Richmond Street & Dinsmore Place

Richmond Street and Dinsmore Place meet at a three-way junction in Cypress Hills, Brooklyn. Between 2021 and 2025, three police-reported crashes were recorded here, fewer than the median of seven crashes for a Brooklyn corner. M.S. 935 is 120 feet away. The nearest subway, Norwood Av, is about four minutes on foot, for the J and Z. Within a five-minute walk are nine public places, four of them religious buildings, and 15 places to eat. About 1,700 homes stand within 820 feet, mostly built between 2016 and 2023, most in buildings of ten homes or more.

Safety record
Nobody hurt
3 police-reported crashes, 2021–2025
Nearest subway
Norwood Av
1,070 feet · 4 min on foot · J, Z
Nearest bus stop
920 feet
Atlantic Av/Logan St · Q24, T340, T430, T434
Within a walk
9 places
4 religious buildings, 3 schools and 2 more kinds, within five minutes

Map

Layers
Richmond Street & Dinsmore Place Nearby corners, linked

Getting there

How walks are measured

Subway

The nearest subway station is Norwood Av, 1,070 feet from this corner, about four minutes on foot.

  • 2 lines at the nearest station
  1. Norwood Av J, Z
    1,070 feet
    J Z

Next trains at this station

Outbound
2 lines
  1. J …
  2. Z …
Manhattan
2 lines
  1. J …
  2. Z …

Also within a walk

  1. Crescent St J, Z
    0.3 miles
    J Z

The MTA's permanent art catalog lists “Culture Swirl” (2007) by Margaret Lanzetta at the Norwood Av station.

Bus

The nearest bus stop is Atlantic Av/Logan St, 920 feet away, for the Q24, T340, T430 and T434.

  • 7 routes within a ten-minute walk
  1. Atlantic Av/Logan St Q24, T340, T430, T434
    920 feet
    Q24 T340 T430 T434

Next buses at this stop

  1. Q24 …
  2. T340 …
  3. T430 …
  4. T434 …

Live arrivals

Cycling

  • 27 bicycle racks within 820 feet

Nearest bike-share station

  1. Shepherd Ave & Fulton St 12 docks in all
    0.4 miles

By car

The nearest highway entrance is the ramp to the Jackie Robinson Parkway eastbound at Cypress Hills Street & Jackie Robinson Parkway, 1.2 miles by car along the streets.

  1. 3123 Atlantic Avenue Gas station
    0.4 miles
  2. 570 Jamaica Avenue Charging for electric cars, four Level 2 chargers
    0.6 miles
  3. 1-01 Forest Park Drive Fast charging for electric cars
    2.5 miles

Safety record

How crashes are counted

Between 2021 and 2025, police reported three crashes at this corner, fewer than the median of seven crashes for a Brooklyn corner. Nobody was hurt.

The most recent crash recorded here was in October 2023.

About this corner

Where facts come from
ZIP code
11208
Community board
Brooklyn Community Board 5
City Council district
37
Police precinct
75
Neighborhood (City Planning area)
Cypress Hills
Elevation
35 feet above sea level

The streets

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

Homes

About 1,700 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 2016 and 2023.

Since 2014 at least 1,288 new affordable homes have been completed within 820 feet.

Trees

NYC Parks records 22 trees within 330 feet; the most common is the pin oak.

Parking on the streets meeting here

How signs are read
  • 20 signs on these blocks
  • 7 different rules

The sign wording is DOT's, as recorded between January 2018 and August 2024, and the sign on the street decides.

North side of Dinsmore Place

  • No parking 1 sign NO PARKING ANYTIME
  • No parking 7 signs NO PARKING TUESDAY FRIDAY 11AM-12:30PM
  • No standing 3 signs NO STANDING ANYTIME

East side of Richmond Street

  • No parking 1 sign NO PARKING ANYTIME
  • No parking 3 signs NO PARKING TUESDAY FRIDAY 11AM-12:30PM

West side of Richmond Street

  • No parking 4 signs NO PARKING MONDAY THURSDAY 11AM-12:30PM
  • No parking 1 sign NO PARKING MONDAY-FRIDAY 7AM-7PM

Landmarks and historic districts

One building within 820 feet is designated by the Landmarks Preservation Commission, recorded as Romanesque Revival (early), and built in 1870.

  1. Public School 65K Designated landmark
    800 feet

Schools, parks and places within a walk

How places are listed

Nine public places are within a five-minute walk.

  • 4 religious buildings
  • 3 schools
  • 1 older adult center
  • 1 park

Schools and child care

  1. M.S. 935 School
    120 feet
  2. P.S. 938 School
    120 feet
  3. Achievement First East New York Charter School 2 School
    900 feet

Parks, playgrounds and gardens

  1. City Line Park
    970 feet

Houses of worship

  1. Blessed Sacrament Church House of worship
    1,200 feet

Community centers and public services

  1. Older adult center at 3208 Fulton Street Older adult center
    410 feet

Supermarkets

  1. Key Food Supermarket
    0.4 miles
  2. Golden Farms Supermarket
    0.5 miles

Other stores

  1. Family Dollar Store
    1,290 feet

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 signal or safety change.

Nearby corners

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

See every intersection along Dinsmore Place or Richmond 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, NYS Agriculture and Markets and USDA, retrieved September 18 – October 6, 2026.