The title compound, C23H15BrN2OS, was the unexpected product in an attempted synthesis of the isomeric 3-(benzo[d]thiazol-2-yl)-6-bromo-1-p-tolylquinolin-2(1H)-one. The Cchromene=N—C angle is wide [125.28 (8)°]. The benzothiazole and chromene ring systems are almost coplanar, with their planes parallel to (1\overline{1}0); the toluene ring system is rotated by ca 40° out of the chromene plane. The molecular packing involves layers with π-stacking, borderline `weak' hydrogen bonds and possible C—H...π contacts.