Chauncey Street & Patchen Avenue

Chauncey Street and Patchen Avenue meet at a three-way junction in Bedford-Stuyvesant (East), Brooklyn, at the edge of NYCHA's Brevoort development. Between 2021 and 2025, eight police-reported crashes were recorded here, against a median of seven crashes for a Brooklyn corner. Christ Fellowship Baptist Church is 640 feet away, and Uncommon Excellence Boys Charter School NYC is 1,040 feet away. The nearest subway, Utica Av, is about six minutes on foot, for the A and C. Within a five-minute walk are 25 public places, 13 of them religious buildings, and 13 places to eat.

Safety record
3 hurt
8 police-reported crashes, 2021–2025
Nearest subway
Utica Av
0.3 miles · 6 min on foot · A, C
Nearest bus stop
980 feet
Fulton St/Buffalo Av · B25
Within a walk
25 places
13 religious buildings, 3 gardens and 7 more kinds, within five minutes

Map

Layers
Chauncey Street & Patchen Avenue Nearby corners, linked

Getting there

How walks are measured

Subway

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

  • 2 lines at the nearest station
  1. Utica Av A, C
    0.3 miles
    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. Ralph Av 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/Buffalo Av, 980 feet away, for the B25.

  • 8 routes within a ten-minute walk
  1. Fulton St/Buffalo Av B25
    980 feet
    B25

Next buses at this stop

  1. B25 …

Live arrivals

Cycling

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

Nearest bike-share station

  1. Patchen Ave & Bainbridge St 19 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, 1.7 miles by car along the streets.

  1. 52 Rochester Avenue Gas station
    0.4 miles
  2. 419 Stuyvesant Avenue Charging for electric cars, two Level 2 chargers
    0.4 miles
  3. 28-17 42nd Road Fast charging for electric cars
    2.2 miles

Safety record

How crashes are counted

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

  • 3 people injured
  • 0 people killed
  • 1 of those hurt, on foot

The most recent crash recorded here was in December 2024.

What the city has done here

  • Leading pedestrian interval, August 2017
  • Accessible pedestrian signal, March 2021

About this corner

Where facts come from
ZIP code
11233
Community board
Brooklyn Community Board 3
City Council district
36 and 41 (the boundary runs through this corner)
Police precinct
81
Neighborhood (City Planning area)
Bedford-Stuyvesant (East)
Elevation
50 feet above sea level

The streets

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

Homes

About 2,100 homes stand within 820 feet of this corner, a mix of apartment buildings and smaller houses.

The corner stands at the edge of NYCHA's Brevoort development.

Since 2014 at least 8 new affordable homes have been completed within 820 feet.

Trees

NYC Parks records 52 trees within 330 feet; the most common is the swamp white oak.

Parking on the streets meeting here

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

The sign wording is DOT's, as recorded between August 2018 and August 2026, 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 4 signs NO STANDING SCHOOL DAYS 7AM-4PM

West side of Patchen Avenue

  • No parking 4 signs NO PARKING TUESDAY FRIDAY 8AM-9:30AM

Schools, parks and places within a walk

How places are listed

Within a five-minute walk there are 25 public places.

  • 13 religious buildings
  • 3 gardens
  • 2 playgrounds
  • 2 schools
  • 1 community center
  • 4 other places

Schools and child care

  1. P.S. 021 Crispus Attucks School
    340 feet
  2. Uncommon Excellence Boys Charter School NYC School
    1,040 feet
  3. Brevoort Children's Center Preschool, ages 2 to 5 · Pre-K
    1,120 feet

Parks, playgrounds and gardens

  1. Central Bainbridge Street Community Garden
    310 feet
  2. Bed-Stuy Farm Garden
    640 feet
  3. Brevoort Playground
    800 feet
Show all 5
  1. Jackie Robinson Park Playground
    820 feet
  2. Seasons of Vision Garden
    1,050 feet

Health care

  1. Brooklyn Gardens Nursing & Rehabilitation Center Nursing home or hospice
    800 feet

Libraries, museums and history

  1. Immanuel Congregational Church Listed historic place
    980 feet

Houses of worship

  1. Christ Fellowship Baptist Church House of worship
    640 feet
  2. Nazarene Congregational United Church of Christ House of worship
    740 feet
  3. Holy Rosary RC Church House of worship
    1,220 feet
Show all 4
  1. Calvary Fellowship AME Church House of worship
    1,290 feet

Community centers and public services

  1. Brevoort Community Center
    1,150 feet
  2. Older adult center at 280 Ralph Avenue Older adult center
    1,150 feet

Supermarkets

  1. Associated Supermarkets Supermarket
    1,070 feet

Food stores and places to eat

Within a five-minute walk there are 13 places to eat and 18 food stores.

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

Nearby corners

The eight nearest corners on foot, six of them within a three-minute walk:

See every intersection along Chauncey Street or Patchen Avenue.

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