Crown Street & Dearborn Court

Crown Street and Dearborn Court meet at a three-way junction in Crown Heights (South), Brooklyn. Between 2021 and 2025, ten police-reported crashes were recorded here, against a median of seven crashes for a Brooklyn corner. James E Davis Post Office is 850 feet away, and P.S. 161 the Crown is 940 feet away. The nearest subway, President St-Medgar Evers College, is about four minutes on foot, and three subway lines stop within a ten-minute walk. Within a five-minute walk are 18 public places, eight of them religious buildings, and 20 places to eat.

Safety record
3 hurt
10 police-reported crashes, 2021–2025
Nearest subway
President St-Medgar Evers College
1,110 feet · 4 min on foot · 2, 5
Nearest bus stop
610 feet
Rogers Av/Montgomery St · B49
Within a walk
18 places
8 religious buildings, 4 day care or pre-K sites and 3 more kinds, within five minutes

Map

Layers
Crown Street & Dearborn Court Nearby corners, linked

Getting there

How walks are measured

Subway

The nearest subway station is President St-Medgar Evers College, 1,110 feet from this corner, about four minutes on foot.

  • 2 lines at the nearest station
  • 3 lines within a ten-minute walk
  1. President St-Medgar Evers College 2, 5
    1,110 feet
    2 5

Next trains at this station

Manhattan
2 lines
  1. 2 …
  2. 5 …
Flatbush
2 lines
  1. 2 …
  2. 5 …

Also within a walk

  1. Sterling St 2, 5
    0.3 miles
    2 5
  2. Nostrand Av 3
    0.3 miles
    3

Bus

The nearest bus stop is Rogers Av/Montgomery St, 610 feet away, for the B49.

  • 7 routes within a ten-minute walk
  1. Rogers Av/Montgomery St B49
    610 feet
    B49

Next buses at this stop

  1. B49 …

Live arrivals

Cycling

  • 42 bicycle racks within 820 feet
  • 1 more bike-share station within a five-minute walk

Nearest bike-share station

  1. Crown St & Rogers Ave 21 docks in all
    360 feet

By car

The nearest highway entrance is the ramp to the Prospect Expressway westbound at Prospect Avenue & Prospect Expressway, 2.1 miles by car along the streets.

  1. 415 Empire Boulevard Gas station
    0.6 miles
  2. 375 Lefferts Avenue Charging for electric cars, five Level 2 chargers
    0.7 miles
  3. 28-17 42nd Road Fast charging for electric cars
    2.7 miles

Safety record

How crashes are counted

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

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

The most recent crash recorded here was in September 2025.

About this corner

Where facts come from
ZIP code
11225
Community board
Brooklyn Community Board 9
City Council district
35
Police precinct
71
Neighborhood (City Planning area)
Crown Heights (South)
Elevation
110 feet above sea level

The streets

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

Homes

About 3,200 homes stand within 820 feet of this corner, most of them in buildings of ten homes or more.

Since 2014 at least 53 new affordable homes have been completed within 820 feet.

Trees

NYC Parks records 55 trees within 330 feet; the most common are the littleleaf linden and the pin oak.

Parking on the streets meeting here

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

The sign wording is DOT's, as recorded between May 2020 and April 2024, and the sign on the street decides.

South side of Crown Street

  • Loading only 1 sign LOADING ONLY MONDAY-FRIDAY 7AM-7PM
  • No parking 6 signs NO PARKING TUESDAY FRIDAY 8:30AM-10AM
  • No standing 1 sign NO STANDING ANYTIME

East side of Dearborn Court

  • No parking 3 signs NO PARKING TUESDAY FRIDAY 8:30AM-10AM

West side of Dearborn Court

  • No parking 2 signs NO PARKING MONDAY THURSDAY 8:30AM-10AM

Schools, parks and places within a walk

How places are listed

Eighteen public places are within a five-minute walk.

  • 8 religious buildings
  • 4 day care or pre-K sites
  • 4 schools
  • 1 playground
  • 1 post office

Schools and child care

  1. Bambi Day Care Preschool, ages 2 to 5
    520 feet
  2. All My Children Day Care and Nursery 11 Preschool, ages 2 to 5 · Pre-K
    670 feet
  3. Beth Rivkah High School
    730 feet
Show all 8
  1. Crown Multi-Educ Services Preschool
    730 feet
  2. Medgar Evers College Preparatory School
    760 feet
  3. P.S. 161 the Crown School
    940 feet
  4. Success Academy Charter School - Crown Heights School
    940 feet
  5. Ella Baker / Charles Romain Child Development Center of Medgar Evers Preschool, ages 2 to 5 · Pre-K
    1,090 feet

Parks, playgrounds and gardens

  1. Dodger Playground
    480 feet

Community centers and public services

  1. James E Davis Post Office
    850 feet

Bank branches

  1. Chase Bank branch
    1,250 feet

Supermarkets

  1. Foodtown Supermarket
    0.4 miles
  2. Ideal Food Basket Supermarket
    0.5 miles

Food stores and places to eat

Within a five-minute walk there are 20 places to eat and 12 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 corners on foot, seven of them within a three-minute walk:

See every intersection along Crown Street or Dearborn Court.

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, FDIC, NYS Agriculture and Markets and USDA, retrieved September 18 – October 6, 2026.