Dean Street & Underhill Avenue

Dean Street and Underhill Avenue meet at a four-way crossing in Prospect Heights, Brooklyn. Between 2021 and 2025, 11 police-reported crashes were recorded here, against a median of seven crashes for a Brooklyn corner. The bust “Reverend Benjamin J. Lowry” is 460 feet away. The nearest subway, Clinton-Washington Avs, is about five minutes on foot, for the C. Within a five-minute walk are 23 public places, 14 of them religious buildings, and 44 places to eat. About 1,900 homes stand within 820 feet, a mix of apartment buildings and smaller houses.

Safety record
1 hurt
11 police-reported crashes, 2021–2025
Nearest subway
Clinton-Washington Avs
1,270 feet · 5 min on foot · C
Nearest bus stop
280 feet
Washington Av/Dean St · B45
Within a walk
23 places
14 religious buildings, 3 day care or pre-K sites and 5 more kinds, within five minutes

Map

Layers
Dean Street & Underhill Avenue Nearby corners, linked

Getting there

How walks are measured

Subway

The nearest subway station is Clinton-Washington Avs, 1,270 feet from this corner, about five minutes on foot.

  1. Clinton-Washington Avs C
    1,270 feet
    C

Next trains at this station

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

Bus

The nearest bus stop is Washington Av/Dean St, 280 feet away, for the B45.

  • 7 routes within a ten-minute walk
  1. Washington Av/Dean St B45
    280 feet
    B45

Next buses at this stop

  1. B45 …

Live arrivals

Cycling

A marked bike lane runs on Dean Street and Underhill Avenue.

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

Nearest bike-share station

  1. Underhill Ave & Pacific St 27 docks in all
    350 feet

By car

The nearest highway entrance is the ramp to the Brooklyn-Queens Expressway eastbound at Navy Street, 1.6 miles by car along the streets.

  1. 506 Grand Avenue Gas station
    0.6 miles
  2. 316 St Marks Avenue Charging for electric cars, five Level 2 chargers
    1,190 feet
  3. 28-17 42nd Road Fast charging for electric cars
    2.2 miles

Safety record

How crashes are counted

Between 2021 and 2025, police reported 11 crashes at this corner, more than the median of seven crashes for a Brooklyn corner.

  • 1 person injured
  • 0 people killed

The most recent crash recorded here was in April 2025.

About this corner

Where facts come from
ZIP code
11238
Community board
Brooklyn Community Board 8
City Council district
35
Police precinct
77
Neighborhood (City Planning area)
Prospect Heights
Elevation
94 feet above sea level

The streets

  • Up to two travel lanes
  • A posted limit of 20 mph
  • One of the streets is one-way

Homes

About 1,900 homes stand within 820 feet of this corner, a mix of apartment buildings and smaller houses.

Since 2014 at least 126 new affordable homes have been completed within 820 feet.

Trees

NYC Parks records 58 trees within 330 feet; the most common are the Callery pear and the thornless honeylocust.

Parking on the streets meeting here

How signs are read
  • 29 signs on these blocks
  • 7 different rules

The sign wording is DOT's, as recorded between December 2020 and October 2025, and the sign on the street decides.

North side of Dean Street

  • No parking 8 signs NO PARKING MONDAY THURSDAY 8:30AM-10AM
  • No parking 1 sign NO PARKING MONDAY-THURSDAY 7AM-7PM FRIDAY-SUNDAY 11AM-11PM

South side of Dean Street

  • No parking 7 signs NO PARKING TUESDAY FRIDAY 8:30AM-10AM

East side of Underhill Avenue

  • No parking 4 signs NO PARKING MONDAY THURSDAY 8:30AM-10AM
  • No standing 2 signs NO STANDING ANYTIME

West side of Underhill Avenue

  • No parking 5 signs NO PARKING TUESDAY FRIDAY 8:30AM-10AM
  • No standing 2 signs NO STANDING ANYTIME

Landmarks, monuments and public art

How landmarks are placed

Landmarks and historic districts

Within 820 feet, 22 buildings are designated by the Landmarks Preservation Commission, recorded mostly as Italianate, and mostly built between 1869 and 1880.

Monuments and public art

The City's public art inventory lists one work near this corner, in Lowry Triangle.

  1. Reverend Benjamin J. Lowry Bust by Robert W. Pugh, 1982
    460 feet

Schools, parks and places within a walk

How places are listed

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

  • 14 religious buildings
  • 3 day care or pre-K sites
  • 2 schools
  • 1 garden
  • 1 park
  • 2 other places

Schools and child care

  1. Public School 9 the Sarah Smith Garnet School
    570 feet
  2. P.S. 009 Teunis G. Bergen Pre-K
    570 feet
  3. Gotham Professional Arts Academy School
    1,020 feet
Show all 5
  1. ABR Prospect Infant, toddler and preschool care, ages 0 to 5
    1,140 feet
  2. Aozora Community Foundation Preschool, ages 2 to 5
    1,270 feet

Parks, playgrounds and gardens

  1. Lowry Triangle
    340 feet
  2. James Forten Playground
    1,000 feet
  3. Prospect Heights Community Farm Garden
    1,230 feet

Plazas and public spaces

  1. Underhill Plaza Pedestrian plaza
    420 feet

Houses of worship

  1. St Josephs RC Church House of worship
    500 feet
  2. Epiphany RC Church House of worship
    960 feet
  3. Zion Baptist Church House of worship
    1,070 feet

Supermarkets

  1. Ideal Food Basket Supermarket
    0.3 miles
  2. Key Food Supermarket
    0.3 miles
  3. Foodtown Supermarket
    0.4 miles

Food stores and places to eat

Within a five-minute walk there are 44 places to eat and 14 food stores.

Not on record for this corner: a signal or safety change.

Nearby corners

The eight corners within a three-minute walk:

See every intersection along Dean Street or Underhill Avenue.

Sources: NYC Technology and Innovation, NYPD, MTA, NYC DOT, NYC City Planning, New York City's bike-share system, NYS Environmental Conservation, US Department of Energy, NYC Housing Preservation and Development, Landmarks Preservation Commission, NYC Public Design Commission, NYC Parks, NYC Health, NYS Agriculture and Markets and USDA, retrieved September 18 – October 6, 2026.