Blake Avenue & Hemlock Street

Blake Avenue and Hemlock Street meet at a four-way crossing in East New York-City Line, Brooklyn. Between 2021 and 2025, five police-reported crashes were recorded here, fewer than the median of seven crashes for a Brooklyn corner. Cypress Hills Playground is 840 feet away. The nearest subway, Euclid Av, is about nine minutes on foot, for the A and C. Within a five-minute walk are six public places, two of them religious buildings, and three places to eat. About 1,500 homes stand within 820 feet, a mix of apartment buildings and smaller houses.

Safety record
3 hurt
5 police-reported crashes, 2021–2025
Nearest subway
Euclid Av
0.4 miles · 9 min on foot · A, C
Nearest bus stop
550 feet
Lincoln Av/Blake Av · B14
Within a walk
6 places
2 religious buildings, 1 day care or pre-K site and 3 more kinds, within five minutes

Map

Layers
Blake Avenue & Hemlock 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 nine 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 Lincoln Av/Blake Av, 550 feet away, for the B14.

  • 7 routes within a ten-minute walk
  1. Lincoln Av/Blake Av B14
    550 feet
    B14

Next buses at this stop

  1. B14 …

Live arrivals

Cycling

  • 13 bicycle racks within 820 feet

By car

The nearest highway entrance is the ramp to the Belt Parkway westbound at Erskine Street, 1.7 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
    0.8 miles

Safety record

How crashes are counted

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

  • 3 people injured
  • 0 people killed
  • 1 of those hurt, on a bike

The most recent crash recorded here was in May 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
17 feet above sea level

The streets

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

Homes

About 1,500 homes stand within 820 feet of this corner, a mix of apartment buildings and smaller houses.

Trees

NYC Parks records 59 trees within 330 feet; the most common are the 'Green leaf' Japanese flowering cherry and the goldenrain tree.

Parking on the streets meeting here

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

The sign wording is DOT's, as recorded between May 2017 and March 2025, 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 Hemlock Street

  • No parking 8 signs NO PARKING TUESDAY FRIDAY 11AM-12:30PM

West side of Hemlock Street

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

Schools, parks and places within a walk

How places are listed

Six public places are within a five-minute walk.

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

Schools and child care

  1. Urban Strategies Preschool, ages 2 to 5 · Pre-K
    770 feet
  2. Brooklyn Scholars Charter School
    920 feet

Parks, playgrounds and gardens

  1. Cypress Hills Playground
    840 feet
  2. Euclid / Pine Street Block Association Garden
    1,140 feet

Houses of worship

  1. Greater Bright Light Baptist Church House of worship
    700 feet
  2. St Fortunata RC Church House of worship
    890 feet

Supermarkets

  1. Fine Fare Supermarket
    770 feet
  2. Key Food Supermarket
    0.4 miles

Food stores and places to eat

Within a five-minute walk there are three places to eat and four 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 Hemlock Street.

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