Dean Street & Boerum Place

Dean Street and Boerum Place meet at a four-way crossing in Downtown Brooklyn-DUMBO-Boerum Hill, Brooklyn. Between 2021 and 2025, five police-reported crashes were recorded here, fewer than the median of seven crashes for a Brooklyn corner. St. Paul's Roman Catholic Church Rectory stands 610 feet away, and Hopkins Center for Rehabilitation and Healthcare is 1,290 feet away. The nearest subway, Bergen St, is about three minutes on foot, and nine subway lines stop within a ten-minute walk. Within a five-minute walk are 21 public places, six of them religious buildings, and 78 places to eat.

Safety record
3 hurt
5 police-reported crashes, 2021–2025
Nearest subway
Bergen St
700 feet · 3 min on foot · F, G
Nearest bus stop
580 feet
Atlantic Av/Boerum Pl · B61, B63
Within a walk
21 places
6 religious buildings, 6 schools and 6 more kinds, within five minutes

Map

Layers
Dean Street & Boerum Place Nearby corners, linked

Getting there

How walks are measured

Subway

The nearest subway station is Bergen St, 700 feet from this corner, about three minutes on foot.

  • 2 lines at the nearest station
  • 9 lines within a ten-minute walk
  1. Bergen St F, G
    700 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. Jay St-MetroTech A, C, F, R
    0.4 miles
    A C F R
  2. Borough Hall/Court St 2, 3, 4, 5, R
    0.4 miles
    2 3 4 5 R

Bus

The nearest bus stop is Atlantic Av/Boerum Pl, 580 feet away, for the B61 and B63.

  • 15 routes within a ten-minute walk
  1. Atlantic Av/Boerum Pl B61, B63
    580 feet
    B61 B63

Next buses at this stop

  1. B61 …
  2. B63 …

Live arrivals

Cycling

A marked bike lane runs on Boerum Place and Dean Street.

  • 104 bicycle racks within 820 feet, 4 of them on-street corrals
  • 6 more bike-share stations within a five-minute walk

Nearest bike-share station

  1. Amity St & Court St 32 docks in all
    510 feet

By car

The nearest highway entrance is the ramp to the Brooklyn-Queens Expressway eastbound at Atlantic Avenue & Brooklyn-Queens Expressway, 0.7 miles by car along the streets.

  1. 300 Bergen Street Gas station
    0.7 miles
  2. 335 Adams Street Charging for electric cars, six Level 2 chargers
    0.6 miles
  3. 28-17 42nd Road Fast charging for electric cars
    2.8 miles

Safety record

How crashes are counted

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

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

The most recent crash recorded here was in January 2026.

What the city has done here

  • Accessible pedestrian signal, September 2022

About this corner

Where facts come from
ZIP code
11201
Community board
Brooklyn Community Board 2
City Council district
33
Police precinct
84
Neighborhood (City Planning area)
Downtown Brooklyn-DUMBO-Boerum Hill
Elevation
35 feet above sea level

The streets

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

Homes

About 2,300 homes stand within 820 feet of this corner, a mix of apartment buildings and smaller houses.

Trees

NYC Parks records 86 trees within 330 feet; the most common is the Japanese pagoda tree.

Parking on the streets meeting here

How signs are read
  • 30 signs on these blocks
  • 10 different rules

The sign wording is DOT's, as recorded between August 2017 and July 2026, and the sign on the street decides.

East side of Boerum Place

  • No parking 4 signs NO PARKING TUESDAY 8:30AM-10AM

West side of Boerum Place

  • No parking 4 signs NO PARKING MONDAY 8:30AM-10AM

North side of Dean Street

  • No parking 7 signs NO PARKING MONDAY 8:30AM-10AM
  • No standing 1 sign NO STANDING ANYTIME
  • No stopping 1 sign NO STOPPING ANYTIME

South side of Dean Street

  • Carshare only 1 sign CARSHARE PARKING ONLY OTHERS NO STANDING ANYTIME
  • No parking 4 signs NO PARKING 7AM-7PM EXCEPT SUNDAY
  • No parking 2 signs NO PARKING ANYTIME
  • No parking 4 signs NO PARKING TUESDAY 8:30AM-10AM
  • No standing 2 signs NO STANDING SCHOOL DAYS 7AM-4PM

Landmarks and historic districts

Within 820 feet, 103 buildings are designated by the Landmarks Preservation Commission, recorded most often as Italianate, and mostly built between 1850 and 1880.

  1. St. Paul's Roman Catholic Church Rectory Designated landmark
    610 feet
  2. Public School No. 78 Designated landmark
    700 feet
  3. South Brooklyn Savings Bank Designated landmark
    700 feet

Schools and places within a walk

How places are listed

Within a five-minute walk there are 21 public places.

  • 6 religious buildings
  • 6 schools
  • 4 day care or pre-K sites
  • 1 courthouse
  • 1 listed historic place
  • 3 other places

Schools and child care

  1. Brooklyn Hts Montessori School
    440 feet
  2. Mary McDowell Friends School-Element School
    520 feet
  3. American Bus Inst of Brooklyn Trade or language school
    640 feet
Show all 11
  1. Regina's Daycare Pre-K
    830 feet
  2. Ladybug Preschool Infant, toddler and preschool care, ages 0 to 5
    1,020 feet
  3. P.S. 261 Zipporiah Mills School
    1,040 feet
  4. Sterling School
    1,080 feet
  5. Brooklyn Frontiers High School
    1,120 feet
  6. SS Constantine Greek Orthodox Church School-based preschool, ages 3 to 5 · Pre-K
    1,130 feet
  7. BPOS Preschool, ages 2 to 5
    1,160 feet
  8. A Fantis Parochial School
    1,160 feet

Health care

  1. Hopkins Center for Rehabilitation and Healthcare Nursing home or hospice
    1,290 feet

Libraries, museums and history

  1. New York Transit Museum
    1,100 feet
  2. Friends Meetinghouse and School Listed historic place
    1,120 feet

Houses of worship

  1. Saint Pauls RC Church Landmark
    780 feet
  2. Antioch Pentecostal Church House of worship
    990 feet
  3. St Constantine & Helen Greek Orthodox Church House of worship
    1,210 feet

Community centers and public services

  1. Brooklyn Criminal Court Courthouse
    1,140 feet

Bank branches

  1. TD Bank Bank branch
    480 feet
  2. Santander Bank Bank branch
    970 feet

Supermarkets

  1. Trader Joe's Supermarket
    850 feet
  2. Key Food Supermarket
    0.3 miles
  3. Union Market Supermarket
    0.4 miles

Pharmacies

  1. CVS Pharmacy
    550 feet
  2. Walgreens Pharmacy
    1,040 feet
  3. Duane Reade Pharmacy
    0.4 miles

Food stores and places to eat

Within a five-minute walk there are 78 places to eat and 17 food stores.

Nearby corners

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

See every intersection along Boerum Place or Dean Street.

Sources: NYC Technology and Innovation, NYPD, NYC DOT, MTA, NYC City Planning, New York City's bike-share system, NYS Environmental Conservation, US Department of Energy, Landmarks Preservation Commission, NYC Parks, NYC Health, FDIC, NYS Agriculture and Markets and USDA, retrieved September 18 – October 6, 2026.