Dean Street & Rockaway Avenue

Dean Street and Rockaway Avenue meet at a four-way crossing in Ocean Hill, Brooklyn. Between 2021 and 2025, 19 police-reported crashes were recorded here, against a median of seven crashes for a Brooklyn corner. Achievement First Brownsville Charter School is 670 feet away, and P.S. 178 Saint Clair McKelway is 1,290 feet away. The nearest subway, Rockaway Av, is about five minutes on foot, and two subway lines stop within a ten-minute walk. Within a five-minute walk are 24 public places, 16 of them religious buildings, and nine places to eat.

Safety record
8 hurt
19 police-reported crashes, 2021–2025
Nearest subway
Rockaway Av
0.3 miles · 5 min on foot · C
Nearest bus stop
150 feet
Rockaway Av/Dean St · B60
Within a walk
24 places
16 religious buildings, 3 schools and 4 more kinds, within five minutes

Map

Layers
Dean Street & Rockaway Avenue Nearby corners, linked

Getting there

How walks are measured

Subway

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

  • 2 lines within a ten-minute walk
  1. Rockaway Av C
    0.3 miles
    C

Next trains at this station

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

Also within a walk

  1. Atlantic Av L
    0.5 miles
    L

Bus

The nearest bus stop is Rockaway Av/Dean St, 150 feet away, for the B60.

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

Next buses at this stop

  1. B60 …

Live arrivals

Cycling

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

Nearest bike-share station

  1. Dean St & Rockaway Ave 21 docks in all
    60 feet

By car

The nearest highway entrance is the ramp to the Jackie Robinson Parkway eastbound at Jamaica Avenue & J Robinson Parkway, 0.8 miles by car along the streets.

  1. 2111 Monaco Place Gas station
    0.3 miles
  2. 492 Thomas Boyland Street Charging for electric cars, five Level 2 chargers
    0.5 miles
  3. 1389 Rockaway Parkway Fast charging for electric cars
    2.1 miles

Safety record

How crashes are counted

Between 2021 and 2025, police reported 19 crashes at this corner, more than the median of seven crashes for a Brooklyn corner.

  • 8 people injured
  • 0 people killed
  • 2 of those hurt, on foot
  • 1 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, April 2018

About this corner

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

The streets

  • Up to two travel lanes
  • A designated truck route
  • One of the streets is one-way

Homes

About 2,000 homes stand within 820 feet of this corner, a mix of apartment buildings and smaller houses.

Since 2014 at least 65 new affordable homes have been completed within 820 feet.

Trees

NYC Parks records 65 trees within 330 feet; the most common is the Japanese pagoda tree.

Parking on the streets meeting here

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

The sign wording is DOT's, as recorded between August 2018 and December 2025, and the sign on the street decides.

North side of Dean Street

  • No parking 4 signs NO PARKING MONDAY THURSDAY 11:30AM-1PM
  • No parking 5 signs NO PARKING MONDAY THURSDAY 8AM-9:30AM

South side of Dean Street

  • No parking 4 signs NO PARKING TUESDAY FRIDAY 11:30AM-1PM
  • No parking 6 signs NO PARKING TUESDAY FRIDAY 8AM-9:30AM

East side of Rockaway Avenue

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

West side of Rockaway Avenue

  • No parking 1 sign NO PARKING ANYTIME
  • No parking 4 signs NO PARKING TUESDAY FRIDAY 11:30AM-1PM
  • No standing 3 signs NO STANDING ANYTIME

Schools, parks and places within a walk

How places are listed

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

  • 16 religious buildings
  • 3 schools
  • 2 playgrounds
  • 1 ambulance station
  • 1 day care or pre-K site
  • 1 park

Schools and child care

  1. Achievement First Brownsville Charter School
    670 feet
  2. Brooklyn Collegiate: a College Board School
    670 feet
  3. Brooklyn Kindergarten Society Preschool, ages 2 to 5 · Pre-K
    1,160 feet
Show all 4
  1. P.S. 178 Saint Clair McKelway School
    1,290 feet

Parks, playgrounds and gardens

  1. Ocean Hill Playground
    140 feet
  2. Hilltop Playground
    820 feet
  3. Howard Pool Park
    1,210 feet

Health care

  1. EMS Station 44 Ambulance station
    310 feet

Houses of worship

  1. Our Lady Presentation & Loreto Church House of worship
    530 feet
  2. International Revival Tabernacle House of worship
    740 feet

Other stores

  1. Dollar Tree Store
    920 feet

Food stores and places to eat

Within a five-minute walk there are nine places to eat and 12 food stores.

Not on record for this corner: a designated landmark or historic district within 820 feet.

Nearby corners

The eight corners within a three-minute walk:

See every intersection along Dean Street or Rockaway Avenue.

Sources: NYC Technology and Innovation, NYPD, NYC DOT, MTA, 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.