Chester Street & Lott Avenue

Chester Street and Lott Avenue meet at a four-way crossing in Brownsville, Brooklyn. Between 2021 and 2025, ten police-reported crashes were recorded here, against a median of seven crashes for a Brooklyn corner. P.S. 165 Ida Posner is 760 feet away, and Congrectional El Verbo Church is 1,040 feet away. The nearest subway, Rockaway Av, is about seven minutes on foot, for the 3. Within a five-minute walk are 14 public places, six of them religious buildings, and four places to eat. About 1,400 homes stand within 820 feet, a mix of apartment buildings and smaller houses.

Safety record
7 hurt
10 police-reported crashes, 2021–2025
Nearest subway
Rockaway Av
0.4 miles · 7 min on foot · 3
Nearest bus stop
280 feet
Rockaway Av/Lott Av · B60
Within a walk
14 places
6 religious buildings, 5 schools and 2 more kinds, within five minutes

Map

Layers
Chester Street & Lott Avenue Nearby corners, linked

Getting there

How walks are measured

Subway

The nearest subway station is Rockaway Av, 0.4 miles from this corner, about seven minutes on foot.

  1. Rockaway Av 3
    0.4 miles
    3

Next trains at this station

Manhattan
1 line
  1. 3 …
New Lots
1 line
  1. 3 …

The MTA's permanent art catalog lists “Paroles Vagabondes/Wisdom Along the Way” (2017) by Béatrice Lebreton at the Rockaway Av station.

Bus

The nearest bus stop is Rockaway Av/Lott Av, 280 feet away, for the B60.

  • 5 routes within a ten-minute walk
  1. Rockaway Av/Lott Av B60
    280 feet
    B60

Next buses at this stop

  1. B60 …

Live arrivals

Cycling

  • 13 bicycle racks within 820 feet

Nearest bike-share station

  1. Lott Ave & Rockaway Ave 16 docks in all
    310 feet

By car

The nearest highway entrance is the ramp to the Jackie Robinson Parkway eastbound at Jamaica Avenue & J Robinson Parkway, 1.9 miles by car along the streets.

  1. 1408 Linden Boulevard Gas station
    0.5 miles
  2. 1235 Linden Boulevard Charging for electric cars, four Level 2 chargers
    0.5 miles
  3. 1389 Rockaway Parkway Fast charging for electric cars
    1 mile

Safety record

How crashes are counted

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

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

The most recent crash recorded here was in April 2026.

About this corner

Where facts come from
ZIP code
11212
Community board
Brooklyn Community Board 16
City Council district
41 and 42 (the boundary runs through this corner)
Police precinct
73
Neighborhood (City Planning area)
Brownsville
Elevation
19 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.

Since 2014 at least 21 new affordable homes have been completed within 820 feet.

Trees

NYC Parks records 45 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
  • 8 different rules

The sign wording is DOT's, as recorded between May 2020 and July 2026, and the sign on the street decides.

East side of Chester Street

  • No parking 1 sign NO PARKING 8AM-6PM EXCEPT SUNDAY
  • No parking 1 sign NO PARKING ANYTIME
  • No parking 9 signs NO PARKING TUESDAY FRIDAY 11:30AM-1PM

West side of Chester Street

  • No parking 8 signs NO PARKING MONDAY THURSDAY 11:30AM-1PM

North side of Lott Avenue

  • No parking 4 signs NO PARKING MONDAY THURSDAY 11:30AM-1PM
  • No standing 1 sign NO STANDING ANYTIME

South side of Lott Avenue

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

Schools, parks and places within a walk

How places are listed

Fourteen public places are within a five-minute walk.

  • 6 religious buildings
  • 5 schools
  • 2 gardens
  • 1 playground

Schools and child care

  1. P.S. 165 Ida Posner School
    760 feet
  2. Brooklyn Democracy Academy School
    1,220 feet
  3. Kappa V (Knowledge and Power Preparatory Academy) School
    1,220 feet
Show all 5
  1. Metropolitan Diploma Plus High School
    1,220 feet
  2. Uncommon Brownsville South Charter School NYC School
    1,220 feet

Parks, playgrounds and gardens

  1. Gethsemane Garden
    770 feet
  2. Newport Garden
    880 feet
  3. Osborn Playground
    1,110 feet

Houses of worship

  1. New Life Seventh Day Adventist Church House of worship
    730 feet
  2. Congrectional El Verbo Church House of worship
    1,040 feet

Supermarkets

  1. Associated Supermarkets Supermarket
    640 feet
  2. Shop Fair Supermarket
    0.4 miles
  3. Key Food Supermarket
    0.4 miles

Other stores

  1. Family Dollar Store
    0.5 miles

Food stores and places to eat

Within a five-minute walk there are four places to eat and 13 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 corners within a three-minute walk:

See every intersection along Chester Street or Lott 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, NYC Parks, NYC Health, NYS Agriculture and Markets and USDA, retrieved September 18 – October 6, 2026.