Blake Avenue & Bradford Street

Blake Avenue and Bradford 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. Martin Luther King Jr. Playground is 50 feet away. The nearest subway, Van Siclen Av, is about six minutes on foot, and two subway lines stop within a ten-minute walk. Within a five-minute walk are 22 public places, 11 of them religious buildings.

Safety record
Nobody hurt
3 police-reported crashes, 2021–2025
Nearest subway
Van Siclen Av
0.3 miles · 6 min on foot · 3
Nearest bus stop
690 feet
Sutter Av/Bradford St · B14
Within a walk
22 places
11 religious buildings, 7 gardens and 3 more kinds, within five minutes

Map

Layers
Blake Avenue & Bradford Street Nearby corners, linked

Getting there

How walks are measured

Subway

The nearest subway station is Van Siclen Av, 0.3 miles from this corner, about six minutes on foot.

  • 2 lines within a ten-minute walk
  1. Van Siclen Av 3
    0.3 miles
    3

Next trains at this station

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

Also within a walk

  1. Van Siclen Av C
    0.4 miles
    C
  2. Pennsylvania Av 3
    0.4 miles
    3

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/Bradford St, 690 feet away, for the B14.

  • 5 routes within a ten-minute walk
  1. Sutter Av/Bradford St B14 · Shelter
    690 feet
    B14
    Shelter

Next buses at this stop

  1. B14 …

Live arrivals

Cycling

A marked bike lane runs on Blake Avenue.

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

Nearest bike-share station

  1. Bradford St & Dumont Ave 16 docks in all
    540 feet

By car

The nearest highway entrance is the ramp to the Jackie Robinson Parkway eastbound at Jamaica Avenue & J Robinson Parkway, 0.9 miles by car along the streets.

  1. 2822 Atlantic Avenue Gas station
    0.7 miles
  2. 492 Thomas Boyland Street Charging for electric cars, five Level 2 chargers
    1.4 miles
  3. 1389 Rockaway Parkway Fast charging for electric cars
    2.2 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. Nobody was hurt.

The most recent crash recorded here was in April 2022.

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
31 feet above sea level

The streets

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

Homes

About 1,300 homes stand within 820 feet of this corner, a mix of apartment buildings and smaller houses. The buildings holding them mostly went up between 1901 and 1930.

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

Trees

NYC Parks records 118 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
  • 5 different rules

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

North side of Blake Avenue

  • No parking 1 sign NO PARKING ANYTIME
  • No parking 4 signs NO PARKING MONDAY THURSDAY 9AM-10:30AM

South side of Blake Avenue

  • No parking 4 signs NO PARKING TUESDAY FRIDAY 9AM-10:30AM

East side of Bradford Street

  • No parking 8 signs NO PARKING TUESDAY FRIDAY 9AM-10:30AM

West side of Bradford Street

  • No parking 8 signs NO PARKING MONDAY THURSDAY 9AM-10:30AM

Schools, parks and places within a walk

How places are listed

Within a five-minute walk there are 22 public places.

  • 11 religious buildings
  • 7 gardens
  • 2 playgrounds
  • 1 park
  • 1 school

Schools and child care

  1. P.S. 149 Danny Kaye School
    830 feet

Parks, playgrounds and gardens

  1. Martin Luther King Jr. Playground
    50 feet
  2. CAUSA Festival Garden
    370 feet
  3. Big Red Community Garden
    390 feet
Show all 10
  1. Dumont Garden of Green Garden
    620 feet
  2. Artsy Bloom Community Garden
    660 feet
  3. Hendrix Street Block Association Garden
    820 feet
  4. Monty's Bradford Street Garden
    900 feet
  5. New Jersey Avenue Community Garden
    920 feet
  6. Duke Park Playground
    1,120 feet
  7. Duke Park
    1,130 feet

Houses of worship

  1. Pilgrim Union Church of God House of worship
    570 feet
  2. First Temple House of David House of worship
    720 feet
  3. St John Cantius RC Church House of worship
    720 feet

Supermarkets

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

Food stores and places to eat

Within a five-minute walk there are eight 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 corners within a three-minute walk:

See every intersection along Blake Avenue or Bradford Street.

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.