Dean Street & Albany Avenue

Dean Street and Albany Avenue meet at a four-way crossing in Crown Heights (North), Brooklyn. Between 2021 and 2025, 22 police-reported crashes were recorded here, against a median of seven crashes for a Brooklyn corner. Academy for Health Careers is 200 feet away. The nearest subway, Kingston-Throop Avs, is about seven minutes on foot, for the C. Within a five-minute walk are 12 public places, six of them schools, and nine places to eat. About 1,900 homes stand within 820 feet, a mix of apartment buildings and smaller houses.

Safety record
13 hurt
22 police-reported crashes, 2021–2025
Nearest subway
Kingston-Throop Avs
0.3 miles · 7 min on foot · C
Nearest bus stop
120 feet
Dean St/Albany Av · B15, B65
Within a walk
12 places
6 schools, 2 day care or pre-K sites and 4 more kinds, within five minutes

Map

Layers
Dean Street & Albany Avenue Nearby corners, linked

Getting there

How walks are measured

Subway

The nearest subway station is Kingston-Throop Avs, 0.3 miles from this corner, about seven minutes on foot.

  1. Kingston-Throop Avs C
    0.3 miles
    C

Next trains at this station

Manhattan
1 line
  1. C …
Outbound
1 line
  1. C …

Bus

The nearest bus stop is Dean St/Albany Av, 120 feet away, for the B15 and B65.

  • 8 routes within a ten-minute walk
  1. Dean St/Albany Av B15, B65
    120 feet
    B15 B65

Next buses at this stop

  1. B15 …
  2. B65 …

Live arrivals

Cycling

A marked bike lane runs on Dean Street.

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

Nearest bike-share station

  1. Pacific St & Troy Ave 20 docks in all
    1,030 feet

By car

The nearest highway entrance is the ramp to the Jackie Robinson Parkway eastbound at Jamaica Avenue & J Robinson Parkway, 2.4 miles by car along the streets.

  1. 51 Brooklyn Avenue Gas station
    0.5 miles
  2. 145 Brooklyn Avenue Charging for electric cars, two Level 2 chargers
    0.4 miles
  3. 28-17 42nd Road Fast charging for electric cars
    2.1 miles

Safety record

How crashes are counted

Between 2021 and 2025, police reported 22 crashes at this corner, more than the median of seven crashes for a Brooklyn corner.

  • 12 people injured
  • 1 person killed
  • 3 of those hurt, on foot
  • 1 of those hurt, on a bike

The most recent crash recorded here was in December 2025.

About this corner

Where facts come from
ZIP code
11213
Community board
Brooklyn Community Board 8
City Council district
36
Police precinct
77
Neighborhood (City Planning area)
Crown Heights (North)
Elevation
80 feet above sea level

The streets

  • One travel lane
  • Two of the streets are one-way

Homes

About 1,900 homes stand within 820 feet of this corner, a mix of apartment buildings and smaller houses.

Since 2014 at least 12 new affordable homes have been completed within 820 feet.

Trees

NYC Parks records 50 trees within 330 feet; the most common is the thornless honeylocust.

Parking on the streets meeting here

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

The sign wording is DOT's, as recorded between May 2017 and February 2021, and the sign on the street decides.

East side of Albany Avenue

  • No parking 5 signs NO PARKING TUESDAY FRIDAY 11:30AM-1PM

West side of Albany Avenue

  • No parking 4 signs NO PARKING MONDAY THURSDAY 11:30AM-1PM

North side of Dean Street

  • No parking 11 signs NO PARKING MONDAY THURSDAY 11:30AM-1PM
  • Truck loading only 2 signs TRUCK LOADING ONLY MONDAY-FRIDAY 9AM-6PM

South side of Dean Street

  • No parking 9 signs NO PARKING TUESDAY FRIDAY 11:30AM-1PM

Landmarks and historic districts

Within 820 feet, 188 buildings are designated by the Landmarks Preservation Commission, recorded most often as Renaissance Revival, and mostly built between 1888 and 1902.

Schools, parks and places within a walk

How places are listed

Twelve public places are within a five-minute walk.

  • 6 schools
  • 2 day care or pre-K sites
  • 1 hospital
  • 1 older adult center
  • 1 park
  • 1 playground

Schools and child care

  1. Academy for Health Careers School
    200 feet
  2. Pathways in Technology Early College High School (P-Tech) School
    200 feet
  3. Little Me Daycare Center Infant, toddler and preschool care, ages 0 to 5
    490 feet
Show all 8
  1. Creative Learning Academy Preschool, ages 2 to 5 · Pre-K
    880 feet
  2. Lighthouse Early Learning Center School
    880 feet
  3. Launch Expeditionary Learning Charter School
    1,070 feet
  4. P.S. 243k- the Weeksville School
    1,070 feet
  5. Uncommon New York City Charter School #1 School
    1,270 feet

Parks, playgrounds and gardens

  1. St. Mark's Playground
    910 feet
  2. St. John's Park
    1,110 feet

Health care

  1. Interfaith Medical Center Hospital
    1,150 feet

Community centers and public services

  1. Older adult center at 196 Albany Avenue Older adult center
    880 feet

Supermarkets

  1. Food Universe Supermarket
    0.3 miles
  2. Shop Fair Supermarket
    0.3 miles
  3. Key Food Supermarket
    0.4 miles

Other stores

  1. Dollar Tree Store
    0.3 miles

Food stores and places to eat

Within a five-minute walk there are nine places to eat and 11 food stores.

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

Nearby corners

The eight nearest corners on foot, seven of them within a three-minute walk:

See every intersection along Albany Avenue or Dean Street.

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