Dean Street & Mother Gaston Boulevard

Dean Street and Mother Gaston Boulevard meet at a four-way crossing in Ocean Hill, Brooklyn. Between 2021 and 2025, seven police-reported crashes were recorded here, the median for a Brooklyn corner. Howard Pool is 600 feet away. The nearest subway, Atlantic Av, is about six minutes on foot, and five subway lines stop within a ten-minute walk. Within a five-minute walk are 19 public places, 12 of them religious buildings, and five places to eat. About 1,500 homes stand within 820 feet, a mix of apartment buildings and smaller houses.

Safety record
6 hurt
7 police-reported crashes, 2021–2025
Nearest subway
Atlantic Av
0.3 miles · 6 min on foot · L
Nearest bus stop
920 feet
Rockaway Av/Dean St · B60
Within a walk
19 places
12 religious buildings, 2 playgrounds and 5 more kinds, within five minutes

Map

Layers
Dean Street & Mother Gaston Boulevard Nearby corners, linked

Getting there

How walks are measured

Subway

The nearest subway station is Atlantic Av, 0.3 miles from this corner, about six minutes on foot.

  • 5 lines within a ten-minute walk
  1. Atlantic Av L
    0.3 miles
    L

Next trains at this station

Manhattan
1 line
  1. L …
Canarsie
1 line
  1. L …

Also within a walk

  1. Rockaway Av C
    0.4 miles
    C
  2. Broadway Junction A, C, J, L, Z
    0.5 miles
    A C J L Z

Bus

The nearest bus stop is Rockaway Av/Dean St, 920 feet away, for the B60.

  • 15 routes within a ten-minute walk
  1. Rockaway Av/Dean St B60
    920 feet
    B60

Next buses at this stop

  1. B60 …

Live arrivals

Cycling

  • 6 bicycle racks within 820 feet
  • 5 more bike-share stations within a five-minute walk

Nearest bike-share station

  1. Bergen St & Mother Gaston Blvd 24 docks in all
    330 feet

By car

The nearest highway entrance is the ramp to the Jackie Robinson Parkway eastbound at Jamaica Avenue & J Robinson Parkway, 0.7 miles by car along the streets.

  1. 2111 Monaco Place Gas station
    1,070 feet
  2. 492 Thomas Boyland Street Charging for electric cars, five Level 2 chargers
    0.6 miles
  3. 1389 Rockaway Parkway Fast charging for electric cars
    2.2 miles

Safety record

How crashes are counted

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

  • 6 people injured
  • 0 people killed

The most recent crash recorded here was in February 2026.

About this corner

Where facts come from
ZIP code
11233
Community board
Brooklyn Community Board 16
City Council district
37
Police precinct
73
Neighborhood (City Planning area)
Ocean Hill
Elevation
65 feet above sea level

The streets

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

Homes

About 1,500 homes stand within 820 feet of this corner, a mix of apartment buildings and smaller houses.

Since 2014 at least 321 new affordable homes have been completed within 820 feet.

Trees

NYC Parks records 45 trees within 330 feet; the most common is the Japanese zelkova.

Parking on the streets meeting here

How signs are read
  • 21 signs on these blocks
  • 5 different rules

The sign wording is DOT's, as recorded between January 2020 and April 2024, and the sign on the street decides.

North side of Dean Street

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

South side of Dean Street

  • No parking 6 signs NO PARKING TUESDAY FRIDAY 11:30AM-1PM

East side of Mother Gaston Boulevard

  • No parking 1 sign NO PARKING ANYTIME
  • No parking 5 signs NO PARKING TUESDAY FRIDAY 11:30AM-1PM

West side of Mother Gaston Boulevard

  • No parking 4 signs NO PARKING MONDAY THURSDAY 11:30AM-1PM

Schools, parks and places within a walk

How places are listed

Nineteen public places are within a five-minute walk.

  • 12 religious buildings
  • 2 playgrounds
  • 1 ambulance station
  • 1 day care or pre-K site
  • 1 garden
  • 2 other places

Schools and child care

  1. Brooklyn Kindergarten Society Preschool, ages 2 to 5 · Pre-K
    770 feet
  2. P.S./ I.S. 155 Nicholas Herkimer School
    1,300 feet

Parks, playgrounds and gardens

  1. Howard Pool Park
    600 feet
  2. Ocean Hill Playground
    910 feet
  3. McLeod Community Garden
    1,220 feet
Show all 4
  1. Howard Playground
    1,230 feet

Health care

  1. EMS Station 44 Ambulance station
    1,000 feet

Houses of worship

  1. International Revival Tabernacle House of worship
    340 feet
  2. Our Lady Presentation & Loreto Church House of worship
    1,040 feet

Supermarkets

  1. Fine Fare Supermarket
    0.4 miles

Other stores

  1. Dollar Tree Store
    970 feet
  2. Family Dollar Store
    0.4 miles

Food stores and places to eat

Within a five-minute walk there are five places to eat and 11 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 of the 14 corners within a three-minute walk:

See every intersection along Dean Street or Mother Gaston Boulevard.

Sources: NYC Technology and Innovation, NYPD, MTA, NYC DOT, New York City's bike-share system, NYS Environmental Conservation, NYC City Planning, US Department of Energy, NYCHA, NYC Housing Preservation and Development, NYC Parks, NYC Health, NYS Agriculture and Markets and USDA, retrieved September 18 – October 6, 2026.