Blake Avenue & Alabama Avenue

Blake Avenue and Alabama Avenue meet at a four-way crossing in East New York (North), Brooklyn, at the edge of NYCHA's Unity Plaza (Sites 4-27) development. Between 2021 and 2025, eight police-reported crashes were recorded here, against a median of seven crashes for a Brooklyn corner. Unity Plaza Community Center is 210 feet away, and St John Cantius RC Church is 1,140 feet away. The nearest subway, Sutter Av, is about six minutes on foot, for the L. Within a five-minute walk are 20 public places, seven of them schools, and five places to eat.

Safety record
1 hurt
8 police-reported crashes, 2021–2025
Nearest subway
Sutter Av
0.3 miles · 6 min on foot · L
Nearest bus stop
690 feet
Sutter Av/Alabama Av · B14
Within a walk
20 places
7 schools, 6 religious buildings and 4 more kinds, within five minutes

Map

Layers
Blake Avenue & Alabama Avenue Nearby corners, linked

Getting there

How walks are measured

Subway

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

  • 2 lines within a ten-minute walk
  1. Sutter Av L
    0.3 miles
    L

Next trains at this station

Manhattan
1 line
  1. L …
Canarsie
1 line
  1. L …

Also within a walk

  1. Pennsylvania Av 3
    0.4 miles
    3
  2. Livonia Av L
    0.4 miles
    L

The MTA's permanent art catalog lists “The Habitat for the Yellow Bird” (2007) by Takayo Noda at the Sutter Av station.

Bus

The nearest bus stop is Sutter Av/Alabama Av, 690 feet away, for the B14.

  • 5 routes within a ten-minute walk
  1. Sutter Av/Alabama Av B14 · Shelter
    690 feet
    B14
    Shelter

Next buses at this stop

  1. B14 …

Live arrivals

Cycling

A marked bike lane runs on Blake Avenue.

  • 41 bicycle racks within 820 feet, 2 of them on-street corrals
  • 2 more bike-share stations within a five-minute walk

Nearest bike-share station

  1. Blake Ave & Hinsdale St 12 docks in all
    560 feet

By car

The nearest highway entrance is the ramp to the Jackie Robinson Parkway eastbound at Jamaica Avenue & J Robinson Parkway, 0.9 miles by car along the streets.

  1. 345 Sutter Avenue Gas station
    0.7 miles
  2. 492 Thomas Boyland Street Charging for electric cars, five Level 2 chargers
    1.1 miles
  3. 1389 Rockaway Parkway Fast charging for electric cars
    1.9 miles

Safety record

How crashes are counted

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

  • 1 person injured
  • 0 people killed

The most recent crash recorded here was in January 2024.

About this corner

Where facts come from
ZIP code
11207
Community board
Brooklyn Community Board 5
City Council district
42
Police precinct
75
Neighborhood (City Planning area)
East New York (North)
Elevation
33 feet above sea level

The streets

  • One travel lane
  • A posted limit of 20 mph
  • Two of the streets are one-way

Homes

About 2,300 homes stand within 820 feet of this corner, most of them in buildings of ten homes or more.

The corner stands at the edge of NYCHA's Unity Plaza (Sites 4-27) development.

Since 2014 at least 162 new affordable homes have been completed within 820 feet.

Trees

NYC Parks records 66 trees within 330 feet; the most common is the thornless honeylocust.

Parking on the streets meeting here

How signs are read
  • 15 signs on these blocks
  • 4 different rules

The sign wording is DOT's, as recorded between July 2016 and October 2017, and the sign on the street decides.

East side of Alabama Avenue

  • No parking 4 signs NO PARKING TUESDAY FRIDAY 8AM-9:30AM

West side of Alabama Avenue

  • No parking 5 signs NO PARKING MONDAY THURSDAY 8AM-9:30AM

North side of Blake Avenue

  • No parking 5 signs NO PARKING MONDAY THURSDAY 8AM-9:30AM
  • No standing 1 sign NO STANDING SCHOOL DAYS 7AM-4PM

Schools, parks and places within a walk

How places are listed

Twenty public places are within a five-minute walk.

  • 7 schools
  • 6 religious buildings
  • 3 day care or pre-K sites
  • 2 gardens
  • 1 community center
  • 1 police station

Schools and child care

  1. Hyde Leadership Charter School - Brooklyn School
    290 feet
  2. P.S. 328 Phyllis Wheatley School
    290 feet
  3. Modern Organization and Human Development Center Preschool, ages 2 to 5 · Pre-K
    450 feet
Show all 10
  1. Brooklyn Gardens Elementary School
    730 feet
  2. School of the Future Brooklyn School
    730 feet
  3. FDNY - Captain Vernon A. Richard High School for Fire and Life Safety School
    970 feet
  4. Performing Arts and Technology High School
    970 feet
  5. World Academy for Total Community Health High School
    970 feet
  6. Children's Corner Preschool, ages 2 to 5 · Pre-K
    1,280 feet
  7. University Settlement Society of New York Infant and toddler care, ages 0 to 2
    1,280 feet

Parks, playgrounds and gardens

  1. Success Garden - East New York Garden
    930 feet
  2. New Jersey Avenue Community Garden
    1,150 feet

Houses of worship

  1. St John Cantius RC Church House of worship
    1,140 feet

Community centers and public services

  1. Unity Plaza Community Center
    210 feet

Fire and police

  1. Police Service Area #2 Police station
    590 feet

Supermarkets

  1. Shop Fair Supermarket
    1,220 feet
  2. Fine Fare Supermarket
    0.3 miles
  3. Food Bazaar Supermarket
    0.4 miles

Other stores

  1. Dollar Tree Store
    0.3 miles
  2. Family Dollar Store
    0.4 miles

Food stores and places to eat

Within a five-minute walk there are five places to eat and 12 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 Alabama Avenue or Blake Avenue.

Sources: NYC Technology and Innovation, NYPD, MTA, NYC DOT, NYC City Planning, New York City's bike-share system, NYS Environmental Conservation, US Department of Energy, NYCHA, NYC Housing Preservation and Development, NYC Parks, NYC Health, NYS Agriculture and Markets and USDA, retrieved September 18 – October 6, 2026.