East New York Avenue & Chester Street

East New York Avenue and Chester Street meet at a three-way junction in Brownsville, Brooklyn. Between 2021 and 2025, nine police-reported crashes were recorded here, against a median of seven crashes for a Brooklyn corner. The sculpture “Face to Face” is 520 feet away. The nearest bus stop, Rockaway Av/Prospect Pl, is 350 feet away for the B12 and B60, and four bus routes stop within a ten-minute walk. Within a five-minute walk are 29 public places, 19 of them religious buildings, and 15 places to eat.

Safety record
2 hurt
9 police-reported crashes, 2021–2025
Nearest highway entrance
Jackie Robinson Parkway
0.9 miles by car along the streets
Nearest bus stop
350 feet
Rockaway Av/Prospect Pl · B12, B60
Within a walk
29 places
19 religious buildings, 2 day care or pre-K sites and 6 more kinds, within five minutes

Map

Layers
East New York Avenue & Chester Street Nearby corners, linked

Getting there

How walks are measured

Bus

The nearest bus stop is Rockaway Av/Prospect Pl, 350 feet away, for the B12 and B60.

  • 4 routes within a ten-minute walk
  1. Rockaway Av/Prospect Pl B12, B60
    350 feet
    B12 B60

Next buses at this stop

  1. B12 …
  2. B60 …

Live arrivals

Cycling

A signed bike route shared with traffic runs on East New York Avenue.

  • 7 bicycle racks within 820 feet
  • 3 more bike-share stations within a five-minute walk

Nearest bike-share station

  1. Park Pl & Thomas S. Boyland St 23 docks in all
    650 feet

By car

The nearest highway entrance is the ramp to the Jackie Robinson Parkway eastbound at Jamaica Avenue & J Robinson Parkway, 0.9 miles by car along the streets.

  1. 519 Howard Avenue Gas station
    0.4 miles
  2. 492 Thomas Boyland Street Charging for electric cars, five Level 2 chargers
    0.3 miles
  3. 1389 Rockaway Parkway Fast charging for electric cars
    2 miles

Safety record

How crashes are counted

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

  • 2 people injured
  • 0 people killed
  • 1 of those hurt, on foot
  • 1 of those hurt, on a bike

The most recent crash recorded here was in May 2025.

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
48 feet above sea level

The streets

  • Up to two travel lanes
  • A designated truck route
  • One of the streets is one-way

Homes

About 2,100 homes stand within 820 feet of this corner, most of them in buildings of ten homes or more.

Since 2014 at least 257 new affordable homes have been completed within 820 feet.

Trees

NYC Parks records 39 trees within 330 feet; the most common is the swamp white oak.

Parking on the streets meeting here

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

The sign wording is DOT's, as recorded between July 2021 and May 2023, and the sign on the street decides.

East side of Chester Street

  • No parking 6 signs NO PARKING TUESDAY FRIDAY 8AM-9:30AM
  • No standing 2 signs NO STANDING ANYTIME

West side of Chester Street

  • Authorized vehicles only 2 signs AVO ADMINISTRATION FOR CHILDREN'S SERVICES
  • No parking 6 signs NO PARKING MONDAY THURSDAY 8AM-9:30AM
  • No standing 1 sign NO STANDING ANYTIME

South side of East New York Avenue

  • No standing 1 sign NO STANDING ANYTIME
  • No standing 2 signs NO STANDING MONDAY-FRIDAY 7AM-10AM
  • Truck loading only 2 signs TRUCK LOADING ONLY MONDAY-FRIDAY 7AM-7PM

Monuments and public art

How landmarks are placed

The City's public art inventory lists one work near this corner, at New York City Police Department 73rd Precinct.

  1. Face to Face Sculpture by Peter Chinni, 1984
    520 feet

Schools, parks and places within a walk

How places are listed

Within a five-minute walk there are 29 public places.

  • 19 religious buildings
  • 2 day care or pre-K sites
  • 2 older adult centers
  • 2 playgrounds
  • 1 ambulance station
  • 3 other places

Schools and child care

  1. Brooklyn Kindergarten Society Preschool, ages 2 to 5 · Pre-K
    910 feet
  2. Brooklyn Sky Child Care Center Preschool, ages 2 to 5
    960 feet

Parks, playgrounds and gardens

  1. Howard Pool Park
    900 feet
  2. Chester Playground
    990 feet
  3. Ocean Hill Playground
    1,120 feet

Health care

  1. EMS Station 44 Ambulance station
    1,080 feet

Houses of worship

  1. Our Lady Presentation & Loreto Church House of worship
    750 feet

Community centers and public services

  1. Older adult center at 1440 East New York Avenue Older adult center
    830 feet
  2. Older adult center at Brown Older adult center
    1,090 feet
  3. Marcus Garvey Community Center
    1,140 feet

Fire and police

  1. 73rd Precinct Police station
    630 feet

Bank branches

  1. Chase Bank branch
    1,130 feet

Supermarkets

  1. CTown Supermarket
    0.4 miles
  2. Fine Fare Supermarket
    0.4 miles
  3. Ideal Food Basket Supermarket
    0.4 miles

Other stores

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

Food stores and places to eat

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

Not on record for this corner: a subway entrance within a ten-minute walk, a signal or safety change and a designated landmark or historic district within 820 feet.

Nearby corners

The eight nearest of the 10 corners within a three-minute walk:

See every intersection along Chester Street or East New York Avenue.

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