Blake Avenue & Chester Street

Blake Avenue and Chester Street meet at a four-way crossing in Brownsville, Brooklyn. Between 2021 and 2025, 19 police-reported crashes were recorded here, against a median of seven crashes for a Brooklyn corner. Risen Christ Lutheran Church is 90 feet away, and Chester Playground is 1,060 feet away. The nearest subway, Rockaway Av, is about five minutes on foot, for the 3. Within a five-minute walk are 31 public places, ten of them religious buildings, and seven places to eat.

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

Map

Layers
Blake Avenue & Chester 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 five 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 …

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, 350 feet away, for the B60.

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

Next buses at this stop

  1. B60 …

Live arrivals

Cycling

A signed bike route shared with traffic 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. Rockaway Ave & Blake Ave 16 docks in all
    340 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
    1.5 miles

Safety record

How crashes are counted

Between 2021 and 2025, police reported 19 crashes at this corner, more than the median of seven crashes for a Brooklyn corner.

  • 17 people injured
  • 0 people killed
  • 2 of those hurt, on foot
  • 3 of those hurt, on a bike

The most recent crash recorded here was in October 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
34 feet above sea level

The streets

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

Homes

About 1,200 homes stand within 820 feet of this corner, most of them in buildings of ten homes or more. The buildings holding them mostly went up between 1954 and 1986.

Since 2014 at least 115 new affordable homes have been completed within 820 feet.

Trees

NYC Parks records 49 trees within 330 feet.

Parking on the streets meeting here

How signs are read
  • 30 signs on these blocks
  • 7 different rules

The sign wording is DOT's, as recorded between March 2016 and April 2025, 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 1 sign NO PARKING ANYTIME
  • No parking 4 signs NO PARKING TUESDAY FRIDAY 9AM-10:30AM

East side of Chester Street

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

West side of Chester Street

  • No parking 9 signs NO PARKING MONDAY THURSDAY 9AM-10:30AM
  • Truck loading only 2 signs TRUCK LOADING ONLY MONDAY-FRIDAY 10AM-4PM

Schools, parks and places within a walk

How places are listed

Within a five-minute walk there are 31 public places.

  • 10 religious buildings
  • 6 schools
  • 4 gardens
  • 4 playgrounds
  • 2 older adult centers
  • 5 other places

Schools and child care

  1. Frederick Douglass Academy VII High School
    430 feet
  2. Legacy Leadership High School
    430 feet
  3. Mott Hall Bridges Academy School
    440 feet
Show all 7
  1. P.S./I.S. 323 School
    440 feet
  2. Rize & Shine Childcare Center Preschool, ages 2 to 5
    990 feet
  3. P.S. 327 Dr. Rose B. English School
    1,070 feet
  4. Sid Miller Academy School
    1,070 feet

Parks, playgrounds and gardens

  1. Betsy Head Park
    310 feet
  2. P.S. 125 Playground
    540 feet
  3. Living Laboratory Community Garden
    600 feet
Show all 9
  1. ISO Student Farm Garden
    710 feet
  2. Imagination Playground at Betsy Head Playground
    800 feet
  3. Amboy Street Garden
    850 feet
  4. Chester Playground
    1,060 feet
  5. Brownsville Community Farm (James McKeather) Garden
    1,250 feet
  6. Dr. Green Playground
    1,310 feet

Houses of worship

  1. Risen Christ Lutheran Church House of worship
    90 feet
  2. Mountain of Fire and Miracles Ministries House of worship
    700 feet
  3. Mount Hebron Church House of worship
    820 feet
Show all 5
  1. First Baptist Church Brownsville House of worship
    1,070 feet
  2. Cornerstone Pentecostal Church House of worship
    1,290 feet

Community centers and public services

  1. Brownsville Post Office
    810 feet
  2. Betsy Head Field House Recreation center
    1,210 feet
  3. Older adult center at 528 Mother Gaston Boulevard Older adult center
    1,300 feet
Show all 5
  1. Langston Hughes Community Center
    1,300 feet
  2. Older adult center at 301 Sutter Avenue Older adult center
    1,300 feet

Supermarkets

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

Other stores

  1. Dollar Tree Store
    0.3 miles
  2. Family Dollar Store
    0.5 miles

Food stores and places to eat

Within a five-minute walk there are seven places to eat and 11 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, seven of them within a three-minute walk:

See every intersection along Blake Avenue or Chester 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, NYCHA, NYC Housing Preservation and Development, NYC Parks, NYC Health, NYS Agriculture and Markets and USDA, retrieved September 18 – October 6, 2026.