Chestnut Street & Dinsmore Place

Chestnut Street and Dinsmore Place meet at a four-way crossing in Cypress Hills, Brooklyn. Between 2021 and 2025, three police-reported crashes were recorded here, fewer than the median of seven crashes for a Brooklyn corner. P.S. 938 is 430 feet away. The nearest subway, Crescent St, is about five minutes on foot, for the J and Z. Within a five-minute walk are 11 public places, four of them religious buildings, and 19 places to eat. About 1,600 homes stand within 820 feet, a mix of apartment buildings and smaller houses.

Safety record
Nobody hurt
3 police-reported crashes, 2021–2025
Nearest subway
Crescent St
1,300 feet · 5 min on foot · J, Z
Nearest bus stop
580 feet
Atlantic Av/Euclid Av · Q24
Within a walk
11 places
4 religious buildings, 4 schools and 3 more kinds, within five minutes

Map

Layers
Chestnut Street & Dinsmore Place Nearby corners, linked

Getting there

How walks are measured

Subway

The nearest subway station is Crescent St, 1,300 feet from this corner, about five minutes on foot.

  • 2 lines at the nearest station
  1. Crescent St J, Z
    1,300 feet
    J Z

Next trains at this station

Outbound
2 lines
  1. J …
  2. Z …
Manhattan
2 lines
  1. J …
  2. Z …

Also within a walk

  1. Norwood Av J, Z
    0.3 miles
    J Z

The MTA's permanent art catalog lists “Wheel of Bloom-Soak up the Sun” (2007) by Jung Hyang Kim at the Crescent St station.

Bus

The nearest bus stop is Atlantic Av/Euclid Av, 580 feet away, for the Q24.

  • 6 routes within a ten-minute walk
  1. Atlantic Av/Euclid Av Q24
    580 feet
    Q24

Next buses at this stop

  1. Q24 …

Live arrivals

Cycling

  • 23 bicycle racks within 820 feet

Nearest bike-share station

  1. Shepherd Ave & Fulton St 12 docks in all
    0.4 miles

By car

The nearest highway entrance is the ramp to the Jackie Robinson Parkway eastbound at Cypress Hills Street & Jackie Robinson Parkway, 1.1 miles by car along the streets.

  1. 3123 Atlantic Avenue Gas station
    0.5 miles
  2. 570 Jamaica Avenue Charging for electric cars, four Level 2 chargers
    0.7 miles
  3. 1-01 Forest Park Drive Fast charging for electric cars
    2.5 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. Nobody was hurt.

The most recent crash recorded here was in September 2025.

About this corner

Where facts come from
ZIP code
11208
Community board
Brooklyn Community Board 5
City Council district
37
Police precinct
75
Neighborhood (City Planning area)
Cypress Hills
Elevation
36 feet above sea level

The streets

  • Up to two travel lanes
  • Two of the streets are one-way

Homes

About 1,600 homes stand within 820 feet of this corner, a mix of apartment buildings and smaller houses.

Since 2014 at least 1,114 new affordable homes have been completed within 820 feet.

Trees

NYC Parks records 25 trees within 330 feet; the most common is the pin oak.

Parking on the streets meeting here

How signs are read
  • 18 signs on these blocks
  • 5 different rules

The sign wording is DOT's, as recorded between December 2017 and August 2024, and the sign on the street decides.

West side of Chestnut Street

  • No parking 3 signs NO PARKING MONDAY-FRIDAY 8AM-6PM
  • No parking 6 signs NO PARKING SATURDAY 8AM-9AM

North side of Dinsmore Place

  • No parking 3 signs NO PARKING TUESDAY FRIDAY 11AM-12:30PM
  • No standing 1 sign NO STANDING ANYTIME

South side of Dinsmore Place

  • No standing 5 signs NO STANDING ANYTIME

Schools, parks and places within a walk

How places are listed

Eleven public places are within a five-minute walk.

  • 4 religious buildings
  • 4 schools
  • 1 listed historic place
  • 1 older adult center
  • 1 park

Schools and child care

  1. M.S. 935 School
    430 feet
  2. P.S. 938 School
    430 feet
  3. Blessed Sacrament Catholic Academy School
    1,190 feet
Show all 4
  1. Achievement First East New York Charter School 2 School
    1,270 feet

Parks, playgrounds and gardens

  1. City Line Park
    600 feet

Libraries, museums and history

  1. Public School 65k Listed historic place
    1,280 feet

Houses of worship

  1. Blessed Sacrament Church House of worship
    890 feet

Community centers and public services

  1. Older adult center at 3208 Fulton Street Older adult center
    770 feet

Supermarkets

  1. Key Food Supermarket
    0.3 miles
  2. Golden Farms Supermarket
    0.4 miles

Other stores

  1. Family Dollar Store
    1,190 feet

Food stores and places to eat

Within a five-minute walk there are 19 places to eat and 15 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 10 corners within a three-minute walk:

See every intersection along Chestnut Street, Dinsmore Place or Solidarity Place.

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.