Blake Avenue & Linwood Street

Blake Avenue and Linwood Street meet at a four-way crossing in East New York (North), Brooklyn. Between 2021 and 2025, eight police-reported crashes were recorded here, against a median of seven crashes for a Brooklyn corner. Linwood Street Garden is 560 feet away. The nearest subway, New Lots Av, is about seven minutes on foot, and two subway lines stop within a ten-minute walk. Within a five-minute walk are 23 public places, 13 of them religious buildings, and three places to eat. About 1,000 homes stand within 820 feet, a mix of apartment buildings and smaller houses.

Safety record
2 hurt
8 police-reported crashes, 2021–2025
Nearest subway
New Lots Av
0.3 miles · 7 min on foot · 3
Nearest bus stop
590 feet
Sutter Av/Linwood St · B14
Within a walk
23 places
13 religious buildings, 5 gardens and 4 more kinds, within five minutes

Map

Layers
Blake Avenue & Linwood Street Nearby corners, linked

Getting there

How walks are measured

Subway

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

  • 2 lines within a ten-minute walk
  1. New Lots Av 3
    0.3 miles
    3

Next trains at this station

Manhattan
1 line
  1. 3 …

Also within a walk

  1. Shepherd Av C
    0.4 miles
    C

Bus

The nearest bus stop is Sutter Av/Linwood St, 590 feet away, for the B14.

  • 6 routes within a ten-minute walk
  1. Sutter Av/Linwood St B14
    590 feet
    B14

Next buses at this stop

  1. B14 …

Live arrivals

Cycling

A marked bike lane runs on Blake Avenue.

  • 7 bicycle racks within 820 feet

Nearest bike-share station

  1. Blake Ave & Schenck Ave 16 docks in all
    0.3 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
    0.7 miles
  2. 1065 Elton Street Charging for electric cars, four Level 2 chargers
    1.3 miles
  3. 1389 Rockaway Parkway Fast charging for electric cars
    2.5 miles

Safety record

How crashes are counted

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

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

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 (North)
Elevation
26 feet above sea level

The streets

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

Homes

About 1,000 homes stand within 820 feet of this corner, a mix of apartment buildings and smaller houses.

Since 2014 at least 8 new affordable homes have been completed within 820 feet.

Trees

NYC Parks records 68 trees within 330 feet; the most common is the thornless honeylocust.

Parking on the streets meeting here

How signs are read
  • 27 signs on these blocks
  • 7 different rules

The sign wording is DOT's, as recorded between May 2017 and January 2018, 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 Linwood Street

  • Authorized vehicles only 2 signs AVO POLICE DEPARTMENT
  • No parking 2 signs NO PARKING MONDAY-FRIDAY 8AM-6PM
  • No parking 6 signs NO PARKING TUESDAY FRIDAY 11AM-12:30PM

West side of Linwood Street

  • No parking 7 signs NO PARKING MONDAY THURSDAY 11AM-12:30PM
  • No parking 2 signs NO PARKING MONDAY-FRIDAY 8AM-6PM

Schools, parks and places within a walk

How places are listed

Within a five-minute walk there are 23 public places.

  • 13 religious buildings
  • 5 gardens
  • 2 schools
  • 1 day care or pre-K site
  • 1 playground
  • 1 police station

Schools and child care

  1. East New York Elementary School of Excellence School
    840 feet
  2. East New York Middle School of Excellence School
    840 feet
  3. Joyful Tots Daycare Center Infant, toddler and preschool care, ages 0 to 5
    1,060 feet

Parks, playgrounds and gardens

  1. Elton Street Community Garden
    530 feet
  2. Linwood Street Garden
    560 feet
  3. Good Shepherds Community Group Garden
    730 feet
Show all 6
  1. Warwick Street Greenery Glow Garden
    1,070 feet
  2. Linwood Playground
    1,210 feet
  3. Nehemiah 10 Community Garden
    1,310 feet

Houses of worship

  1. Bethelite Institutional Baptist Church House of worship
    910 feet
  2. St Gabriels RC Church House of worship
    1,050 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 three places to eat and 15 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 12 corners within a three-minute walk:

See every intersection along Blake Avenue or Linwood 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.