Blake Avenue & Autumn Avenue

Blake Avenue and Autumn Avenue meet at a four-way crossing in East New York-City Line, Brooklyn. Between 2021 and 2025, seven police-reported crashes were recorded here, the median for a Brooklyn corner. Brooklyn Scholars Charter School is 1,030 feet away. The nearest subway, Grant Av, is about nine minutes on foot, and two subway lines stop within a ten-minute walk. Within a five-minute walk are seven public places, two of them playgrounds, and two places to eat. About 1,300 homes stand within 820 feet, a mix of apartment buildings and smaller houses.

Safety record
4 hurt
7 police-reported crashes, 2021–2025
Nearest subway
Grant Av
0.5 miles · 9 min on foot · A
Nearest bus stop
290 feet
Lincoln Av/Blake Av · B14
Within a walk
7 places
2 playgrounds, 2 religious buildings and 3 more kinds, within five minutes

Map

Layers
Blake Avenue & Autumn Avenue Nearby corners, linked

Getting there

How walks are measured

Subway

The nearest subway station is Grant Av, 0.5 miles from this corner, about nine minutes on foot.

  • 2 lines within a ten-minute walk
  1. Grant Av A
    0.5 miles
    A

Next trains at this station

Manhattan
1 line
  1. A …
Queens
1 line
  1. A …

Also within a walk

  1. Euclid Av A, C
    0.5 miles
    A C

Bus

The nearest bus stop is Lincoln Av/Blake Av, 290 feet away, for the B14.

  • 7 routes within a ten-minute walk
  1. Lincoln Av/Blake Av B14
    290 feet
    B14

Next buses at this stop

  1. B14 …

Live arrivals

Cycling

  • 7 bicycle racks within 820 feet

By car

The nearest highway entrance is the ramp to the Belt Parkway westbound at Erskine Street, 1.7 miles by car along the streets.

  1. 519 Autumn Avenue Gas station
    0.3 miles
  2. 2797 Linden Boulevard Charging for electric cars, four Level 2 chargers
    0.7 miles

Safety record

How crashes are counted

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

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

The most recent crash recorded here was in June 2025.

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-City Line
Elevation
18 feet above sea level

The streets

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

Homes

About 1,300 homes stand within 820 feet of this corner, a mix of apartment buildings and smaller houses.

Trees

NYC Parks records 63 trees within 330 feet; the most common is the 'Green leaf' Japanese flowering cherry.

Parking on the streets meeting here

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

The sign wording is DOT's, as recorded between September 2017 and March 2025, and the sign on the street decides.

East side of Autumn Avenue

  • No parking 8 signs NO PARKING TUESDAY FRIDAY 11AM-12:30PM
  • No standing 1 sign NO STANDING FIRE ZONE

West side of Autumn Avenue

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

North side of Blake Avenue

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

South side of Blake Avenue

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

Schools, parks and places within a walk

How places are listed

Seven public places are within a five-minute walk.

  • 2 playgrounds
  • 2 religious buildings
  • 1 day care or pre-K site
  • 1 park
  • 1 school

Schools and child care

  1. Urban Strategies Preschool, ages 2 to 5 · Pre-K
    510 feet
  2. Brooklyn Scholars Charter School
    1,030 feet

Parks, playgrounds and gardens

  1. Cypress Hills Playground
    1,100 feet
  2. Robert E. Venable Park
    1,140 feet
  3. Robert E. Venable Park Playground
    1,190 feet

Houses of worship

  1. Greater Bright Light Baptist Church House of worship
    760 feet
  2. St Fortunata RC Church House of worship
    1,150 feet

Supermarkets

  1. Fine Fare Supermarket
    520 feet
  2. Key Food Supermarket
    0.4 miles
  3. Food Bazaar Supermarket
    0.5 miles

Food stores and places to eat

Within a five-minute walk there are two places to eat and two 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 corners on foot, six of them within a three-minute walk:

See every intersection along Autumn Avenue or Blake Avenue.

Sources: NYC Technology and Innovation, NYPD, MTA, NYC DOT, NYS Environmental Conservation, NYC City Planning, US Department of Energy, NYC Parks, NYC Health, NYS Agriculture and Markets and USDA, retrieved September 18 – October 6, 2026.