Blake Avenue & Fountain Avenue

Blake Avenue and Fountain Avenue meet at a three-way junction in East New York (North), Brooklyn, at the edge of NYCHA's Cypress Hills development. Between 2021 and 2025, 17 police-reported crashes were recorded here, against a median of seven crashes for a Brooklyn corner. School for Classics High School is 350 feet away, and Cypress Hills Community Center is 1,160 feet away. The nearest subway, Euclid Av, is about nine minutes on foot, for the A and C. Within a five-minute walk are 16 public places, seven of them religious buildings, and one place to eat.

Safety record
8 hurt
17 police-reported crashes, 2021–2025
Nearest subway
Euclid Av
0.5 miles · 9 min on foot · A, C
Nearest bus stop
50 feet
Fountain Av/Blake Av · Q8
Within a walk
16 places
7 religious buildings, 2 day care or pre-K sites and 6 more kinds, within five minutes

Map

Layers
Blake Avenue & Fountain Avenue Nearby corners, linked

Getting there

How walks are measured

Subway

The nearest subway station is Euclid Av, 0.5 miles from this corner, about nine minutes on foot.

  • 2 lines at the nearest station
  1. Euclid Av A, C
    0.5 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 Fountain Av/Blake Av, 50 feet away, for the Q8.

  • 7 routes within a ten-minute walk
  1. Fountain Av/Blake Av Q8
    50 feet
    Q8

Next buses at this stop

  1. Q8 …

Live arrivals

Cycling

A bike lane separated from traffic runs on Blake Avenue and Fountain Avenue.

  • 21 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
    0.3 miles
  2. 2797 Linden Boulevard Charging for electric cars, four Level 2 chargers
    1 mile
  3. 1389 Rockaway Parkway Fast charging for electric cars
    2.8 miles

Safety record

How crashes are counted

Between 2021 and 2025, police reported 17 crashes at this corner, more than the median of seven crashes for a Brooklyn corner.

  • 8 people injured
  • 0 people killed
  • 6 of those hurt, on foot
  • 1 of those hurt, on a bike

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
14 feet above sea level

The streets

  • Up to three travel lanes
  • One of the streets is one-way

Homes

About 2,100 homes stand within 820 feet of this corner, most of them in buildings of ten homes or more. The buildings holding them mostly went up between 1930 and 1954.

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

Trees

NYC Parks records 30 trees within 330 feet; the most common is the thornless honeylocust.

Parking on the streets meeting here

How signs are read
  • 13 signs on these blocks
  • 4 different rules

The sign wording is DOT's, as recorded between December 2016 and May 2020, and the sign on the street decides.

North side of Blake Avenue

  • No parking 2 signs NO PARKING MONDAY THURSDAY 11:30AM-1PM
  • Truck loading only 1 sign TRUCK LOADING ONLY MONDAY-FRIDAY 7AM-1PM

South side of Blake Avenue

  • No parking 2 signs NO PARKING TUESDAY FRIDAY 11:30AM-1PM

West side of Fountain Avenue

  • No parking 8 signs NO PARKING MONDAY THURSDAY 8AM-9:30AM

Monuments and public art

How landmarks are placed

The City's public art inventory lists one work near this corner, at Cypress Hill Library.

  1. Family Library Table Ornamental gates by Rolando Briseno, 1995
    630 feet

Schools, parks and places within a walk

How places are listed

Sixteen public places are within a five-minute walk.

  • 7 religious buildings
  • 2 day care or pre-K sites
  • 2 schools
  • 1 community center
  • 1 library
  • 3 other places

Schools and child care

  1. J.H.S. 218 James P. Sinnott School
    350 feet
  2. School for Classics High School
    350 feet
  3. Blake-Milford Day Care Center Infant, toddler and preschool care, ages 0 to 5 · Pre-K
    630 feet
Show all 4
  1. Friends of Crown Heights Educational Centers, 16 Preschool, ages 2 to 5 · Pre-K
    720 feet

Parks, playgrounds and gardens

  1. Cypress Hills Playground
    450 feet

Libraries, museums and history

  1. Cypress Hills Library
    800 feet

Community centers and public services

  1. Cypress Hills Community Center
    1,160 feet
  2. Older adult center at 475 Fountain Avenue Older adult center
    1,160 feet
  3. New Lots Post Office
    1,180 feet

Supermarkets

  1. Key Food Supermarket
    1,000 feet

Other stores

  1. Dollar Tree Store
    0.3 miles

Food stores and places to eat

Within a five-minute walk there is one place 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 corners on foot, six of them within a three-minute walk:

See every intersection along Blake Avenue or Fountain Avenue.

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