West Drive & Grand Army Plaza

West Drive and Grand Army Plaza meet at a four-way crossing in Park Slope, Brooklyn, at the edge of Prospect Park. The corner stands inside Grand Army Plaza. Between 2021 and 2025, one police-reported crash was recorded here, fewer than the median of seven crashes for a Brooklyn corner. The relief “The Army: Genius of Patriotism Urging American Soldiers On To Victory” is 120 feet away. The nearest subway, Grand Army Plaza, is about four minutes on foot, for the 2 and 3. Within a five-minute walk are 17 public places and three places to eat.

Safety record
2 hurt
1 police-reported crash, 2021–2025
Nearest subway
Grand Army Plaza
930 feet · 4 min on foot · 2, 3
Nearest bus stop
320 feet
Flatbush Av/Grand Army Plaza · B41
Within a walk
17 places
5 park features, 3 monuments or memorials and 5 more kinds, within five minutes

Map

Layers
West Drive & Grand Army Plaza Nearby corners, linked

Getting there

How walks are measured

Subway

The nearest subway station is Grand Army Plaza, 930 feet from this corner, about four minutes on foot.

  • 2 lines at the nearest station
  • 4 lines within a ten-minute walk
  1. Grand Army Plaza 2, 3
    930 feet
    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. Eastern Pkwy-Brooklyn Museum 2, 3
    0.3 miles
    2 3
  2. 7 Av B, Q
    0.4 miles
    B Q

The MTA's permanent art catalog lists “Wings for the IRT: The Irresistible Romance of Travel” (1995) by Jane Greengold at the Grand Army Plaza station.

Bus

The nearest bus stop is Flatbush Av/Grand Army Plaza, 320 feet away, for the B41.

  • 5 routes within a ten-minute walk
  1. Flatbush Av/Grand Army Plaza B41 · Shelter
    320 feet
    B41
    Shelter

Next buses at this stop

  1. B41 …

Live arrivals

Cycling

A bike lane separated from traffic runs on Grand Army Plaza, Plaza Street West and West Drive.

  • 55 bicycle racks within 820 feet, 9 of them on-street corrals
  • 3 more bike-share stations within a five-minute walk

Nearest bike-share station

  1. Grand Army Plaza & Plaza St West 39 docks in all
    340 feet

By car

The nearest highway entrance is the ramp to the Prospect Expressway eastbound at 19th Street & Prospect Expressway, 1.8 miles by car along the streets.

  1. 517 Flatbush Avenue Gas station
    0.9 miles
  2. 316 St Marks Avenue Charging for electric cars, five Level 2 chargers
    0.6 miles
  3. 28-17 42nd Road Fast charging for electric cars
    2.8 miles

Safety record

How crashes are counted

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

  • 2 people injured
  • 0 people killed
  • 2 of those hurt, on foot

The most recent crash recorded here was in April 2026.

About this corner

Where facts come from
ZIP code
11217
City Council district
39
Police precinct
78
Neighborhood (City Planning area)
Park Slope; the corner is on the edge of the Prospect Park area
Elevation
143 feet above sea level

The streets

  • Up to four travel lanes
  • A designated truck route
  • Three of the streets are one-way

Homes

About 1,400 homes stand within 820 feet of this corner, most of them in buildings of ten homes or more.

Trees

NYC Parks records 144 trees within 330 feet; the most common is the London planetree.

Parking on the streets meeting here

How signs are read
  • 6 signs on these blocks
  • 1 rule

The sign wording is DOT's, as recorded in August 2026, and the sign on the street decides.

West side of Grand Army Plaza

  • No standing 6 signs NO STANDING ANYTIME

Landmarks, monuments and public art

How landmarks are placed

Landmarks and historic districts

Within 820 feet is one Individual Landmark, and 121 buildings in all are designated by the Landmarks Preservation Commission, recorded most often as neo-Grec. They were mostly built between 1886 and 1899.

  1. Soldiers' and Sailors' Memorial Arch Designated landmark
    140 feet

Monuments and public art

The City's public art inventory lists three works near this corner, the nearest at Soldiers' and Sailors' Arch.

  1. The Army: Genius of Patriotism Urging American Soldiers On To Victory Relief by Frederick William MacMonnies, 1900
    120 feet
  2. Abraham Lincoln Relief by Thomas Eakins and William Rudolph O'Donovan, 1901
    130 feet
  3. Four Eagles Statue by Frederick William MacMonnies, 1901
    140 feet

Schools, parks and places within a walk

How places are listed

Seventeen public places are within a five-minute walk.

  • 5 park features
  • 3 monuments or memorials
  • 3 parks
  • 2 day care or pre-K sites
  • 2 libraries
  • 2 other places

This corner stands inside Grand Army Plaza.

Schools and child care

  1. Brooklyn Free Space Preschool, ages 2 to 5 · Pre-K
    420 feet
  2. Bard Brooklyn Public Library College · landmark · listed historic place
    550 feet
  3. The Trustees of the Congregation Beth Elohim Preschool, ages 2 to 5
    590 feet

Parks, playgrounds and gardens

  1. Grand Army Plaza
    surrounds this corner
  2. Prospect Park
    160 feet
  3. Stranahan Monument in Prospect Park Park feature
    220 feet
Show all 8
  1. Upper Long Meadow in Prospect Park Park feature
    560 feet
  2. Endale Arch in Prospect Park Park feature
    640 feet
  3. Meadowport Arch in Prospect Park Park feature
    800 feet
  4. Mount Prospect Park
    880 feet
  5. Flower Garden Pavilion in Prospect Park Park feature
    1,140 feet

Libraries, museums and history

  1. General Warren Statue Monument or memorial
    230 feet
  2. General Henry Warner Slocum Monument Monument or memorial
    450 feet
  3. Central Library Landmark · listed historic place
    550 feet
Show all 5
  1. Central Library Learning Center Library · landmark · listed historic place
    550 feet
  2. Skene Monument Monument or memorial
    890 feet

Houses of worship

  1. Union Temple Brooklyn Listed historic place
    590 feet

Bank branches

  1. Chase Bank branch
    1,250 feet

Supermarkets

  1. Foodtown Supermarket
    0.3 miles
  2. Park Slope Food Coop Supermarket
    0.4 miles
  3. Key Food Supermarket
    0.4 miles

Pharmacies

  1. Duane Reade Pharmacy
    0.4 miles

Food stores and places to eat

Within a five-minute walk there are three places to eat and four food stores.

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

Nearby corners

The eight nearest of the 16 corners within a three-minute walk:

See every intersection along Grand Army Plaza, Plaza Street West or West Drive.

Sources: NYC Technology and Innovation, NYPD, MTA, NYC DOT, NYC City Planning, New York City's bike-share system, NYS Environmental Conservation, US Department of Energy, Landmarks Preservation Commission, NYC Public Design Commission, NYC Parks, NYC Health, FDIC, NYS Agriculture and Markets and USDA, retrieved September 18 – October 6, 2026.