Atlantic Avenue & Chestnut Street

Atlantic Avenue and Chestnut Street meet at a three-way junction in Cypress Hills, Brooklyn. Between 2021 and 2025, two police-reported crashes were recorded here, fewer than the median of seven crashes for a Brooklyn corner. M.S. 935 is 710 feet away. The nearest subway, Crescent St, is about six minutes on foot, for the J and Z. Within a five-minute walk are seven public places, three of them schools, and nine places to eat. About 1,600 homes stand within 820 feet, mostly built between 2020 and 2023, most in buildings of ten homes or more.

Safety record
2 hurt
2 police-reported crashes, 2021–2025
Nearest subway
Crescent St
0.3 miles · 6 min on foot · J, Z
Nearest bus stop
440 feet
Atlantic Av/Euclid Av · Q24
Within a walk
7 places
3 schools, 2 religious buildings and 2 more kinds, within five minutes

Map

Layers
Atlantic Avenue & Chestnut Street Nearby corners, linked

Getting there

How walks are measured

Subway

The nearest subway station is Crescent St, 0.3 miles from this corner, about six minutes on foot.

  • 2 lines at the nearest station
  1. Crescent St J, Z
    0.3 miles
    J Z

Next trains at this station

Outbound
2 lines
  1. J …
  2. Z …
Manhattan
2 lines
  1. J …
  2. Z …

Also within a walk

  1. Norwood Av J, Z
    0.3 miles
    J Z

The MTA's permanent art catalog lists “Wheel of Bloom-Soak up the Sun” (2007) by Jung Hyang Kim at the Crescent St station.

Bus

The nearest bus stop is Atlantic Av/Euclid Av, 440 feet away, for the Q24.

  • 6 routes within a ten-minute walk
  1. Atlantic Av/Euclid Av Q24
    440 feet
    Q24

Next buses at this stop

  1. Q24 …

Live arrivals

Cycling

  • 13 bicycle racks within 820 feet

By car

The nearest highway entrance is the ramp to the Jackie Robinson Parkway eastbound at Cypress Hills Street & Jackie Robinson Parkway, 1.2 miles by car along the streets.

  1. 3123 Atlantic Avenue Gas station
    0.3 miles
  2. 570 Jamaica Avenue Charging for electric cars, four Level 2 chargers
    0.7 miles
  3. 1-01 Forest Park Drive Fast charging for electric cars
    2.5 miles

Safety record

How crashes are counted

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

  • 2 people injured
  • 0 people killed
  • 2 of those hurt, on foot

The most recent crash recorded here was in July 2021.

About this corner

Where facts come from
ZIP code
11208
Community board
Brooklyn Community Board 5
City Council district
37
Police precinct
75
Neighborhood (City Planning area)
Cypress Hills

The streets

  • Two of the streets are one-way

Homes

About 1,600 homes stand within 820 feet of this corner, most of them in buildings of ten homes or more. The buildings holding them mostly went up between 2020 and 2023.

Since 2014 at least 1,114 new affordable homes have been completed within 820 feet.

Trees

NYC Parks records 26 trees within 330 feet; the most common is the London planetree.

Parking on the streets meeting here

How signs are read
  • 14 signs on these blocks
  • 4 different rules

The sign wording is DOT's, as recorded between April 2015 and October 2025, and the sign on the street decides.

North side of Atlantic Avenue

  • No parking 2 signs NO PARKING MONDAY THURSDAY 7AM-8AM
  • No standing 6 signs NO STANDING ANYTIME

East side of Chestnut Street

  • No parking 4 signs NO PARKING SATURDAY 8AM-9AM

West side of Chestnut Street

  • No parking 2 signs NO PARKING SATURDAY 8AM-9AM

Schools, parks and places within a walk

How places are listed

Seven public places are within a five-minute walk.

  • 3 schools
  • 2 religious buildings
  • 1 older adult center
  • 1 park

Schools and child care

  1. M.S. 935 School
    710 feet
  2. P.S. 938 School
    710 feet
  3. Transit Tech Career and Technical Education High School
    1,310 feet

Parks, playgrounds and gardens

  1. City Line Park
    320 feet

Houses of worship

  1. Blessed Sacrament Church House of worship
    1,170 feet

Community centers and public services

  1. Older adult center at 3208 Fulton Street Older adult center
    1,060 feet

Supermarkets

  1. Key Food Supermarket
    0.4 miles
  2. Golden Farms Supermarket
    0.4 miles

Other stores

  1. Family Dollar Store
    980 feet

Food stores and places to eat

Within a five-minute walk there are nine places to eat and eight 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 10 corners within a three-minute walk:

See every intersection along Atlantic Avenue or Chestnut Street.

Sources: NYPD, MTA, NYC DOT, NYS Environmental Conservation, NYC City Planning, US Department of Energy, NYC Housing Preservation and Development, NYC Parks, NYC Technology and Innovation, NYC Health, NYS Agriculture and Markets and USDA, retrieved September 18 – October 6, 2026.