Dean Street & Ralph Avenue

Dean Street and Ralph Avenue meet at a three-way junction in Ocean Hill, Brooklyn, at the edge of NYCHA's Kingsborough development. Between 2021 and 2025, 11 police-reported crashes were recorded here, against a median of seven crashes for a Brooklyn corner. Tehuti Ma’at Community Garden is 650 feet away. The nearest subway, Ralph Av, is about five minutes on foot, for the C. Within a five-minute walk are 20 public places, 11 of them religious buildings, and five places to eat. About 1,700 homes stand within 820 feet, a mix of apartment buildings and smaller houses.

Safety record
5 hurt
11 police-reported crashes, 2021–2025
Nearest subway
Ralph Av
1,260 feet · 5 min on foot · C
Nearest bus stop
110 feet
Ralph Av/Dean St · B47
Within a walk
20 places
11 religious buildings, 2 day care or pre-K sites and 5 more kinds, within five minutes

Map

Layers
Dean Street & Ralph Avenue Nearby corners, linked

Getting there

How walks are measured

Subway

The nearest subway station is Ralph Av, 1,260 feet from this corner, about five minutes on foot.

  1. Ralph Av C
    1,260 feet
    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, 110 feet away, for the B47.

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

Next buses at this stop

  1. B47 …

Live arrivals

Cycling

  • 8 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
    320 feet

By car

The nearest highway entrance is the ramp to the Jackie Robinson Parkway eastbound at Jamaica Avenue & J Robinson Parkway, 1.4 miles by car along the streets.

  1. 1998 Atlantic Avenue Gas station
    710 feet
  2. 170 Buffalo Avenue Charging for electric cars, 20 Level 2 chargers
    0.4 miles
  3. 1389 Rockaway Parkway Fast charging for electric cars
    2.6 miles

Safety record

How crashes are counted

Between 2021 and 2025, police reported 11 crashes at this corner, more than the median of seven crashes for a Brooklyn corner.

  • 5 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 2026.

About this corner

Where facts come from
ZIP code
11233
Community board
Brooklyn Community Board 16
City Council district
41
Police precinct
73 and 77 (the boundary runs through this corner)
Neighborhood (City Planning area)
Ocean Hill
Elevation
94 feet above sea level

The streets

  • Up to two travel lanes
  • One of the streets is one-way

Homes

About 1,700 homes stand within 820 feet of this corner, a mix of apartment buildings and smaller houses.

The corner stands at the edge of NYCHA's Kingsborough development.

Since 2014 at least 277 new affordable homes have been completed within 820 feet.

Trees

NYC Parks records 33 trees within 330 feet; the most common is the European hornbeam.

Parking on the streets meeting here

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

The sign wording is DOT's, as recorded between April 2017 and May 2021, and the sign on the street decides.

North side of Dean Street

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

South side of Dean Street

  • No parking 6 signs NO PARKING TUESDAY FRIDAY 8AM-9:30AM
  • No standing 2 signs NO STANDING ANYTIME

East side of Ralph Avenue

  • No parking 4 signs NO PARKING TUESDAY FRIDAY 8:30AM-10AM
  • No standing 2 signs NO STANDING ANYTIME

Schools, parks and places within a walk

How places are listed

Twenty public places are within a five-minute walk.

  • 11 religious buildings
  • 2 day care or pre-K sites
  • 2 gardens
  • 2 older adult centers
  • 1 fire station
  • 2 other places

Schools and child care

  1. Shirley Chisholm Day Care Center #1 Infant, toddler and preschool care, ages 0 to 5 · Pre-K
    440 feet
  2. Bishop Sexton Head Start Preschool, ages 2 to 5 · Pre-K
    1,230 feet
  3. Starting Point - St Mark's Family School
    1,300 feet

Parks, playgrounds and gardens

  1. South Pacific Playground
    230 feet
  2. Tehuti Ma’at Community Garden
    650 feet
  3. Farmers Garden
    1,250 feet

Houses of worship

  1. St Marks Church of Christ House of worship
    450 feet

Community centers and public services

  1. Older adult center at Kingsborough Extension Older adult center
    1,060 feet
  2. Older adult center at 447 Kingsborough 4 Walk Older adult center
    1,140 feet

Fire and police

  1. Engine 227 Fire station
    280 feet

Bank branches

  1. Flagstar Bank Bank branch
    1,020 feet

Supermarkets

  1. Associated Supermarkets Supermarket
    0.4 miles
  2. Food Bazaar Supermarket
    0.4 miles

Other stores

  1. Family Dollar Store
    880 feet

Food stores and places to eat

Within a five-minute walk there are five places to eat and 12 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 9 corners within a three-minute walk:

See every intersection along Dean Street or Ralph Avenue.

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, FDIC, NYS Agriculture and Markets and USDA, retrieved September 18 – October 6, 2026.