Dean Street & Troy Avenue

Dean Street and Troy Avenue meet at a four-way crossing in Crown Heights (North), Brooklyn. Between 2021 and 2025, 21 police-reported crashes were recorded here, against a median of seven crashes for a Brooklyn corner. Launch Expeditionary Learning Charter School is 300 feet away. The nearest subway, Utica Av, is about eight minutes on foot, for the A and C. Within a five-minute walk are 23 public places, nine of them religious buildings, and four places to eat. About 1,200 homes stand within 820 feet, mostly built in 1950, a mix of apartment buildings and smaller houses.

Safety record
20 hurt
21 police-reported crashes, 2021–2025
Nearest subway
Utica Av
0.4 miles · 8 min on foot · A, C
Nearest bus stop
50 feet
Dean St/Troy Av · B15, B65
Within a walk
23 places
9 religious buildings, 4 schools and 7 more kinds, within five minutes

Map

Layers
Dean Street & Troy Avenue Nearby corners, linked

Getting there

How walks are measured

Subway

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

  • 2 lines at the nearest station
  1. Utica Av A, C
    0.4 miles
    A C

Next trains at this station

Manhattan
2 lines
  1. A …
  2. C …
Outbound
2 lines
  1. A …
  2. C …

Also within a walk

  1. Kingston-Throop Avs C
    0.5 miles
    C

The MTA's permanent art catalog lists “Children's Cathedral” (1996) by Jimmy James Greene at the Utica Av station.

Bus

The nearest bus stop is Dean St/Troy Av, 50 feet away, for the B15 and B65.

  • 7 routes within a ten-minute walk
  1. Dean St/Troy Av B15, B65
    50 feet
    B15 B65

Next buses at this stop

  1. B15 …
  2. B65 …

Live arrivals

Cycling

A marked bike lane runs on Dean Street.

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

Nearest bike-share station

  1. Pacific St & Troy Ave 20 docks in all
    310 feet

By car

The nearest highway entrance is the ramp to the Jackie Robinson Parkway eastbound at Jamaica Avenue & J Robinson Parkway, 2.2 miles by car along the streets.

  1. 1802 Atlantic Avenue Gas station
    0.4 miles
  2. 419 Stuyvesant Avenue Charging for electric cars, two Level 2 chargers
    0.5 miles
  3. 28-17 42nd Road Fast charging for electric cars
    2.1 miles

Safety record

How crashes are counted

Between 2021 and 2025, police reported 21 crashes at this corner, more than the median of seven crashes for a Brooklyn corner.

  • 20 people injured
  • 0 people killed
  • 3 of those hurt, on foot

The most recent crash recorded here was in July 2025.

What the city has done here

  • Leading pedestrian interval, April 2016

About this corner

Where facts come from
ZIP code
11213
Community board
Brooklyn Community Board 8
City Council district
36
Police precinct
77
Neighborhood (City Planning area)
Crown Heights (North)
Elevation
76 feet above sea level

The streets

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

Homes

About 1,200 homes stand within 820 feet of this corner, a mix of apartment buildings and smaller houses. The buildings holding them mostly went up in 1950.

Since 2014 at least 15 new affordable homes have been completed within 820 feet.

Trees

NYC Parks records 49 trees within 330 feet; the most common is the Callery pear.

Parking on the streets meeting here

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

The sign wording is DOT's, as recorded between September 2015 and April 2026, and the sign on the street decides.

North side of Dean Street

  • No parking 10 signs NO PARKING MONDAY THURSDAY 11:30AM-1PM
  • Truck loading only 2 signs TRUCK LOADING ONLY MONDAY-FRIDAY 9AM-6PM

South side of Dean Street

  • No parking 10 signs NO PARKING TUESDAY FRIDAY 11:30AM-1PM
  • No standing 1 sign NO STANDING SCHOOL DAYS 7AM-4PM

East side of Troy Avenue

  • No parking 5 signs NO PARKING TUESDAY FRIDAY 11:30AM-1PM

West side of Troy Avenue

  • No parking 6 signs NO PARKING MONDAY THURSDAY 11:30AM-1PM

Schools, parks and places within a walk

How places are listed

Within a five-minute walk there are 23 public places.

  • 9 religious buildings
  • 4 schools
  • 2 day care or pre-K sites
  • 2 gardens
  • 2 parks
  • 4 other places

Schools and child care

  1. Little Me Daycare Center Infant, toddler and preschool care, ages 0 to 5
    260 feet
  2. Launch Expeditionary Learning Charter School
    300 feet
  3. P.S. 243k- the Weeksville School
    300 feet
Show all 6
  1. Brooklyn Kindergarten Society Preschool, ages 2 to 5 · Pre-K
    640 feet
  2. Academy for Health Careers School
    970 feet
  3. Pathways in Technology Early College High School (P-Tech) School
    970 feet

Parks, playgrounds and gardens

  1. St. John's Park
    340 feet
  2. Harmony Park
    650 feet
  3. St. John's Playground
    670 feet
Show all 5
  1. Imani Community Garden (Schenectady) Garden
    860 feet
  2. Imani II Community Garden
    970 feet

Health care

  1. Interfaith Medical Center Hospital
    1,160 feet

Houses of worship

  1. International Christian Center House of worship
    1,010 feet

Community centers and public services

  1. Albany Community Center
    950 feet
  2. St Johns Recreation Center
    1,010 feet

Supermarkets

  1. Food Universe Supermarket
    940 feet
  2. Shop Fair Supermarket
    1,220 feet
  3. Key Food Supermarket
    0.4 miles

Other stores

  1. Dollar Tree Store
    1,050 feet

Food stores and places to eat

Within a five-minute walk there are four places to eat and seven 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, five of them within a three-minute walk:

See every intersection along Dean Street or Troy Avenue.

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, NYCHA, NYC Housing Preservation and Development, NYC Parks, NYC Health, NYS Agriculture and Markets and USDA, retrieved September 18 – October 6, 2026.