Chester Avenue & Clara Street

Chester Avenue and Clara Street meet at a four-way crossing in Kensington, Brooklyn. Between 2021 and 2025, three police-reported crashes were recorded here, fewer than the median of seven crashes for a Brooklyn corner. Mesivta Nesivas Hatalmud is 870 feet away. The nearest subway, Church Av, is about five minutes on foot, for the F and G. Within a five-minute walk are 11 public places, eight of them schools, and six places to eat. About 1,300 homes stand within 820 feet, mostly built between 1920 and 1931, a mix of apartment buildings and smaller houses.

Safety record
4 hurt
3 police-reported crashes, 2021–2025
Nearest subway
Church Av
0.3 miles · 5 min on foot · F, G
Nearest bus stop
600 feet
36 St/Clara St · B16
Within a walk
11 places
8 schools, 1 day care or pre-K site and 2 more kinds, within five minutes

Map

Layers
Chester Avenue & Clara Street Nearby corners, linked

Getting there

How walks are measured

Subway

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

  • 2 lines at the nearest station
  1. Church Av F, G
    0.3 miles
    F G

Next trains at this station

Northbound
2 lines
  1. F …
  2. G …
Southbound
2 lines
  1. F …
  2. G …

Bus

The nearest bus stop is 36 St/Clara St, 600 feet away, for the B16.

  • 8 routes within a ten-minute walk
  1. 36 St/Clara St B16
    600 feet
    B16

Next buses at this stop

  1. B16 …

Live arrivals

Cycling

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

Nearest bike-share station

  1. Chester Ave & 12 Ave 21 docks in all
    500 feet

By car

The nearest highway entrance is the ramp to the Prospect Expressway westbound at 11th Avenue & 18th Street, 1 mile by car along the streets.

  1. 3437 Fort Hamilton Parkway Gas station
    1,050 feet
  2. 5115 15th Avenue Charging for electric cars, six Level 2 chargers
    1.1 miles
  3. 1763 86th Street Fast charging for electric cars
    2.8 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.

  • 4 people injured
  • 0 people killed

The most recent crash recorded here was in March 2024.

About this corner

Where facts come from
ZIP code
11218
Community board
Brooklyn Community Board 12
City Council district
39
Police precinct
66
Neighborhood (City Planning area)
Kensington
Elevation
64 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 1920 and 1931.

Since 2014 at least 12 new affordable homes have been completed within 820 feet.

Trees

NYC Parks records 77 trees within 330 feet; the most common is the London planetree.

Parking on the streets meeting here

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

The sign wording is DOT's, as recorded between April 2019 and June 2025, and the sign on the street decides.

East side of Chester Avenue

  • No parking 4 signs NO PARKING WEDNESDAY 9:30AM-11AM

West side of Chester Avenue

  • No parking 5 signs NO PARKING FRIDAY 9:30AM-11AM
  • No standing 1 sign NO STANDING ANYTIME

North side of Clara Street

  • No parking 10 signs NO PARKING WEDNESDAY 9:30AM-11AM

South side of Clara Street

  • No parking 1 sign NO PARKING ANYTIME
  • No parking 11 signs NO PARKING FRIDAY 9:30AM-11AM
  • No standing 3 signs NO STANDING SCHOOL DAYS 7AM-7PM

Schools and places within a walk

How places are listed

Eleven public places are within a five-minute walk.

  • 8 schools
  • 1 day care or pre-K site
  • 1 listed historic place
  • 1 religious building

Schools and child care

  1. Kesser Malka School
    410 feet
  2. United Talmudical Academy-Boro Park School
    410 feet
  3. Gan Yisroel School
    660 feet
Show all 9
  1. Mesivta Nesivas Hatalmud School
    870 feet
  2. Bobover Yeshiva Bnei Zion School
    1,020 feet
  3. Little Cubs Infant, toddler and preschool care, ages 0 to 5
    1,250 feet
  4. Yeled V'Yalda - Eval Site School
    1,290 feet
  5. Bais Meir School
    1,300 feet
  6. Talmud Torah Ohel Yochanan School
    1,300 feet

Libraries, museums and history

  1. Congregation Chevra Linath Hazedeck Listed historic place
    170 feet

Supermarkets

  1. Foodtown Supermarket
    0.3 miles
  2. KRM Supermarket Supermarket
    0.3 miles
  3. Met Fresh Supermarket
    0.4 miles

Pharmacies

  1. Walgreens Pharmacy
    0.4 miles

Food stores and places to eat

Within a five-minute walk there are six places to eat and ten 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 Chester Avenue or Clara Street.

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