Chauncey Street & Lewis Avenue

Chauncey Street and Lewis Avenue meet at a three-way junction in Bedford-Stuyvesant (East), Brooklyn. The corner is also named Charles C. Pinn Triangle by local law. It lies on the edge of the Stuyvesant Heights Historic District. Between 2021 and 2025, three police-reported crashes were recorded here, fewer than the median of seven crashes for a Brooklyn corner. Fulton Park is 50 feet away, and Decatur Playground is 1,160 feet away. The nearest subway, Utica Av, is about three minutes on foot, for the A and C. Within a five-minute walk are 22 public places and five places to eat.

Safety record
3 hurt
3 police-reported crashes, 2021–2025
Nearest subway
Utica Av
760 feet · 3 min on foot · A, C
Nearest bus stop
140 feet
Fulton St/Troy Av · B25
Within a walk
22 places
7 religious buildings, 5 schools and 8 more kinds, within five minutes

Map

Layers
Chauncey Street & Lewis Avenue Nearby corners, linked

Getting there

How walks are measured

Subway

The nearest subway station is Utica Av, 760 feet from this corner, about three minutes on foot.

  • 2 lines at the nearest station
  1. Utica Av A, C
    760 feet
    A C

Next trains at this station

Manhattan
2 lines
  1. A …
  2. C …
Outbound
2 lines
  1. A …
  2. C …

Also within a walk

  1. Kingston-Throop Avs C
    0.3 miles
    C

The MTA's permanent art catalog lists “Children's Cathedral” (1996) by Jimmy James Greene at the Utica Av station.

Bus

The nearest bus stop is Fulton St/Troy Av, 140 feet away, for the B25.

  • 8 routes within a ten-minute walk
  1. Fulton St/Troy Av B25 · Shelter
    140 feet
    B25
    Shelter

Next buses at this stop

  1. B25 …

Live arrivals

Cycling

  • 18 bicycle racks within 820 feet
  • 3 more bike-share stations within a five-minute walk

Nearest bike-share station

  1. Lewis Ave & Fulton St 20 docks in all
    240 feet

By car

The nearest highway entrance is the ramp to the Jackie Robinson Parkway eastbound at Jamaica Avenue & J Robinson Parkway, 2.1 miles by car along the streets.

  1. 1802 Atlantic Avenue Gas station
    0.5 miles
  2. 419 Stuyvesant Avenue Charging for electric cars, two Level 2 chargers
    1,000 feet
  3. 28-17 42nd Road Fast charging for electric cars
    2 miles

Safety record

How crashes are counted

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

  • 3 people injured
  • 0 people killed

The most recent crash recorded here was in May 2023.

About this corner

Where facts come from
ZIP code
11233
Community board
Brooklyn Community Board 3
City Council district
36
Police precinct
81
Neighborhood (City Planning area)
Bedford-Stuyvesant (East)
Elevation
52 feet above sea level

This corner is also named Charles C. Pinn Triangle, a co-naming enacted on March 7, 2012 (Local Law 14 of 2012).

The streets

  • One travel lane
  • Two of the streets are one-way

Homes

About 1,400 homes stand within 820 feet of this corner, a mix of apartment buildings and smaller houses.

Since 2014 at least 229 new affordable homes have been completed within 820 feet.

Trees

NYC Parks records 85 trees within 330 feet; the most common is the thornless honeylocust.

The Department of Records' Honorary Street Names dataset has its own note on Charles C. Pinn Triangle.

Parking on the streets meeting here

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

The sign wording is DOT's, as recorded between May 2018 and April 2024, and the sign on the street decides.

North side of Chauncey Street

  • No parking 6 signs NO PARKING MONDAY THURSDAY 9AM-10:30AM

South side of Chauncey Street

  • No parking 5 signs NO PARKING TUESDAY FRIDAY 9AM-10:30AM
  • No standing 1 sign NO STANDING ANYTIME

East side of Lewis Avenue

  • No parking 3 signs NO PARKING TUESDAY FRIDAY 8AM-9:30AM
  • No standing 2 signs NO STANDING ANYTIME

Landmarks and historic districts

The corner stands at the edge of the Stuyvesant Heights Historic District.

Within 820 feet, 215 buildings are designated by the Landmarks Preservation Commission, recorded most often as Romanesque Revival, and mostly built between 1888 and 1901.

  1. Embury Methodist Episcopal Church Parsonage Designated landmark
    500 feet
  2. Episcopal Church of the Good Shepherd Parish House & Sun. School Designated landmark
    730 feet

Schools, parks and places within a walk

How places are listed

Within a five-minute walk there are 22 public places.

  • 7 religious buildings
  • 5 schools
  • 2 parks
  • 2 playgrounds
  • 1 day care or pre-K site
  • 5 other places

Schools and child care

  1. Brooklyn Brownstone School
    980 feet
  2. M.S. 035 Stephen Decatur School · landmark
    980 feet
  3. Boys and Girls High School
    1,050 feet
Show all 6
  1. Nelson Mandela High School
    1,050 feet
  2. Research and Service High School
    1,050 feet
  3. Community Parents Head Start Preschool, ages 2 to 5
    1,110 feet

Parks, playgrounds and gardens

  1. Fulton Park
    50 feet
  2. Robert Fulton Statue in Fulton Park Park feature
    430 feet
  3. Harmony Park
    880 feet
Show all 6
  1. Elizabeth Stroud Playground
    950 feet
  2. Decatur Playground
    1,160 feet
  3. 462 Halsey Community Farm Garden
    1,270 feet

Health care

  1. Interfaith Medical Center Hospital
    1,240 feet

Libraries, museums and history

  1. Stuyvesant Heights Historic District Listed historic place
    950 feet
  2. Macon Library
    1,190 feet

Houses of worship

  1. Mount Lebanon Baptist Church Landmark
    490 feet
  2. Gospel Temple Church of God House of worship
    780 feet
  3. St Philips Episcopal Anglican Church Landmark
    1,000 feet
Show all 4
  1. Holy Rosary RC Church House of worship
    1,260 feet

Supermarkets

  1. Key Food Supermarket
    1,230 feet
  2. Food Universe Supermarket
    0.3 miles

Other stores

  1. Dollar Tree Store
    0.3 miles

Food stores and places to eat

Within a five-minute walk there are five places to eat and 11 food stores.

Not on record for this corner: a signal or safety change.

Nearby corners

The eight nearest of the 10 corners within a three-minute walk:

See every intersection along Chauncey Street or Lewis Avenue.

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 Records, NYC Housing Preservation and Development, Landmarks Preservation Commission, NYC Parks, NYC Health, NYS Agriculture and Markets and USDA, retrieved September 18 – October 6, 2026.