Blake Avenue & Miller Avenue

Blake Avenue and Miller Avenue meet at a four-way crossing in East New York (North), Brooklyn. Between 2021 and 2025, 12 police-reported crashes were recorded here, against a median of seven crashes for a Brooklyn corner. CAUSA Festival Garden is 110 feet away, and St John Cantius RC Church is 980 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 20 public places, ten of them religious buildings.

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

Map

Layers
Blake Avenue & Miller Avenue 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. Pennsylvania Av 3
    0.5 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/Miller Av, 660 feet away, for the B14.

  • 5 routes within a ten-minute walk
  1. Sutter Av/Miller Av B14
    660 feet
    B14

Next buses at this stop

  1. B14 …

Live arrivals

Cycling

A marked bike lane runs on Blake Avenue.

  • 24 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
    800 feet

By car

The nearest highway entrance is the ramp to the Jackie Robinson Parkway eastbound at Jamaica Avenue & J Robinson Parkway, 1.1 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
    1.5 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 12 crashes at this corner, more 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 March 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
30 feet above sea level

The streets

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

Homes

About 1,300 homes stand within 820 feet of this corner, a mix of apartment buildings and smaller houses.

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

Trees

NYC Parks records 145 trees within 330 feet; the most common are the London planetree and the thornless honeylocust.

Parking on the streets meeting here

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

The sign wording is DOT's, as recorded between September 2017 and July 2025, and the sign on the street decides.

North side of Blake Avenue

  • No parking 1 sign NO PARKING ANYTIME
  • 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 Miller Avenue

  • No parking 8 signs NO PARKING TUESDAY FRIDAY 9AM-10:30AM

West side of Miller Avenue

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

Schools, parks and places within a walk

How places are listed

Twenty public places are within a five-minute walk.

  • 10 religious buildings
  • 8 gardens
  • 1 playground
  • 1 school

Schools and child care

  1. P.S. 149 Danny Kaye School
    1,090 feet

Parks, playgrounds and gardens

  1. Martin Luther King Jr. Playground
    50 feet
  2. CAUSA Festival Garden
    110 feet
  3. Big Red Community Garden
    130 feet
Show all 9
  1. Hendrix Street Block Association Garden
    560 feet
  2. Dumont Garden of Green Garden
    880 feet
  3. Artsy Bloom Community Garden
    920 feet
  4. Nehemiah 10 Community Garden
    1,150 feet
  5. Monty's Bradford Street Garden
    1,160 feet
  6. New Jersey Avenue Community Garden
    1,180 feet

Houses of worship

  1. Pilgrim Union Church of God House of worship
    310 feet
  2. First Temple House of David House of worship
    970 feet
  3. St John Cantius RC Church House of worship
    980 feet

Supermarkets

  1. Shop Fair Supermarket
    0.3 miles
  2. CTown Supermarket
    0.5 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 nearest of the 10 corners within a three-minute walk:

See every intersection along Blake Avenue or Miller Avenue.

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.