East 18th Street & Dorchester Road

East 18th Street and Dorchester Road meet at a four-way crossing in Flatbush (West)-Ditmas Park-Parkville, Brooklyn. The corner lies on the edge of the Ditmas Park Historic District. Between 2021 and 2025, one police-reported crash was recorded here, fewer than the median of seven crashes for a Brooklyn corner. Flatbush Tompkins Congregational Church is 210 feet away. The nearest subway, Cortelyou Rd, is about six minutes on foot, and two subway lines stop within a ten-minute walk. Within a five-minute walk are seven public places, three of them religious buildings, and six places to eat.

Safety record
2 hurt
1 police-reported crash, 2021–2025
Nearest subway
Cortelyou Rd
0.3 miles · 6 min on foot · Q
Nearest bus stop
760 feet
Cortelyou Rd/E 18 St · B103, BM1, BM2, BM3 +1
Within a walk
7 places
3 religious buildings, 2 day care or pre-K sites and 2 more kinds, within five minutes

Map

Layers
East 18th Street & Dorchester Road Nearby corners, linked

Getting there

How walks are measured

Subway

The nearest subway station is Cortelyou Rd, 0.3 miles from this corner, about six minutes on foot.

  • 2 lines within a ten-minute walk
  1. Cortelyou Rd Q
    0.3 miles
    Q

Next trains at this station

Manhattan
1 line
  1. Q …
Southbound
1 line
  1. Q …

Also within a walk

  1. Beverley Rd Q
    0.4 miles
    Q
  2. Newkirk Plaza B, Q
    0.4 miles
    B Q

The MTA's permanent art catalog lists “Garden Stops” (1994) by Patsy Norvell at the Cortelyou Rd station.

Bus

The nearest bus stop is Cortelyou Rd/E 18 St, 760 feet away, for the B103, BM1, BM2, BM3 and BM4.

  • 10 routes within a ten-minute walk
  1. Cortelyou Rd/E 18 St B103, BM1, BM2, BM3 +1
    760 feet
    B103 BM1 BM2 BM3 BM4

Next buses at this stop

  1. B103 …
  2. BM1 …
  3. BM2 …
  4. BM3 …
  5. BM4 …

Live arrivals

Cycling

  • 24 bicycle racks within 820 feet

Nearest bike-share station

  1. E 19 St & Cortelyou Rd 23 docks in all
    940 feet

By car

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

  1. 842 Coney Island Avenue Gas station
    0.5 miles
  2. 1170 Ocean Avenue Charging for electric cars, eight Level 2 chargers
    0.7 miles
  3. 2699 Nostrand Avenue Fast charging for electric cars
    2.2 miles

Safety record

How crashes are counted

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

  • 2 people injured
  • 0 people killed

The most recent crash recorded here was in February 2024.

About this corner

Where facts come from
ZIP code
11226
Community board
Brooklyn Community Board 14
City Council district
40
Police precinct
70
Neighborhood (City Planning area)
Flatbush (West)-Ditmas Park-Parkville
Elevation
28 feet above sea level

The streets

  • One travel lane
  • Two of the streets are one-way

Homes

About 1,900 homes stand within 820 feet of this corner, most of them in buildings of ten homes or more. The buildings holding them mostly went up between 1928 and 1956.

Trees

NYC Parks records 75 trees within 330 feet.

Parking on the streets meeting here

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

The sign wording is DOT's, as recorded between May 2015 and May 2021, and the sign on the street decides.

North side of Dorchester Road

  • No parking 2 signs NO PARKING 7AM-6PM EXCEPT SUNDAY
  • No parking 6 signs NO PARKING THURSDAY 11:30AM-1PM

South side of Dorchester Road

  • No parking 2 signs NO PARKING ANYTIME
  • No parking 5 signs NO PARKING FRIDAY 11:30AM-1PM

East side of East 18th Street

  • No parking 5 signs NO PARKING FRIDAY 11:30AM-1PM
  • No parking 6 signs NO PARKING WEDNESDAY 9:30AM-11AM

West side of East 18th Street

  • No parking 6 signs NO PARKING MONDAY 9:30AM-11AM
  • No parking 5 signs NO PARKING THURSDAY 11:30AM-1PM

Landmarks and historic districts

The corner stands at the edge of the Ditmas Park Historic District.

Within 820 feet, 160 buildings are designated by the Landmarks Preservation Commission, recorded most often as Colonial Revival, and mostly built between 1901 and 1908.

Schools and places within a walk

How places are listed

Seven public places are within a five-minute walk.

  • 3 religious buildings
  • 2 day care or pre-K sites
  • 1 listed historic place
  • 1 older adult center

Schools and child care

  1. Aleph Elc Preschool, ages 2 to 5
    920 feet
  2. B'Above Worldwide Institute Preschool, ages 2 to 5 · Pre-K
    1,080 feet

Libraries, museums and history

  1. Ditmas Park Historic District Listed historic place
    710 feet

Houses of worship

  1. Flatbush Tompkins Congregational Church Landmark
    210 feet
  2. Congregation Ohel Yitzhack House of worship
    920 feet

Community centers and public services

  1. Dorchester Senior Citizens Center Older adult center
    960 feet

Supermarkets

  1. Key Food Supermarket
    1,240 feet
  2. CTown Supermarket
    0.4 miles

Pharmacies

  1. Duane Reade Pharmacy
    0.3 miles
  2. Walgreens Pharmacy
    0.4 miles

Food stores and places to eat

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

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

Nearby corners

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

See every intersection along Dorchester Road or East 18th Street.

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, Landmarks Preservation Commission, NYC Parks, NYC Health, NYS Agriculture and Markets and USDA, retrieved September 18 – October 6, 2026.