Blake Avenue & Essex Street

Blake Avenue and Essex Street meet at a four-way crossing in East New York (North), Brooklyn. Between 2021 and 2025, ten police-reported crashes were recorded here, against a median of seven crashes for a Brooklyn corner. It is 570 feet to the 75th Precinct, and Warwick Street Greenery Glow Garden is 1,310 feet away. The nearest subway, Shepherd Av, is about seven minutes on foot, and two subway lines stop within a ten-minute walk. Within a five-minute walk are 22 public places, 13 of them religious buildings, and four places to eat.

Safety record
5 hurt
10 police-reported crashes, 2021–2025
Nearest subway
Shepherd Av
0.3 miles · 7 min on foot · C
Nearest bus stop
680 feet
Sutter Av/Essex St · B14
Within a walk
22 places
13 religious buildings, 4 gardens and 3 more kinds, within five minutes

Map

Layers
Blake Avenue & Essex Street Nearby corners, linked

Getting there

How walks are measured

Subway

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

  • 2 lines within a ten-minute walk
  1. Shepherd Av C
    0.3 miles
    C

Next trains at this station

Manhattan
1 line
  1. C …
Outbound
1 line
  1. C …

Also within a walk

  1. New Lots Av 3
    0.4 miles
    3

Bus

The nearest bus stop is Sutter Av/Essex St, 680 feet away, for the B14.

  • 7 routes within a ten-minute walk
  1. Sutter Av/Essex St B14 · Shelter
    680 feet
    B14
    Shelter

Next buses at this stop

  1. B14 …

Live arrivals

Cycling

A marked bike lane runs on Blake Avenue.

  • 6 bicycle racks within 820 feet

Nearest bike-share station

  1. Blake Ave & Schenck Ave 16 docks in all
    0.4 miles

By car

The nearest highway entrance is the ramp to the Jackie Robinson Parkway eastbound at Jamaica Avenue & J Robinson Parkway, 1.5 miles by car along the streets.

  1. 1249 Sutter Avenue Gas station
    0.6 miles
  2. 570 Jamaica Avenue Charging for electric cars, four Level 2 chargers
    1.2 miles
  3. 1389 Rockaway Parkway Fast charging for electric cars
    2.6 miles

Safety record

How crashes are counted

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

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

The most recent crash recorded here was in July 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
26 feet above sea level

The streets

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

Homes

About 1,100 homes stand within 820 feet of this corner, a mix of apartment buildings and smaller houses.

Since 2014 at least 6 new affordable homes have been completed within 820 feet.

Trees

NYC Parks records 64 trees within 330 feet; the most common is the thornless honeylocust.

Parking on the streets meeting here

How signs are read
  • 25 signs on these blocks
  • 5 different rules

The sign wording is DOT's, as recorded in October 2017, 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 Essex Street

  • No parking 8 signs NO PARKING TUESDAY FRIDAY 11AM-12:30PM
  • No standing 1 sign NO STANDING ANYTIME

West side of Essex Street

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

Schools, parks and places within a walk

How places are listed

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

  • 13 religious buildings
  • 4 gardens
  • 2 day care or pre-K sites
  • 2 schools
  • 1 police station

Schools and child care

  1. East New York Elementary School of Excellence School
    600 feet
  2. East New York Middle School of Excellence School
    600 feet
  3. Miles of Smiles Daycare Pre-K
    1,220 feet
Show all 4
  1. Joyful Tots Daycare Center Infant, toddler and preschool care, ages 0 to 5
    1,300 feet

Parks, playgrounds and gardens

  1. Good Shepherds Community Group Garden
    500 feet
  2. Elton Street Community Garden
    770 feet
  3. Linwood Street Garden
    800 feet
Show all 4
  1. Warwick Street Greenery Glow Garden
    1,310 feet

Houses of worship

  1. St Gabriels RC Church House of worship
    1,060 feet
  2. Bethelite Institutional Baptist Church House of worship
    1,070 feet

Fire and police

  1. 75th Precinct Police station
    570 feet

Supermarkets

  1. Food Universe Supermarket
    0.3 miles

Food stores and places to eat

Within a five-minute walk there are four places to eat and 12 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 10 corners within a three-minute walk:

See every intersection along Blake Avenue or Essex 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.