Chester Avenue & Louisa Street

Chester Avenue and Louisa Street meet at a four-way crossing in Kensington, Brooklyn. Between 2021 and 2025, one police-reported crash was recorded here, fewer than the median of seven crashes for a Brooklyn corner. Gan Yisroel is 400 feet away. The nearest subway, Church Av, is about five minutes on foot, for the F and G. Within a five-minute walk are 16 public places, nine of them schools, and ten 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
1 hurt
1 police-reported crash, 2021–2025
Nearest subway
Church Av
0.3 miles · 5 min on foot · F, G
Nearest bus stop
550 feet
Church Av/Chester Av · B35
Within a walk
16 places
9 schools, 3 day care or pre-K sites and 4 more kinds, within five minutes

Map

Layers
Chester Avenue & Louisa 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 Church Av/Chester Av, 550 feet away, for the B35.

  • 8 routes within a ten-minute walk
  1. Church Av/Chester Av B35
    550 feet
    B35

Next buses at this stop

  1. B35 …

Live arrivals

Cycling

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

Nearest bike-share station

  1. 37 St & 13 Ave 16 docks in all
    750 feet

By car

The nearest highway entrance is the ramp to the Prospect Expressway westbound at 11th Avenue & 18th Street, 1.1 miles by car along the streets.

  1. 3437 Fort Hamilton Parkway Gas station
    1,310 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
    2.7 miles

Safety record

How crashes are counted

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

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

The most recent crash recorded here was in June 2026.

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
60 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 62 trees within 330 feet; the most common is the London planetree.

Parking on the streets meeting here

How signs are read
  • 29 signs on these blocks
  • 6 different rules

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

East side of Chester Avenue

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

West side of Chester Avenue

  • No parking 7 signs NO PARKING FRIDAY 9:30AM-11AM
  • No standing 2 signs NO STANDING SCHOOL DAYS 7AM-7PM

North side of Louisa Street

  • No parking 8 signs NO PARKING WEDNESDAY 9:30AM-11AM

South side of Louisa Street

  • No parking 6 signs NO PARKING FRIDAY 9:30AM-11AM

Schools and places within a walk

How places are listed

Sixteen public places are within a five-minute walk.

  • 9 schools
  • 3 day care or pre-K sites
  • 1 college
  • 1 listed historic place
  • 1 post office
  • 1 religious building

Schools and child care

  1. Gan Yisroel School
    400 feet
  2. Kesser Malka School
    590 feet
  3. Little Cubs Infant, toddler and preschool care, ages 0 to 5
    1,050 feet
Show all 13
  1. United Talmudical Academy-Boro Park School
    590 feet
  2. Bobover Yeshiva Bnei Zion School
    760 feet
  3. Bais Meir School
    1,040 feet
  4. Talmud Torah Ohel Yochanan School
    1,040 feet
  5. Mesivta Nesivas Hatalmud School
    1,040 feet
  6. Yeled V'Yalda - Eval Site School
    1,100 feet
  7. Daemen University-Brooklyn Branch College
    1,200 feet
  8. Yeled V'Yalda Early Childhood Ctr Preschool
    1,220 feet
  9. Yeshiva Machzikei Hadas School
    1,230 feet
  10. Bais Shifra Preschool, ages 2 to 5
    1,240 feet

Libraries, museums and history

  1. Congregation Chevra Linath Hazedeck Listed historic place
    330 feet

Community centers and public services

  1. Kensington Post Office Listed historic place
    1,180 feet

Supermarkets

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

Pharmacies

  1. Walgreens Pharmacy
    0.3 miles

Food stores and places to eat

Within a five-minute walk there are ten places to eat and 17 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 18 corners within a three-minute walk:

See every intersection along Chester Avenue or Louisa 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.