Blake Avenue & Euclid Avenue

Blake Avenue and Euclid Avenue meet at a three-way junction in East New York-City Line, Brooklyn, at the edge of NYCHA's Cypress Hills development. Between 2021 and 2025, 12 police-reported crashes were recorded here, against a median of seven crashes for a Brooklyn corner. In 2025, 17 school-zone speed camera tickets were recorded here. Cypress Hills Playground is 60 feet away. The nearest subway, Euclid Av, is about six minutes on foot, for the A and C. Within a five-minute walk are six public places, two of them gardens, and four places to eat.

Safety record
11 hurt
12 police-reported crashes, 2021–2025
Nearest subway
Euclid Av
0.3 miles · 6 min on foot · A, C
Nearest bus stop
40 feet
Euclid Av/Blake Av · B13, Q8
Within a walk
6 places
2 gardens, 1 day care or pre-K site and 3 more kinds, within five minutes

Map

Layers
Blake Avenue & Euclid Avenue Nearby corners, linked

Getting there

How walks are measured

Subway

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

  • 2 lines at the nearest station
  1. Euclid Av A, C
    0.3 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, 40 feet away, for the B13 and Q8.

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

Next buses at this stop

  1. B13 …
  2. Q8 …

Live arrivals

Cycling

  • 15 bicycle racks within 820 feet

By car

The nearest highway entrance is the ramp to the Belt Parkway westbound at Erskine Street, 1.5 miles by car along the streets.

  1. 1249 Sutter Avenue Gas station
    740 feet
  2. 2797 Linden Boulevard Charging for electric cars, four Level 2 chargers
    0.8 miles
  3. 1389 Rockaway Parkway Fast charging for electric cars
    3 miles

Safety record

How crashes are counted

Between 2021 and 2025, police reported 12 crashes at this corner, more than the median of seven crashes for a Brooklyn corner.

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

The most recent crash recorded here was in November 2025.

Camera tickets

How tickets are counted

In 2025, 17 school-zone speed camera tickets were issued for violations recorded at this corner, the 1,901st most of the 1,957 corners in the city where any were issued.

School-zone speed camera tickets by the direction of travel written on the ticket
Direction on the ticket2025
Southbound on Euclid Avenue14
Northbound on Euclid Avenue3
Total17

Every corner with speed camera tickets

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
15 feet above sea level

The streets

  • Up to four travel lanes

Homes

About 2,200 homes stand within 820 feet of this corner, a mix of apartment buildings and smaller houses. The buildings holding them mostly went up between 1950 and 1954.

The corner stands at the edge of NYCHA's Cypress Hills development.

Trees

NYC Parks records 73 trees within 330 feet; the most common is the London planetree.

Parking on the streets meeting here

How signs are read
  • 12 signs on these blocks
  • 3 different rules

The sign wording is DOT's, as recorded between October 2017 and August 2020, and the sign on the street decides.

North side of Blake Avenue

  • No parking 2 signs NO PARKING TUESDAY FRIDAY 11AM-12:30PM

South side of Blake Avenue

  • No parking 2 signs NO PARKING MONDAY THURSDAY 11AM-12:30PM

East side of Euclid Avenue

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

Schools, parks and places within a walk

How places are listed

Six public places are within a five-minute walk.

  • 2 gardens
  • 1 day care or pre-K site
  • 1 playground
  • 1 post office
  • 1 religious building

Schools and child care

  1. Colony-South Brooklyn Houses Preschool, ages 2 to 5 · Pre-K
    750 feet

Parks, playgrounds and gardens

  1. Cypress Hills Playground
    60 feet
  2. Euclid / Pine Street Block Association Garden
    770 feet
  3. Euclid 500 Community Garden
    880 feet

Houses of worship

  1. Greater Bright Light Baptist Church House of worship
    1,060 feet

Community centers and public services

  1. New Lots Post Office
    910 feet

Supermarkets

  1. Key Food Supermarket
    1,130 feet
  2. Fine Fare Supermarket
    0.3 miles

Other stores

  1. Dollar Tree Store
    0.5 miles

Food stores and places to eat

Within a five-minute walk there are four 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, five of them within a three-minute walk:

See every intersection along Blake Avenue or Euclid Avenue.

Sources: NYC Technology and Innovation, NYPD, NYC Finance, 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.