Dean Street & Carlton Avenue

Dean Street and Carlton Avenue meet at a four-way crossing in Prospect Heights, Brooklyn. The corner lies on the edge of the Prospect Heights Historic District. Between 2021 and 2025, 21 police-reported crashes were recorded here, against a median of seven crashes for a Brooklyn corner. Dean St Baptist Church is 680 feet away, and Design Works High School is 950 feet away. The nearest subway, Bergen St, is about five minutes on foot, for the 2 and 3. Within a five-minute walk are 17 public places, five of them religious buildings, and 38 places to eat.

Safety record
12 hurt
21 police-reported crashes, 2021–2025
Nearest subway
Bergen St
1,250 feet · 5 min on foot · 2, 3
Nearest bus stop
110 feet
Dean St/Carlton Av · B65
Within a walk
17 places
5 religious buildings, 3 schools and 8 more kinds, within five minutes

Map

Layers
Dean Street & Carlton Avenue Nearby corners, linked

Getting there

How walks are measured

Subway

The nearest subway station is Bergen St, 1,250 feet from this corner, about five minutes on foot.

  • 2 lines at the nearest station
  • 10 lines within a ten-minute walk
  1. Bergen St 2, 3
    1,250 feet
    2 3

Next trains at this station

Manhattan
2 lines
  1. 2 …
  2. 3 …
Outbound
2 lines
  1. 2 …
  2. 3 …

Also within a walk

  1. 7 Av B, Q
    0.3 miles
    B Q
  2. Atlantic Av-Barclays Ctr 2, 3, 4, 5, B, D, N, Q, R
    0.4 miles
    2 3 4 5 B D N Q R

Bus

The nearest bus stop is Dean St/Carlton Av, 110 feet away, for the B65.

  • 14 routes within a ten-minute walk
  1. Dean St/Carlton Av B65
    110 feet
    B65

Next buses at this stop

  1. B65 …

Live arrivals

Cycling

A marked bike lane runs on Carlton Avenue and Dean Street.

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

Nearest bike-share station

  1. Carlton Ave & Dean St 29 docks in all
    60 feet

By car

The nearest highway entrance is the ramp to the Brooklyn-Queens Expressway eastbound at Navy Street, 1.3 miles by car along the streets.

  1. 300 Bergen Street Gas station
    0.8 miles
  2. 535 Carlton Avenue Charging for electric cars, four Level 2 chargers
    140 feet
  3. 28-17 42nd Road Fast charging for electric cars
    2.4 miles

Safety record

How crashes are counted

Between 2021 and 2025, police reported 21 crashes at this corner, more than the median of seven crashes for a Brooklyn corner.

  • 12 people injured
  • 0 people killed
  • 3 of those hurt, on foot
  • 4 of those hurt, on a bike

The most recent crash recorded here was in April 2026.

About this corner

Where facts come from
ZIP code
11217
Community board
Brooklyn Community Board 8
City Council district
35
Police precinct
78
Neighborhood (City Planning area)
Prospect Heights
Elevation
64 feet above sea level

The streets

  • One travel lane
  • A posted limit of 20 mph
  • Two of the streets are one-way

Homes

About 2,800 homes stand within 820 feet of this corner, most of them in buildings of ten homes or more.

Since 2014 at least 632 new affordable homes have been completed within 820 feet.

Trees

NYC Parks records 51 trees within 330 feet; the most common is the thornless honeylocust.

Parking on the streets meeting here

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

The sign wording is DOT's, as recorded between June 2014 and November 2023, and the sign on the street decides.

East side of Carlton Avenue

  • No parking 4 signs NO PARKING TUESDAY FRIDAY 11:30AM-1PM
  • No standing 2 signs NO STANDING ANYTIME
  • No stopping 1 sign NO STOPPING ANYTIME

West side of Carlton Avenue

  • No parking 6 signs NO PARKING MONDAY THURSDAY 11:30AM-1PM

North side of Dean Street

  • No parking 2 signs NO PARKING ANYTIME
  • No parking 12 signs NO PARKING MONDAY THURSDAY 11:30AM-1PM
  • No standing 3 signs NO STANDING ANYTIME
  • No standing 2 signs NO STANDING FIRE ZONE

South side of Dean Street

  • No parking 10 signs NO PARKING TUESDAY FRIDAY 11:30AM-1PM
  • No standing 3 signs NO STANDING FIRE ZONE

Landmarks and historic districts

The corner stands at the edge of the Prospect Heights Historic District.

Within 820 feet, 226 buildings are designated by the Landmarks Preservation Commission, recorded most often as neo-Grec, and mostly built between 1870 and 1889.

Schools, parks and places within a walk

How places are listed

Seventeen public places are within a five-minute walk.

  • 5 religious buildings
  • 3 schools
  • 2 playgrounds
  • 1 community center
  • 1 day care or pre-K site
  • 5 other places

Schools and child care

  1. Bridges: a School for Exploration and Equity School
    950 feet
  2. Design Works High School
    950 feet
  3. Wonderforest Nature Preschool Infant, toddler and preschool care, ages 0 to 5
    990 feet
Show all 4
  1. P.S. K753 - School for Career Development School
    1,090 feet

Parks, playgrounds and gardens

  1. Dean Playground
    750 feet
  2. St. Mark's Avenue / Prospect Heights Community Garden
    1,190 feet
  3. South Oxford Park
    1,260 feet
Show all 4
  1. South Oxford Park Playground
    1,270 feet

Libraries, museums and history

  1. Prospect Heights Historic District Listed historic place
    740 feet

Houses of worship

  1. Dean St Baptist Church House of worship
    680 feet

Community centers and public services

  1. Atlantic Terminal Site 4b Community Center
    900 feet

Fire and police

  1. Engine 219/Ladder 105 Fire station
    850 feet
  2. 78th Precinct Police station
    1,150 feet

Supermarkets

  1. Foodtown Supermarket
    0.4 miles
  2. Stop & Shop Supermarket
    0.4 miles

Pharmacies

  1. Duane Reade Pharmacy
    0.3 miles
  2. Walgreens Pharmacy
    0.4 miles

Other stores

  1. Target Store
    0.5 miles

Shopping centers

  1. Atlantic Center Shopping center
    0.3 miles
  2. Atlantic Terminal Shopping center
    0.4 miles

Food stores and places to eat

Within a five-minute walk there are 38 places to eat and five food stores.

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

Nearby corners

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

See every intersection along Carlton 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, USDA and NYC Finance, retrieved September 18 – October 6, 2026.