Fort Hamilton Parkway & Chester Avenue
Fort Hamilton Parkway and Chester Avenue meet at a three-way junction in Kensington, Brooklyn. Between 2021 and 2025, 14 police-reported crashes were recorded here, against a median of seven crashes for a Brooklyn corner. In 2025, 3,184 school-zone speed camera tickets were recorded here. Yeshiva Ohr Yoseph is 1,190 feet away. The nearest subway, Church Av, is about eight minutes on foot, for the F and G. Within a five-minute walk are four public places and two places to eat.
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Getting there
How walks are measuredSubway
The nearest subway station is Church Av, 0.4 miles from this corner, about eight minutes on foot.
- 2 lines at the nearest station
- Church Av F, G0.4 milesF G
Next trains at this station
Northbound
2 lines- F …
- G …
Southbound
2 lines- F …
- G …
Bus
The nearest bus stop is 12 Av/Chester Av, 610 feet away, for the B16.
- 7 routes within a ten-minute walk
- 12 Av/Chester Av B16610 feetB16
Next buses at this stop
- B16 …
Cycling
- 2 more bike-share stations within a five-minute walk
Nearest bike-share station
- Chester Ave & 12 Ave 21 docks in all580 feet
By car
The nearest highway entrance is the ramp to the Prospect Expressway westbound at 11th Avenue & 18th Street, 0.9 miles by car along the streets.
- 3437 Fort Hamilton Parkway Gas station180 feet
- 5115 15th Avenue Charging for electric cars, six Level 2 chargers1.3 miles
- 1763 86th Street Fast charging for electric cars2.9 miles
Safety record
How crashes are countedBetween 2021 and 2025, police reported 14 crashes at this corner, more than the median of seven crashes for a Brooklyn corner.
- 13 people injured
- 0 people killed
The most recent crash recorded here was in April 2026.
What the city has done here
- Accessible pedestrian signal, June 2023
Camera tickets
How tickets are countedIn 2025, 3,184 school-zone speed camera tickets were issued for violations recorded at this corner, the 278th most of the 1,957 corners in the city where any were issued.
In 2026 so far, through August 27, 1,534 more were issued.
About this corner
Where facts come from- ZIP code
- 11218
- Community board
- Brooklyn Community Board 12
- City Council district
- 38 and 39 (the boundary runs through this corner)
- Police precinct
- 66 and 72 (the boundary runs through this corner)
- Neighborhood (City Planning area)
- Kensington
- Elevation
- 67 feet above sea level
The streets
- Up to four travel lanes
Homes
About 600 homes stand within 820 feet of this corner, almost all of them in houses of one or two. The buildings holding them mostly went up between 1920 and 1940.
Trees
NYC Parks records 34 trees within 330 feet; the most common is the sweetgum.
Parking on the streets meeting here
How signs are read- 11 signs on these blocks
- 1 rule
The sign wording is DOT's, as recorded in March 2019, and the sign on the street decides.
South side of Fort Hamilton Parkway
- No parking 11 signs NO PARKING ANYTIME
Schools and places within a walk
How places are listedFour public places are within a five-minute walk.
- 1 day care or pre-K site
- 1 listed historic place
- 1 religious building
- 1 school
Schools and child care
- Little Roses Infant, toddler and preschool care, ages 0 to 51,140 feet
- Yeshiva Ohr Yoseph School1,190 feet
Libraries, museums and history
- Congregation Chevra Linath Hazedeck Listed historic place1,230 feet
Supermarkets
- Foodtown Supermarket0.4 miles
- KRM Supermarket Supermarket0.5 miles
Food stores and places to eat
Within a five-minute walk there are two places to eat and one food store.
Not on record for this corner: a bike route here or a bicycle rack within 820 feet and a designated landmark or historic district within 820 feet.
Nearby corners
The eight nearest corners on foot, four of them within a three-minute walk:
- Minna Street & Chester Avenue 280 feet
- 12th Avenue & Chester Avenue 540 feet
- Fort Hamilton Parkway & Bills Place 690 feet
- Chester Avenue & Tehama Street 800 feet
- Fort Hamilton Parkway & Micieli Place 930 feet
- Fort Hamilton Parkway & 36th Street 960 feet
- Minna Street & Bills Place 970 feet
- Chester Avenue & Clara Street 1,060 feet
See every intersection along Chester Avenue or Fort Hamilton Parkway.