Blake Avenue & Amboy Street

Blake Avenue and Amboy Street meet at a four-way crossing in Brownsville, Brooklyn. Between 2021 and 2025, ten police-reported crashes were recorded here, against a median of seven crashes for a Brooklyn corner. Amboy Street Garden is 40 feet away. The nearest subway, Saratoga Av, is about seven minutes on foot, for the 3. Within a five-minute walk are 26 public places, nine of them religious buildings, and one place to eat. About 1,000 homes stand within 820 feet, a mix of apartment buildings and smaller houses.

Safety record
7 hurt
10 police-reported crashes, 2021–2025
Nearest subway
Saratoga Av
0.4 miles · 7 min on foot · 3
Nearest bus stop
880 feet
Saratoga Av/Blake Av · B7
Within a walk
26 places
9 religious buildings, 7 gardens and 7 more kinds, within five minutes

Map

Layers
Blake Avenue & Amboy Street Nearby corners, linked

Getting there

How walks are measured

Subway

The nearest subway station is Saratoga Av, 0.4 miles from this corner, about seven minutes on foot.

  1. Saratoga Av 3
    0.4 miles
    3

Next trains at this station

Manhattan
1 line
  1. 3 …
New Lots
1 line
  1. 3 …

Also within a walk

  1. Rockaway Av 3
    0.4 miles
    3

The MTA's permanent art catalog lists “Chandelier” (2017) by Nancy Baker at the Saratoga Av station.

Bus

The nearest bus stop is Saratoga Av/Blake Av, 880 feet away, for the B7.

  • 7 routes within a ten-minute walk
  1. Saratoga Av/Blake Av B7
    880 feet
    B7

Next buses at this stop

  1. B7 …

Live arrivals

Cycling

A signed bike route shared with traffic runs on Blake Avenue.

  • 9 bicycle racks within 820 feet
  • 4 more bike-share stations within a five-minute walk

Nearest bike-share station

  1. Blake Ave & Herzl St 16 docks in all
    270 feet

By car

The nearest highway entrance is the ramp to the Jackie Robinson Parkway eastbound at Jamaica Avenue & J Robinson Parkway, 1.5 miles by car along the streets.

  1. 24 Dumont Avenue Gas station
    0.5 miles
  2. 492 Thomas Boyland Street Charging for electric cars, five Level 2 chargers
    0.3 miles
  3. 1389 Rockaway Parkway Fast charging for electric cars
    1.7 miles

Safety record

How crashes are counted

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

  • 7 people injured
  • 0 people killed
  • 1 of those hurt, on foot

The most recent crash recorded here was in November 2025.

What the city has done here

  • Leading pedestrian interval, September 2021
  • Accessible pedestrian signal, May 2025

About this corner

Where facts come from
ZIP code
11212
Community board
Brooklyn Community Board 16
City Council district
41
Police precinct
73
Neighborhood (City Planning area)
Brownsville
Elevation
27 feet above sea level

The streets

  • Up to two travel lanes
  • One of the streets is one-way

Homes

About 1,000 homes stand within 820 feet of this corner, a mix of apartment buildings and smaller houses.

Since 2014 at least 16 new affordable homes have been completed within 820 feet.

Trees

NYC Parks records 88 trees within 330 feet; the most common is the pin oak.

Parking on the streets meeting here

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

The sign wording is DOT's, as recorded between February 2020 and June 2026, and the sign on the street decides.

East side of Amboy Street

  • No parking 9 signs NO PARKING TUESDAY FRIDAY 9AM-10:30AM

West side of Amboy Street

  • No parking 7 signs NO PARKING MONDAY THURSDAY 9AM-10:30AM

North side of Blake Avenue

  • No parking 4 signs NO PARKING MONDAY THURSDAY 9AM-10:30AM

South side of Blake Avenue

  • No parking 5 signs NO PARKING TUESDAY FRIDAY 9AM-10:30AM

Schools, parks and places within a walk

How places are listed

Within a five-minute walk there are 26 public places.

  • 9 religious buildings
  • 7 gardens
  • 4 schools
  • 1 listed historic place
  • 1 park
  • 4 other places

Schools and child care

  1. Frederick Douglass Academy VII High School
    520 feet
  2. Legacy Leadership High School
    520 feet
  3. Mott Hall Bridges Academy School
    1,030 feet
Show all 4
  1. P.S./I.S. 323 School
    1,030 feet

Parks, playgrounds and gardens

  1. Amboy Street Garden
    40 feet
  2. Betsy Head Park
    320 feet
  3. Brownsville Community Farm (James McKeather) Garden
    440 feet
Show all 9
  1. Jes Good Rewards Childeren's Garden
    620 feet
  2. Imagination Playground at Betsy Head Playground
    670 feet
  3. Sunkissed Garden
    850 feet
  4. Fantasy Garden
    960 feet
  5. Living Laboratory Community Garden
    980 feet
  6. Isabahlia Community Garden
    1,090 feet

Libraries, museums and history

  1. Chevra Torah Anshei Radishkowitz Listed historic place
    760 feet

Houses of worship

  1. Mountain of Fire and Miracles Ministries House of worship
    120 feet
  2. Risen Christ Lutheran Church House of worship
    870 feet

Community centers and public services

  1. Betsy Head Pool Swimming pool
    790 feet
  2. Betsy Head Field House Recreation center
    820 feet
  3. Brownsville Post Office
    1,210 feet

Supermarkets

  1. Fine Fare Supermarket
    0.4 miles
  2. CTown Supermarket
    0.5 miles
  3. Shop Fair Supermarket
    0.5 miles

Other stores

  1. Dollar Tree Store
    0.5 miles

Food stores and places to eat

Within a five-minute walk there is one place to eat and three food stores.

Not on record for this corner: a designated landmark or historic district within 820 feet.

Nearby corners

The eight corners within a three-minute walk:

See every intersection along Amboy Street or Blake Avenue.

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