Dumont Avenue & Chester Street

Dumont Avenue and Chester Street meet at a four-way crossing in Brownsville, Brooklyn. Between 2021 and 2025, eight police-reported crashes were recorded here, against a median of seven crashes for a Brooklyn corner. Living Laboratory Community Garden is 240 feet away, and Mott Hall Bridges Academy is 1,010 feet away. The nearest subway, Rockaway Av, is about three minutes on foot, for the 3. Within a five-minute walk are 21 public places, seven of them religious buildings, and nine places to eat. About 1,000 homes stand within 820 feet, most in buildings of ten homes or more.

Safety record
4 hurt
8 police-reported crashes, 2021–2025
Nearest subway
Rockaway Av
790 feet · 3 min on foot · 3
Nearest bus stop
350 feet
Rockaway Av/Dumont Av · B60
Within a walk
21 places
7 religious buildings, 4 gardens and 6 more kinds, within five minutes

Map

Layers
Dumont Avenue & Chester Street Nearby corners, linked

Getting there

How walks are measured

Subway

The nearest subway station is Rockaway Av, 790 feet from this corner, about three minutes on foot.

  1. Rockaway Av 3
    790 feet
    3

Next trains at this station

Manhattan
1 line
  1. 3 …
New Lots
1 line
  1. 3 …

Also within a walk

  1. Saratoga Av 3
    0.4 miles
    3
  2. Junius St 3
    0.5 miles
    3

The MTA's permanent art catalog lists “Paroles Vagabondes/Wisdom Along the Way” (2017) by Béatrice Lebreton at the Rockaway Av station.

Bus

The nearest bus stop is Rockaway Av/Dumont Av, 350 feet away, for the B60.

  • 5 routes within a ten-minute walk
  1. Rockaway Av/Dumont Av B60 · Shelter
    350 feet
    B60
    Shelter

Next buses at this stop

  1. B60 …

Live arrivals

Cycling

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

Nearest bike-share station

  1. Dumont Ave & Thomas S. Boyland St 17 docks in all
    590 feet

By car

The nearest highway entrance is the ramp to the Jackie Robinson Parkway eastbound at Jamaica Avenue & J Robinson Parkway, 1.5 miles by car along the streets.

  1. 345 Sutter Avenue Gas station
    0.5 miles
  2. 492 Thomas Boyland Street Charging for electric cars, five Level 2 chargers
    0.5 miles
  3. 1389 Rockaway Parkway Fast charging for electric cars
    1.4 miles

Safety record

How crashes are counted

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

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

The most recent crash recorded here was in April 2026.

About this corner

Where facts come from
ZIP code
11212
Community board
Brooklyn Community Board 16
City Council district
41
Police precinct
73
Neighborhood (City Planning area)
Brownsville
Elevation
30 feet above sea level

The streets

  • One travel lane
  • One of the streets is one-way

Homes

About 1,000 homes stand within 820 feet of this corner, most of them in buildings of ten homes or more.

Since 2014 at least 375 new affordable homes have been completed within 820 feet.

Trees

NYC Parks records 64 trees within 330 feet; the most common is the pin oak.

Parking on the streets meeting here

How signs are read
  • 30 signs on these blocks
  • 8 different rules

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

East side of Chester Street

  • No parking 2 signs NO PARKING ANYTIME
  • No parking 8 signs NO PARKING TUESDAY FRIDAY 9AM-10:30AM
  • No standing 1 sign NO STANDING ANYTIME

West side of Chester Street

  • No parking 8 signs NO PARKING MONDAY THURSDAY 9AM-10:30AM
  • No standing 1 sign NO STANDING ANYTIME

North side of Dumont Avenue

  • No parking 4 signs NO PARKING TUESDAY FRIDAY 9AM-10:30AM

South side of Dumont Avenue

  • No parking 5 signs NO PARKING MONDAY THURSDAY 9AM-10:30AM
  • No standing 1 sign NO STANDING ANYTIME

Landmarks and historic districts

One building within 820 feet is designated by the Landmarks Preservation Commission, recorded as Art Moderne, and built between 1937 and 1939.

Schools, parks and places within a walk

How places are listed

Within a five-minute walk there are 21 public places.

  • 7 religious buildings
  • 4 gardens
  • 4 schools
  • 2 playgrounds
  • 1 day care or pre-K site
  • 3 other places

Schools and child care

  1. Frederick Douglass Academy VII High School
    1,000 feet
  2. Legacy Leadership High School
    1,000 feet
  3. Mott Hall Bridges Academy School
    1,010 feet
Show all 5
  1. P.S./I.S. 323 School
    1,010 feet
  2. P.A.L./W.O.C.E. Head Start Preschool, ages 2 to 5
    1,250 feet

Parks, playgrounds and gardens

  1. Living Laboratory Community Garden
    240 feet
  2. Betsy Head Park
    310 feet
  3. Imagination Playground at Betsy Head Playground
    350 feet
Show all 7
  1. P.S. 125 Playground
    610 feet
  2. It's All About Brownsville Garden
    1,150 feet
  3. Brownsville Community Farm (James McKeather) Garden
    1,180 feet
  4. ISO Student Farm Garden
    1,280 feet

Houses of worship

  1. First Baptist Church Brownsville House of worship
    500 feet
  2. Risen Christ Lutheran Church House of worship
    570 feet
  3. Cornerstone Pentecostal Church House of worship
    720 feet
Show all 5
  1. Little Rock Baptist Church House of worship
    810 feet
  2. Mountain of Fire and Miracles Ministries House of worship
    1,210 feet

Community centers and public services

  1. Betsy Head Field House Recreation center · landmark
    640 feet
  2. Betsy Head Pool Swimming pool
    780 feet

Supermarkets

  1. Shop Fair Supermarket
    1,070 feet
  2. Fine Fare Supermarket
    0.4 miles
  3. CTown Supermarket
    0.4 miles

Other stores

  1. Family Dollar Store
    0.4 miles
  2. Dollar Tree Store
    0.4 miles

Food stores and places to eat

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

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

Nearby corners

The eight nearest corners on foot, seven of them within a three-minute walk:

See every intersection along Chester Street or Dumont Avenue.

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