Dean Street & Grand Avenue

Dean Street and Grand Avenue meet at a four-way crossing in Prospect Heights, Brooklyn. Between 2021 and 2025, 12 police-reported crashes were recorded here, against a median of seven crashes for a Brooklyn corner. Gotham Professional Arts Academy is 130 feet away. The nearest subway, Clinton-Washington Avs, is about seven minutes on foot, and two subway lines stop within a ten-minute walk. Within a five-minute walk are 19 public places, 13 of them religious buildings, and 27 places to eat. About 2,100 homes stand within 820 feet, a mix of apartment buildings and smaller houses.

Safety record
6 hurt
12 police-reported crashes, 2021–2025
Nearest subway
Clinton-Washington Avs
0.4 miles · 7 min on foot · C
Nearest bus stop
100 feet
Dean St/Grand Av · B65
Within a walk
19 places
13 religious buildings, 2 day care or pre-K sites and 4 more kinds, within five minutes

Map

Layers
Dean Street & Grand Avenue Nearby corners, linked

Getting there

How walks are measured

Subway

The nearest subway station is Clinton-Washington Avs, 0.4 miles from this corner, about seven minutes on foot.

  • 2 lines within a ten-minute walk
  1. Clinton-Washington Avs C
    0.4 miles
    C

Next trains at this station

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

Also within a walk

  1. Park Pl S
    0.5 miles
    S

Bus

The nearest bus stop is Dean St/Grand Av, 100 feet away, for the B65.

  • 8 routes within a ten-minute walk
  1. Dean St/Grand Av B65
    100 feet
    B65

Next buses at this stop

  1. B65 …

Live arrivals

Cycling

A marked bike lane runs on Dean Street.

  • 18 bicycle racks within 820 feet, 3 of them on-street corrals
  • 3 more bike-share stations within a five-minute walk

Nearest bike-share station

  1. Grand Ave & Bergen St 25 docks in all
    360 feet

By car

The nearest highway entrance is the ramp to the Brooklyn-Queens Expressway eastbound at Navy Street, 1.8 miles by car along the streets.

  1. 506 Grand Avenue Gas station
    0.6 miles
  2. 316 St Marks Avenue Charging for electric cars, five Level 2 chargers
    0.3 miles
  3. 28-17 42nd Road Fast charging for electric cars
    2.2 miles

Safety record

How crashes are counted

Between 2021 and 2025, police reported 12 crashes at this corner, more than the median of seven crashes for a Brooklyn corner.

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

The most recent crash recorded here was in May 2025.

About this corner

Where facts come from
ZIP code
11238
Community board
Brooklyn Community Board 8
City Council district
35
Police precinct
77
Neighborhood (City Planning area)
Prospect Heights
Elevation
96 feet above sea level

The streets

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

Homes

About 2,100 homes stand within 820 feet of this corner, a mix of apartment buildings and smaller houses.

Since 2014 at least 218 new affordable homes have been completed within 820 feet.

Trees

NYC Parks records 34 trees within 330 feet; the most common is the thornless honeylocust.

Parking on the streets meeting here

How signs are read
  • 41 signs on these blocks
  • 13 different rules

The sign wording is DOT's, as recorded between November 2020 and July 2026; the 12 rules shown are the first by street and side, and the sign on the street decides.

North side of Dean Street

  • No parking 6 signs NO PARKING MONDAY THURSDAY 11:30AM-1PM
  • No parking 4 signs NO PARKING MONDAY THURSDAY 8:30AM-10AM
  • Truck loading only 2 signs TRUCK LOADING ONLY 7AM-7PM EXCEPT SUNDAY

South side of Dean Street

  • No parking 3 signs NO PARKING TUESDAY FRIDAY 11:30AM-1PM
  • No parking 4 signs NO PARKING TUESDAY FRIDAY 8:30AM-10AM
  • No standing 2 signs NO STANDING ANYTIME
  • Truck loading only 2 signs TRUCK LOADING ONLY MONDAY-FRIDAY 6AM-6PM
  • Truck loading only 1 sign TRUCK LOADING ONLY MONDAY-FRIDAY 8AM-6PM

East side of Grand Avenue

  • No parking 5 signs NO PARKING TUESDAY FRIDAY 11:30AM-1PM
  • No standing 2 signs NO STANDING SCHOOL DAYS 7AM-4PM

West side of Grand Avenue

  • No parking 5 signs NO PARKING MONDAY THURSDAY 11:30AM-1PM
  • No parking 2 signs NO PARKING MONDAY-FRIDAY 8AM-6PM

Schools, parks and places within a walk

How places are listed

Nineteen public places are within a five-minute walk.

  • 13 religious buildings
  • 2 day care or pre-K sites
  • 1 garden
  • 1 park
  • 1 pedestrian plaza
  • 1 school

Schools and child care

  1. Gotham Professional Arts Academy School
    130 feet
  2. Playto Pacific Infant, toddler and preschool care, ages 0 to 5
    440 feet
  3. Sunny Skies Prospect Preschool, ages 2 to 5 · Pre-K
    1,200 feet

Parks, playgrounds and gardens

  1. Brooklyn's Finest Garden
    980 feet
  2. Lowry Triangle
    1,030 feet

Plazas and public spaces

  1. Underhill Plaza Pedestrian plaza
    1,150 feet

Houses of worship

  1. Epiphany RC Church House of worship
    630 feet

Supermarkets

  1. Ideal Food Basket Supermarket
    1,250 feet
  2. Key Food Supermarket
    0.3 miles
  3. Food Garden Market Supermarket
    0.4 miles

Food stores and places to eat

Within a five-minute walk there are 27 places to eat and 19 food stores.

Not on record for this corner: a signal or safety change and a designated landmark or historic district within 820 feet.

Nearby corners

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

See every intersection along Dean Street or Grand Avenue.

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