Blake Avenue & East 98th Street

Blake Avenue and East 98th Street meet at a three-way junction in East Flatbush-Remsen Village, Brooklyn. Between 2021 and 2025, 15 police-reported crashes were recorded here, against a median of seven crashes for a Brooklyn corner. Brooklyn Ascend Charter Middle School is 110 feet away. The nearest subway, Sutter Av-Rutland Rd, is about two minutes on foot, for the 3. Within a five-minute walk are 22 public places, ten of them religious buildings, and 22 places to eat. About 2,100 homes stand within 820 feet, mostly built between 1926 and 1930, a mix of apartment buildings and smaller houses.

Safety record
10 hurt
15 police-reported crashes, 2021–2025
Nearest subway
Sutter Av-Rutland Rd
540 feet · 2 min on foot · 3
Nearest bus stop
120 feet
E 98 St/Blake Av · B15, B47
Within a walk
22 places
10 religious buildings, 6 schools and 3 more kinds, within five minutes

Map

Layers
Blake Avenue & East 98th Street Nearby corners, linked

Getting there

How walks are measured

Subway

The nearest subway station is Sutter Av-Rutland Rd, 540 feet from this corner, about two minutes on foot.

  1. Sutter Av-Rutland Rd 3
    540 feet
    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
    0.4 miles
    3

The MTA's permanent art catalog lists “Ailanthus” (2017) by Nancy Baker at the Sutter Av-Rutland Rd station.

Bus

The nearest bus stop is E 98 St/Blake Av, 120 feet away, for the B15 and B47.

  • 9 routes within a ten-minute walk
  1. E 98 St/Blake Av B15, B47
    120 feet
    B15 B47

Next buses at this stop

  1. B15 …
  2. B47 …

Live arrivals

Cycling

  • 31 bicycle racks within 820 feet
  • 4 more bike-share stations within a five-minute walk

Nearest bike-share station

  1. Rockaway Pkwy & Winthrop St 18 docks in all
    570 feet

By car

The nearest highway entrance is the ramp to the Jackie Robinson Parkway eastbound at Jamaica Avenue & J Robinson Parkway, 1.8 miles by car along the streets.

  1. 24 Dumont Avenue Gas station
    970 feet
  2. 492 Thomas Boyland Street Charging for electric cars, five Level 2 chargers
    0.7 miles
  3. 1389 Rockaway Parkway Fast charging for electric cars
    1.8 miles

Safety record

How crashes are counted

Between 2021 and 2025, police reported 15 crashes at this corner, more than the median of seven crashes for a Brooklyn corner.

  • 10 people injured
  • 0 people killed
  • 3 of those hurt, on foot

The most recent crash recorded here was in July 2025.

What the city has done here

  • Leading pedestrian interval, October 2023

About this corner

Where facts come from
ZIP code
11212
Community board
Brooklyn Community Board 16
City Council district
41
Police precinct
67 and 73 (the boundary runs through this corner)
Neighborhood (City Planning area)
East Flatbush-Remsen Village
Elevation
35 feet above sea level

The streets

  • Up to two travel lanes

Homes

About 2,100 homes stand within 820 feet of this corner, a mix of apartment buildings and smaller houses. The buildings holding them mostly went up between 1926 and 1930.

Trees

NYC Parks records 35 trees within 330 feet; the most common is the London planetree.

Parking on the streets meeting here

How signs are read
  • 11 signs on these blocks
  • 5 different rules
  • 2 active meters
  • 1 pay-by-cell zone

The sign wording is DOT's, as recorded between July 2019 and July 2020, and the sign on the street decides.

Meters are posted as 2 hour passenger vehicles Monday to Saturday 9:30am to 7pm on East 98th Street (west side).

North side of Blake Avenue

  • No parking 2 signs NO PARKING MONDAY THURSDAY 8AM-9:30AM
  • No standing 2 signs NO STANDING SCHOOL DAYS 7AM-5PM

South side of Blake Avenue

  • No parking 1 sign NO PARKING TUESDAY FRIDAY 8AM-9:30AM

East side of East 98th Street

  • No parking 3 signs NO PARKING TUESDAY FRIDAY 8AM-9:30AM
  • No standing 3 signs NO STANDING ANYTIME

ParkNYC pay-by-cell zone: 335791.

Schools, parks and places within a walk

How places are listed

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

  • 10 religious buildings
  • 6 schools
  • 2 day care or pre-K sites
  • 2 gardens
  • 2 parks

Schools and child care

  1. Brooklyn Ascend Charter Middle School
    110 feet
  2. The Friends of Crown Heights Educational Centers< Preschool, ages 2 to 5 · Pre-K
    630 feet
  3. Traditional Day Care Preschool, ages 2 to 5 · Pre-K
    990 feet
Show all 8
  1. Brooklyn Ascend Charter Es School
    1,080 feet
  2. Brooklyn Ascend Charter School
    1,080 feet
  3. Brooklyn Ascend Charter School 6 School
    1,080 feet
  4. Aspirations Diploma Plus High School
    1,120 feet
  5. Brownsville Academy High School
    1,120 feet

Parks, playgrounds and gardens

  1. Howard Malls Park
    490 feet
  2. Howard Garden
    750 feet
  3. Lincoln Terrace / Arthur S. Somers Park
    1,240 feet
Show all 4
  1. Fantasy Garden
    1,300 feet

Bank branches

  1. Santander Bank Bank branch
    490 feet

Supermarkets

  1. CTown Supermarket
    150 feet
  2. Green Village Supermarket Supermarket
    870 feet
  3. Food Universe Supermarket
    0.3 miles

Other stores

  1. Family Dollar Store
    370 feet
  2. Dollar Tree Store
    690 feet

Food stores and places to eat

Within a five-minute walk there are 22 places to eat and 22 food stores.

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

Nearby corners

The eight nearest of the 14 corners within a three-minute walk:

See every intersection along Blake Avenue or East 98th Street.

Sources: NYC Technology and Innovation, NYPD, NYC DOT, MTA, New York City's bike-share system, NYS Environmental Conservation, NYC City Planning, US Department of Energy, NYC Parks, NYC Health, FDIC, NYS Agriculture and Markets and USDA, retrieved September 18 – October 6, 2026.