Blake Avenue & Bristol Street

Blake Avenue and Bristol Street meet at a four-way crossing in Brownsville, Brooklyn. Between 2021 and 2025, seven police-reported crashes were recorded here, the median for a Brooklyn corner. Betsy Head Park is 50 feet away, and Frederick Douglass Academy VII High School is 170 feet away. The nearest subway, Rockaway Av, is about six minutes on foot, for the 3. Within a five-minute walk are 30 public places, 11 of them religious buildings, and three places to eat. About 900 homes stand within 820 feet, a mix of apartment buildings and smaller houses.

Safety record
5 hurt
7 police-reported crashes, 2021–2025
Nearest subway
Rockaway Av
0.3 miles · 6 min on foot · 3
Nearest bus stop
620 feet
Rockaway Av/Blake Av · B60
Within a walk
30 places
11 religious buildings, 6 schools and 8 more kinds, within five minutes

Map

Layers
Blake Avenue & Bristol Street Nearby corners, linked

Getting there

How walks are measured

Subway

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

  1. Rockaway 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. Saratoga Av 3
    0.5 miles
    3

The MTA's permanent art catalog lists “Paroles Vagabondes/Wisdom Along the Way” (2017) by Béatrice Lebreton at the Rockaway Av station.

Bus

The nearest bus stop is Rockaway Av/Blake Av, 620 feet away, for the B60.

  • 5 routes within a ten-minute walk
  1. Rockaway Av/Blake Av B60
    620 feet
    B60

Next buses at this stop

  1. B60 …

Live arrivals

Cycling

A signed bike route shared with traffic runs on Blake Avenue.

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

Nearest bike-share station

  1. Rockaway Ave & Blake Ave 16 docks in all
    600 feet

By car

The nearest highway entrance is the ramp to the Jackie Robinson Parkway eastbound at Jamaica Avenue & J Robinson Parkway, 1.4 miles by car along the streets.

  1. 345 Sutter Avenue Gas station
    0.4 miles
  2. 492 Thomas Boyland Street Charging for electric cars, five Level 2 chargers
    0.3 miles
  3. 1389 Rockaway Parkway Fast charging for electric cars
    1.6 miles

Safety record

How crashes are counted

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

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

The most recent crash recorded here was in November 2025.

What the city has done here

  • Leading pedestrian interval, September 2021
  • Accessible pedestrian signal, August 2025

About this corner

Where facts come from
ZIP code
11212
Community board
Brooklyn Community Board 16
City Council district
41
Police precinct
73
Neighborhood (City Planning area)
Brownsville
Elevation
35 feet above sea level

The streets

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

Homes

About 900 homes stand within 820 feet of this corner, a mix of apartment buildings and smaller houses.

Since 2014 at least 128 new affordable homes have been completed within 820 feet.

Trees

NYC Parks records 59 trees within 330 feet; the most common is the London planetree.

Parking on the streets meeting here

How signs are read
  • 31 signs on these blocks
  • 9 different rules

The sign wording is DOT's, as recorded between October 2016 and August 2021, and the sign on the street decides.

North side of Blake Avenue

  • No parking 4 signs NO PARKING MONDAY THURSDAY 9AM-10:30AM
  • No standing 1 sign NO STANDING SCHOOL DAYS 7AM-4PM

South side of Blake Avenue

  • No parking 5 signs NO PARKING TUESDAY FRIDAY 9AM-10:30AM

East side of Bristol Street

  • Authorized vehicles only 2 signs AUTHORIZED VEHICLES ONLY NYC DEPT OF HEALTH & MENTAL HYGIENE MONDAY-FRIDAY 8AM-6PM
  • No parking 8 signs NO PARKING TUESDAY FRIDAY 9AM-10:30AM
  • No standing 1 sign NO STANDING ANYTIME

West side of Bristol Street

  • Authorized vehicles only 4 signs AUTHORIZED VEHICLES ONLY NYC DEPT OF HEALTH & MENTAL HYGIENE MONDAY-FRIDAY 8AM-6PM
  • No parking 5 signs NO PARKING MONDAY THURSDAY 9AM-10:30AM
  • No standing 1 sign NO STANDING ANYTIME

Schools, parks and places within a walk

How places are listed

Within a five-minute walk there are 30 public places.

  • 11 religious buildings
  • 6 schools
  • 5 gardens
  • 2 playgrounds
  • 1 day care or pre-K site
  • 5 other places

Schools and child care

  1. Frederick Douglass Academy VII High School
    170 feet
  2. Legacy Leadership High School
    170 feet
  3. Mott Hall Bridges Academy School
    490 feet
Show all 7
  1. P.S./I.S. 323 School
    490 feet
  2. P.S. 327 Dr. Rose B. English School
    1,080 feet
  3. Sid Miller Academy School
    1,080 feet
  4. Rize & Shine Childcare Center Preschool, ages 2 to 5
    1,260 feet

Parks, playgrounds and gardens

  1. Betsy Head Park
    50 feet
  2. Living Laboratory Community Garden
    440 feet
  3. Imagination Playground at Betsy Head Playground
    530 feet
Show all 8
  1. Amboy Street Garden
    580 feet
  2. P.S. 125 Playground
    800 feet
  3. ISO Student Farm Garden
    970 feet
  4. Brownsville Community Farm (James McKeather) Garden
    980 feet
  5. Jes Good Rewards Childeren's Garden
    1,110 feet

Libraries, museums and history

  1. Chevra Torah Anshei Radishkowitz Listed historic place
    1,200 feet

Houses of worship

  1. Risen Christ Lutheran Church House of worship
    330 feet
  2. Mountain of Fire and Miracles Ministries House of worship
    440 feet
  3. Mount Hebron Church House of worship
    970 feet
Show all 5
  1. Bethany Gospel Chapel House of worship
    1,090 feet
  2. Little Rock Baptist Church House of worship
    1,300 feet

Community centers and public services

  1. Brownsville Post Office
    730 feet
  2. Betsy Head Field House Recreation center
    950 feet
  3. Betsy Head Pool Swimming pool
    1,090 feet

Supermarkets

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

Other stores

  1. Dollar Tree Store
    0.4 miles

Food stores and places to eat

Within a five-minute walk there are three places to eat and six food stores.

Not on record for this corner: a designated landmark or historic district within 820 feet.

Nearby corners

The eight nearest corners on foot, seven of them within a three-minute walk:

See every intersection along Blake Avenue or Bristol Street.

Sources: NYC Technology and Innovation, NYPD, NYC DOT, MTA, 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.