Parkside Ave, Prospect Lefferts Gardens

Parkside Avenue is a great place to rent an apartment. I have several friends who I visit there right off the Q and it's always very pleasant. However, when you start going a bit more towards Flatbush, that can be a little bit more dangerous, especially at night.

What's great about Parkside is that Prospect Park is literally right across the street from it! You can stroll right over and have a picnic or take a walk there! And if you live on Parkside, the park is within viewing distance out your window!

It can be noisy on this street. Lots of times people blast music all night or very early in the morning. But as long as you don't mind that, this can be a great place to live! Especially if you love Mcdonald's, since there is a nice big one right there! Also, check out the supermarket because they have excellent deals on meat there that help with your food budget!

Parkside Avenue begins at Park Circle (a bona fide traffic circle) at the edge of Prospect Park, and travels eastward until it ends at the Kings County Hospital Center. Parkside Avenue runs the gamut from being a lovely, peaceful promenade adjacent to the largest park in the borough of Brooklyn to a bustling commuter subway stop with little shops and neighborhood eateries and then to a more residential area with a mix of private, single dwellings and small apartment buildings. The neighborhood is mixed. Once the home to more well-to-do Brooklynites who enjoyed living near the park, it has had its share of crime. However, underneath it all, Parkside Avenue still has what it takes to be a lovely address.