Blake Avenue & Barbey Street

Blake Avenue and Barbey Street meet at a four-way crossing in East New York (North), Brooklyn. Between 2021 and 2025, 17 police-reported crashes were recorded here, against a median of seven crashes for a Brooklyn corner. Nehemiah 10 Community Garden is 140 feet away. The nearest subway, Van Siclen Av, is about seven minutes on foot, and two subway lines stop within a ten-minute walk. Within a five-minute walk are 21 public places, eight of them gardens. About 1,100 homes stand within 820 feet, a mix of apartment buildings and smaller houses.

Safety record
13 hurt
17 police-reported crashes, 2021–2025
Nearest subway
Van Siclen Av
0.4 miles · 7 min on foot · 3
Nearest bus stop
660 feet
Sutter Av/Barbey St · B14
Within a walk
21 places
8 gardens, 8 religious buildings and 3 more kinds, within five minutes

Map

Layers
Blake Avenue & Barbey Street Nearby corners, linked

Getting there

How walks are measured

Subway

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

  • 2 lines within a ten-minute walk
  1. Van Siclen 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. New Lots Av 3
    0.4 miles
    3
  2. Van Siclen Av C
    0.4 miles
    C

The MTA's permanent art catalog lists “Urban Garden Rail” (2017) by Saya Woolfalk at the Van Siclen Av station.

Bus

The nearest bus stop is Sutter Av/Barbey St, 660 feet away, for the B14.

  • 7 routes within a ten-minute walk
  1. Sutter Av/Barbey St B14
    660 feet
    B14

Next buses at this stop

  1. B14 …

Live arrivals

Cycling

A marked bike lane runs on Blake Avenue.

  • 16 bicycle racks within 820 feet
  • 2 more bike-share stations within a five-minute walk

Nearest bike-share station

  1. Blake Ave & Schenck Ave 16 docks in all
    250 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. 2822 Atlantic Avenue Gas station
    0.8 miles
  2. 1065 Elton Street Charging for electric cars, four Level 2 chargers
    1.3 miles
  3. 1389 Rockaway Parkway Fast charging for electric cars
    2.3 miles

Safety record

How crashes are counted

Between 2021 and 2025, police reported 17 crashes at this corner, more than the median of seven crashes for a Brooklyn corner.

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

The most recent crash recorded here was in June 2025.

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
24 feet above sea level

The streets

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

Homes

About 1,100 homes stand within 820 feet of this corner, a mix of apartment buildings and smaller houses.

Since 2014 at least 10 new affordable homes have been completed within 820 feet.

Trees

NYC Parks records 87 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 July 2017 and January 2020, and the sign on the street decides.

East side of Barbey Street

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

West side of Barbey 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

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

  • 8 gardens
  • 8 religious buildings
  • 2 parks
  • 2 playgrounds
  • 1 day care or pre-K site

Schools and child care

  1. Barbey Prep Infant, toddler and preschool care, ages 0 to 5
    1,290 feet

Parks, playgrounds and gardens

  1. Nehemiah 10 Community Garden
    140 feet
  2. Hendrix Street Block Association Garden
    590 feet
  3. Sutter Ballfields Park
    610 feet
Show all 12
  1. Warwick Street Greenery Glow Garden
    770 feet
  2. Jerome Gardens Garden
    790 feet
  3. Big Red Community Garden
    810 feet
  4. CAUSA Festival Garden
    810 feet
  5. Martin Luther King Jr. Playground
    1,060 feet
  6. Sankofa Park
    1,180 feet
  7. Victory Garden B5 Garden
    1,210 feet
  8. Sankofa Park Playground
    1,270 feet
  9. Commitment Garden
    1,290 feet

Houses of worship

  1. Pilgrim Union Church of God House of worship
    710 feet

Supermarkets

  1. Food Universe Supermarket
    0.4 miles
  2. Shop Fair Supermarket
    0.4 miles

Food stores and places to eat

Within a five-minute walk there are 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 of the 10 corners within a three-minute walk:

See every intersection along Barbey 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.