Flatbush Avenue & Chester Court

Flatbush Avenue and Chester Court meet at a three-way junction in Prospect Lefferts Gardens-Wingate, Brooklyn. Between 2021 and 2025, seven police-reported crashes were recorded here, the median for a Brooklyn corner. Chester Court Wall stands 290 feet away. The nearest subway, Prospect Park, is about five minutes on foot, for the B, Q and S. Within a five-minute walk are five public places, three of them day care or pre-K sites, and 45 places to eat. About 3,400 homes stand within 820 feet, mostly built between 1926 and 1941, most in buildings of ten homes or more.

Safety record
6 hurt
7 police-reported crashes, 2021–2025
Nearest subway
Prospect Park
1,290 feet · 5 min on foot · B, Q, S
Nearest bus stop
110 feet
Flatbush Av/Chester Ct · B41
Within a walk
5 places
3 day care or pre-K sites, 1 religious building and 1 more kind, within five minutes

Map

Layers
Flatbush Avenue & Chester Court Nearby corners, linked

Getting there

How walks are measured

Subway

The nearest subway station is Prospect Park, 1,290 feet from this corner, about five minutes on foot.

  • 3 lines at the nearest station
  1. Prospect Park B, Q, S
    1,290 feet
    B Q S

Next trains at this station

Northbound
3 lines
  1. B …
  2. Q …
  3. S …
Southbound
3 lines
  1. B …
  2. Q …
  3. S …

Also within a walk

  1. Parkside Av Q
    0.3 miles
    Q

The MTA's permanent art catalog lists “Brighton Clay Re-Leaf Nos. 1-4” (1994) by Susan Tunick at the Prospect Park station.

Bus

The nearest bus stop is Flatbush Av/Chester Ct, 110 feet away, for the B41.

  • 8 routes within a ten-minute walk
  1. Flatbush Av/Chester Ct B41
    110 feet
    B41

Next buses at this stop

  1. B41 …

Live arrivals

Cycling

  • 32 bicycle racks within 820 feet
  • 4 more bike-share stations within a five-minute walk

Nearest bike-share station

  1. Flatbush Ave & Fenimore St 24 docks in all
    160 feet

By car

The nearest highway entrance is the ramp to the Prospect Expressway westbound at Prospect Avenue & Prospect Expressway, 1.1 miles by car along the streets.

  1. 517 Flatbush Avenue Gas station
    1,170 feet
  2. 625 Rogers Avenue Charging for electric cars, six Level 2 chargers
    0.6 miles
  3. 2699 Nostrand Avenue Fast charging for electric cars
    3 miles

Safety record

How crashes are counted

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

  • 6 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 February 2026.

About this corner

Where facts come from
ZIP code
11225
Community board
Brooklyn Community Board 9
City Council district
40
Police precinct
71
Neighborhood (City Planning area)
Prospect Lefferts Gardens-Wingate
Elevation
63 feet above sea level

The streets

  • Up to four travel lanes
  • A designated truck route

Homes

About 3,400 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 1926 and 1941.

Trees

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

Parking on the streets meeting here

How signs are read
  • 26 signs on these blocks
  • 7 different rules
  • 2 active meters
  • 2 pay-by-cell zones

The sign wording is DOT's, as recorded between April 2019 and July 2026, and the sign on the street decides.

Meters are posted as 2 hour passenger vehicles Monday to Friday 10am to 7pm, 2 hour passenger vehicles Saturday 8am to 7pm on Flatbush Avenue (east side).

North side of Chester Court

  • No parking 2 signs NO PARKING MONDAY THURSDAY 8:30AM-10AM
  • No standing 2 signs NO STANDING ANYTIME

South side of Chester Court

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

West side of Flatbush Avenue

  • Metered parking 6 signs 2 HOUR METERED PARKING 8AM-7PM EXCEPT SUNDAY
  • No parking 8 signs NO PARKING 7:30AM-8AM EXCEPT SUNDAY
  • No standing 5 signs NO STANDING ANYTIME

ParkNYC pay-by-cell zones: 301291 and 329469.

Landmarks, monuments and public art

How landmarks are placed

Landmarks and historic districts

Within 820 feet, 225 buildings are designated by the Landmarks Preservation Commission, recorded most often as Romanesque Revival, and mostly built between 1898 and 1915.

  1. Chester Court Wall Designated landmark
    290 feet

Monuments and public art

The City's public art inventory lists two works near this corner, the nearest in Prospect Park.

  1. Peter & Willie Statue by Otto Neals, 1997
    700 feet
  2. Washington Irving Memorial Bust by James Wilson Alexander MacDonald, 1871
    810 feet

Schools and places within a walk

How places are listed

Five public places are within a five-minute walk.

  • 3 day care or pre-K sites
  • 1 religious building
  • 1 school

Schools and child care

  1. The Maple Street School Preschool, ages 2 to 5 · Pre-K
    110 feet
  2. Amy's Academy Preschool, ages 2 to 5
    570 feet
  3. City-Pro Group, Inc. - Bedford Ave School
    1,190 feet
Show all 4
  1. Blue Petals Utmost Care Preschool, ages 2 to 5
    1,310 feet

Houses of worship

  1. John Hus Moravian Church House of worship
    550 feet

Supermarkets

  1. Associated Supermarkets Supermarket
    450 feet
  2. Key Food Supermarket
    0.3 miles
  3. Western Beef Supermarket
    0.4 miles

Pharmacies

  1. Duane Reade Pharmacy
    1,110 feet

Food stores and places to eat

Within a five-minute walk there are 45 places to eat and 15 food stores.

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

Nearby corners

The eight corners within a three-minute walk:

See every intersection along Flatbush 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, Landmarks Preservation Commission, NYC Public Design Commission, NYC Parks, NYC Health, NYS Agriculture and Markets and USDA, retrieved September 18 – October 6, 2026.