Montgomery Street & Dearborn Court

Montgomery Street and Dearborn Court meet at a three-way junction in Crown Heights (South), Brooklyn. Between 2021 and 2025, seven police-reported crashes were recorded here, the median for a Brooklyn corner. Dodger Playground is 160 feet away, and Beth David David Gershon Shul is 1,230 feet away. The nearest subway, Sterling St, is about four minutes on foot, and three subway lines stop within a ten-minute walk. Within a five-minute walk are 21 public places, nine of them religious buildings, and 26 places to eat.

Safety record
2 hurt
7 police-reported crashes, 2021–2025
Nearest subway
Sterling St
1,180 feet · 4 min on foot · 2, 5
Nearest bus stop
390 feet
Nostrand Av/Montgomery St · B44
Within a walk
21 places
9 religious buildings, 5 schools and 4 more kinds, within five minutes

Map

Layers
Montgomery Street & Dearborn Court Nearby corners, linked

Getting there

How walks are measured

Subway

The nearest subway station is Sterling St, 1,180 feet from this corner, about four minutes on foot.

  • 2 lines at the nearest station
  • 3 lines within a ten-minute walk
  1. Sterling St 2, 5
    1,180 feet
    2 5

Next trains at this station

Manhattan
2 lines
  1. 2 …
  2. 5 …
Flatbush
2 lines
  1. 2 …
  2. 5 …

Also within a walk

  1. President St-Medgar Evers College 2, 5
    0.3 miles
    2 5
  2. Nostrand Av 3
    0.4 miles
    3

Bus

The nearest bus stop is Nostrand Av/Montgomery St, 390 feet away, for the B44.

  • 6 routes within a ten-minute walk
  1. Nostrand Av/Montgomery St B44
    390 feet
    B44

Next buses at this stop

  1. B44 …

Live arrivals

Cycling

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

Nearest bike-share station

  1. Crown St & Rogers Ave 21 docks in all
    680 feet

By car

The nearest highway entrance is the ramp to the Prospect Expressway westbound at Prospect Avenue & Prospect Expressway, 2.2 miles by car along the streets.

  1. 415 Empire Boulevard Gas station
    0.3 miles
  2. 375 Lefferts Avenue Charging for electric cars, five Level 2 chargers
    0.4 miles
  3. 28-17 42nd Road Fast charging for electric cars
    2.6 miles

Safety record

How crashes are counted

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

  • 2 people injured
  • 0 people killed

The most recent crash recorded here was in June 2026.

About this corner

Where facts come from
ZIP code
11225
Community board
Brooklyn Community Board 9
City Council district
35
Police precinct
71
Neighborhood (City Planning area)
Crown Heights (South)
Elevation
94 feet above sea level

The streets

  • Up to two travel lanes
  • Two of the streets are one-way

Homes

About 2,900 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 1925 and 1939.

Since 2014 at least 57 new affordable homes have been completed within 820 feet.

Trees

NYC Parks records 66 trees within 330 feet; the most common is the London planetree.

Parking on the streets meeting here

How signs are read
  • 11 signs on these blocks
  • 3 different rules

The sign wording is DOT's, as recorded between July 2015 and May 2020, and the sign on the street decides.

East side of Dearborn Court

  • No parking 3 signs NO PARKING TUESDAY FRIDAY 8:30AM-10AM

West side of Dearborn Court

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

North side of Montgomery Street

  • No parking 6 signs NO PARKING MONDAY THURSDAY 8:30AM-10AM

Landmarks and historic districts

One building within 820 feet is designated by the Landmarks Preservation Commission, recorded as neo-Renaissance, and built in 1909.

Schools, parks and places within a walk

How places are listed

Within a five-minute walk there are 21 public places.

  • 9 religious buildings
  • 5 schools
  • 3 day care or pre-K sites
  • 2 playgrounds
  • 1 post office
  • 1 trade or language school

Schools and child care

  1. All My Children Day Care and Nursery 11 Preschool, ages 2 to 5 · Pre-K
    430 feet
  2. Bambi Day Care Preschool, ages 2 to 5
    580 feet
  3. Beth Rivkah High School
    1,060 feet
Show all 9
  1. Crown Multi-Educ Services Preschool
    1,060 feet
  2. Medgar Evers College Preparatory School
    1,090 feet
  3. Daisley Institute Trade or language school
    1,150 feet
  4. P.S. 161 the Crown School
    1,270 feet
  5. Success Academy Charter School - Crown Heights School
    1,270 feet
  6. M.S. 061 Dr. Gladstone H. Atwell School
    1,290 feet

Parks, playgrounds and gardens

  1. Dodger Playground
    160 feet
  2. Marc And Jason's Playground
    1,180 feet

Houses of worship

  1. Beth David David Gershon Shul House of worship
    1,230 feet

Community centers and public services

  1. James E Davis Post Office
    530 feet

Bank branches

  1. Chase Bank branch
    920 feet

Supermarkets

  1. Foodtown Supermarket
    0.5 miles

Food stores and places to eat

Within a five-minute walk there are 26 places to eat and 13 food stores.

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

Nearby corners

The eight nearest of the 9 corners within a three-minute walk:

See every intersection along Dearborn Court or Montgomery 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, FDIC, NYS Agriculture and Markets and USDA, retrieved September 18 – October 6, 2026.