Stratford Road & Dorchester Road

Stratford Road and Dorchester Road meet at a four-way crossing in Flatbush (West)-Ditmas Park-Parkville, Brooklyn. Between 2021 and 2025, six police-reported crashes were recorded here, fewer than the median of seven crashes for a Brooklyn corner. Congregation Ohel Yitzhack is 1,110 feet away. The nearest subway, Cortelyou Rd, is about eight minutes on foot, for the Q. Within a five-minute walk are 15 public places, five of them day care or pre-K sites, and 30 places to eat. About 1,600 homes stand within 820 feet, mostly built between 1925 and 1961, a mix of apartment buildings and smaller houses.

Safety record
1 hurt
6 police-reported crashes, 2021–2025
Nearest subway
Cortelyou Rd
0.4 miles · 8 min on foot · Q
Nearest bus stop
240 feet
Coney Island Av/Dorchester Rd · B68
Within a walk
15 places
5 day care or pre-K sites, 3 religious buildings and 5 more kinds, within five minutes

Map

Layers
Stratford Road & Dorchester Road Nearby corners, linked

Getting there

How walks are measured

Subway

The nearest subway station is Cortelyou Rd, 0.4 miles from this corner, about eight minutes on foot.

  1. Cortelyou Rd Q
    0.4 miles
    Q

Next trains at this station

Manhattan
1 line
  1. Q …
Southbound
1 line
  1. Q …

The MTA's permanent art catalog lists “Garden Stops” (1994) by Patsy Norvell at the Cortelyou Rd station.

Bus

The nearest bus stop is Coney Island Av/Dorchester Rd, 240 feet away, for the B68.

  • 7 routes within a ten-minute walk
  1. Coney Island Av/Dorchester Rd B68
    240 feet
    B68

Next buses at this stop

  1. B68 …

Live arrivals

Cycling

  • 28 bicycle racks within 820 feet
  • 1 more bike-share station within a five-minute walk

Nearest bike-share station

  1. Cortelyou Rd & Stratford Rd 21 docks in all
    790 feet

By car

The nearest highway entrance is the ramp to the Prospect Expressway westbound at Prospect Avenue & Prospect Expressway, 1.3 miles by car along the streets.

  1. 842 Coney Island Avenue Gas station
    470 feet
  2. 581 Ocean Parkway Charging for electric cars, 13 Level 2 chargers
    0.5 miles
  3. 2699 Nostrand Avenue Fast charging for electric cars
    2.5 miles

Safety record

How crashes are counted

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

  • 1 person injured
  • 0 people killed

The most recent crash recorded here was in December 2024.

About this corner

Where facts come from
ZIP code
11218
Community board
Brooklyn Community Board 14
City Council district
39 and 40 (the boundary runs through this corner)
Police precinct
70
Neighborhood (City Planning area)
Flatbush (West)-Ditmas Park-Parkville
Elevation
32 feet above sea level

The streets

  • One travel lane
  • Two of the streets are one-way

Homes

About 1,600 homes stand within 820 feet of this corner, a mix of apartment buildings and smaller houses. The buildings holding them mostly went up between 1925 and 1961.

Since 2014 at least 3 new affordable homes have been completed within 820 feet.

Trees

NYC Parks records 68 trees within 330 feet; the most common is the London planetree.

Parking on the streets meeting here

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

The sign wording is DOT's, as recorded between August 2017 and May 2025, and the sign on the street decides.

North side of Dorchester Road

  • No parking 4 signs NO PARKING MONDAY 11:30AM-1PM

South side of Dorchester Road

  • No parking 4 signs NO PARKING TUESDAY 11:30AM-1PM
  • No standing 2 signs NO STANDING ANYTIME

East side of Stratford Road

  • No parking 5 signs NO PARKING TUESDAY 11:30AM-1PM
  • No parking 5 signs NO PARKING WEDNESDAY 8:30AM-10AM

West side of Stratford Road

  • No parking 5 signs NO PARKING MONDAY 11:30AM-1PM
  • No parking 6 signs NO PARKING MONDAY 8:30AM-10AM
  • No standing 1 sign NO STANDING MONDAY-FRIDAY 7AM-6PM

Landmarks and historic districts

Within 820 feet, 128 buildings are designated by the Landmarks Preservation Commission, recorded most often as Queen Anne, and mostly built between 1903 and 1905.

Schools, parks and places within a walk

How places are listed

Fifteen public places are within a five-minute walk.

  • 5 day care or pre-K sites
  • 3 religious buildings
  • 2 schools
  • 2 trade or language schools
  • 1 fire station
  • 2 other places

Schools and child care

  1. Early Childhood Development Center Kaleidoscope Preschool, ages 2 to 5 · Pre-K
    360 feet
  2. Cortelyou Early Childhood Center Preschool, ages 2 to 5 · Pre-K
    810 feet
  3. Peace Academy School
    1,270 feet
Show all 9
  1. Honeydew Cortelyou Infant and toddler care, ages 0 to 2
    920 feet
  2. Aleph Elc Preschool, ages 2 to 5
    1,110 feet
  3. Inst for Career Training & Developme Trade or language school
    1,270 feet
  4. Manhattan School of Computer Technol Trade or language school
    1,270 feet
  5. Snapdragon Place Pre-K
    1,270 feet
  6. Yeshiva Torah Vodaath School
    1,280 feet

Parks, playgrounds and gardens

  1. Lt. Federico Narvaez Tot Lot Playground
    1,300 feet

Houses of worship

  1. Congregation Ohel Yitzhack House of worship
    1,110 feet

Community centers and public services

  1. Dorchester Senior Citizens Center Older adult center
    1,200 feet

Fire and police

  1. Engine 281/Ladder 147 Fire station
    1,090 feet

Supermarkets

  1. Ideal Food Basket Supermarket
    0.3 miles
  2. Key Food Supermarket
    0.4 miles

Pharmacies

  1. Duane Reade Pharmacy
    0.4 miles
  2. CVS Pharmacy
    0.4 miles
  3. Walgreens Pharmacy
    0.5 miles

Food stores and places to eat

Within a five-minute walk there are 30 places to eat and 12 food stores.

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

Nearby corners

The eight nearest corners on foot, six of them within a three-minute walk:

See every intersection along Dorchester Road or Stratford Road.

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.