Dahill Road & Caton Avenue

Dahill Road and Caton Avenue meet at a four-way crossing in Kensington, Brooklyn, at the edge of Green-Wood Cemetery. Between 2021 and 2025, 11 police-reported crashes were recorded here, against a median of seven crashes for a Brooklyn corner. Albemarle Playground is 470 feet away. The nearest subway, Church Av, is about four minutes on foot, for the F and G. Within a five-minute walk are six public places, three of them schools, and eight places to eat. A bike lane separated from traffic runs along one of the streets meeting here.

Safety record
6 hurt
11 police-reported crashes, 2021–2025
Nearest subway
Church Av
1,110 feet · 4 min on foot · F, G
Nearest bus stop
350 feet
Caton Av/McDonald Av · B16
Within a walk
6 places
3 schools, 1 day care or pre-K site and 2 more kinds, within five minutes

Map

Layers
Dahill Road & Caton Avenue Nearby corners, linked

Getting there

How walks are measured

Subway

The nearest subway station is Church Av, 1,110 feet from this corner, about four minutes on foot.

  • 2 lines at the nearest station
  1. Church Av F, G
    1,110 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. Fort Hamilton Pkwy F, G
    0.4 miles
    F G

Bus

The nearest bus stop is Caton Av/McDonald Av, 350 feet away, for the B16.

  • 8 routes within a ten-minute walk
  1. Caton Av/McDonald Av B16 · Shelter
    350 feet
    B16
    Shelter

Next buses at this stop

  1. B16 …

Live arrivals

Cycling

A bike lane separated from traffic runs on Caton Avenue, Dahill Road and Dahill Road Bike Link.

  • 12 bicycle racks within 820 feet
  • 2 more bike-share stations within a five-minute walk

Nearest bike-share station

  1. Dahill Rd & 12 Ave 22 docks in all
    470 feet

By car

The nearest highway entrance is the ramp to the Prospect Expressway westbound at 11th Avenue & 18th Street, 0.7 miles by car along the streets.

  1. 20 Caton Avenue Gas station
    250 feet
  2. 5115 15th Avenue Charging for electric cars, six Level 2 chargers
    1.3 miles

Safety record

How crashes are counted

Between 2021 and 2025, police reported 11 crashes at this corner, more than the median of seven crashes for a Brooklyn corner.

  • 5 people injured
  • 1 person killed
  • 1 of those hurt, on a bike

The most recent crash recorded here was in December 2024.

About this corner

Where facts come from
ZIP code
11218
Community board
Brooklyn Community Board 7
City Council district
38 and 39 (the boundary runs through this corner)
Police precinct
66 and 72 (the boundary runs through this corner)
Neighborhood (City Planning area)
Kensington; the corner is on the edge of the Green-Wood Cemetery area
Elevation
62 feet above sea level

The streets

  • Up to four travel lanes

Homes

About 1,200 homes stand within 820 feet of this corner, most of them in buildings of ten homes or more. The buildings holding them mostly went up between 1935 and 1960.

Trees

NYC Parks records 35 trees within 330 feet; the most common is the littleleaf linden.

Parking on the streets meeting here

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

The sign wording is DOT's, as recorded between September 2018 and April 2026, and the sign on the street decides.

South side of Caton Avenue

  • No standing 2 signs NO STANDING ANYTIME

East side of Dahill Road

  • No parking 3 signs NO PARKING ANYTIME
  • No parking 2 signs NO PARKING FRIDAY 8AM-9:30AM
  • No parking 3 signs NO PARKING FRIDAY 9:30AM-11AM

West side of Dahill Road

  • No parking 2 signs NO PARKING WEDNESDAY 9:30AM-11AM

Landmarks and historic districts

Within 820 feet is one Individual Landmark, and two buildings in all are designated by the Landmarks Preservation Commission, recorded as High Victorian Gothic. They were built between 1876 and 1877.

  1. Fort Hamilton Parkway Entrance (Visitors' Lounge) Designated landmark
    280 feet
  2. Fort Hamilton Parkway Entrance (Residence) Designated landmark
    350 feet

Schools, parks and places within a walk

How places are listed

Six public places are within a five-minute walk.

  • 3 schools
  • 1 day care or pre-K site
  • 1 playground
  • 1 religious building

Schools and child care

  1. Mesivta Meor Hatorah 2 School
    580 feet
  2. P.S. 230 Doris L. Cohen School
    790 feet
  3. Brooklyn Prospect Charter School - CSD 15.2 School
    940 feet
Show all 4
  1. Windsor Terrace Little Learners Infant, toddler and preschool care, ages 0 to 5
    940 feet

Parks, playgrounds and gardens

  1. Albemarle Playground
    470 feet

Supermarkets

  1. Foodtown Supermarket
    1,100 feet
  2. Met Fresh Supermarket
    0.5 miles

Pharmacies

  1. Walgreens Pharmacy
    0.4 miles

Food stores and places to eat

Within a five-minute walk there are eight places to eat and four food stores.

Not on record for this corner: a signal or safety change.

Nearby corners

The eight nearest of the 13 corners within a three-minute walk:

See every intersection along Caton Avenue, Dahill Road or Dahill Road Bike Link.

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, Landmarks Preservation Commission, NYC Parks, NYC Health, NYS Agriculture and Markets and USDA, retrieved September 18 – October 6, 2026.