Ditmas Avenue & Dorset Street
Ditmas Avenue and Dorset Street meet at a three-way junction in East Flatbush-Remsen Village, Brooklyn. Between 2021 and 2025, six police-reported crashes were recorded here, fewer than the median of seven crashes for a Brooklyn corner. Wyckoff House Museum is 1,020 feet away. The nearest bus stop, Ralph Av/Clarendon Rd, is 630 feet away for the B47, and four bus routes stop within a ten-minute walk. Within a five-minute walk are six public places, three of them religious buildings, and four places to eat.
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Getting there
How walks are measuredBus
The nearest bus stop is Ralph Av/Clarendon Rd, 630 feet away, for the B47.
- 4 routes within a ten-minute walk
- Ralph Av/Clarendon Rd B47 · Shelter630 feetB47
Next buses at this stop
- B47 …
By car
The nearest highway entrance is the ramp to the Belt Parkway westbound at Shore Parkway, 2.5 miles by car along the streets.
- 804 Remsen Avenue Gas station1,270 feet
- 5523 Glenwood Road Charging for electric cars, ten Level 2 chargers0.8 miles
- 1389 Rockaway Parkway Fast charging for electric cars1.1 miles
Safety record
How crashes are countedBetween 2021 and 2025, police reported six crashes at this corner, fewer than the median of seven crashes for a Brooklyn corner.
- 4 people injured
- 0 people killed
The most recent crash recorded here was in August 2024.
About this corner
Where facts come from- ZIP code
- 11236
- Community board
- Brooklyn Community Board 17
- City Council district
- 42
- Police precinct
- 67
- Neighborhood (City Planning area)
- East Flatbush-Remsen Village
- Elevation
- 19 feet above sea level
The streets
- Up to two travel lanes
Homes
About 400 homes stand within 820 feet of this corner, almost all of them in houses of one or two. The buildings holding them mostly went up between 1930 and 1945.
Trees
NYC Parks records 44 trees within 330 feet; the most common is the green ash.
Parking on the streets meeting here
How signs are read- 12 signs on these blocks
- 4 different rules
The sign wording is DOT's, as recorded between May 2016 and September 2020, and the sign on the street decides.
North side of Ditmas Avenue
- No parking 4 signs NO PARKING MONDAY THURSDAY MIDNIGHT-3AM
- No standing 1 sign NO STANDING ANYTIME
East side of Dorset Street
- No parking 3 signs NO PARKING TUESDAY FRIDAY 11AM-12:30PM
West side of Dorset Street
- No parking 4 signs NO PARKING MONDAY THURSDAY 11AM-12:30PM
Schools and places within a walk
How places are listedSix public places are within a five-minute walk.
- 3 religious buildings
- 1 listed historic place
- 1 museum
- 1 school
Schools and child care
- I.S. 285 Meyer Levin School1,230 feet
Libraries, museums and history
- Pieter Wyckoff House Listed historic place850 feet
- Wyckoff House Museum1,020 feet
Supermarkets
- Good Food for Less Supermarket0.3 miles
Other stores
- Dollar Tree Store0.4 miles
Food stores and places to eat
Within a five-minute walk there are four places to eat and two food stores.
Not on record for this corner:
- A subway entrance within a ten-minute walk
- A bike route here or a bicycle rack within 820 feet
- A signal or safety change
- A designated landmark or historic district within 820 feet
Nearby corners
The eight nearest of the 9 corners within a three-minute walk:
- Ditmas Avenue & Branton Street 230 feet
- Ditmas Avenue & East 86th Street 240 feet
- Coventry Road & Dorset Street 410 feet
- Ditmas Avenue & East 87th Street 500 feet
- Ralph Avenue & Ditmas Avenue at Clarendon Road 570 feet
- Coventry Road & Branton Street 640 feet
- Ralph Avenue & Ditmas Avenue 690 feet
- Ralph Avenue & Coventry Road 710 feet
See every intersection along Ditmas Avenue or Dorset Street.