Church Avenue & Chester Avenue

Church Avenue and Chester Avenue meet at a three-way junction in Kensington, Brooklyn. Between 2021 and 2025, five police-reported crashes were recorded here, fewer than the median of seven crashes for a Brooklyn corner. Gan Yisroel is 110 feet away. The nearest subway, Church Av, is about four minutes on foot, for the F and G. Within a five-minute walk are 20 public places, ten of them schools, and 16 places to eat. About 1,100 homes stand within 820 feet, mostly built between 1916 and 1930, a mix of apartment buildings and smaller houses.

Safety record
4 hurt
5 police-reported crashes, 2021–2025
Nearest subway
Church Av
940 feet · 4 min on foot · F, G
Nearest bus stop
140 feet
Church Av/Chester Av · B35
Within a walk
20 places
10 schools, 4 day care or pre-K sites and 3 more kinds, within five minutes

Map

Layers
Church Avenue & Chester Avenue Nearby corners, linked

Getting there

How walks are measured

Subway

The nearest subway station is Church Av, 940 feet from this corner, about four minutes on foot.

  • 2 lines at the nearest station
  1. Church Av F, G
    940 feet
    F G

Next trains at this station

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

Also within a walk

  1. Ditmas Av F
    0.5 miles
    F

Bus

The nearest bus stop is Church Av/Chester Av, 140 feet away, for the B35.

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

Next buses at this stop

  1. B35 …

Live arrivals

Cycling

A signed bike route shared with traffic runs on Church Avenue.

  • 22 bicycle racks within 820 feet
  • 4 more bike-share stations within a five-minute walk

Nearest bike-share station

  1. Church Ave & Story St 23 docks in all
    430 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
    0.3 miles
  2. 5115 15th Avenue Charging for electric cars, six Level 2 chargers
    1 mile
  3. 1763 86th Street Fast charging for electric cars
    2.8 miles

Safety record

How crashes are counted

Between 2021 and 2025, police reported five 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 June 2025.

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
56 feet above sea level

The streets

  • Up to two travel lanes
  • A designated truck route

Homes

About 1,100 homes stand within 820 feet of this corner, a mix of apartment buildings and smaller houses. The buildings holding them mostly went up between 1916 and 1930.

Trees

NYC Parks records 41 trees within 330 feet; the most common is the swamp white oak.

Parking on the streets meeting here

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

The sign wording is DOT's, as recorded between November 2017 and May 2025, and the sign on the street decides.

East side of Chester Avenue

  • No parking 3 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 2 signs NO STANDING SCHOOL DAYS 7AM-7PM

North side of Church Avenue

  • No parking 2 signs NO PARKING WEDNESDAY 8:30AM-10AM
  • No standing 2 signs NO STANDING ANYTIME

Schools and places within a walk

How places are listed

Twenty public places are within a five-minute walk.

  • 10 schools
  • 4 day care or pre-K sites
  • 3 religious buildings
  • 2 pedestrian plazas
  • 1 listed historic place

Schools and child care

  1. Gan Yisroel School
    110 feet
  2. Bobover Yeshiva Bnei Zion School
    480 feet
  3. Bais Meir School
    630 feet
Show all 14
  1. Talmud Torah Ohel Yochanan School
    630 feet
  2. Kesser Malka School
    850 feet
  3. United Talmudical Academy-Boro Park School
    850 feet
  4. TLC Infant, toddler and preschool care, ages 0 to 5
    1,120 feet
  5. Bais Tziporah School
    1,170 feet
  6. Bais Yaakov of Bensonhurst School
    1,170 feet
  7. Cuddle Cove Child Care Infant, toddler and preschool care, ages 0 to 5
    1,230 feet
  8. Little Cubs Infant, toddler and preschool care, ages 0 to 5
    1,230 feet
  9. Yeled V'Yalda - Eval Site School
    1,270 feet
  10. Mesivta Nesivas Hatalmud School
    1,300 feet
  11. Bais Shifra Preschool, ages 2 to 5
    1,310 feet

Plazas and public spaces

  1. Kensington Plaza Pedestrian plaza
    1,180 feet
  2. Avenue C Plaza Pedestrian plaza
    1,290 feet

Libraries, museums and history

  1. Congregation Chevra Linath Hazedeck Listed historic place
    740 feet

Bank branches

  1. Santander Bank Bank branch
    1,090 feet

Supermarkets

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

Pharmacies

  1. Walgreens Pharmacy
    1,240 feet

Food stores and places to eat

Within a five-minute walk there are 16 places to eat and 26 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 20 corners within a three-minute walk:

See every intersection along Chester Avenue or Church Avenue.

Sources: NYC Technology and Innovation, NYPD, MTA, NYC DOT, NYC City Planning, New York City's bike-share system, NYS Environmental Conservation, US Department of Energy, NYC Parks, NYC Health, FDIC, NYS Agriculture and Markets and USDA, retrieved September 18 – October 6, 2026.