42nd Street & Dahill Road

The three-way junction of 42nd Street and Dahill Road is in Borough Park, Brooklyn. Between 2021 and 2025, one police-reported crash was recorded here, fewer than the median of seven crashes for a Brooklyn corner. Bnos Peninim is 980 feet away. The nearest subway, Ditmas Av, is about four minutes on foot, for the F. Within a five-minute walk are 31 public places, 14 of them religious buildings, and ten places to eat. About 1,300 homes stand within 820 feet, mostly built between 1922 and 1931, a mix of apartment buildings and smaller houses.

Safety record
1 hurt
1 police-reported crash, 2021–2025
Nearest subway
Ditmas Av
1,030 feet · 4 min on foot · F
Nearest bus stop
1,030 feet
16 Av/42 St · B11
Within a walk
31 places
14 religious buildings, 7 day care or pre-K sites and 3 more kinds, within five minutes

Map

Layers
42nd Street & Dahill Road Nearby corners, linked

Getting there

How walks are measured

Subway

The nearest subway station is Ditmas Av, 1,030 feet from this corner, about four minutes on foot.

  1. Ditmas Av F
    1,030 feet
    F

Next trains at this station

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

Also within a walk

  1. 18 Av F
    0.3 miles
    F

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 16 Av/42 St, 1,030 feet away, for the B11.

  • 5 routes within a ten-minute walk
  1. 16 Av/42 St B11
    1,030 feet
    B11

Next buses at this stop

  1. B11 …

Live arrivals

Cycling

  • 10 bicycle racks within 820 feet

Nearest bike-share station

  1. Ditmas Ave & McDonald Ave 23 docks in all
    1,040 feet

By car

The nearest highway entrance is the ramp to the Prospect Expressway westbound at 11th Avenue & 18th Street, 1.6 miles by car along the streets.

  1. 1 Cortelyou Road Gas station
    0.3 miles
  2. 581 Ocean Parkway Charging for electric cars, 13 Level 2 chargers
    0.5 miles
  3. 1763 86th Street Fast charging for electric cars
    2.3 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.

  • 1 person injured
  • 0 people killed
  • 1 of those hurt, on a bike

The most recent crash recorded here was in November 2025.

About this corner

Where facts come from
ZIP code
11218
Community board
Brooklyn Community Board 12
City Council district
39 and 44 (the boundary runs through this corner)
Police precinct
66
Neighborhood (City Planning area)
Borough Park
Elevation
52 feet above sea level

The streets

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

Homes

About 1,300 homes stand within 820 feet of this corner, a mix of apartment buildings and smaller houses. The buildings holding them mostly went up between 1922 and 1931.

Trees

NYC Parks records 37 trees within 330 feet; the most common are the Callery pear and the thornless honeylocust.

Parking on the streets meeting here

How signs are read
  • 3 signs on these blocks
  • 3 different rules

The sign wording is DOT's, as recorded between January 2015 and March 2017, and the sign on the street decides.

North side of 42nd Street

  • No standing 1 sign NO STANDING ANYTIME

South side of 42nd Street

  • No standing 1 sign NO STANDING ANYTIME

West side of Dahill Road

  • No standing 1 sign NO STANDING ANYTIME

Schools, parks and places within a walk

How places are listed

Within a five-minute walk there are 31 public places.

  • 14 religious buildings
  • 7 day care or pre-K sites
  • 7 schools
  • 2 trade or language schools
  • 1 playground

Schools and child care

  1. Bais Shifra School
    230 feet
  2. Manhattan School of Computer Technol Trade or language school
    230 feet
  3. Smiley Daycare Preschool, ages 2 to 5
    800 feet
Show all 16
  1. Talmud Torah Lelov School-based preschool, ages 3 to 5
    830 feet
  2. Bnos Peninim School
    980 feet
  3. Skolye Infant, toddler and preschool care, ages 0 to 5
    1,000 feet
  4. Sweet Home Day Care Center Preschool, ages 2 to 5 · Pre-K
    1,000 feet
  5. Talmud Torah School-based preschool, ages 3 to 5
    1,120 feet
  6. Little Roses DC Infant, toddler and preschool care, ages 0 to 5
    1,130 feet
  7. Yeshiva Shalshelet Bais Yaakov School
    1,150 feet
  8. Yeshiva and Beth Hamedrash Shaarei School
    1,160 feet
  9. Bais Yaakov of 18th Ave School
    1,230 feet
  10. J.H.S. 223 the Montauk School
    1,270 feet
  11. Urban Assembly School for Leadership and Empowerment School
    1,270 feet
  12. Jewish Continuity Association Preschool, ages 2 to 5
    1,290 feet
  13. Aaa Service Prog Trade or language school
    1,310 feet

Parks, playgrounds and gardens

  1. DiGilio Playground
    450 feet

Houses of worship

  1. Holy Spirit Church House of worship
    1,080 feet

Supermarkets

  1. Landau's Supermarket Supermarket
    0.3 miles
  2. Gala Apple International Supermarket
    0.3 miles

Pharmacies

  1. CVS Pharmacy
    0.4 miles

Food stores and places to eat

Within a five-minute walk there are ten places to eat and 15 food stores.

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

Nearby corners

The eight nearest of the 11 corners within a three-minute walk:

See every intersection along 42nd Street or Dahill Road.

Sources: NYC Technology and Innovation, NYPD, MTA, NYC DOT, 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.