Dean Street & Saratoga Avenue

Dean Street and Saratoga Avenue meet at a four-way crossing in Ocean Hill, Brooklyn. Between 2021 and 2025, 17 police-reported crashes were recorded here, against a median of seven crashes for a Brooklyn corner. P.S. 178 Saint Clair McKelway is 430 feet away, and Marge Matthews Garden is 990 feet away. The nearest subway, Rockaway Av, is about eight minutes on foot, for the C. Within a five-minute walk are 24 public places, 12 of them religious buildings, and three places to eat. About 1,800 homes stand within 820 feet, a mix of apartment buildings and smaller houses.

Safety record
11 hurt
17 police-reported crashes, 2021–2025
Nearest subway
Rockaway Av
0.4 miles · 8 min on foot · C
Nearest bus stop
110 feet
Saratoga Av/Dean St · B7
Within a walk
24 places
12 religious buildings, 4 schools and 3 more kinds, within five minutes

Map

Layers
Dean Street & Saratoga Avenue Nearby corners, linked

Getting there

How walks are measured

Subway

The nearest subway station is Rockaway Av, 0.4 miles from this corner, about eight minutes on foot.

  1. Rockaway Av C
    0.4 miles
    C

Next trains at this station

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

Bus

The nearest bus stop is Saratoga Av/Dean St, 110 feet away, for the B7.

  • 8 routes within a ten-minute walk
  1. Saratoga Av/Dean St B7
    110 feet
    B7

Next buses at this stop

  1. B7 …

Live arrivals

Cycling

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

Nearest bike-share station

  1. Bergen St & Saratoga Ave 20 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, 1.1 miles by car along the streets.

  1. 519 Howard Avenue Gas station
    0.5 miles
  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
    2.4 miles

Safety record

How crashes are counted

Between 2021 and 2025, police reported 17 crashes at this corner, more than the median of seven crashes for a Brooklyn corner.

  • 11 people injured
  • 0 people killed

The most recent crash recorded here was in December 2025.

What the city has done here

  • Leading pedestrian interval, September 2021

About this corner

Where facts come from
ZIP code
11233
Community board
Brooklyn Community Board 16
City Council district
41
Police precinct
73
Neighborhood (City Planning area)
Ocean Hill
Elevation
105 feet above sea level

The streets

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

Homes

About 1,800 homes stand within 820 feet of this corner, a mix of apartment buildings and smaller houses.

Since 2014 at least 89 new affordable homes have been completed within 820 feet.

Trees

NYC Parks records 77 trees within 330 feet; the most common is the thornless honeylocust.

Parking on the streets meeting here

How signs are read
  • 42 signs on these blocks
  • 9 different rules

The sign wording is DOT's, as recorded between July 2016 and June 2023, and the sign on the street decides.

North side of Dean Street

  • No parking 12 signs NO PARKING MONDAY THURSDAY 8AM-9:30AM
  • No standing 1 sign NO STANDING ANYTIME
  • No standing 4 signs NO STANDING SCHOOL DAYS 7AM-4PM

South side of Dean Street

  • No parking 2 signs NO PARKING ANYTIME
  • No parking 10 signs NO PARKING TUESDAY FRIDAY 8AM-9:30AM

East side of Saratoga Avenue

  • No parking 1 sign NO PARKING ANYTIME
  • No parking 5 signs NO PARKING TUESDAY FRIDAY 8AM-9:30AM

West side of Saratoga Avenue

  • No parking 5 signs NO PARKING MONDAY THURSDAY 8AM-9:30AM
  • 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 24 public places.

  • 12 religious buildings
  • 4 schools
  • 3 gardens
  • 3 playgrounds
  • 2 day care or pre-K sites

Schools and child care

  1. Wiser Choice Learning Preschool, ages 2 to 5 · Pre-K
    40 feet
  2. P.S. 178 Saint Clair McKelway School
    430 feet
  3. Achievement First Brownsville Charter School
    1,080 feet
Show all 6
  1. Brooklyn Collegiate: a College Board School
    1,080 feet
  2. Webble Wobble Achievers Infant and toddler care, ages 0 to 2
    1,140 feet
  3. Uncommon Crown Heights Charter School NYC School
    1,230 feet

Parks, playgrounds and gardens

  1. Sh'ma Yisrael Garden
    320 feet
  2. Farmers Garden
    530 feet
  3. Hilltop Playground
    770 feet
Show all 6
  1. South Pacific Playground
    820 feet
  2. Marge Matthews Garden
    990 feet
  3. Ocean Hill Playground
    1,090 feet

Houses of worship

  1. Ebenezer Baptist Church House of worship
    950 feet
  2. New Brooklyn Reformed Church House of worship
    1,250 feet

Other stores

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

Food stores and places to eat

Within a five-minute walk there are three 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 nearest corners on foot, six of them within a three-minute walk:

See every intersection along Dean Street or Saratoga 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, NYC Housing Preservation and Development, NYC Parks, NYC Health, NYS Agriculture and Markets and USDA, retrieved September 18 – October 6, 2026.