Dean Street & Nevins Street

Dean Street and Nevins Street meet at a four-way crossing in Downtown Brooklyn-DUMBO-Boerum Hill, Brooklyn. The corner lies inside the Boerum Hill Historic District. Between 2021 and 2025, 15 police-reported crashes were recorded here, against a median of seven crashes for a Brooklyn corner. Beth El Baptist Church is 310 feet away, and the Exploratory School is 1,080 feet away. The nearest subway, Atlantic Av-Barclays Ctr, is about six minutes on foot, and 13 subway lines stop within a ten-minute walk. Within a five-minute walk are 24 public places, nine of them religious buildings, and 22 places to eat.

Safety record
4 hurt
15 police-reported crashes, 2021–2025
Nearest subway
Atlantic Av-Barclays Ctr
0.3 miles · 6 min on foot · 2, 3, 4, 5, B, D, N, Q, R
Nearest bus stop
550 feet
Atlantic Av/Nevins St · B63, B65
Within a walk
24 places
9 religious buildings, 4 schools and 7 more kinds, within five minutes

Map

Layers
Dean Street & Nevins Street Nearby corners, linked

Getting there

How walks are measured

Subway

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

  • 9 lines at the nearest station
  • 13 lines within a ten-minute walk
  1. Atlantic Av-Barclays Ctr 2, 3, 4, 5, B, D, N, Q, R
    0.3 miles
    2 3 4 5 B D N Q R

Next trains at this station

Manhattan
9 lines
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Outbound
4 lines
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Southbound
5 lines
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Also within a walk

  1. Nevins St 2, 3, 4, 5
    0.3 miles
    2 3 4 5
  2. Hoyt-Schermerhorn Sts A, C, G
    0.3 miles
    A C G

The MTA's permanent art catalog lists “Hook (Archean Reach), Line (Sea House), and Sinker (Mined Swell),” (2004) by George Trakas (in collaboration with di Domenico + Partners) at the Atlantic Av-Barclays Ctr station.

Bus

The nearest bus stop is Atlantic Av/Nevins St, 550 feet away, for the B63 and B65.

  • 15 routes within a ten-minute walk
  1. Atlantic Av/Nevins St B63, B65 · Shelter
    550 feet
    B63 B65
    Shelter

Next buses at this stop

  1. B63 …
  2. B65 …

Live arrivals

Cycling

A marked bike lane runs on Dean Street.

  • 55 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. Pacific St & Nevins St 18 docks in all
    280 feet

By car

The nearest highway entrance is the ramp to the Brooklyn-Queens Expressway eastbound at Navy Street, 1.1 miles by car along the streets.

  1. 300 Bergen Street Gas station
    1,010 feet
  2. 465 Pacific Street Charging for electric cars, 17 Level 2 chargers
    0.3 miles
  3. 28-17 42nd Road Fast charging for electric cars
    2.6 miles

Safety record

How crashes are counted

Between 2021 and 2025, police reported 15 crashes at this corner, more than the median of seven crashes for a Brooklyn corner.

  • 4 people injured
  • 0 people killed
  • 3 of those hurt, on a bike

The most recent crash recorded here was in March 2026.

What the city has done here

  • Leading pedestrian interval, December 2021

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
28 feet above sea level

The streets

  • One travel lane
  • A posted limit of 20 mph
  • 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.

Trees

NYC Parks records 75 trees within 330 feet; the most common is the London planetree.

Parking on the streets meeting here

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

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

North side of Dean Street

  • No parking 10 signs NO PARKING MONDAY 9:30AM-11AM
  • No standing 1 sign NO STANDING SCHOOL DAYS 7AM-4PM

South side of Dean Street

  • No parking 9 signs NO PARKING TUESDAY 9:30AM-11AM

East side of Nevins Street

  • No parking 4 signs NO PARKING 8AM-MIDNIGHT EXCEPT SUNDAY

West side of Nevins Street

  • No parking 4 signs NO PARKING THURSDAY 9:30AM-11AM

Landmarks and historic districts

The corner stands in the Boerum Hill Historic District.

Within 820 feet, 307 buildings are designated by the Landmarks Preservation Commission, recorded most often as Italianate, and mostly built between 1852 and 1871.

  1. The Sacred Heart Chapel Designated landmark
    790 feet

Schools, parks and places within a walk

How places are listed

Within a five-minute walk there are 24 public places.

  • 9 religious buildings
  • 4 schools
  • 2 gardens
  • 2 listed historic places
  • 2 older adult centers
  • 5 other places

Schools and child care

  1. P.S. 038 the Pacific School
    290 feet
  2. Strong Place for Hope Day Care Preschool, ages 2 to 5 · Pre-K
    700 feet
  3. Brooklyn High School of the Arts School
    1,080 feet
Show all 5
  1. The Exploratory School
    1,080 feet
  2. P.S. K369 - Coy L. Cox School
    1,210 feet

Parks, playgrounds and gardens

  1. David Foulke Memorial Garden
    320 feet
  2. North Pacific Playground
    520 feet
  3. Sixteen Sycamores Playground
    1,060 feet
Show all 4
  1. All is Well Community Garden - Wyckoff Houses (NYCHA) Garden
    1,240 feet

Libraries, museums and history

  1. Boerum Hill Historic District Listed historic place
    730 feet
  2. Cuyler Presbyterian Church Listed historic place
    1,210 feet

Houses of worship

  1. Beth El Baptist Church House of worship
    310 feet
  2. Temple of Restoration House of worship
    750 feet

Community centers and public services

  1. Older adult center at 460 Atlantic Avenue Older adult center
    520 feet
  2. Wyckoff Community Center
    930 feet
  3. Older adult center at 280 Wyckoff Street Older adult center
    930 feet

Fire and police

  1. Engine 226 Fire station
    1,040 feet

Supermarkets

  1. Foodtown Supermarket
    630 feet
  2. Whole Foods Market Supermarket
    0.4 miles
  3. CTown Supermarket
    0.4 miles

Pharmacies

  1. CVS Pharmacy
    0.3 miles
  2. Walgreens Pharmacy
    0.4 miles

Other stores

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

Shopping centers

  1. Atlantic Terminal Shopping center
    0.4 miles

Food stores and places to eat

Within a five-minute walk there are 22 places to eat and six food stores.

Nearby corners

The eight corners within a three-minute walk:

See every intersection along Dean Street or Nevins Street.

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, Landmarks Preservation Commission, NYC Parks, NYC Health, NYS Agriculture and Markets, USDA and NYC Finance, retrieved September 18 – October 6, 2026.