Dean Street & Hoyt Street

Dean Street and Hoyt Street meet at a four-way crossing in Downtown Brooklyn-DUMBO-Boerum Hill, Brooklyn. The corner lies on the edge of the Boerum Hill Historic District. Between 2021 and 2025, nine police-reported crashes were recorded here, against a median of seven crashes for a Brooklyn corner. Hopkins Center for Rehabilitation and Healthcare is 150 feet away. The nearest subway, Bergen St, is about four minutes on foot, and seven subway lines stop within a ten-minute walk. Within a five-minute walk are 17 public places, four of them day care or pre-K sites, and 41 places to eat.

Safety record
9 hurt
9 police-reported crashes, 2021–2025
Nearest subway
Bergen St
930 feet · 4 min on foot · F, G
Nearest bus stop
350 feet
Bergen St/Hoyt St · B65
Within a walk
17 places
4 day care or pre-K sites, 4 religious buildings and 5 more kinds, within five minutes

Map

Layers
Dean Street & Hoyt Street Nearby corners, linked

Getting there

How walks are measured

Subway

The nearest subway station is Bergen St, 930 feet from this corner, about four minutes on foot.

  • 2 lines at the nearest station
  • 7 lines within a ten-minute walk
  1. Bergen St F, G
    930 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. Hoyt-Schermerhorn Sts A, C, G
    1,110 feet
    A C G
  2. Hoyt St 2, 3
    0.3 miles
    2 3

Bus

The nearest bus stop is Bergen St/Hoyt St, 350 feet away, for the B65.

  • 16 routes within a ten-minute walk
  1. Bergen St/Hoyt St B65
    350 feet
    B65

Next buses at this stop

  1. B65 …

Live arrivals

Cycling

A marked bike lane runs on Dean Street and Hoyt Street.

  • 75 bicycle racks within 820 feet, one of them an on-street corral
  • 4 more bike-share stations within a five-minute walk

Nearest bike-share station

  1. Dean St & Hoyt St 77 docks in all
    80 feet

By car

The nearest highway entrance is the ramp to the Brooklyn-Queens Expressway eastbound at Atlantic Avenue & Brooklyn-Queens Expressway, 0.9 miles by car along the streets.

  1. 300 Bergen Street Gas station
    0.4 miles
  2. 465 Pacific Street Charging for electric cars, 17 Level 2 chargers
    0.5 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 nine crashes at this corner, more than the median of seven crashes for a Brooklyn corner.

  • 9 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 February 2026.

About this corner

Where facts come from
ZIP code
11217
Community board
Brooklyn Community Board 2
City Council district
33
Police precinct
84
Neighborhood (City Planning area)
Downtown Brooklyn-DUMBO-Boerum Hill
Elevation
25 feet above sea level

The streets

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

Homes

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

Trees

NYC Parks records 83 trees within 330 feet; the most common is the London planetree.

Parking on the streets meeting here

How signs are read
  • 31 signs on these blocks
  • 7 different rules

The sign wording is DOT's, as recorded between March 2015 and August 2020, and the sign on the street decides.

North side of Dean Street

  • No parking 9 signs NO PARKING MONDAY 8:30AM-10AM
  • No standing 3 signs NO STANDING ANYTIME

South side of Dean Street

  • No parking 9 signs NO PARKING TUESDAY 8:30AM-10AM
  • No standing 1 sign NO STANDING ANYTIME

East side of Hoyt Street

  • No stopping 4 signs NO STOPPING ANYTIME

West side of Hoyt Street

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

Landmarks and historic districts

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

Within 820 feet are ten Individual Landmarks, and 360 buildings in all are designated by the Landmarks Preservation Commission, recorded most often as Italianate. They were mostly built between 1852 and 1873.

  1. Cuyler Presbyterian Chapel Designated landmark
    370 feet
  2. Talmud Torah Beth Jacob Joseph Designated landmark
    520 feet
  3. The Sacred Heart Chapel Designated landmark
    720 feet

Schools, parks and places within a walk

How places are listed

Seventeen public places are within a five-minute walk.

  • 4 day care or pre-K sites
  • 4 religious buildings
  • 2 listed historic places
  • 2 parks
  • 2 playgrounds
  • 3 other places

Schools and child care

  1. P.S. 261 Zipporiah Mills School
    320 feet
  2. Ladybug Preschool Infant, toddler and preschool care, ages 0 to 5
    630 feet
  3. Sterling School
    730 feet
Show all 6
  1. Regina's Daycare Pre-K
    840 feet
  2. Family Health Centers at NYU Langone Infant, toddler and preschool care, ages 0 to 5 · Pre-K
    1,130 feet
  3. Metrokids Cradle (Brooklyn) Infant, toddler and preschool care, ages 0 to 5
    1,230 feet

Parks, playgrounds and gardens

  1. Nicholas Naquan Heyward Jr. Park
    710 feet
  2. Nicholas Naquan Heyward Jr. Park Playground
    720 feet
  3. Boerum Park
    1,020 feet
Show all 4
  1. Boerum Park Playground
    1,110 feet

Health care

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

Libraries, museums and history

  1. Boerum Hill Historic District Listed historic place
    680 feet
  2. State Street Houses Listed historic place
    1,150 feet

Supermarkets

  1. Foodtown Supermarket
    0.4 miles
  2. Trader Joe's Supermarket
    0.4 miles
  3. CTown Supermarket
    0.4 miles

Pharmacies

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

Other stores

  1. Dollar Tree Store
    0.5 miles
  2. Target Store
    0.5 miles

Shopping centers

  1. City Point Shopping center
    0.4 miles

Food stores and places to eat

Within a five-minute walk there are 41 places to eat and ten food stores.

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

Nearby corners

The eight corners within a three-minute walk:

See every intersection along Dean Street or Hoyt 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, Landmarks Preservation Commission, NYC Parks, NYC Health, NYS Agriculture and Markets, USDA and NYC Finance, retrieved September 18 – October 6, 2026.