Chester Avenue & Tehama Street

Chester Avenue and Tehama 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. Kesser Malka is 670 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, seven of them schools, and four places to eat. About 1,400 homes stand within 820 feet, mostly built between 1920 and 1935, a mix of apartment buildings and smaller houses.

Safety record
1 hurt
3 police-reported crashes, 2021–2025
Nearest subway
Church Av
1,260 feet · 5 min on foot · F, G
Nearest bus stop
340 feet
12 Av/Chester Av · B16
Within a walk
11 places
7 schools, 1 day care or pre-K site and 3 more kinds, within five minutes

Map

Layers
Chester Avenue & Tehama Street Nearby corners, linked

Getting there

How walks are measured

Subway

The nearest subway station is Church Av, 1,260 feet from this corner, about five minutes on foot.

  • 2 lines at the nearest station
  1. Church Av F, G
    1,260 feet
    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 12 Av/Chester Av, 340 feet away, for the B16.

  • 8 routes within a ten-minute walk
  1. 12 Av/Chester Av B16
    340 feet
    B16

Next buses at this stop

  1. B16 …

Live arrivals

Cycling

  • 4 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
    240 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
    790 feet
  2. 5115 15th Avenue Charging for electric cars, six Level 2 chargers
    1.2 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.

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

The most recent crash recorded here was in May 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
66 feet above sea level

The streets

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

Homes

About 1,400 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 1935.

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
  • 30 signs on these blocks
  • 6 different rules

The sign wording is DOT's, as recorded between March 2019 and October 2024, and the sign on the street decides.

East side of Chester Avenue

  • No parking 4 signs NO PARKING WEDNESDAY 9:30AM-11AM
  • No standing 1 sign NO STANDING ANYTIME

West side of Chester Avenue

  • No parking 4 signs NO PARKING FRIDAY 9:30AM-11AM
  • No standing 1 sign NO STANDING ANYTIME

North side of Tehama Street

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

South side of Tehama Street

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

Schools, parks and places within a walk

How places are listed

Eleven public places are within a five-minute walk.

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

Schools and child care

  1. Kesser Malka School
    670 feet
  2. United Talmudical Academy-Boro Park School
    670 feet
  3. Mesivta Nesivas Hatalmud School
    700 feet
Show all 8
  1. Gan Yisroel School
    920 feet
  2. Yeshiva Ohr Yoseph School
    1,250 feet
  3. P.S. 230 Doris L. Cohen School
    1,260 feet
  4. Bobover Yeshiva Bnei Zion School
    1,280 feet
  5. Little Roses Infant, toddler and preschool care, ages 0 to 5
    1,290 feet

Parks, playgrounds and gardens

  1. Albemarle Playground
    1,260 feet

Libraries, museums and history

  1. Congregation Chevra Linath Hazedeck Listed historic place
    430 feet

Supermarkets

  1. Foodtown Supermarket
    1,250 feet
  2. KRM Supermarket Supermarket
    0.3 miles
  3. Met Fresh Supermarket
    0.5 miles

Pharmacies

  1. Walgreens Pharmacy
    0.4 miles

Food stores and places to eat

Within a five-minute walk there are four places to eat and four 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 corners on foot, seven of them within a three-minute walk:

See every intersection along Chester Avenue or Tehama 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.