Blake Avenue & Hendrix Street

Blake Avenue and Hendrix Street meet at a four-way crossing in East New York (North), Brooklyn. Between 2021 and 2025, 11 police-reported crashes were recorded here, against a median of seven crashes for a Brooklyn corner. Hendrix Street Block Association Garden is 80 feet away. The nearest subway, Van Siclen Av, is about five minutes on foot, and two subway lines stop within a ten-minute walk. Within a five-minute walk are 21 public places, 11 of them gardens. About 1,200 homes stand within 820 feet, a mix of apartment buildings and smaller houses.

Safety record
8 hurt
11 police-reported crashes, 2021–2025
Nearest subway
Van Siclen Av
0.3 miles · 5 min on foot · 3
Nearest bus stop
650 feet
Sutter Av/Hendrix St · B14
Within a walk
21 places
11 gardens, 8 religious buildings and 2 more kinds, within five minutes

Map

Layers
Blake Avenue & Hendrix Street Nearby corners, linked

Getting there

How walks are measured

Subway

The nearest subway station is Van Siclen Av, 0.3 miles from this corner, about five minutes on foot.

  • 2 lines within a ten-minute walk
  1. Van Siclen Av 3
    0.3 miles
    3

Next trains at this station

Manhattan
1 line
  1. 3 …
New Lots
1 line
  1. 3 …

Also within a walk

  1. Van Siclen Av C
    0.3 miles
    C
  2. New Lots Av 3
    0.4 miles
    3

The MTA's permanent art catalog lists “Urban Garden Rail” (2017) by Saya Woolfalk at the Van Siclen Av station.

Bus

The nearest bus stop is Sutter Av/Hendrix St, 650 feet away, for the B14.

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

Next buses at this stop

  1. B14 …

Live arrivals

Cycling

A marked bike lane runs on Blake Avenue and Hendrix Street.

  • 28 bicycle racks within 820 feet
  • 2 more bike-share stations within a five-minute walk

Nearest bike-share station

  1. Blake Ave & Schenck Ave 16 docks in all
    290 feet

By car

The nearest highway entrance is the ramp to the Jackie Robinson Parkway eastbound at Jamaica Avenue & J Robinson Parkway, 1.2 miles by car along the streets.

  1. 2822 Atlantic Avenue Gas station
    0.7 miles
  2. 1065 Elton Street Charging for electric cars, four Level 2 chargers
    1.4 miles
  3. 1389 Rockaway Parkway Fast charging for electric cars
    2.2 miles

Safety record

How crashes are counted

Between 2021 and 2025, police reported 11 crashes at this corner, more than the median of seven crashes for a Brooklyn corner.

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

The most recent crash recorded here was in January 2026.

About this corner

Where facts come from
ZIP code
11207
Community board
Brooklyn Community Board 5
City Council district
42
Police precinct
75
Neighborhood (City Planning area)
East New York (North)
Elevation
20 feet above sea level

The streets

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

Homes

About 1,200 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 81 trees within 330 feet; the most common is the thornless honeylocust.

Parking on the streets meeting here

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

The sign wording is DOT's, as recorded between October 2017 and October 2023, and the sign on the street decides.

North side of Blake Avenue

  • No parking 4 signs NO PARKING MONDAY THURSDAY 9AM-10:30AM

South side of Blake Avenue

  • No parking 4 signs NO PARKING TUESDAY FRIDAY 9AM-10:30AM

East side of Hendrix Street

  • No parking 6 signs NO PARKING TUESDAY FRIDAY 9AM-10:30AM

West side of Hendrix Street

  • No parking 6 signs NO PARKING MONDAY THURSDAY 9AM-10:30AM

Parks and places within a walk

How places are listed

Within a five-minute walk there are 21 public places.

  • 11 gardens
  • 8 religious buildings
  • 1 park
  • 1 playground

Parks, playgrounds and gardens

  1. Hendrix Street Block Association Garden
    80 feet
  2. Big Red Community Garden
    300 feet
  3. CAUSA Festival Garden
    300 feet
Show all 13
  1. Martin Luther King Jr. Playground
    550 feet
  2. Nehemiah 10 Community Garden
    650 feet
  3. Victory Garden B5 Garden
    850 feet
  4. Sutter Ballfields Park
    870 feet
  5. Commitment Garden
    1,090 feet
  6. Poppa & Momma Jones Historical Garden
    1,160 feet
  7. Fresh Farm Garden
    1,180 feet
  8. ENY Youth Farm Garden
    1,270 feet
  9. Warwick Street Greenery Glow Garden
    1,280 feet
  10. Jerome Gardens Garden
    1,300 feet

Houses of worship

  1. Pilgrim Union Church of God House of worship
    210 feet

Supermarkets

  1. Shop Fair Supermarket
    0.4 miles

Food stores and places to eat

Within a five-minute walk there are six 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 corners within a three-minute walk:

See every intersection along Blake Avenue or Hendrix 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, NYC Housing Preservation and Development, NYC Parks, NYC Health, NYS Agriculture and Markets and USDA, retrieved September 18 – October 6, 2026.