Saratoga Avenue & Chauncey Street

Saratoga Avenue and Chauncey Street meet at a four-way crossing in Bedford-Stuyvesant (East), Brooklyn. Between 2021 and 2025, four police-reported crashes were recorded here, fewer than the median of seven crashes for a Brooklyn corner. New Journey Church of Brooklyn is 270 feet away, and Saratoga Farm is 1,130 feet away. The nearest subway, Chauncey St, is about seven minutes on foot, and three subway lines stop within a ten-minute walk. Within a five-minute walk are eight public places, three of them religious buildings, and six places to eat.

Safety record
5 hurt
4 police-reported crashes, 2021–2025
Nearest subway
Chauncey St
0.4 miles · 7 min on foot · J, Z
Nearest bus stop
180 feet
Saratoga Av/Bainbridge St · B7
Within a walk
8 places
3 religious buildings, 2 gardens and 3 more kinds, within five minutes

Map

Layers
Saratoga Avenue & Chauncey Street Nearby corners, linked

Getting there

How walks are measured

Subway

The nearest subway station is Chauncey St, 0.4 miles from this corner, about seven minutes on foot.

  • 2 lines at the nearest station
  • 3 lines within a ten-minute walk
  1. Chauncey St J, Z
    0.4 miles
    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. Halsey St J
    0.4 miles
    J
  2. Rockaway Av C
    0.4 miles
    C

The MTA's permanent art catalog lists “El Views” (2002) by Maria Dominguez at the Chauncey St station.

Bus

The nearest bus stop is Saratoga Av/Bainbridge St, 180 feet away, for the B7.

  • 9 routes within a ten-minute walk
  1. Saratoga Av/Bainbridge St B7
    180 feet
    B7

Next buses at this stop

  1. B7 …

Live arrivals

Cycling

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

Nearest bike-share station

  1. Decatur St & Saratoga Ave 21 docks in all
    580 feet

By car

The nearest highway entrance is the ramp to the Jackie Robinson Parkway eastbound at Jamaica Avenue & J Robinson Parkway, 1.2 miles by car along the streets.

  1. 1998 Atlantic Avenue Gas station
    0.6 miles
  2. 419 Stuyvesant Avenue Charging for electric cars, two Level 2 chargers
    1 mile
  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 four crashes at this corner, fewer than the median of seven crashes for a Brooklyn corner.

  • 5 people injured
  • 0 people killed
  • 2 of those hurt, on foot

The most recent crash recorded here was in January 2026.

About this corner

Where facts come from
ZIP code
11233
Community board
Brooklyn Community Board 16
City Council district
41
Police precinct
73 and 81 (the boundary runs through this corner)
Neighborhood (City Planning area)
Bedford-Stuyvesant (East)
Elevation
44 feet above sea level

The streets

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

Homes

About 2,100 homes stand within 820 feet of this corner, a mix of apartment buildings and smaller houses. The buildings holding them mostly went up between 1904 and 1912.

Trees

NYC Parks records 56 trees within 330 feet; the most common is the Japanese pagoda tree.

Parking on the streets meeting here

How signs are read
  • 34 signs on these blocks
  • 8 different rules

The sign wording is DOT's, as recorded between May 2018 and November 2022, and the sign on the street decides.

North side of Chauncey Street

  • No parking 5 signs NO PARKING MONDAY THURSDAY 9:30AM-11AM
  • No parking 5 signs NO PARKING MONDAY THURSDAY 9AM-10:30AM
  • No standing 1 sign NO STANDING ANYTIME

South side of Chauncey Street

  • No parking 5 signs NO PARKING TUESDAY FRIDAY 9:30AM-11AM
  • No parking 7 signs NO PARKING TUESDAY FRIDAY 9AM-10:30AM

East side of Saratoga Avenue

  • No parking 5 signs NO PARKING TUESDAY FRIDAY 8AM-9:30AM
  • No standing 2 signs NO STANDING SCHOOL DAYS 7AM-4PM

West side of Saratoga Avenue

  • No parking 4 signs NO PARKING MONDAY THURSDAY 8AM-9:30AM

Schools, parks and places within a walk

How places are listed

Eight public places are within a five-minute walk.

  • 3 religious buildings
  • 2 gardens
  • 1 park
  • 1 playground
  • 1 school

Schools and child care

  1. P.S. 137 Rachel Jean Mitchell School
    230 feet

Parks, playgrounds and gardens

  1. Marion Hopkinson Playground
    790 feet
  2. Sumpter Street Community Garden
    830 feet
  3. Saratoga Farm Garden
    1,130 feet
Show all 4
  1. Saratoga Park
    1,130 feet

Houses of worship

  1. New Journey Church of Brooklyn House of worship
    270 feet

Supermarkets

  1. Key Food Supermarket
    0.4 miles
  2. Marketplace of Bushwick Supermarket
    0.4 miles

Food stores and places to eat

Within a five-minute walk there are six places to eat and nine food stores.

Not on record for this corner: a signal or safety change and a designated landmark or historic district within 820 feet.

Nearby corners

The eight corners within a three-minute walk:

See every intersection along Chauncey Street or Saratoga 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, NYC Housing Preservation and Development, NYC Parks, NYC Health, NYS Agriculture and Markets and USDA, retrieved September 18 – October 6, 2026.