Cortelyou Road & Dahill Road

Cortelyou Road and Dahill Road meet at a three-way junction in Borough Park, Brooklyn. Between 2021 and 2025, 12 police-reported crashes were recorded here, against a median of seven crashes for a Brooklyn corner. Dome Playground is 60 feet away. The nearest subway, Ditmas Av, is about two minutes on foot, and two subway lines stop within a ten-minute walk. Within a five-minute walk are 27 public places, 15 of them religious buildings, and seven places to eat. About 1,000 homes stand within 820 feet, mostly built between 1924 and 1930, a mix of apartment buildings and smaller houses.

Safety record
7 hurt
12 police-reported crashes, 2021–2025
Nearest subway
Ditmas Av
560 feet · 2 min on foot · F
Nearest bus stop
290 feet
McDonald Av/Cortelyou Rd · B67, B69
Within a walk
27 places
15 religious buildings, 7 schools and 3 more kinds, within five minutes

Map

Layers
Cortelyou Road & Dahill Road Nearby corners, linked

Getting there

How walks are measured

Subway

The nearest subway station is Ditmas Av, 560 feet from this corner, about two minutes on foot.

  • 2 lines within a ten-minute walk
  1. Ditmas Av F
    560 feet
    F

Next trains at this station

Manhattan
1 line
  1. F …
Southbound
1 line
  1. F …

Also within a walk

  1. Church Av F, G
    0.4 miles
    F G

The MTA's permanent art catalog lists “Inheritance: In Memory of American Glass” (2016) by Cara Lynch at the Ditmas Av station.

Bus

The nearest bus stop is McDonald Av/Cortelyou Rd, 290 feet away, for the B67 and B69.

  • 6 routes within a ten-minute walk
  1. McDonald Av/Cortelyou Rd B67, B69
    290 feet
    B67 B69

Next buses at this stop

  1. B67 …
  2. B69 …

Live arrivals

Cycling

  • 17 bicycle racks within 820 feet
  • 3 more bike-share stations within a five-minute walk

Nearest bike-share station

  1. 15 Ave & 37 St 14 docks in all
    620 feet

By car

The nearest highway entrance is the ramp to the Prospect Expressway westbound at 11th Avenue & 18th Street, 1.3 miles by car along the streets.

  1. 1 Cortelyou Road Gas station
    at this corner
  2. 581 Ocean Parkway Charging for electric cars, 13 Level 2 chargers
    0.8 miles
  3. 1763 86th Street Fast charging for electric cars
    2.5 miles

Safety record

How crashes are counted

Between 2021 and 2025, police reported 12 crashes at this corner, more than the median of seven crashes for a Brooklyn corner.

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

The most recent crash recorded here was in May 2026.

What the city has done here

  • Leading pedestrian interval, December 2016
  • Turn calming, August 2026

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)
Borough Park
Elevation
41 feet above sea level

The streets

  • Up to two travel lanes

Homes

About 1,000 homes stand within 820 feet of this corner, a mix of apartment buildings and smaller houses. The buildings holding them mostly went up between 1924 and 1930.

Trees

NYC Parks records 68 trees within 330 feet; the most common is the thornless honeylocust.

Parking on the streets meeting here

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

The sign wording is DOT's, as recorded between July 2015 and February 2025, and the sign on the street decides.

North side of Cortelyou Road

  • No standing 2 signs NO STANDING ANYTIME

South side of Cortelyou Road

  • No standing 2 signs NO STANDING ANYTIME

East side of Dahill Road

  • No parking 12 signs NO PARKING MONDAY 11:30AM-1PM
  • No standing 2 signs NO STANDING ANYTIME
  • Truck loading only 2 signs TRUCK LOADING ONLY 6AM-5PM EXCEPT SUNDAY

Schools, parks and places within a walk

How places are listed

Within a five-minute walk there are 27 public places.

  • 15 religious buildings
  • 7 schools
  • 3 day care or pre-K sites
  • 1 pedestrian plaza
  • 1 playground

Schools and child care

  1. Bnos Yerushalayim School
    730 feet
  2. Bnos Jerusalem D'Chasidei Belz School-based preschool, ages 3 to 5 · Pre-K
    810 feet
  3. Yeled V' Yalda Early Childhood Center Preschool, ages 2 to 5
    810 feet
Show all 10
  1. Yeshiva Shalshelet Bais Yaakov School
    820 feet
  2. Yeshiva and Beth Hamedrash Shaarei School
    1,080 feet
  3. Talmud Torah School-based preschool, ages 3 to 5
    1,090 feet
  4. Talmud Torah Tiferes Yechiel D'Aleks School
    1,180 feet
  5. Bnos Peninim School
    1,190 feet
  6. Gan Yisroel School
    1,250 feet
  7. Kochavim School
    1,250 feet

Parks, playgrounds and gardens

  1. Dome Playground
    60 feet

Plazas and public spaces

  1. Avenue C Plaza Pedestrian plaza
    1,230 feet

Supermarkets

  1. KRM Supermarket Supermarket
    0.4 miles

Pharmacies

  1. Walgreens Pharmacy
    0.4 miles
  2. CVS Pharmacy
    0.4 miles

Food stores and places to eat

Within a five-minute walk there are seven places to eat and ten food stores.

Not on record for this corner: a designated landmark or historic district within 820 feet.

Nearby corners

The eight nearest of the 12 corners within a three-minute walk:

See every intersection along Cortelyou Road or Dahill Road.

Sources: NYC Technology and Innovation, NYPD, NYC DOT, MTA, 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.