West Drive & Prospect Park West

West Drive and Prospect Park West meet at a three-way junction in Prospect Park, Brooklyn. The corner stands inside Bartel-Pritchard Square. It has a clean safety record in city data between 2021 and 2025. The Bandshell in Prospect Park is 20 feet away. The nearest subway, 15 St-Prospect Park, is about a minute on foot, for the F and G. Within a five-minute walk are 13 public places, five of them religious buildings, and 35 places to eat. A bike lane separated from traffic runs along one of the streets meeting here.

Safety record
No crash on record
in any year the city publishes
Nearest subway
15 St-Prospect Park
130 feet · 1 min on foot · F, G
Nearest bus stop
90 feet
Prospect Park Southwest/Bartel Pritchard Sq · B68
Within a walk
13 places
5 religious buildings, 2 parks and 4 more kinds, within five minutes

Map

Layers
West Drive & Prospect Park West Nearby corners, linked

Getting there

How walks are measured

Subway

The nearest subway station is 15 St-Prospect Park, 130 feet from this corner, about a minute on foot.

  • 2 lines at the nearest station
  1. 15 St-Prospect Park F, G
    130 feet
    F G

Next trains at this station

Northbound
2 lines
  1. F …
  2. G …
Southbound
2 lines
  1. F …
  2. G …

Also within a walk

  1. 7 Av F, G
    0.4 miles
    F G

Bus

The nearest bus stop is Prospect Park Southwest/Bartel Pritchard Sq, 90 feet away, for the B68.

  • 4 routes within a ten-minute walk
  1. Prospect Park Southwest/Bartel Pritchard Sq B68
    90 feet
    B68

Next buses at this stop

  1. B68 …

Live arrivals

Cycling

A bike lane separated from traffic runs on Prospect Park West and West Drive.

  • 30 bicycle racks within 820 feet
  • 2 more bike-share stations within a five-minute walk

Nearest bike-share station

  1. West Drive & Prospect Park West 29 docks in all
    20 feet

By car

The nearest highway entrance is the ramp to the Prospect Expressway eastbound at 19th Street & Prospect Expressway, 0.6 miles by car along the streets.

  1. 378 Coney Island Avenue Gas station
    1.2 miles
  2. 266 13th Street Charging for electric cars, two Level 2 chargers
    0.7 miles

Safety record

How crashes are counted

No police-reported crash has been recorded at this corner in any year the city publishes.

What the city has done here

  • Accessible pedestrian signal, September 2023
  • Barnes Dance all-way crossing, undated in the City's record

About this corner

Where facts come from
ZIP code
11215
City Council district
39
Police precinct
72 and 78 (the boundary runs through this corner)
Neighborhood (City Planning area)
Prospect Park
Elevation
152 feet above sea level

The streets

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

Homes

About 1,700 homes stand within 820 feet of this corner, a mix of apartment buildings and smaller houses. The buildings holding them mostly went up between 1901 and 1920.

Trees

NYC Parks records 112 trees within 330 feet; the most common is the pin oak.

Landmarks and historic districts

Within 820 feet, 173 buildings are designated by the Landmarks Preservation Commission, recorded most often as Renaissance Revival, and mostly built between 1892 and 1904.

  1. Sanders (now Pavilion) Theatre Designated landmark
    220 feet

Schools, parks and places within a walk

How places are listed

Thirteen public places are within a five-minute walk.

  • 5 religious buildings
  • 2 parks
  • 2 park features
  • 2 schools
  • 1 listed historic place
  • 1 playground

This corner stands inside Bartel-Pritchard Square.

Schools and child care

  1. St Joseph the Worker Catholic Acad School
    760 feet
  2. P.S. 107 John W. Kimball School
    1,270 feet

Parks, playgrounds and gardens

  1. Bartel-Pritchard Square
    surrounds this corner
  2. The Bandshell in Prospect Park Park feature
    20 feet
  3. Prospect Park
    60 feet
Show all 5
  1. Lower Long Meadow in Prospect Park Park feature
    570 feet
  2. Harmony Playground
    1,150 feet

Libraries, museums and history

  1. 15th Street - Prospect Park Subway Station (IND) Listed historic place
    210 feet

Houses of worship

  1. Shepherds Hall House of worship
    870 feet
  2. Park Slope Jewish Center Listed historic place
    1,120 feet
  3. Memorial Baptist Church House of worship
    1,120 feet

Bank branches

  1. Santander Bank Bank branch
    770 feet

Pharmacies

  1. Walgreens Pharmacy
    0.5 miles

Food stores and places to eat

Within a five-minute walk there are 35 places to eat and ten food stores.

Not on record for this corner: a parking sign or meter on the blocks meeting here.

Nearby corners

The eight corners within a three-minute walk:

See every intersection along Prospect Park West or West Drive.

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