Dean Street & Howard Avenue

Dean Street and Howard Avenue meet at a four-way crossing in Ocean Hill, Brooklyn. Between 2021 and 2025, 14 police-reported crashes were recorded here, against a median of seven crashes for a Brooklyn corner. South Pacific Playground is 50 feet away, and New Brooklyn Reformed Church is 1,220 feet away. The nearest subway, Ralph Av, is about eight minutes on foot, for the C. Within a five-minute walk are 28 public places, 16 of them religious buildings, and three places to eat. About 1,600 homes stand within 820 feet, a mix of apartment buildings and smaller houses.

Safety record
3 hurt
14 police-reported crashes, 2021–2025
Nearest subway
Ralph Av
0.4 miles · 8 min on foot · C
Nearest bus stop
810 feet
Ralph Av/Dean St · B47
Within a walk
28 places
16 religious buildings, 4 gardens and 4 more kinds, within five minutes

Map

Layers
Dean Street & Howard Avenue Nearby corners, linked

Getting there

How walks are measured

Subway

The nearest subway station is Ralph Av, 0.4 miles from this corner, about eight minutes on foot.

  1. Ralph Av C
    0.4 miles
    C

Next trains at this station

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

Bus

The nearest bus stop is Ralph Av/Dean St, 810 feet away, for the B47.

  • 7 routes within a ten-minute walk
  1. Ralph Av/Dean St B47
    810 feet
    B47

Next buses at this stop

  1. B47 …

Live arrivals

Cycling

A signed bike route shared with traffic runs on Howard Avenue.

  • 15 bicycle racks within 820 feet
  • 3 more bike-share stations within a five-minute walk

Nearest bike-share station

  1. Pacific St & Ralph Ave 19 docks in all
    970 feet

By car

The nearest highway entrance is the ramp to the Jackie Robinson Parkway eastbound at Jamaica Avenue & J Robinson Parkway, 1.3 miles by car along the streets.

  1. 1998 Atlantic Avenue Gas station
    0.3 miles
  2. 170 Buffalo Avenue Charging for electric cars, 20 Level 2 chargers
    0.6 miles
  3. 1389 Rockaway Parkway Fast charging for electric cars
    2.5 miles

Safety record

How crashes are counted

Between 2021 and 2025, police reported 14 crashes at this corner, more than the median of seven crashes for a Brooklyn corner.

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

The most recent crash recorded here was in October 2025.

What the city has done here

  • Leading pedestrian interval, September 2021

About this corner

Where facts come from
ZIP code
11233
Community board
Brooklyn Community Board 16
City Council district
41
Police precinct
73
Neighborhood (City Planning area)
Ocean Hill
Elevation
101 feet above sea level

The streets

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

Homes

About 1,600 homes stand within 820 feet of this corner, a mix of apartment buildings and smaller houses.

Since 2014 at least 315 new affordable homes have been completed within 820 feet.

Trees

NYC Parks records 112 trees within 330 feet; the most common is the thornless honeylocust.

Parking on the streets meeting here

How signs are read
  • 35 signs on these blocks
  • 6 different rules

The sign wording is DOT's, as recorded between October 2019 and March 2021, and the sign on the street decides.

North side of Dean Street

  • No parking 10 signs NO PARKING MONDAY THURSDAY 8AM-9:30AM

South side of Dean Street

  • No parking 2 signs NO PARKING ANYTIME
  • No parking 11 signs NO PARKING TUESDAY FRIDAY 8AM-9:30AM
  • No standing 2 signs NO STANDING ANYTIME

East side of Howard Avenue

  • No parking 5 signs NO PARKING TUESDAY FRIDAY 8AM-9:30AM

West side of Howard Avenue

  • No parking 5 signs NO PARKING MONDAY THURSDAY 8AM-9:30AM

Schools, parks and places within a walk

How places are listed

Within a five-minute walk there are 28 public places.

  • 16 religious buildings
  • 4 gardens
  • 3 schools
  • 2 day care or pre-K sites
  • 2 playgrounds
  • 1 fire station

Schools and child care

  1. Wiser Choice Learning Preschool, ages 2 to 5 · Pre-K
    810 feet
  2. Shirley Chisholm Day Care Center #1 Infant, toddler and preschool care, ages 0 to 5 · Pre-K
    840 feet
  3. Dr. Jacqueline Peek-Davis School
    910 feet
Show all 5
  1. Ronald Edmonds Learning Center II School
    910 feet
  2. P.S. 178 Saint Clair McKelway School
    1,200 feet

Parks, playgrounds and gardens

  1. South Pacific Playground
    50 feet
  2. Farmers Garden
    530 feet
  3. Weeksville Playground
    670 feet
Show all 6
  1. Sh'ma Yisrael Garden
    1,090 feet
  2. Tehuti Ma’at Community Garden
    1,240 feet
  3. Preston Community Garden
    1,290 feet

Houses of worship

  1. Mount Ararat Baptist Church House of worship
    740 feet
  2. St Marks Church of Christ House of worship
    1,050 feet
  3. New Brooklyn Reformed Church House of worship
    1,220 feet

Fire and police

  1. Engine 227 Fire station
    1,000 feet

Bank branches

  1. Flagstar Bank Bank branch
    950 feet

Supermarkets

  1. Food Bazaar Supermarket
    0.5 miles

Other stores

  1. Family Dollar Store
    1,120 feet

Food stores and places to eat

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

Not on record for this corner: 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 Howard Avenue.

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