Dean Street & Smith Street

Dean Street and Smith Street meet at a four-way crossing in Downtown Brooklyn-DUMBO-Boerum 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. 261 Zipporiah Mills is 580 feet away. The nearest subway, Bergen St, is about a minute on foot, and nine subway lines stop within a ten-minute walk. Within a five-minute walk are 22 public places, five of them day care or pre-K sites, and 72 places to eat.

Safety record
7 hurt
17 police-reported crashes, 2021–2025
Nearest subway
Bergen St
260 feet · 1 min on foot · F, G
Nearest bus stop
170 feet
Smith St/Bergen St · B57, B65
Within a walk
22 places
5 day care or pre-K sites, 5 schools and 8 more kinds, within five minutes

Map

Layers
Dean Street & Smith Street Nearby corners, linked

Getting there

How walks are measured

Subway

The nearest subway station is Bergen St, 260 feet from this corner, about a minute on foot.

  • 2 lines at the nearest station
  • 9 lines within a ten-minute walk
  1. Bergen St F, G
    260 feet
    F G

Next trains at this station

Northbound
2 lines
  1. F …
  2. G …
Southbound
2 lines
  1. F …
  2. G …

Also within a walk

  1. Jay St-MetroTech A, C, F, R
    0.3 miles
    A C F R
  2. Hoyt-Schermerhorn Sts A, C, G
    0.3 miles
    A C G

Bus

The nearest bus stop is Smith St/Bergen St, 170 feet away, for the B57 and B65.

  • 16 routes within a ten-minute walk
  1. Smith St/Bergen St B57, B65
    170 feet
    B57 B65

Next buses at this stop

  1. B57 …
  2. B65 …

Live arrivals

Cycling

A marked bike lane runs on Dean Street and Smith Street.

  • 93 bicycle racks within 820 feet, 5 of them on-street corrals
  • 5 more bike-share stations within a five-minute walk

Nearest bike-share station

  1. Bergen St & Smith St 48 docks in all
    310 feet

By car

The nearest highway entrance is the ramp to the Brooklyn-Queens Expressway eastbound at Atlantic Avenue & Brooklyn-Queens Expressway, 0.6 miles by car along the streets.

  1. 300 Bergen Street Gas station
    0.6 miles
  2. 335 Adams Street Charging for electric cars, six Level 2 chargers
    0.5 miles
  3. 28-17 42nd Road Fast charging for electric cars
    2.8 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.

  • 7 people injured
  • 0 people killed
  • 3 of those hurt, on foot
  • 1 of those hurt, on a bike

The most recent crash recorded here was in June 2026.

What the city has done here

  • Leading pedestrian interval, January 2025

About this corner

Where facts come from
ZIP code
11201
Community board
Brooklyn Community Board 2
City Council district
33
Police precinct
84
Neighborhood (City Planning area)
Downtown Brooklyn-DUMBO-Boerum Hill
Elevation
24 feet above sea level

The streets

  • One travel lane
  • Posted limits from 20 to 25 mph
  • Two of the streets are one-way

Homes

About 2,200 homes stand within 820 feet of this corner, a mix of apartment buildings and smaller houses. The buildings holding them mostly went up between 1900 and 1931.

Trees

NYC Parks records 57 trees within 330 feet; the most common is the thornless honeylocust.

Parking on the streets meeting here

How signs are read
  • 32 signs on these blocks
  • 12 different rules
  • 4 active meters
  • 3 pay-by-cell zones

The sign wording is DOT's, as recorded between March 2015 and January 2024, and the sign on the street decides.

