Dean Street & Court Street

Dean Street and Court Street meet at a three-way junction in Carroll Gardens-Cobble Hill-Gowanus-Red Hook, Brooklyn. The corner lies on the edge of the Cobble Hill Historic District. Between 2021 and 2025, seven police-reported crashes were recorded here, the median for a Brooklyn corner. Public School No. 78 stands 270 feet away. The nearest subway, Bergen St, is about four minutes on foot, and nine subway lines stop within a ten-minute walk. Within a five-minute walk are 18 public places, six of them religious buildings, and 91 places to eat. A bike lane separated from traffic runs along Court Street.

Safety record
Nobody hurt
7 police-reported crashes, 2021–2025
Nearest subway
Bergen St
1,120 feet · 4 min on foot · F, G
Nearest bus stop
190 feet
Court St/Amity St · B57
Within a walk
18 places
6 religious buildings, 4 day care or pre-K sites and 6 more kinds, within five minutes

Map

Layers
Dean Street & Court Street Nearby corners, linked

Getting there

How walks are measured

Subway

The nearest subway station is Bergen St, 1,120 feet from this corner, about four minutes on foot.

  • 2 lines at the nearest station
  • 9 lines within a ten-minute walk
  1. Bergen St F, G
    1,120 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. Borough Hall/Court St 2, 3, 4, 5, R
    0.3 miles
    2 3 4 5 R
  2. Jay St-MetroTech A, C, F, R
    0.5 miles
    A C F R

Bus

The nearest bus stop is Court St/Amity St, 190 feet away, for the B57.

  • 15 routes within a ten-minute walk
  1. Court St/Amity St B57
    190 feet
    B57

Next buses at this stop

  1. B57 …

Live arrivals

Cycling

A bike lane separated from traffic runs on Court Street.

  • 75 bicycle racks within 820 feet, 2 of them on-street corrals
  • 5 more bike-share stations within a five-minute walk

Nearest bike-share station

  1. Amity St & Court St 32 docks in all
    70 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
    0.7 miles
  3. 28-17 42nd Road Fast charging for electric cars
    2.9 miles

Safety record

How crashes are counted

Between 2021 and 2025, police reported seven crashes at this corner, the median for a Brooklyn corner. Nobody was hurt.

The most recent crash recorded here was in January 2026.

About this corner

Where facts come from
ZIP code
11201
Community board
Brooklyn Community Board 2
City Council district
33 and 39 (the boundary runs through this corner)
Police precinct
76 and 84 (the boundary runs through this corner)
Neighborhood (City Planning area)
Carroll Gardens-Cobble Hill-Gowanus-Red Hook
Elevation
45 feet above sea level

The streets

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

Homes

About 2,700 homes stand within 820 feet of this corner, a mix of apartment buildings and smaller houses.

Trees

NYC Parks records 79 trees within 330 feet; the most common is the London planetree.

Parking on the streets meeting here

How signs are read
  • 24 signs on these blocks
  • 12 different rules
  • 2 active meters
  • 2 pay-by-cell zones

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

Meters are posted as 1 hour passenger vehicles Monday to Saturday 8:30am to 10pm on Court Street (west side).

East side of Court Street

  • Metered, commercial vehicles only 1 sign 1 HOUR METERED PARKING COMMERCIAL VEHICLES ONLY MONDAY-FRIDAY 8AM-1PM
  • Metered, commercial vehicles only 2 signs 1 HOUR METERED PARKING COMMERCIAL VEHICLES ONLY MONDAY-FRIDAY 8AM-4PM
  • Metered parking 1 sign 1 HOUR METERED PARKING MONDAY-FRIDAY 1PM-10PM SATURDAY 8AM-10PM
  • Metered parking 2 signs 1 HOUR METERED PARKING MONDAY-FRIDAY 4PM-10PM SATURDAY 8AM-10PM
  • No parking 3 signs NO PARKING 7:30AM-8AM EXCEPT SUNDAY
  • No stopping 1 sign NO STOPPING ANYTIME

North side of Dean Street

  • No parking 4 signs NO PARKING MONDAY 8:30AM-10AM
  • No standing 1 sign NO STANDING ANYTIME

South side of Dean Street

  • Carshare only 1 sign CARSHARE PARKING ONLY OTHERS NO STANDING ANYTIME
  • 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

ParkNYC pay-by-cell zones: 300023 and 342727.

Landmarks and historic districts

The corner stands at the edge of the Cobble Hill Historic District.

Within 820 feet, 253 buildings are designated by the Landmarks Preservation Commission, recorded most often as Greek Revival, and mostly built between 1847 and 1878.

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

Schools, parks and places within a walk

How places are listed

Eighteen public places are within a five-minute walk.

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

Schools and child care

  1. American Bus Inst of Brooklyn Trade or language school
    190 feet
  2. Brooklyn Hts Montessori School
    300 feet
  3. Mary McDowell Friends School-Element School
    570 feet
Show all 8
  1. BPOS Preschool, ages 2 to 5
    750 feet
  2. SS Constantine Greek Orthodox Church School-based preschool, ages 3 to 5 · Pre-K
    910 feet
  3. A Fantis Parochial School
    960 feet
  4. Regina's Daycare Pre-K
    1,270 feet
  5. Kane Street Kids Preschool, ages 2 to 5
    1,300 feet

Parks, playgrounds and gardens

  1. Cobble Hill Park
    960 feet
  2. Cobble Hill Park Playground
    1,260 feet

Libraries, museums and history

  1. Carroll Gardens Pop-Up Library
    1,170 feet
  2. Atlantic Avenue Tunnel Listed historic place
    1,290 feet

Houses of worship

  1. Saint Pauls RC Church Landmark
    430 feet
  2. Antioch Pentecostal Church Landmark
    540 feet
  3. St Constantine & Helen Greek Orthodox Church House of worship
    940 feet
Show all 4
  1. Kane Street Synagogue House of worship
    1,300 feet

Bank branches

  1. Santander Bank Bank branch
    530 feet
  2. TD Bank Bank branch
    920 feet
  3. Chase Bank branch
    970 feet

Supermarkets

  1. Trader Joe's Supermarket
    400 feet
  2. Key Food Supermarket
    1,050 feet
  3. Union Market Supermarket
    0.3 miles

Pharmacies

  1. CVS Pharmacy
    110 feet
  2. Walgreens Pharmacy
    600 feet
  3. Duane Reade Pharmacy
    0.5 miles

Food stores and places to eat

Within a five-minute walk there are 91 places to eat and 18 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 Court Street 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, Landmarks Preservation Commission, NYC Parks, NYC Health, FDIC, NYS Agriculture and Markets and USDA, retrieved September 18 – October 6, 2026.