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The title compound, C11H10Cl2, is a useful intermediate for the synthesis of 1H-cyclopropa[b]naphthalene. Strain in the molecule is evidenced by the fact that the cyclohexane ring is essentially planar and nearly coplanar with the benzene ring [dihedral angle 1.87 (18)°], and the cyclopropyl ring is almost perpendicular to the cyclohexane ring [dihedral angle 70.99 (12)°]. The molecules are loosely connected into one-dimensional chains by intermolecular Cl...Cl interactions with a distance of 3.571 (1) Å. The centroid-to-centroid distance between stacked benzene rings is ca 5.89 Å, indicating that no π–π stacking exists in the crystal structure.