Westminster Road & Dorchester Road

Westminster Road and Dorchester Road meet at a four-way crossing in Flatbush (West)-Ditmas Park-Parkville, Brooklyn. The corner lies on the edge of the Ditmas Park West Historic District. Between 2021 and 2025, two police-reported crashes were recorded here, fewer than the median of seven crashes for a Brooklyn corner. The Engine 281/Ladder 147 firehouse is 800 feet away. The nearest subway, Cortelyou Rd, is about six minutes on foot, and two subway lines stop within a ten-minute walk. Within a five-minute walk are 11 public places, four of them day care or pre-K sites, and 28 places to eat.

Safety record
1 hurt
2 police-reported crashes, 2021–2025
Nearest subway
Cortelyou Rd
0.3 miles · 6 min on foot · Q
Nearest bus stop
530 feet
Coney Island Av/Dorchester Rd · B68
Within a walk
11 places
4 day care or pre-K sites, 3 religious buildings and 4 more kinds, within five minutes

Map

Layers
Westminster Road & Dorchester Road Nearby corners, linked

Getting there

How walks are measured

Subway

The nearest subway station is Cortelyou Rd, 0.3 miles from this corner, about six minutes on foot.

  • 2 lines within a ten-minute walk
  1. Cortelyou Rd Q
    0.3 miles
    Q

Next trains at this station

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

Also within a walk

  1. Newkirk Plaza B, Q
    0.5 miles
    B 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, 530 feet away, for the B68.

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

Next buses at this stop

  1. B68 …

Live arrivals

Cycling

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

Nearest bike-share station

  1. Cortelyou Rd & Argyle Rd 25 docks in all
    1,010 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
    750 feet
  2. 581 Ocean Parkway Charging for electric cars, 13 Level 2 chargers
    0.6 miles
  3. 2699 Nostrand Avenue Fast charging for electric cars
    2.4 miles

Safety record

How crashes are counted

Between 2021 and 2025, police reported two 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 2025.

About this corner

Where facts come from
ZIP code
11218
Community board
Brooklyn Community Board 14
City Council district
40
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 1,500 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 1960.

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

Trees

NYC Parks records 95 trees within 330 feet; the most common is the London planetree.

Parking on the streets meeting here

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

The sign wording is DOT's, as recorded between May 2015 and October 2024, and the sign on the street decides.

North side of Dorchester Road

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

South side of Dorchester Road

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

East side of Westminster Road

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

West side of Westminster Road

  • No parking 4 signs NO PARKING MONDAY 11:30AM-1PM
  • No parking 5 signs NO PARKING MONDAY 8:30AM-10AM

Landmarks and historic districts

The corner stands at the edge of the Ditmas Park West Historic District.

Within 820 feet, 188 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

Eleven public places are within a five-minute walk.

  • 4 day care or pre-K sites
  • 3 religious buildings
  • 1 fire station
  • 1 library
  • 1 older adult center
  • 1 playground

Schools and child care

  1. Early Childhood Development Center Kaleidoscope Preschool, ages 2 to 5 · Pre-K
    640 feet
  2. Aleph Elc Preschool, ages 2 to 5
    820 feet
  3. Cortelyou Early Childhood Center Preschool, ages 2 to 5 · Pre-K
    960 feet
Show all 4
  1. Honeydew Cortelyou Infant and toddler care, ages 0 to 2
    1,190 feet

Parks, playgrounds and gardens

  1. Lt. Federico Narvaez Tot Lot Playground
    1,010 feet

Libraries, museums and history

  1. Cortelyou Library
    1,180 feet

Houses of worship

  1. Congregation Ohel Yitzhack House of worship
    820 feet

Community centers and public services

  1. Dorchester Senior Citizens Center Older adult center
    920 feet

Fire and police

  1. Engine 281/Ladder 147 Fire station
    800 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. Walgreens Pharmacy
    0.4 miles
  3. CVS Pharmacy
    0.5 miles

Food stores and places to eat

Within a five-minute walk there are 28 places to eat and nine food stores.

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

Nearby corners

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

See every intersection along Dorchester Road or Westminster 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.