Blake Avenue & Montauk Avenue

Blake Avenue and Montauk Avenue 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. It is 630 feet to 400 Montauk Community Garden. The nearest subway, Shepherd Av, is about nine minutes on foot, for the C. Within a five-minute walk are 22 public places, ten of them religious buildings. About 1,200 homes stand within 820 feet, mostly built between 1910 and 1930, a mix of apartment buildings and smaller houses.

Safety record
9 hurt
8 police-reported crashes, 2021–2025
Nearest subway
Shepherd Av
0.4 miles · 9 min on foot · C
Nearest bus stop
680 feet
Sutter Av/Montauk Av · B14
Within a walk
22 places
10 religious buildings, 4 day care or pre-K sites and 3 more kinds, within five minutes

Map

Layers
Blake Avenue & Montauk Avenue Nearby corners, linked

Getting there

How walks are measured

Subway

The nearest subway station is Shepherd Av, 0.4 miles from this corner, about nine minutes on foot.

  1. Shepherd Av C
    0.4 miles
    C

Next trains at this station

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

Bus

The nearest bus stop is Sutter Av/Montauk Av, 680 feet away, for the B14.

  • 6 routes within a ten-minute walk
  1. Sutter Av/Montauk Av B14
    680 feet
    B14

Next buses at this stop

  1. B14 …

Live arrivals

Cycling

A marked bike lane runs on Blake Avenue.

  • 9 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
    2.8 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.

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

The most recent crash recorded here was in April 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 (North)
Elevation
15 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. 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
  • 25 signs on these blocks
  • 6 different rules

The sign wording is DOT's, as recorded between May 2017 and April 2026, 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 1 sign NO PARKING ANYTIME
  • No parking 4 signs NO PARKING TUESDAY FRIDAY 11:30AM-1PM

East side of Montauk Avenue

  • No parking 7 signs NO PARKING TUESDAY FRIDAY 11:30AM-1PM

West side of Montauk Avenue

  • No parking 9 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 22 public places.

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

Schools and child care

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

Parks, playgrounds and gardens

  1. 400 Montauk Community Garden
    630 feet
  2. Good Shepherds Community Group Garden
    860 feet
  3. Cypress Hills Playground
    1,240 feet
Show all 4
  1. Montauk Atkins Community Garden
    1,280 feet

Supermarkets

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

Other stores

  1. Dollar Tree Store
    0.4 miles

Food stores and places to eat

Within a five-minute walk there are 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 11 corners within a three-minute walk:

See every intersection along Blake Avenue or Montauk Avenue.

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.