Blake Avenue & Milford Street

Blake Avenue and Milford Street meet at a four-way crossing in East New York-New Lots, Brooklyn. Between 2021 and 2025, 11 police-reported crashes were recorded here, against a median of seven crashes for a Brooklyn corner. Good Shepherds Community Group is 1,120 feet away. The nearest subway, Shepherd Av, is about ten minutes on foot, for the C. Within a five-minute walk are 21 public places, ten of them religious buildings, and one place to eat. About 1,100 homes stand within 820 feet, mostly built between 1910 and 1930, almost all in houses of one or two.

Safety record
17 hurt
11 police-reported crashes, 2021–2025
Nearest subway
Shepherd Av
0.5 miles · 10 min on foot · C
Nearest bus stop
580 feet
Fountain Av/Blake Av · Q8
Within a walk
21 places
10 religious buildings, 4 day care or pre-K sites and 3 more kinds, within five minutes

Map

Layers
Blake Avenue & Milford Street Nearby corners, linked

Getting there

How walks are measured

Subway

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

  1. Shepherd Av C
    0.5 miles
    C

Next trains at this station

Manhattan
1 line
  1. C …
Outbound
1 line
  1. C …

Bus

The nearest bus stop is Fountain Av/Blake Av, 580 feet away, for the Q8.

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

Next buses at this stop

  1. Q8 …

Live arrivals

Cycling

A marked bike lane runs on Blake Avenue.

  • 10 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
    0.4 miles
  2. 2797 Linden Boulevard Charging for electric cars, four Level 2 chargers
    1.1 miles
  3. 1389 Rockaway Parkway Fast charging for electric cars
    2.7 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.

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

The most recent crash recorded here was in January 2026.

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-New Lots
Elevation
13 feet above sea level

The streets

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

Homes

About 1,100 homes stand within 820 feet of this corner, almost all of them in houses of one or two. The buildings holding them mostly went up between 1910 and 1930.

Since 2014 at least 2 new affordable homes have been completed within 820 feet.

Trees

NYC Parks records 72 trees within 330 feet; the most common is the Callery pear.

Parking on the streets meeting here

How signs are read
  • 21 signs on these blocks
  • 5 different rules

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

North side of Blake Avenue

  • No parking 3 signs NO PARKING MONDAY THURSDAY 11:30AM-1PM
  • No parking 1 sign NO PARKING MONDAY THURSDAY 11AM-12:30PM

South side of Blake Avenue

  • No parking 4 signs NO PARKING TUESDAY FRIDAY 11:30AM-1PM

East side of Milford Street

  • No parking 6 signs NO PARKING TUESDAY FRIDAY 11:30AM-1PM

West side of Milford Street

  • No parking 7 signs NO PARKING MONDAY THURSDAY 11:30AM-1PM

Schools, parks and places within a walk

How places are listed

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

  • 10 religious buildings
  • 4 day care or pre-K sites
  • 4 schools
  • 2 gardens
  • 1 playground

Schools and child care

  1. Blake-Milford Day Care Center Infant, toddler and preschool care, ages 0 to 5 · Pre-K
    100 feet
  2. J.H.S. 218 James P. Sinnott School
    640 feet
  3. School for Classics High School
    640 feet
Show all 8
  1. Friends of Crown Heights Educational Centers, 16 Preschool, ages 2 to 5 · Pre-K
    720 feet
  2. Miles of Smiles Daycare Pre-K
    960 feet
  3. Urban Strategies Day Care Center #1 Preschool, ages 2 to 5 · Pre-K
    1,050 feet
  4. East New York Elementary School of Excellence School
    1,130 feet
  5. East New York Middle School of Excellence School
    1,130 feet

Parks, playgrounds and gardens

  1. 400 Montauk Community Garden
    870 feet
  2. Cypress Hills Playground
    980 feet
  3. Good Shepherds Community Group Garden
    1,120 feet

Supermarkets

  1. Key Food Supermarket
    0.3 miles
  2. Food Universe Supermarket
    0.5 miles

Other stores

  1. Dollar Tree Store
    0.4 miles

Food stores and places to eat

Within a five-minute walk there is one place to eat and nine 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 10 corners within a three-minute walk:

See every intersection along Blake Avenue or Milford Street.

Sources: NYC Technology and Innovation, NYPD, MTA, NYC DOT, NYC City Planning, 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.