Dean Street & Utica Avenue

Dean Street and Utica Avenue meet at a four-way crossing in Crown Heights (North), Brooklyn. Between 2021 and 2025, 25 police-reported crashes were recorded here, against a median of seven crashes for a Brooklyn corner. In 2025, 1,410 bus-lane camera tickets were recorded here. Berean Baptist Church is 520 feet away. The nearest subway, Utica Av, is about five minutes on foot, for the A and C. Within a five-minute walk are 31 public places, 20 of them religious buildings, and eight places to eat. About 1,000 homes stand within 820 feet, a mix of apartment buildings and smaller houses.

Safety record
14 hurt
25 police-reported crashes, 2021–2025
Nearest subway
Utica Av
0.3 miles · 5 min on foot · A, C
Nearest bus stop
120 feet
Utica Av/Dean St · B46
Within a walk
31 places
20 religious buildings, 4 gardens and 4 more kinds, within five minutes

Map

Layers
Dean Street & Utica Avenue Nearby corners, linked

Getting there

How walks are measured

Subway

The nearest subway station is Utica Av, 0.3 miles from this corner, about five minutes on foot.

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

Next trains at this station

Manhattan
2 lines
  1. A …
  2. C …
Outbound
2 lines
  1. A …
  2. 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 Utica Av/Dean St, 120 feet away, for the B46.

  • 8 routes within a ten-minute walk
  1. Utica Av/Dean St B46
    120 feet
    B46

Next buses at this stop

  1. B46 …

Live arrivals

Utica Avenue carries a lane DOT records as a shared lane, not a bus-only lane, 7am to 7pm, every day.

Cycling

A marked bike lane runs on Dean Street.

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

Nearest bike-share station

  1. Pacific St & Utica Ave 20 docks in all
    330 feet

By car

The nearest highway entrance is the ramp to the Jackie Robinson Parkway eastbound at Jamaica Avenue & J Robinson Parkway, 1.9 miles by car along the streets.

  1. 1802 Atlantic Avenue Gas station
    700 feet
  2. 170 Buffalo Avenue Charging for electric cars, 20 Level 2 chargers
    0.5 miles
  3. 28-17 42nd Road Fast charging for electric cars
    2.4 miles

Safety record

How crashes are counted

Between 2021 and 2025, police reported 25 crashes at this corner, more than the median of seven crashes for a Brooklyn corner.

  • 14 people injured
  • 0 people killed
  • 4 of those hurt, on foot
  • 1 of those hurt, on a bike

The most recent crash recorded here was in April 2026.

What the city has done here

  • Leading pedestrian interval, June 2024

Camera tickets

How tickets are counted

In 2025, 1,410 bus-lane camera tickets were issued for violations recorded at this corner, the 99th most of the 174 corners in the city where any were issued.

In 2026 so far, through August 3, 418 more were issued.

Every corner with bus-lane camera tickets

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
67 feet above sea level

The streets

  • Up to two travel lanes
  • A designated truck route
  • One of the streets is one-way

Homes

About 1,000 homes stand within 820 feet of this corner, a mix of apartment buildings and smaller houses.

Since 2014 at least 117 new affordable homes have been completed within 820 feet.

Trees

NYC Parks records 44 trees within 330 feet; the most common is the pin oak.

Parking on the streets meeting here

How signs are read
  • 33 signs on these blocks
  • 5 different rules

The sign wording is DOT's, as recorded between May 2020 and February 2026, and the sign on the street decides.

North side of Dean Street

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

South side of Dean Street

  • No parking 10 signs NO PARKING TUESDAY FRIDAY 11:30AM-1PM

East side of Utica Avenue

  • No standing 5 signs NO STANDING 7AM-7PM ALL DAYS

West side of Utica Avenue

  • No parking 5 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 31 public places.

  • 20 religious buildings
  • 4 gardens
  • 3 playgrounds
  • 2 schools
  • 1 park
  • 1 police station

Schools and child care

  1. P.S. 335 Granville T. Woods School
    1,100 feet
  2. The Brooklyn Green School
    1,100 feet

Parks, playgrounds and gardens

  1. Woods Playground
    640 feet
  2. Imani Community Garden (Schenectady) Garden
    720 feet
  3. Imani II Community Garden
    970 feet
Show all 8
  1. Eden’s Community Garden
    980 feet
  2. St. John's Park
    1,120 feet
  3. Kingsborough Houses Bergen Playground
    1,220 feet
  4. Kingsborough Houses Pacific Playground
    1,230 feet
  5. Garden of Plenty Garden
    1,260 feet

Houses of worship

  1. Berean Baptist Church House of worship
    520 feet
  2. International Christian Center House of worship
    540 feet

Fire and police

  1. 77th Precinct Police station
    480 feet

Supermarkets

  1. Food Universe Supermarket
    0.3 miles
  2. Ideal Food Basket Supermarket
    0.4 miles

Other stores

  1. Dollar Tree Store
    1,270 feet

Food stores and places to eat

Within a five-minute walk there are eight places to eat and nine 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 Utica Avenue.

Sources: NYC Technology and Innovation, NYPD, NYC Finance, NYC DOT, MTA, NYC City Planning, New York City's bike-share system, NYS Environmental Conservation, 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.