Blake Avenue & Ashford Street

Blake Avenue and Ashford Street meet at a four-way crossing in East New York (North), Brooklyn. Between 2021 and 2025, three police-reported crashes were recorded here, fewer than the median of seven crashes for a Brooklyn corner. Nehemiah 10 Community Garden is 620 feet away. The nearest subway, New Lots Av, is about four minutes on foot, for the 3. Within a five-minute walk are 16 public places, seven of them religious buildings, and five places to eat. About 1,200 homes stand within 820 feet, a mix of apartment buildings and smaller houses.

Safety record
1 hurt
3 police-reported crashes, 2021–2025
Nearest subway
New Lots Av
1,140 feet · 4 min on foot · 3
Nearest bus stop
680 feet
Sutter Av/Ashford St · B14
Within a walk
16 places
7 religious buildings, 5 gardens and 4 more kinds, within five minutes

Map

Layers
Blake Avenue & Ashford Street Nearby corners, linked

Getting there

How walks are measured

Subway

The nearest subway station is New Lots Av, 1,140 feet from this corner, about four minutes on foot.

  1. New Lots Av 3
    1,140 feet
    3

Next trains at this station

Manhattan
1 line
  1. 3 …

Also within a walk

  1. Van Siclen Av 3
    0.5 miles
    3

Bus

The nearest bus stop is Sutter Av/Ashford St, 680 feet away, for the B14.

  • 5 routes within a ten-minute walk
  1. Sutter Av/Ashford St B14
    680 feet
    B14

Next buses at this stop

  1. B14 …

Live arrivals

Cycling

A marked bike lane runs on Blake Avenue.

  • 10 bicycle racks within 820 feet
  • 3 more bike-share stations within a five-minute walk

Nearest bike-share station

  1. Blake Ave & Schenck Ave 16 docks in all
    970 feet

By car

The nearest highway entrance is the ramp to the Jackie Robinson Parkway eastbound at Jamaica Avenue & J Robinson Parkway, 1.3 miles by car along the streets.

  1. 1249 Sutter Avenue Gas station
    0.8 miles
  2. 1065 Elton Street Charging for electric cars, four Level 2 chargers
    1.2 miles
  3. 1389 Rockaway Parkway Fast charging for electric cars
    2.5 miles

Safety record

How crashes are counted

Between 2021 and 2025, police reported three 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 May 2026.

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
22 feet above sea level

The streets

  • One travel lane
  • Two of the streets are one-way

Homes

About 1,200 homes stand within 820 feet of this corner, a mix of apartment buildings and smaller houses.

Since 2014 at least 12 new affordable homes have been completed within 820 feet.

Trees

NYC Parks records 69 trees within 330 feet; the most common is the thornless honeylocust.

Parking on the streets meeting here

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

The sign wording is DOT's, as recorded between May 2017 and January 2020, and the sign on the street decides.

East side of Ashford Street

  • No parking 8 signs NO PARKING TUESDAY FRIDAY 11AM-12:30PM

West side of Ashford Street

  • No parking 8 signs NO PARKING MONDAY THURSDAY 11AM-12:30PM

North side of Blake Avenue

  • No parking 4 signs NO PARKING MONDAY THURSDAY 11AM-12:30PM

South side of Blake Avenue

  • No parking 4 signs NO PARKING TUESDAY FRIDAY 11AM-12:30PM

Schools, parks and places within a walk

How places are listed

Sixteen public places are within a five-minute walk.

  • 7 religious buildings
  • 5 gardens
  • 1 day care or pre-K site
  • 1 pedestrian plaza
  • 1 police station
  • 1 school

Schools and child care

  1. Joyful Tots Daycare Center Infant, toddler and preschool care, ages 0 to 5
    770 feet
  2. P.S. 158 Warwick School
    1,230 feet

Parks, playgrounds and gardens

  1. Warwick Street Greenery Glow Garden
    380 feet
  2. Nehemiah 10 Community Garden
    620 feet
  3. Elton Street Community Garden
    850 feet
Show all 5
  1. Jerome Gardens Garden
    980 feet
  2. Linwood Street Garden
    1,020 feet

Plazas and public spaces

  1. New Lots Plaza Pedestrian plaza
    1,180 feet

Houses of worship

  1. Bethelite Institutional Baptist Church House of worship
    1,190 feet

Fire and police

  1. 75th Precinct Police station
    1,270 feet

Supermarkets

  1. Food Universe Supermarket
    0.3 miles

Food stores and places to eat

Within a five-minute walk there are five places to eat and 13 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 nearest of the 12 corners within a three-minute walk:

See every intersection along Ashford Street 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, NYC Housing Preservation and Development, NYC Parks, NYC Health, NYS Agriculture and Markets and USDA, retrieved September 18 – October 6, 2026.