East 19th Street & Dorchester Road

East 19th Street and Dorchester Road meet at a four-way crossing in Flatbush, Brooklyn. The corner lies on the edge of the Ditmas Park Historic District. Between 2021 and 2025, five police-reported crashes were recorded here, fewer than the median of seven crashes for a Brooklyn corner. Pilgrim Wesleyan Church is 1,120 feet away, and Fernande Valme Ministries is 1,140 feet away. The nearest subway, Cortelyou Rd, is about seven minutes on foot, for the Q. Within a five-minute walk are 13 public places, seven of them religious buildings, and six places to eat.

Safety record
3 hurt
5 police-reported crashes, 2021–2025
Nearest subway
Cortelyou Rd
0.3 miles · 7 min on foot · Q
Nearest bus stop
780 feet
Cortelyou Rd/E 19 St · B103, BM1, BM2, BM3 +1
Within a walk
13 places
7 religious buildings, 3 day care or pre-K sites and 2 more kinds, within five minutes

Map

Layers
East 19th 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 seven minutes on foot.

  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

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 19 St, 780 feet away, for the B103, BM1, BM2, BM3 and BM4.

  • 10 routes within a ten-minute walk
  1. Cortelyou Rd/E 19 St B103, BM1, BM2, BM3 +1
    780 feet
    B103 BM1 BM2 BM3 BM4

Next buses at this stop

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

Live arrivals

Cycling

  • 13 bicycle racks within 820 feet

Nearest bike-share station

  1. E 19 St & Cortelyou Rd 23 docks in all
    660 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 five crashes at this corner, fewer than the median of seven crashes for a Brooklyn corner.

  • 3 people injured
  • 0 people killed

The most recent crash recorded here was in April 2026.

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
Elevation
28 feet above sea level

The streets

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

Homes

About 2,700 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.

Since 2014 at least 79 new affordable homes have been completed within 820 feet.

Trees

NYC Parks records 61 trees within 330 feet; the most common is the littleleaf linden.

Parking on the streets meeting here

How signs are read
  • 38 signs on these blocks
  • 9 different rules

The sign wording is DOT's, as recorded between October 2016 and April 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
  • No standing 1 sign NO STANDING ANYTIME

East side of East 19th 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 19th 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, 114 buildings are designated by the Landmarks Preservation Commission, recorded most often as Colonial Revival, and mostly built between 1901 and 1910.

Schools and places within a walk

How places are listed

Thirteen public places are within a five-minute walk.

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

Schools and child care

  1. B'Above Worldwide Institute Preschool, ages 2 to 5 · Pre-K
    790 feet
  2. Cortelyou Early Childhood Center School-based preschool, ages 3 to 5
    1,150 feet
  3. Aleph Elc Preschool, ages 2 to 5
    1,200 feet

Libraries, museums and history

  1. Ditmas Park Historic District Listed historic place
    1,000 feet

Houses of worship

  1. Flatbush Tompkins Congregational Church Landmark
    260 feet
  2. Pilgrim Wesleyan Church House of worship
    1,120 feet
  3. Fernande Valme Ministries House of worship
    1,140 feet
Show all 4
  1. Congregation Ohel Yitzhack House of worship
    1,200 feet

Community centers and public services

  1. Dorchester Senior Citizens Center Older adult center
    1,250 feet
  2. Older adult center at 961 Ocean Avenue Older adult center
    1,310 feet

Supermarkets

  1. Key Food Supermarket
    0.3 miles
  2. CTown Supermarket
    0.4 miles
  3. Food Bazaar Supermarket
    0.5 miles

Pharmacies

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

Food stores and places to eat

Within a five-minute walk there are six places to eat and seven 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 19th 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, NYC Housing Preservation and Development, Landmarks Preservation Commission, NYC Parks, NYC Health, NYS Agriculture and Markets and USDA, retrieved September 18 – October 6, 2026.