Blake Avenue & Atkins Avenue

Blake Avenue and Atkins Avenue meet at a four-way crossing in East New York-New Lots, Brooklyn. Between 2021 and 2025, ten police-reported crashes were recorded here, against a median of seven crashes for a Brooklyn corner. East New York Middle School of Excellence is 610 feet away. The nearest subway, Shepherd Av, is about eight minutes on foot, and two subway lines stop within a ten-minute walk. Within a five-minute walk are 21 public places, 11 of them religious buildings, and one place to eat. About 1,200 homes stand within 820 feet, almost all in houses of one or two.

Safety record
12 hurt
10 police-reported crashes, 2021–2025
Nearest subway
Shepherd Av
0.4 miles · 8 min on foot · C
Nearest bus stop
650 feet
Sutter Av/Atkins Av · B14
Within a walk
21 places
11 religious buildings, 4 day care or pre-K sites and 2 more kinds, within five minutes

Map

Layers
Blake Avenue & Atkins Avenue Nearby corners, linked

Getting there

How walks are measured

Subway

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

  • 2 lines within a ten-minute walk
  1. Shepherd Av C
    0.4 miles
    C

Next trains at this station

Manhattan
1 line
  1. C …
Outbound
1 line
  1. C …

Also within a walk

  1. New Lots Av 3
    0.5 miles
    3

Bus

The nearest bus stop is Sutter Av/Atkins Av, 650 feet away, for the B14.

  • 9 routes within a ten-minute walk
  1. Sutter Av/Atkins Av B14
    650 feet
    B14

Next buses at this stop

  1. B14 …

Live arrivals

Cycling

A marked bike lane runs on Blake Avenue.

  • 4 bicycle racks within 820 feet

Nearest bike-share station

  1. New Lots Ave & Ashford St 16 docks in all
    0.5 miles

By car

The nearest highway entrance is the ramp to the Belt Parkway westbound at Erskine Street, 1.4 miles by car along the streets.

  1. 1249 Sutter Avenue Gas station
    0.5 miles
  2. 2797 Linden Boulevard Charging for electric cars, four Level 2 chargers
    1.2 miles
  3. 1389 Rockaway Parkway Fast charging for electric cars
    2.6 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.

  • 12 people injured
  • 0 people killed
  • 2 of those hurt, on foot

The most recent crash recorded here was in June 2026.

About this corner

Where facts come from
ZIP code
11208
Community board
Brooklyn Community Board 5
City Council district
42
Police precinct
75
Neighborhood (City Planning area)
East New York-New Lots
Elevation
18 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, almost all of them in houses of one or two.

Trees

NYC Parks records 75 trees within 330 feet; the most common is the thornless honeylocust.

Parking on the streets meeting here

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

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

East side of Atkins Avenue

  • No parking 8 signs NO PARKING TUESDAY FRIDAY 11:30AM-1PM

West side of Atkins Avenue

  • No parking 8 signs NO PARKING MONDAY THURSDAY 11:30AM-1PM

North side of Blake Avenue

  • No parking 2 signs NO PARKING MONDAY THURSDAY 11:30AM-1PM
  • No parking 2 signs NO PARKING MONDAY THURSDAY 11AM-12:30PM

South side of Blake Avenue

  • No parking 1 sign NO PARKING ANYTIME
  • No parking 4 signs NO PARKING TUESDAY FRIDAY 11:30AM-1PM

Schools, parks and places within a walk

How places are listed

Within a five-minute walk there are 21 public places.

  • 11 religious buildings
  • 4 day care or pre-K sites
  • 4 schools
  • 2 gardens

Schools and child care

  1. Miles of Smiles Daycare Pre-K
    440 feet
  2. East New York Elementary School of Excellence School
    610 feet
  3. East New York Middle School of Excellence School
    610 feet
Show all 8
  1. Urban Strategies Day Care Center #1 Preschool, ages 2 to 5 · Pre-K
    610 feet
  2. Blake-Milford Day Care Center Infant, toddler and preschool care, ages 0 to 5 · Pre-K
    620 feet
  3. J.H.S. 218 James P. Sinnott School
    1,160 feet
  4. School for Classics High School
    1,160 feet
  5. Friends of Crown Heights Educational Centers, 16 Preschool, ages 2 to 5 · Pre-K
    1,240 feet

Parks, playgrounds and gardens

  1. Good Shepherds Community Group Garden
    600 feet
  2. 400 Montauk Community Garden
    810 feet

Supermarkets

  1. Key Food Supermarket
    0.4 miles
  2. Food Universe Supermarket
    0.4 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 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 nearest of the 10 corners within a three-minute walk:

See every intersection along Atkins 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.