North side of Dean Street

  • No parking 7 signs NO PARKING MONDAY 8:30AM-10AM
  • No standing 1 sign NO STANDING ANYTIME
  • No stopping 1 sign NO STOPPING ANYTIME

South side of Dean Street

  • No parking 4 signs NO PARKING 7AM-7PM EXCEPT SUNDAY
  • No parking 4 signs NO PARKING TUESDAY 8:30AM-10AM
  • No standing 1 sign NO STANDING ANYTIME

East side of Smith Street

  • Metered parking 3 signs 2 HOUR METERED PARKING 7:30AM-7PM EXCEPT SUNDAY
  • No parking 3 signs NO PARKING 7AM-7:30AM EXCEPT SUNDAY

West side of Smith Street

  • Metered parking 2 signs 2 HOUR METERED PARKING 10AM-7PM EXCEPT SUNDAY
  • Metered parking 2 signs 2 HOUR METERED PARKING 7:30AM-7PM EXCEPT SUNDAY
  • No parking 2 signs NO PARKING 7AM-7:30AM EXCEPT SUNDAY
  • Truck loading only 2 signs TRUCK LOADING ONLY 7AM-10AM EXCEPT SUNDAY

ParkNYC pay-by-cell zones: 303316, 304248 and 330692.

Landmarks and historic districts

Within 820 feet are 11 Individual Landmarks, and 109 buildings in all are designated by the Landmarks Preservation Commission, recorded most often as Italianate. They were mostly built between 1849 and 1873.

Schools, parks and places within a walk

How places are listed

Within a five-minute walk there are 22 public places.

  • 5 day care or pre-K sites
  • 5 schools
  • 3 listed historic places
  • 3 religious buildings
  • 1 courthouse
  • 5 other places

Schools and child care

  1. Regina's Daycare Pre-K
    370 feet
  2. Ladybug Preschool Infant, toddler and preschool care, ages 0 to 5
    560 feet
  3. P.S. 261 Zipporiah Mills School
    580 feet
Show all 11
  1. Sterling School
    620 feet
  2. Brooklyn Hts Montessori School
    900 feet
  3. Mary McDowell Friends School-Element School
    970 feet
  4. Cobble Hill School of American Studies School
    1,030 feet
  5. Open House Nursery School Preschool, ages 2 to 5
    1,070 feet
  6. American Bus Inst of Brooklyn Trade or language school
    1,100 feet
  7. Family Health Centers at NYU Langone Infant, toddler and preschool care, ages 0 to 5 · Pre-K
    1,120 feet
  8. BPOS Preschool, ages 2 to 5
    1,150 feet

Parks, playgrounds and gardens

  1. Boerum Park Playground
    1,210 feet
  2. Boerum Park
    1,290 feet

Plazas and public spaces

  1. Public space at Livingston Plaza Public space
    1,260 feet

Health care

  1. Hopkins Center for Rehabilitation and Healthcare Nursing home or hospice
    830 feet

Libraries, museums and history

  1. State Street Houses Listed historic place
    1,170 feet
  2. Cuyler Presbyterian Church Listed historic place
    1,190 feet
  3. Friends Meetinghouse and School Listed historic place
    1,210 feet

Houses of worship

  1. Saint Pauls RC Church House of worship
    1,240 feet

Community centers and public services

  1. Brooklyn Criminal Court Courthouse
    1,000 feet

Bank branches

  1. TD Bank Bank branch
    940 feet
  2. Bank of America Bank branch
    1,000 feet

Supermarkets

  1. Trader Joe's Supermarket
    1,310 feet
  2. Key Food Supermarket
    0.4 miles
  3. Union Market Supermarket
    0.5 miles

Pharmacies

  1. CVS Pharmacy
    1,020 feet
  2. Walgreens Pharmacy
    0.3 miles
  3. Duane Reade Pharmacy
    0.3 miles

Food stores and places to eat

Within a five-minute walk there are 72 places to eat and 15 food stores.

Nearby corners

The eight nearest of the 10 corners within a three-minute walk:

See every intersection along Dean Street or Smith 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, Landmarks Preservation Commission, NYC Parks, NYC Health, FDIC, NYS Agriculture and Markets and USDA, retrieved September 18 – October 6, 2026.