15th Avenue & Dahill Road

The three-way junction of 15th Avenue and Dahill Road is in Kensington, Brooklyn. Between 2021 and 2025, four police-reported crashes were recorded here, fewer than the median of seven crashes for a Brooklyn corner. Bnos Yerushalayim is 200 feet away. The nearest subway, Ditmas Av, is about five minutes on foot, and two subway lines stop within a ten-minute walk. Within a five-minute walk are 19 public places, nine of them religious buildings, and 14 places to eat. About 1,100 homes stand within 820 feet, mostly built between 1920 and 1930, a mix of apartment buildings and smaller houses.

Safety record
4 hurt
4 police-reported crashes, 2021–2025
Nearest subway
Ditmas Av
1,250 feet · 5 min on foot · F
Nearest bus stop
510 feet
McDonald Av/Avenue C · B67, B69
Within a walk
19 places
9 religious buildings, 6 schools and 3 more kinds, within five minutes

Map

Layers
15th Avenue & Dahill Road Nearby corners, linked

Getting there

How walks are measured

Subway

The nearest subway station is Ditmas Av, 1,250 feet from this corner, about five minutes on foot.

  • 2 lines within a ten-minute walk
  1. Ditmas Av F
    1,250 feet
    F

Next trains at this station

Manhattan
1 line
  1. F …
Southbound
1 line
  1. F …

Also within a walk

  1. Church Av F, G
    1,290 feet
    F G

The MTA's permanent art catalog lists “Inheritance: In Memory of American Glass” (2016) by Cara Lynch at the Ditmas Av station.

Bus

The nearest bus stop is McDonald Av/Avenue C, 510 feet away, for the B67 and B69.

  • 9 routes within a ten-minute walk
  1. McDonald Av/Avenue C B67, B69
    510 feet
    B67 B69

Next buses at this stop

  1. B67 …
  2. B69 …

Live arrivals

Cycling

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

Nearest bike-share station

  1. 15 Ave & 37 St 14 docks in all
    360 feet

By car

The nearest highway entrance is the ramp to the Prospect Expressway westbound at 11th Avenue & 18th Street, 1.2 miles by car along the streets.

  1. 1 Cortelyou Road Gas station
    830 feet
  2. 5115 15th Avenue Charging for electric cars, six Level 2 chargers
    0.8 miles
  3. 1763 86th Street Fast charging for electric cars
    2.6 miles

Safety record

How crashes are counted

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

  • 4 people injured
  • 0 people killed
  • 2 of those hurt, on foot
  • 1 of those hurt, on a bike

The most recent crash recorded here was in March 2026.

What the city has done here

  • Leading pedestrian interval, January 2015
  • Turn calming, August 2026

About this corner

Where facts come from
ZIP code
11218
Community board
Brooklyn Community Board 12
City Council district
39
Police precinct
66
Neighborhood (City Planning area)
Kensington
Elevation
46 feet above sea level

The streets

  • Up to two travel lanes

Homes

About 1,100 homes stand within 820 feet of this corner, a mix of apartment buildings and smaller houses. The buildings holding them mostly went up between 1920 and 1930.

Trees

NYC Parks records 22 trees within 330 feet; the most common is the Japanese zelkova.

Parking on the streets meeting here

How signs are read
  • 10 signs on these blocks
  • 5 different rules

The sign wording is DOT's, as recorded between May 2016 and August 2025, and the sign on the street decides.

East side of 15th Avenue

  • No parking 4 signs NO PARKING FRIDAY 8:30AM-10AM
  • No standing 1 sign NO STANDING ANYTIME

West side of 15th Avenue

  • No standing 1 sign NO STANDING ANYTIME

West side of Dahill Road

  • No parking 3 signs NO PARKING TUESDAY 11:30AM-1PM
  • No standing 1 sign NO STANDING ANYTIME

Schools, parks and places within a walk

How places are listed

Nineteen public places are within a five-minute walk.

  • 9 religious buildings
  • 6 schools
  • 2 day care or pre-K sites
  • 1 pedestrian plaza
  • 1 playground

Schools and child care

  1. Bnos Yerushalayim School
    200 feet
  2. Bnos Jerusalem D'Chasidei Belz School-based preschool, ages 3 to 5 · Pre-K
    790 feet
  3. Yeled V' Yalda Early Childhood Center Preschool, ages 2 to 5
    790 feet
Show all 8
  1. Talmud Torah Tiferes Yechiel D'Aleks School
    980 feet
  2. P.S. 179 Kensington School
    1,040 feet
  3. Gan Yisroel School
    1,050 feet
  4. Kochavim School
    1,050 feet
  5. Bais Tziporah School
    1,130 feet

Parks, playgrounds and gardens

  1. Dome Playground
    490 feet

Plazas and public spaces

  1. Avenue C Plaza Pedestrian plaza
    540 feet

Supermarkets

  1. Met Fresh Supermarket
    0.4 miles
  2. Foodtown Supermarket
    0.4 miles
  3. KRM Supermarket Supermarket
    0.4 miles

Pharmacies

  1. Walgreens Pharmacy
    0.3 miles

Food stores and places to eat

Within a five-minute walk there are 14 places to eat and 16 food stores.

Not on record for this corner: a designated landmark or historic district within 820 feet.

Nearby corners

The eight nearest of the 9 corners within a three-minute walk:

See every intersection along 15th Avenue or Dahill Road.

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