Flatbush Avenue & Dean Street

Flatbush Avenue and Dean Street meet at a four-way crossing in Park Slope, Brooklyn. Between 2021 and 2025, 31 police-reported crashes were recorded here, against a median of seven crashes for a Brooklyn corner. In 2025, 458 red-light and 2,533 school-zone speed camera tickets were recorded here. Brooklyn Bears/Pacific Street Garden is 600 feet away, and Pacific Library is 1,100 feet away. The nearest subway, Bergen St, is about two minutes on foot, and 11 subway lines stop within a ten-minute walk. Within a five-minute walk are 20 public places, seven of them religious buildings, and 95 places to eat.

Safety record
18 hurt
31 police-reported crashes, 2021–2025
Nearest subway
Bergen St
390 feet · 2 min on foot · 2, 3
Nearest bus stop
160 feet
Flatbush Av/Dean St · B41
Within a walk
20 places
7 religious buildings, 2 day care or pre-K sites and 8 more kinds, within five minutes

Map

Layers
Flatbush Avenue & Dean Street Nearby corners, linked

Getting there

How walks are measured

Subway

The nearest subway station is Bergen St, 390 feet from this corner, about two minutes on foot.

  • 2 lines at the nearest station
  • 11 lines within a ten-minute walk
  1. Bergen St 2, 3
    390 feet
    2 3

Next trains at this station

Manhattan
2 lines
  1. 2 …
  2. 3 …
Outbound
2 lines
  1. 2 …
  2. 3 …

Also within a walk

  1. Atlantic Av-Barclays Ctr 2, 3, 4, 5, B, D, N, Q, R
    710 feet
    2 3 4 5 B D N Q R
  2. 7 Av B, Q
    0.4 miles
    B Q

Bus

The nearest bus stop is Flatbush Av/Dean St, 160 feet away, for the B41.

  • 15 routes within a ten-minute walk
  1. Flatbush Av/Dean St B41
    160 feet
    B41

Next buses at this stop

  1. B41 …

Live arrivals

Cycling

A marked bike lane runs on Dean Street.

  • 110 bicycle racks within 820 feet, 2 of them on-street corrals
  • 2 more bike-share stations within a five-minute walk

Nearest bike-share station

  1. Bergen St & Flatbush Ave 33 docks in all
    420 feet

By car

The nearest highway entrance is the ramp to the Brooklyn-Queens Expressway eastbound at Navy Street, 1.1 miles by car along the streets.

  1. 300 Bergen Street Gas station
    0.5 miles
  2. 535 Carlton Avenue Charging for electric cars, four Level 2 chargers
    0.3 miles
  3. 28-17 42nd Road Fast charging for electric cars
    2.5 miles

Safety record

How crashes are counted

Between 2021 and 2025, police reported 31 crashes at this corner, more than the median of seven crashes for a Brooklyn corner.

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

The most recent crash recorded here was in June 2026.

What the city has done here

  • Leading pedestrian interval, April 2021

Camera tickets

How tickets are counted

In 2025, 458 red-light camera tickets were issued for violations recorded at this corner, the 143rd most of the 200 corners in the city where any were issued.

In 2026 so far, through July 26, 956 more were issued.

Red-light camera tickets by the direction of travel written on the ticket
Direction on the ticket20252026 so far
Southbound on Flatbush Avenue394878
Northbound on Flatbush Avenue6478
Total458956

In 2025, 2,533 school-zone speed camera tickets were issued for violations recorded at this corner, the 348th most of the 1,957 corners in the city where any were issued.

In 2026 so far, through August 27, 669 more were issued.

Every corner with red-light camera tickets · Every corner with speed camera tickets

About this corner

Where facts come from
ZIP code
11217
Community board
Brooklyn Community Board 6
City Council district
35 and 39 (the boundary runs through this corner)
Police precinct
78
Neighborhood (City Planning area)
Park Slope
Elevation
51 feet above sea level

The streets

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

Homes

About 3,200 homes stand within 820 feet of this corner, a mix of apartment buildings and smaller houses.

