Washington Avenue & Sullivan Place

Washington Avenue and Sullivan Place meet at a three-way junction in Crown Heights (South), Brooklyn. Between 2021 and 2025, five police-reported crashes were recorded here, fewer than the median of seven crashes for a Brooklyn corner. In 2025, 376 school-zone speed camera tickets were recorded here. P.S. 375 Jackie Robinson School is 670 feet away. The nearest subway, Prospect Park, is about four minutes on foot, and seven subway lines stop within a ten-minute walk. Within a five-minute walk are 12 public places, two of them park features, and 15 places to eat.

Safety record
1 hurt
5 police-reported crashes, 2021–2025
Nearest subway
Prospect Park
1,050 feet · 4 min on foot · B, Q, S
Nearest bus stop
30 feet
Washington Av/Sullivan Pl · B48
Within a walk
12 places
2 park features, 2 religious buildings and 7 more kinds, within five minutes

Map

Layers
Washington Avenue & Sullivan Place Nearby corners, linked

Getting there

How walks are measured

Subway

The nearest subway station is Prospect Park, 1,050 feet from this corner, about four minutes on foot.

  • 3 lines at the nearest station
  • 7 lines within a ten-minute walk
  1. Prospect Park B, Q, S
    1,050 feet
    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
    0.5 miles
    2 3 4 5 S

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/Sullivan Pl, 30 feet away, for the B48.

  • 8 routes within a ten-minute walk
  1. Washington Av/Sullivan Pl B48
    30 feet
    B48

Next buses at this stop

  1. B48 …

Live arrivals

Cycling

  • 10 bicycle racks within 820 feet
  • 4 more bike-share stations within a five-minute walk

Nearest bike-share station

  1. Washington Ave & Empire Blvd 27 docks in all
    440 feet

By car

The nearest highway entrance is the ramp to the Prospect Expressway westbound at Prospect Avenue & Prospect Expressway, 1.5 miles by car along the streets.

  1. 517 Flatbush Avenue Gas station
    1,250 feet
  2. 375 Lefferts Avenue Charging for electric cars, five Level 2 chargers
    0.8 miles

Safety record

How crashes are counted

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

  • 1 person injured
  • 0 people killed

The most recent crash recorded here was in May 2024.

Camera tickets

How tickets are counted

In 2025, 376 school-zone speed camera tickets were issued for violations recorded at this corner, the 1,351st most of the 1,957 corners in the city where any were issued.

In 2026 so far, through August 27, 276 more were issued.

Every corner with speed camera tickets

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
82 feet above sea level

The streets

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

Homes

About 900 homes stand within 820 feet of this corner, most of them in buildings of ten homes or more.

Since 2014 at least 16 new affordable homes have been completed within 820 feet.

Trees

NYC Parks records 40 trees within 330 feet; the most common is the Japanese zelkova.

Parking on the streets meeting here

How signs are read
  • 12 signs on these blocks
  • 4 different rules

The sign wording is DOT's, as recorded between May 2019 and November 2023, and the sign on the street decides.

South side of Sullivan Place

  • No parking 2 signs NO PARKING TUESDAY FRIDAY 8:30AM-10AM

East side of Washington Avenue

  • No parking 6 signs NO PARKING TUESDAY FRIDAY 8:30AM-10AM
  • No standing 1 sign NO STANDING ANYTIME
  • No standing 3 signs NO STANDING MONDAY-FRIDAY 7AM-10AM

Landmarks and historic districts

Within 820 feet are two Individual Landmarks, and three buildings in all are designated by the Landmarks Preservation Commission. They were built between 1777 and 1913.

  1. Brooklyn Central Office, Bureau of Fire Communications Designated landmark
    180 feet

Schools, parks and places within a walk

How places are listed

Twelve public places are within a five-minute walk.

  • 2 park features
  • 2 religious buildings
  • 2 schools
  • 1 day care or pre-K site
  • 1 museum
  • 4 other places

Schools and child care

  1. Empyrean Team Training Center Trade or language school
    670 feet
  2. Ebbets Field Middle School
    670 feet
  3. P.S. 375 Jackie Robinson School
    670 feet
Show all 4
  1. Lefferts Garden Promise Preschool, ages 2 to 5
    1,150 feet

Parks, playgrounds and gardens

  1. Willink Hill in Prospect Park Park feature
    740 feet
  2. Prospect Park
    780 feet
  3. Jackie Robinson Playground
    970 feet
Show all 4
  1. Carousel in Prospect Park Park feature
    1,230 feet

Plazas and public spaces

  1. Washington Empire Plaza Pedestrian plaza
    460 feet

Libraries, museums and history

  1. Lefferts Historic House Museum · landmark
    1,240 feet

Bank branches

  1. TD Bank Bank branch
    1,270 feet

Supermarkets

  1. Western Beef Supermarket
    730 feet
  2. Foodtown Supermarket
    0.3 miles
  3. Associated Supermarkets Supermarket
    0.5 miles

Food stores and places to eat

Within a five-minute walk there are 15 places to eat and seven food stores.

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

Nearby corners

The eight corners within a three-minute walk:

See every intersection along Sullivan Place or Washington Avenue.

Sources: NYC Technology and Innovation, NYPD, NYC Finance, 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 Parks, NYC Health, FDIC, NYS Agriculture and Markets and USDA, retrieved September 18 – October 6, 2026.