Ditmas Avenue & Dahill Road

Ditmas Avenue and Dahill Road meet at a four-way crossing in Borough Park, Brooklyn. Between 2021 and 2025, 15 police-reported crashes were recorded here, against a median of seven crashes for a Brooklyn corner. Bais Shifra is 700 feet away. The nearest subway, Ditmas Av, is about a minute on foot, for the F. Within a five-minute walk are 30 public places, 16 of them religious buildings, and 11 places to eat. About 1,200 homes stand within 820 feet, mostly built between 1925 and 1930, a mix of apartment buildings and smaller houses.

Safety record
12 hurt
15 police-reported crashes, 2021–2025
Nearest subway
Ditmas Av
250 feet · 1 min on foot · F
Nearest bus stop
300 feet
McDonald Av/Ditmas Av · B90
Within a walk
30 places
16 religious buildings, 8 schools and 3 more kinds, within five minutes

Map

Layers
Ditmas Avenue & Dahill Road Nearby corners, linked

Getting there

How walks are measured

Subway

The nearest subway station is Ditmas Av, 250 feet from this corner, about a minute on foot.

  1. Ditmas Av F
    250 feet
    F

Next trains at this station

Manhattan
1 line
  1. F …
Southbound
1 line
  1. F …

Also within a walk

  1. 18 Av F
    0.4 miles
    F

The MTA's permanent art catalog lists “Inheritance: In Memory of American Glass” (2016) by Cara Lynch at the Ditmas Av station.

Bus

The nearest bus stop is McDonald Av/Ditmas Av, 300 feet away, for the B90.

  • 7 routes within a ten-minute walk
  1. McDonald Av/Ditmas Av B90
    300 feet
    B90

Next buses at this stop

  1. B90 …

Live arrivals

Cycling

  • 22 bicycle racks within 820 feet

Nearest bike-share station

  1. Ditmas Ave & McDonald Ave 23 docks in all
    260 feet

By car

The nearest highway entrance is the ramp to the Prospect Expressway westbound at 11th Avenue & 18th Street, 1.5 miles by car along the streets.

  1. 1 Cortelyou Road Gas station
    1,020 feet
  2. 581 Ocean Parkway Charging for electric cars, 13 Level 2 chargers
    0.7 miles
  3. 1763 86th Street Fast charging for electric cars
    2.4 miles

Safety record

How crashes are counted

Between 2021 and 2025, police reported 15 crashes at this corner, more than the median of seven crashes for a Brooklyn corner.

  • 12 people injured
  • 0 people killed
  • 3 of those hurt, on foot
  • 4 of those hurt, on a bike

The most recent crash recorded here was in June 2025.

What the city has done here

  • Leading pedestrian interval, December 2016
  • Turn calming, April 2021

About this corner

Where facts come from
ZIP code
11218
Community board
Brooklyn Community Board 12
City Council district
39
Police precinct
66
Neighborhood (City Planning area)
Borough Park
Elevation
50 feet above sea level

The streets

  • Up to two travel lanes
  • One of the streets is 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 between 1925 and 1930.

Trees

NYC Parks records 34 trees within 330 feet.

Parking on the streets meeting here

How signs are read
  • 43 signs on these blocks
  • 14 different rules
  • 2 active meters
  • 2 pay-by-cell zones

The sign wording is DOT's, as recorded between July 2015 and January 2026; the 12 rules shown are the first by street and side, and the sign on the street decides.

North side of 40th Street

  • No parking 3 signs NO PARKING TUESDAY 9:30AM-11AM

South side of 40th Street

  • No parking 4 signs NO PARKING FRIDAY 9:30AM-11AM
  • No standing 2 signs NO STANDING 7AM-7PM EXCEPT SATURDAY

East side of Dahill Road

  • No parking 12 signs NO PARKING MONDAY 11:30AM-1PM
  • No standing 2 signs NO STANDING ANYTIME
  • Truck loading only 2 signs TRUCK LOADING ONLY 6AM-5PM EXCEPT SUNDAY

West side of Dahill Road

  • No parking 2 signs NO PARKING ANYTIME
  • No parking 6 signs NO PARKING TUESDAY 11:30AM-1PM

North side of Ditmas Avenue

  • Metered parking 2 signs 2 HOUR METERED PARKING 8AM-7PM EXCEPT SUNDAY
  • No parking 2 signs NO PARKING 7:30AM-8AM EXCEPT SUNDAY

South side of Ditmas Avenue

  • Metered parking 2 signs 2 HOUR METERED PARKING 8:30AM-7PM EXCEPT SUNDAY
  • No parking 2 signs NO PARKING 8AM-8:30AM EXCEPT SUNDAY

ParkNYC pay-by-cell zones: 329694 and 331568.

Schools, parks and places within a walk

How places are listed

Within a five-minute walk there are 30 public places.

  • 16 religious buildings
  • 8 schools
  • 3 day care or pre-K sites
  • 2 playgrounds
  • 1 trade or language school

Schools and child care

  1. Yeshiva Shalshelet Bais Yaakov School
    370 feet
  2. Manhattan School of Computer Technol Trade or language school
    700 feet
  3. Bais Shifra School
    700 feet
Show all 12
  1. Yeshiva and Beth Hamedrash Shaarei School
    760 feet
  2. Talmud Torah School-based preschool, ages 3 to 5
    760 feet
  3. Bnos Peninim School
    870 feet
  4. Talmud Torah Lelov School-based preschool, ages 3 to 5
    1,050 feet
  5. J.H.S. 223 the Montauk School
    1,230 feet
  6. Urban Assembly School for Leadership and Empowerment School
    1,230 feet
  7. Gan Yisroel School
    1,230 feet
  8. Kochavim School
    1,230 feet
  9. Jewish Continuity Association Preschool, ages 2 to 5
    1,250 feet

Parks, playgrounds and gardens

  1. Dome Playground
    840 feet
  2. DiGilio Playground
    1,230 feet

Supermarkets

  1. Landau's Supermarket Supermarket
    0.4 miles
  2. Gala Apple International Supermarket
    0.5 miles

Pharmacies

  1. CVS Pharmacy
    0.3 miles

Food stores and places to eat

Within a five-minute walk there are 11 places to eat and 15 food stores.

Not on record for this corner: a designated landmark or historic district within 820 feet.

Nearby corners

The eight nearest of the 12 corners within a three-minute walk:

See every intersection along 40th Street, Dahill Road or Ditmas 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 Parks, NYC Health, NYS Agriculture and Markets and USDA, retrieved September 18 – October 6, 2026.