prospect Kids Academy #2 Preschool, ages 2 to 5
    1,150 feet
  4. Bumblebees -R-Us Infant and toddler care, ages 0 to 2
    1,210 feet
  5. Classon Avenue Pre-K
    1,310 feet

Parks, playgrounds and gardens

  1. Stroud Playground
    200 feet
  2. James Forten Playground
    1,160 feet
  3. Dr. Ronald McNair Park
    1,230 feet

Health care

  1. Downtown Brooklyn Nursing & Rehabilitation Center Nursing home or hospice
    1,300 feet

Libraries, museums and history

  1. Brooklyn Museum Listed historic place
    1,300 feet

Houses of worship

  1. Duryea Presbyterian Church House of worship
    970 feet

Fire and police

  1. Engine 280/Ladder 132 Fire station
    810 feet

Supermarkets

  1. Ideal Food Basket Supermarket
    660 feet
  2. Key Food Supermarket
    0.4 miles
  3. Foodtown Supermarket
    0.4 miles

Food stores and places to eat

Within a five-minute walk there are 38 places to eat and 12 food stores.

Nearby corners

The eight corners within a three-minute walk:

See every intersection along Sterling 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.