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Where to meet halfway between Prospect Heights and Prospect Lefferts Gardens & Wingate

Prospect Heights and Prospect Lefferts Gardens & Wingate are about 1.6 miles apart. The fairest first date spots are around Crown Heights, roughly 0.8 miles from each of you. For a drink, try Union Street Pub; for coffee, Coffee Land.

For drinks

Ordered so neither of you has the longer trip by much. Miles are as the crow flies.

  1. Union Street Pub

    Beer bar

    0.7 mi from Prospect Heights · 0.9 mi from Prospect Lefferts Gardens & Wingate

    ~1 min from Botanic Garden (2 3 4 5 S)MapWebsite

  2. Drink

    Cocktail bar

    0.6 mi from Prospect Heights · 1.0 mi from Prospect Lefferts Gardens & Wingate

    ~3 min from Botanic Garden (2 3 4 5 S)MapWebsite

  3. The Canary

    Irish pub

    0.7 mi from Prospect Heights · 1.0 mi from Prospect Lefferts Gardens & Wingate

    ~3 min from Botanic Garden (2 3 4 5 S)MapWebsite

  4. Super Power

    Bar

    0.9 mi from Prospect Heights · 1.0 mi from Prospect Lefferts Gardens & Wingate

    ~7 min from Nostrand Av (3)MapWebsite

  5. J & R Symposium

    Winery

    0.9 mi from Prospect Heights · 0.7 mi from Prospect Lefferts Gardens & Wingate

    ~5 min from President St-Medgar Evers College (2 5)MapWebsite

For coffee

  1. Coffee Land

    Café

    0.7 mi from Prospect Heights · 0.9 mi from Prospect Lefferts Gardens & Wingate

    ~1 min from Botanic Garden (2 3 4 5 S)MapWebsite

  2. Barista & The Baker

    Coffee shop

    0.9 mi from Prospect Heights · 0.9 mi from Prospect Lefferts Gardens & Wingate

    ~5 min from Nostrand Av (3)MapWebsite

  3. Meme's Healthy Nibbles

    Café

    1.0 mi from Prospect Heights · 0.9 mi from Prospect Lefferts Gardens & Wingate

    ~6 min from Nostrand Av (3)MapWebsite

  4. The Breukelen Coffee House

    Coffee shop

    0.6 mi from Prospect Heights · 1.0 mi from Prospect Lefferts Gardens & Wingate

    ~4 min from Botanic Garden (2 3 4 5 S)MapWebsite

  5. Yellow Magnolia Café

    Café

    0.8 mi from Prospect Heights · 0.9 mi from Prospect Lefferts Gardens & Wingate

    ~8 min from Botanic Garden (2 3 4 5 S)MapWebsite

Or meet on one side

If one of you doesn’t mind the trip, each neighborhood has its own list.

Prospect HeightsBrooklyn · 19 bars · 17 coffee spotsProspect Lefferts Gardens & WingateBrooklyn · 16 bars · 16 coffee spots

Questions

People also ask

Where is halfway between Prospect Heights and Prospect Lefferts Gardens & Wingate?

The two are about 1.6 miles apart as the crow flies. The spots where both of you travel about the same distance are mostly around Crown Heights.

What’s a good first date spot between Prospect Heights and Prospect Lefferts Gardens & Wingate?

Union Street Pub is 0.7 mi from Prospect Heights and 0.9 mi from Prospect Lefferts Gardens & Wingate. Drink is another fair choice for drinks. For coffee, Coffee Land works for both of you.

Why meet in the middle for a first date?

Neither person carries the whole trip, so it reads as considerate rather than convenient for one side. Suggest the place with both travel times in mind, and offer to swap it if it doesn’t suit them.

More places to meet halfway

Bedford-Stuyvesant ↔ Prospect Heights1.6 mi apart · fair spots in betweenCrown Heights ↔ Prospect Heights1.4 mi apart · fair spots in betweenFort Greene ↔ Prospect Heights1.0 mi apart · fair spots in betweenDowntown Brooklyn, DUMBO & Boerum Hill ↔ Prospect Heights1.6 mi apart · fair spots in betweenProspect Heights ↔ Windsor Terrace & South Slope1.6 mi apart · fair spots in betweenProspect Lefferts Gardens & Wingate ↔ Sheepshead Bay, Manhattan Beach & Gerritsen Beach5.0 mi apart · fair spots in between

How this list is made: spots are open, independent cafés, bars and restaurants, chosen for being close to the subway and on blocks with plenty of other places nearby. Nobody pays to be listed. Distances are straight-line and walking times are estimates, so check opening hours before you go. Updated 2026-10-13. Data: Places: Overture Maps Foundation (CDLA-Permissive-2.0); 2020 Neighborhood Tabulation Areas, NYC Department of City Planning (NYC Open Data); MTA Subway Stations (data.ny.gov); Parks Properties, NYC Parks (NYC Open Data).