Coventry Road & Dorset Street
Coventry Road and Dorset Street meet at a three-way junction in East Flatbush-Remsen Village, Brooklyn. The corner has a clean safety record in city data between 2021 and 2025. I.S. 285 Meyer Levin is 820 feet away. The nearest bus stop, Ralph Av/Clarendon Rd, is 610 feet away for the B47, and five bus routes stop within a ten-minute walk. Within a five-minute walk are six public places, three of them religious buildings, and four places to eat. About 600 homes stand within 820 feet, mostly built between 1935 and 1945, a mix of apartment buildings and smaller houses.
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Getting there
How walks are measuredBus
The nearest bus stop is Ralph Av/Clarendon Rd, 610 feet away, for the B47.
- 5 routes within a ten-minute walk
- Ralph Av/Clarendon Rd B47 · Shelter610 feetB47
Next buses at this stop
- B47 …
By car
The nearest highway entrance is the ramp to the Belt Parkway westbound at Shore Parkway, 2.6 miles by car along the streets.
- 804 Remsen Avenue Gas station0.3 miles
- 1235 Linden Boulevard Charging for electric cars, four Level 2 chargers0.8 miles
- 1389 Rockaway Parkway Fast charging for electric cars1.2 miles
Safety record
How crashes are countedNo police-reported crashes between 2021 and 2025, against a median of seven crashes for a Brooklyn corner.
The most recent crash recorded here was in July 2019.
About this corner
Where facts come from- ZIP code
- 11236
- Community board
- Brooklyn Community Board 17
- City Council district
- 42
- Police precinct
- 67
- Neighborhood (City Planning area)
- East Flatbush-Remsen Village
- Elevation
- 20 feet above sea level
The streets
- Up to two travel lanes
- One of the streets is one-way
Homes
About 600 homes stand within 820 feet of this corner, a mix of apartment buildings and smaller houses. The buildings holding them mostly went up between 1935 and 1945.
Trees
NYC Parks records 57 trees within 330 feet; the most common is the pin oak.
Parking on the streets meeting here
How signs are read- 11 signs on these blocks
- 3 different rules
The sign wording is DOT's, as recorded between February 2020 and September 2020, and the sign on the street decides.
South side of Coventry Road
- No parking 4 signs NO PARKING TUESDAY FRIDAY 11AM-12:30PM
East side of Dorset Street
- No parking 3 signs NO PARKING TUESDAY FRIDAY 11AM-12:30PM
West side of Dorset Street
- No parking 4 signs NO PARKING MONDAY THURSDAY 11AM-12:30PM
Schools and places within a walk
How places are listedSix public places are within a five-minute walk.
- 3 religious buildings
- 1 listed historic place
- 1 museum
- 1 school
Schools and child care
- I.S. 285 Meyer Levin School820 feet
Libraries, museums and history
- Pieter Wyckoff House Listed historic place990 feet
- Wyckoff House Museum1,160 feet
Supermarkets
- Good Food for Less Supermarket0.3 miles
Other stores
- Dollar Tree Store0.4 miles
Food stores and places to eat
Within a five-minute walk there are four places to eat and three food stores.
Not on record for this corner:
- A subway entrance within a ten-minute walk
- A bike route here or a bicycle rack within 820 feet
- A signal or safety change
- A designated landmark or historic district within 820 feet
Nearby corners
The eight nearest of the 9 corners within a three-minute walk:
- Coventry Road & Branton Street 230 feet
- Ralph Avenue & Coventry Road 300 feet
- Ditmas Avenue & Dorset Street 410 feet
- East 86th Street & Avenue B 500 feet
- Ralph Avenue & Beverley Road 600 feet
- Ditmas Avenue & Branton Street 640 feet
- Ditmas Avenue & East 86th Street 650 feet
- Ralph Avenue & Ditmas Avenue at Clarendon Road 710 feet
See every intersection along Coventry Road or Dorset Street.