Coney Island Avenue & Dorchester Road
Coney Island Avenue and Dorchester Road 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. In 2025, 714 red-light camera tickets were recorded here. Yeshiva Torah Vodaath is 1,060 feet away. The nearest subway, Cortelyou Rd, is about eight minutes on foot, for the Q. Within a five-minute walk are 13 public places, four of them day care or pre-K sites, and 30 places to eat.
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Getting there
How walks are measuredSubway
The nearest subway station is Cortelyou Rd, 0.4 miles from this corner, about eight minutes on foot.
- Cortelyou Rd Q0.4 milesQ
Next trains at this station
Manhattan
1 line- Q …
Southbound
1 line- Q …
The MTA's permanent art catalog lists “Garden Stops” (1994) by Patsy Norvell at the Cortelyou Rd station.
Bus
The nearest bus stop is Coney Island Av/Dorchester Rd, 110 feet away, for the B68.
- 7 routes within a ten-minute walk
- Coney Island Av/Dorchester Rd B68110 feetB68
Next buses at this stop
- B68 …
Cycling
- 22 bicycle racks within 820 feet
- 1 more bike-share station within a five-minute walk
Nearest bike-share station
- Cortelyou Rd & Stratford Rd 21 docks in all1,000 feet
By car
The nearest highway entrance is the ramp to the Prospect Expressway westbound at Prospect Avenue & Prospect Expressway, 1.2 miles by car along the streets.
- 842 Coney Island Avenue Gas station240 feet
- 581 Ocean Parkway Charging for electric cars, 13 Level 2 chargers0.5 miles
- 2699 Nostrand Avenue Fast charging for electric cars2.5 miles
Safety record
How crashes are countedBetween 2021 and 2025, police reported five 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 March 2024.
What the city has done here
- Leading pedestrian interval, October 2019
- Turn calming, November 2021
- Accessible pedestrian signal, December 2024
Camera tickets
How tickets are countedIn 2025, 714 red-light camera tickets were issued for violations recorded at this corner, the 135th most of the 200 corners in the city where any were issued.
In 2026 so far, through July 26, 370 more were issued.
About this corner
Where facts come from- ZIP code
- 11218
- Community board
- Brooklyn Community Board 14
- City Council district
- 39 and 40 (the boundary runs through this corner)
- Police precinct
- 66 and 70 (the boundary runs through this corner)
- Neighborhood (City Planning area)
- Kensington
- Elevation
- 34 feet above sea level
The streets
- Up to four travel lanes
- A designated truck route
- 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.
Since 2014 at least 3 new affordable homes have been completed within 820 feet.
Trees
NYC Parks records 35 trees within 330 feet; the most common is the London planetree.
Parking on the streets meeting here
How signs are read- 19 signs on these blocks
- 5 different rules
- 5 active meters
- 2 pay-by-cell zones
The sign wording is DOT's, as recorded between January 2021 and May 2025, and the sign on the street decides.
Meters are posted as 2 hour passenger vehicles Monday to Saturday 8am to 7pm on Coney Island Avenue (west side).
East side of Coney Island Avenue
- Metered parking 4 signs 2 HOUR METERED PARKING 8AM-7PM EXCEPT SUNDAY
- No parking 10 signs NO PARKING TUESDAY THURSDAY SATURDAY MIDNIGHT-3AM
North side of Dorchester Road
- No parking 2 signs NO PARKING MONDAY 11:30AM-1PM
South side of Dorchester Road
- No parking 2 signs NO PARKING TUESDAY 11:30AM-1PM
- No standing 1 sign NO STANDING ANYTIME
ParkNYC pay-by-cell zones: 305154 and 313654.
Landmarks and historic districts
Within 820 feet, 85 buildings are designated by the Landmarks Preservation Commission, recorded most often as Queen Anne, and mostly built between 1903 and 1905.
Schools and places within a walk
How places are listedThirteen public places are within a five-minute walk.
- 4 day care or pre-K sites
- 4 schools
- 2 religious buildings
- 2 trade or language schools
- 1 fire station
Schools and child care
- Early Childhood Development Center Kaleidoscope Preschool, ages 2 to 5 · Pre-K580 feet
- Honeydew Cortelyou Infant and toddler care, ages 0 to 2840 feet
- Yeshiva Torah Vodaath School1,060 feet
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- Cortelyou Early Childhood Center Preschool, ages 2 to 5 · Pre-K1,030 feet
- Inst for Career Training & Developme Trade or language school1,080 feet
- Peace Academy School1,080 feet
- Manhattan School of Computer Technol Trade or language school1,080 feet
- Snapdragon Place Pre-K1,080 feet
- Bonim Lamokom School1,290 feet
- Torah Vodaath High School1,290 feet
Fire and police
- Engine 281/Ladder 147 Fire station1,310 feet
Supermarkets
- Ideal Food Basket Supermarket1,220 feet
- Key Food Supermarket0.5 miles
Pharmacies
- CVS Pharmacy0.4 miles
- Duane Reade Pharmacy0.5 miles
- Walgreens Pharmacy0.5 miles
Food stores and places to eat
Within a five-minute walk there are 30 places to eat and 12 food stores.
Nearby corners
The eight nearest corners on foot, seven of them within a three-minute walk:
- Stratford Road & Dorchester Road 220 feet
- Coney Island Avenue & Ditmas Avenue 240 feet
- Westminster Road & Dorchester Road 510 feet
- East 9th Street & Ditmas Avenue 610 feet
- Coney Island Avenue & Cortelyou Road 730 feet
- Coney Island Avenue & 18th Avenue 770 feet
- Argyle Road & Dorchester Road 790 feet
- East 8th Street & Ditmas Avenue 870 feet
See every intersection along Coney Island Avenue or Dorchester Road.