Blake Avenue & Cleveland Street

Blake Avenue and Cleveland Street meet at a four-way crossing in East New York (North), Brooklyn. Between 2021 and 2025, seven police-reported crashes were recorded here, the median for a Brooklyn corner. Bethelite Institutional Baptist Church is 980 feet away, and East New York Elementary School of Excellence is 1,300 feet away. The nearest subway, New Lots Av, is about five minutes on foot, and two subway lines stop within a ten-minute walk. Within a five-minute walk are 17 public places, seven of them religious buildings, and six places to eat.

Safety record
2 hurt
7 police-reported crashes, 2021–2025
Nearest subway
New Lots Av
0.3 miles · 5 min on foot · 3
Nearest bus stop
650 feet
Sutter Av/Cleveland St · B14
Within a walk
17 places
7 religious buildings, 6 gardens and 3 more kinds, within five minutes

Map

Layers
Blake Avenue & Cleveland Street Nearby corners, linked

Getting there

How walks are measured

Subway

The nearest subway station is New Lots Av, 0.3 miles from this corner, about five minutes on foot.

  • 2 lines within a ten-minute walk
  1. New Lots Av 3
    0.3 miles
    3

Next trains at this station

Manhattan
1 line
  1. 3 …

Also within a walk

  1. Shepherd Av C
    0.5 miles
    C

Bus

The nearest bus stop is Sutter Av/Cleveland St, 650 feet away, for the B14.

  • 6 routes within a ten-minute walk
  1. Sutter Av/Cleveland St B14
    650 feet
    B14

Next buses at this stop

  1. B14 …

Live arrivals

Cycling

A marked bike lane runs on Blake Avenue.

  • 7 bicycle racks within 820 feet

Nearest bike-share station

  1. Blake Ave & Schenck Ave 16 docks in all
    1,210 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. 1249 Sutter Avenue Gas station
    0.8 miles
  2. 1065 Elton Street Charging for electric cars, four Level 2 chargers
    1.2 miles
  3. 1389 Rockaway Parkway Fast charging for electric cars
    2.4 miles

Safety record

How crashes are counted

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

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

The most recent crash recorded here was in December 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 (North)
Elevation
23 feet above sea level

The streets

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

Homes

About 1,200 homes stand within 820 feet of this corner, a mix of apartment buildings and smaller houses.

Since 2014 at least 12 new affordable homes have been completed within 820 feet.

Trees

NYC Parks records 62 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 September 2017 and January 2020, and the sign on the street decides.

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

East side of Cleveland Street

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

West side of Cleveland Street

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

Schools, parks and places within a walk

How places are listed

Seventeen public places are within a five-minute walk.

  • 7 religious buildings
  • 6 gardens
  • 2 schools
  • 1 day care or pre-K site
  • 1 police station

Schools and child care

  1. Joyful Tots Daycare Center Infant, toddler and preschool care, ages 0 to 5
    600 feet
  2. East New York Elementary School of Excellence School
    1,300 feet
  3. East New York Middle School of Excellence School
    1,300 feet

Parks, playgrounds and gardens

  1. Warwick Street Greenery Glow Garden
    610 feet
  2. Elton Street Community Garden
    620 feet
  3. Linwood Street Garden
    790 feet
Show all 6
  1. Nehemiah 10 Community Garden
    850 feet
  2. Good Shepherds Community Group Garden
    1,200 feet
  3. Jerome Gardens Garden
    1,210 feet

Houses of worship

  1. Bethelite Institutional Baptist Church House of worship
    980 feet

Fire and police

  1. 75th Precinct Police station
    1,040 feet

Supermarkets

  1. Food Universe Supermarket
    1,180 feet

Food stores and places to eat

Within a five-minute walk there are six places to eat and nine 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 12 corners within a three-minute walk:

See every intersection along Blake Avenue or Cleveland 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.