Dean Street & Sackman Street

Dean Street and Sackman Street meet at a four-way crossing in Ocean Hill, Brooklyn. Between 2021 and 2025, six police-reported crashes were recorded here, fewer than the median of seven crashes for a Brooklyn corner. Howard Pool is 900 feet away, and Powell Playground is 1,130 feet away. The nearest subway, Atlantic Av, is about four minutes on foot, and three subway lines stop within a ten-minute walk. Within a five-minute walk are 21 public places, 13 of them religious buildings. About 1,900 homes stand within 820 feet, most in buildings of ten homes or more.

Safety record
4 hurt
6 police-reported crashes, 2021–2025
Nearest subway
Atlantic Av
1,040 feet · 4 min on foot · L
Nearest bus stop
550 feet
East New York Av/Junius St · B12
Within a walk
21 places
13 religious buildings, 3 playgrounds and 4 more kinds, within five minutes

Map

Layers
Dean Street & Sackman Street Nearby corners, linked

Getting there

How walks are measured

Subway

The nearest subway station is Atlantic Av, 1,040 feet from this corner, about four minutes on foot.

  • 3 lines within a ten-minute walk
  1. Atlantic Av L
    1,040 feet
    L

Next trains at this station

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

Also within a walk

  1. Alabama Av J, Z
    0.4 miles
    J Z

Bus

The nearest bus stop is East New York Av/Junius St, 550 feet away, for the B12.

  • 14 routes within a ten-minute walk
  1. East New York Av/Junius St B12 · Countdown sign
    550 feet
    B12
    Countdown sign

Next buses at this stop

  1. B12 …

Live arrivals

Cycling

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

Nearest bike-share station

  1. Pacific St & Sackman St 19 docks in all
    300 feet

By car

The nearest highway entrance is the ramp to the Jackie Robinson Parkway eastbound at Jamaica Avenue & J Robinson Parkway, 0.6 miles by car along the streets.

  1. 2111 Monaco Place Gas station
    0.4 miles
  2. 492 Thomas Boyland Street Charging for electric cars, five Level 2 chargers
    0.7 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 six crashes at this corner, fewer than the median of seven crashes for a Brooklyn corner.

  • 4 people injured
  • 0 people killed

The most recent crash recorded here was in October 2023.

What the city has done here

  • Leading pedestrian interval, October 2019

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
62 feet above sea level

The streets

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

Homes

About 1,900 homes stand within 820 feet of this corner, most of them in buildings of ten homes or more.

Since 2014 at least 533 new affordable homes have been completed within 820 feet.

Trees

NYC Parks records 32 trees within 330 feet; the most common is the silver linden.

Parking on the streets meeting here

How signs are read
  • 14 signs on these blocks
  • 6 different rules

The sign wording is DOT's, as recorded between December 2015 and November 2022, 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 1 sign NO PARKING TUESDAY FRIDAY 9AM-10:30AM

South side of Dean Street

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

East side of Sackman Street

  • No parking 2 signs NO PARKING TUESDAY FRIDAY 11:30AM-1PM

West side of Sackman Street

  • No parking 1 sign NO PARKING MONDAY THURSDAY 11:30AM-1PM
  • No standing 2 signs NO STANDING ANYTIME

Schools, parks and places within a walk

How places are listed

Within a five-minute walk there are 21 public places.

  • 13 religious buildings
  • 3 playgrounds
  • 2 schools
  • 1 day care or pre-K site
  • 1 garden
  • 1 park

Schools and child care

  1. Christopher Avenue Community School
    950 feet
  2. Uncommon Brownsville North Charter School NYC School
    950 feet
  3. Brooklyn Kindergarten Society Preschool, ages 2 to 5 · Pre-K
    1,070 feet

Parks, playgrounds and gardens

  1. McLeod Community Garden
    650 feet
  2. Howard Pool Park
    900 feet
  3. Houston Playground
    920 feet
Show all 5
  1. Powell Playground
    1,130 feet
  2. Howard Playground
    1,170 feet

Houses of worship

  1. International Revival Tabernacle House of worship
    910 feet

Supermarkets

  1. Fine Fare Supermarket
    0.4 miles

Other stores

  1. Dollar Tree Store
    0.3 miles
  2. Family Dollar Store
    0.4 miles

Food stores and places to eat

Within a five-minute walk there are ten food stores.

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

Nearby corners

The eight nearest of the 13 corners within a three-minute walk:

See every intersection along Dean Street or Sackman Street.

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.