Blake Avenue & Crescent Street

Blake Avenue and Crescent Street meet at a four-way crossing in East New York-City Line, Brooklyn. Between 2021 and 2025, 14 police-reported crashes were recorded here, against a median of seven crashes for a Brooklyn corner. Greater Bright Light Baptist Church is 530 feet away. The nearest subway, Euclid Av, is about eight minutes on foot, for the A and C. Within a five-minute walk are seven public places, two of them day care or pre-K sites, and five places to eat. About 1,200 homes stand within 820 feet, almost all in houses of one or two.

Safety record
11 hurt
14 police-reported crashes, 2021–2025
Nearest subway
Euclid Av
0.4 miles · 8 min on foot · A, C
Nearest bus stop
570 feet
Euclid Av/Blake Av · B13, Q8
Within a walk
7 places
2 day care or pre-K sites, 2 religious buildings and 3 more kinds, within five minutes

Map

Layers
Blake Avenue & Crescent Street Nearby corners, linked

Getting there

How walks are measured

Subway

The nearest subway station is Euclid Av, 0.4 miles from this corner, about eight minutes on foot.

  • 2 lines at the nearest station
  1. Euclid Av A, C
    0.4 miles
    A C

Next trains at this station

Manhattan
2 lines
  1. A …
  2. C …
Queens
2 lines
  1. A …
  2. C …

Bus

The nearest bus stop is Euclid Av/Blake Av, 570 feet away, for the B13 and Q8.

  • 7 routes within a ten-minute walk
  1. Euclid Av/Blake Av B13, Q8
    570 feet
    B13 Q8

Next buses at this stop

  1. B13 …
  2. Q8 …

Live arrivals

Cycling

  • 14 bicycle racks within 820 feet

By car

The nearest highway entrance is the ramp to the Belt Parkway westbound at Erskine Street, 1.6 miles by car along the streets.

  1. 1249 Sutter Avenue Gas station
    1,270 feet
  2. 2797 Linden Boulevard Charging for electric cars, four Level 2 chargers
    0.8 miles

Safety record

How crashes are counted

Between 2021 and 2025, police reported 14 crashes at this corner, more than the median of seven crashes for a Brooklyn corner.

  • 11 people injured
  • 0 people killed

The most recent crash recorded here was in October 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-City Line
Elevation
16 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, almost all of them in houses of one or two.

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
  • 25 signs on these blocks
  • 4 different rules

The sign wording is DOT's, as recorded between October 2017 and November 2023, and the sign on the street decides.

North side of Blake Avenue

  • No parking 4 signs NO PARKING TUESDAY FRIDAY 11AM-12:30PM

South side of Blake Avenue

  • No parking 4 signs NO PARKING MONDAY THURSDAY 11AM-12:30PM

East side of Crescent Street

  • No parking 9 signs NO PARKING TUESDAY FRIDAY 11AM-12:30PM

West side of Crescent Street

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

Schools, parks and places within a walk

How places are listed

Seven public places are within a five-minute walk.

  • 2 day care or pre-K sites
  • 2 religious buildings
  • 1 garden
  • 1 playground
  • 1 school

Schools and child care

  1. Urban Strategies Preschool, ages 2 to 5 · Pre-K
    1,030 feet
  2. Brooklyn Scholars Charter School
    1,180 feet
  3. Colony-South Brooklyn Houses Preschool, ages 2 to 5 · Pre-K
    1,280 feet

Parks, playgrounds and gardens

  1. Cypress Hills Playground
    580 feet
  2. Euclid / Pine Street Block Association Garden
    880 feet

Houses of worship

  1. Greater Bright Light Baptist Church House of worship
    530 feet
  2. St Fortunata RC Church House of worship
    870 feet

Supermarkets

  1. Fine Fare Supermarket
    1,040 feet
  2. Key Food Supermarket
    0.3 miles
  3. Cherry Valley Marketplace Supermarket
    0.5 miles

Food stores and places to eat

Within a five-minute walk there are five places to eat and 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 nearest corners on foot, seven of them within a three-minute walk:

See every intersection along Blake Avenue or Crescent Street.

Sources: NYC Technology and Innovation, NYPD, MTA, NYC DOT, NYS Environmental Conservation, NYC City Planning, US Department of Energy, NYCHA, NYC Parks, NYC Health, NYS Agriculture and Markets and USDA, retrieved September 18 – October 6, 2026.