Since 2014 at least 749 new affordable homes have been completed within 820 feet.

Trees

NYC Parks records 32 trees within 330 feet; the most common is the thornless honeylocust.

Parking on the streets meeting here

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

The sign wording is DOT's, as recorded between August 2018 and August 2026, and the sign on the street decides.

Meters are posted as 2 hour passenger vehicles Monday to Friday 10am to 7pm, Saturday 8am to 7pm on Flatbush Avenue (east side), and as 2 hour passenger vehicles Monday to Friday 8am to 4pm, 2 hour passenger vehicles Saturday 8am to 7pm on Flatbush Avenue (west side).

North side of Dean Street

  • No standing 3 signs NO STANDING ANYTIME
  • No stopping 1 sign NO STOPPING ANYTIME

South side of Dean Street

  • Metered parking 1 sign 2 HOUR METERED PARKING 9AM-7PM EXCEPT SUNDAY
  • No parking 1 sign NO PARKING MONDAY TUESDAY THURSDAY FRIDAY 7:30AM-8AM
  • No standing 5 signs NO STANDING ANYTIME

East side of Flatbush Avenue

  • No standing 9 signs NO STANDING ANYTIME

West side of Flatbush Avenue

  • No standing 2 signs NO STANDING ANYTIME

ParkNYC pay-by-cell zones: 309614, 309997 and 333163.

Landmarks and historic districts

Within 820 feet, 100 buildings are designated by the Landmarks Preservation Commission, recorded most often as Italianate, and mostly built between 1869 and 1880.

  1. St. Augustine's Roman Catholic Church Rectory Designated landmark
    470 feet

Schools, parks and places within a walk

How places are listed

Twenty public places are within a five-minute walk.

  • 7 religious buildings
  • 2 day care or pre-K sites
  • 2 gardens
  • 2 listed historic places
  • 2 schools
  • 5 other places

Schools and child care

  1. Wonderforest Nature Preschool Infant, toddler and preschool care, ages 0 to 5
    560 feet
  2. Bridges: a School for Exploration and Equity School
    620 feet
  3. Design Works High School
    620 feet
Show all 4
  1. Eladia's Kids Parent Infant, toddler and preschool care, ages 0 to 5 · Pre-K
    1,150 feet

Parks, playgrounds and gardens

  1. Brooklyn Bears/Pacific Street Garden
    600 feet
  2. Dean Playground
    660 feet
  3. Warren-St.Marks Community Garden
    1,310 feet

Libraries, museums and history

  1. Pacific Library
    1,100 feet
  2. Atlantic Avenue Control House Listed historic place
    1,180 feet
  3. Atlantic Avenue Subway Station (IRT) Listed historic place
    1,210 feet

Theaters, arts and venues

  1. Barclays Center Stadium or arena
    370 feet

Houses of worship

  1. Dean St Baptist Church House of worship
    760 feet

Fire and police

  1. Engine 219/Ladder 105 Fire station
    610 feet
  2. 78th Precinct Police station
    720 feet

Bank branches

  1. Citibank Bank branch
    1,060 feet

Supermarkets

  1. Stop & Shop Supermarket
    0.3 miles
  2. Whole Foods Market Supermarket
    0.3 miles
  3. Foodtown Supermarket
    0.5 miles

Pharmacies

  1. Walgreens Pharmacy
    540 feet
  2. Duane Reade Pharmacy
    0.3 miles

Other stores

  1. Target Store
    0.3 miles

Shopping centers

  1. Atlantic Terminal Shopping center
    980 feet
  2. Atlantic Center Shopping center
    1,140 feet

Food stores and places to eat

Within a five-minute walk there are 95 places to eat and 13 food stores.

Nearby corners

The eight nearest of the 11 corners within a three-minute walk:

See every intersection along Dean Street or Flatbush Avenue.

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