Chauncey Street & Stuyvesant Avenue

Chauncey Street and Stuyvesant Avenue meet at a four-way crossing in Bedford-Stuyvesant (East), Brooklyn. The corner lies on the edge of the Stuyvesant Heights Historic District. Between 2021 and 2025, 18 police-reported crashes were recorded here, against a median of seven crashes for a Brooklyn corner. Fulton Park is 50 feet away, and Research and Service High School is 460 feet away. The nearest subway, Utica Av, is about two minutes on foot, for the A and C. Within a five-minute walk are 19 public places, seven of them religious buildings, and eight places to eat.

Safety record
6 hurt
18 police-reported crashes, 2021–2025
Nearest subway
Utica Av
490 feet · 2 min on foot · A, C
Nearest bus stop
330 feet
Fulton St/Stuyvesant Av · T440
Within a walk
19 places
7 religious buildings, 4 schools and 5 more kinds, within five minutes

Map

Layers
Chauncey Street & Stuyvesant Avenue Nearby corners, linked

Getting there

How walks are measured

Subway

The nearest subway station is Utica Av, 490 feet from this corner, about two minutes on foot.

  • 2 lines at the nearest station
  1. Utica Av A, C
    490 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
    0.5 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/Stuyvesant Av, 330 feet away, for the T440.

  • 7 routes within a ten-minute walk
  1. Fulton St/Stuyvesant Av T440
    330 feet
    T440

Next buses at this stop

  1. T440 …

Live arrivals

Cycling

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

Nearest bike-share station

  1. Chauncey St & Stuyvesant Ave 25 docks in all
    50 feet

By car

The nearest highway entrance is the ramp to the Jackie Robinson Parkway eastbound at Jamaica Avenue & J Robinson Parkway, 2 miles by car along the streets.

  1. 1802 Atlantic Avenue Gas station
    0.3 miles
  2. 419 Stuyvesant Avenue Charging for electric cars, two Level 2 chargers
    190 feet
  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 18 crashes at this corner, more than the median of seven crashes for a Brooklyn corner.

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

The most recent crash recorded here was in January 2026.

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
57 feet above sea level

The streets

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

Homes

About 1,500 homes stand within 820 feet of this corner, a mix of apartment buildings and smaller houses.

Trees

NYC Parks records 109 trees within 330 feet; the most common is the London planetree.

Parking on the streets meeting here

How signs are read
  • 38 signs on these blocks
  • 7 different rules

The sign wording is DOT's, as recorded between January 2022 and May 2025, and the sign on the street decides.

North side of Chauncey Street

  • No parking 2 signs NO PARKING ANYTIME
  • No parking 14 signs NO PARKING MONDAY THURSDAY 9AM-10:30AM

South side of Chauncey Street

  • No parking 11 signs NO PARKING TUESDAY FRIDAY 9AM-10:30AM
  • No standing 1 sign NO STANDING ANYTIME

East side of Stuyvesant Avenue

  • Electric vehicle charging only 2 signs ELECTRIC VEHICLE CHARGING ONLY
  • No parking 4 signs NO PARKING TUESDAY FRIDAY 8AM-9:30AM

West side of Stuyvesant Avenue

  • No parking 4 signs NO PARKING MONDAY THURSDAY 8AM-9:30AM

Landmarks and historic districts

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

Within 820 feet, 350 buildings are designated by the Landmarks Preservation Commission, recorded most often as Romanesque Revival, and mostly built between 1889 and 1899.

  1. Holy Rosary Roman Catholic Church Rectory Designated landmark
    530 feet
  2. Holy Rosary School Designated landmark
    560 feet
  3. Episcopal Church of the Good Shepherd Parish House & Sun. School Designated landmark
    720 feet

Schools, parks and places within a walk

How places are listed

Nineteen public places are within a five-minute walk.

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

Schools and child care

  1. Community Parents Head Start Preschool, ages 2 to 5
    300 feet
  2. Boys and Girls High School
    460 feet
  3. Nelson Mandela High School
    460 feet
Show all 5
  1. Research and Service High School
    460 feet
  2. Kids-Centric, Inc Community Parents School
    560 feet

Parks, playgrounds and gardens

  1. Fulton Park
    50 feet
  2. Elizabeth Stroud Playground
    140 feet
  3. Robert Fulton Statue in Fulton Park Park feature
    400 feet
Show all 6
  1. Jackie Robinson Park Playground
    870 feet
  2. El Shabazz Playground
    1,120 feet
  3. Harmony Park
    1,280 feet

Libraries, museums and history

  1. Fulton Park Plaza Listed historic place
    650 feet

Houses of worship

  1. Holy Rosary RC Church Landmark
    450 feet
  2. St Philips Episcopal Anglican Church Landmark
    990 feet
  3. Mount Lebanon Baptist Church House of worship
    1,160 feet

Supermarkets

  1. Food Universe Supermarket
    0.3 miles
  2. Key Food Supermarket
    0.4 miles
  3. Associated Supermarkets Supermarket
    0.5 miles

Other stores

  1. Dollar Tree Store
    0.3 miles

Food stores and places to eat

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

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

Nearby corners

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

See every intersection along Chauncey Street or Stuyvesant 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 Housing Preservation and Development, Landmarks Preservation Commission, NYC Parks, NYC Health, NYS Agriculture and Markets and USDA, retrieved September 18 – October 6, 2026.