Blake Avenue & Pennsylvania Avenue

Blake Avenue and Pennsylvania Avenue meet at a four-way crossing in East New York (North), Brooklyn. Between 2021 and 2025, 50 police-reported crashes were recorded here, against a median of seven crashes for a Brooklyn corner. The city lists this corner as a Vision Zero priority intersection. In 2025, 3,959 school-zone speed camera tickets were recorded here. New Jersey Avenue Community Garden is 360 feet away. The nearest subway, Pennsylvania Av, is about four minutes on foot, for the 3. Within a five-minute walk are 23 public places and eight places to eat.

Safety record
36 hurt
50 police-reported crashes, 2021–2025
Nearest subway
Pennsylvania Av
1,170 feet · 4 min on foot · 3
Nearest bus stop
100 feet
Pennsylvania Av/Blake Av · B20, B83
Within a walk
23 places
7 religious buildings, 7 schools and 6 more kinds, within five minutes

Map

Layers
Blake Avenue & Pennsylvania Avenue Nearby corners, linked

Getting there

How walks are measured

Subway

The nearest subway station is Pennsylvania Av, 1,170 feet from this corner, about four minutes on foot.

  • 3 lines within a ten-minute walk
  1. Pennsylvania Av 3
    1,170 feet
    3

Next trains at this station

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

Also within a walk

  1. Liberty Av C
    0.5 miles
    C
  2. Sutter Av L
    0.5 miles
    L

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

Bus

The nearest bus stop is Pennsylvania Av/Blake Av, 100 feet away, for the B20 and B83.

  • 6 routes within a ten-minute walk
  1. Pennsylvania Av/Blake Av B20, B83
    100 feet
    B20 B83

Next buses at this stop

  1. B20 …
  2. B83 …

Live arrivals

Cycling

A marked bike lane runs on Blake Avenue.

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

Nearest bike-share station

  1. Blake Ave & Pennsylvania Ave 12 docks in all
    50 feet

By car

The nearest highway entrance is the ramp to the Jackie Robinson Parkway eastbound at Jamaica Avenue & J Robinson Parkway, 0.8 miles by car along the streets.

  1. 1939 Linden Boulevard Gas station
    0.7 miles
  2. 492 Thomas Boyland Street Charging for electric cars, five Level 2 chargers
    1.2 miles
  3. 1389 Rockaway Parkway Fast charging for electric cars
    2 miles

Safety record

How crashes are counted

Between 2021 and 2025, police reported 50 crashes at this corner, more than the median of seven crashes for a Brooklyn corner.

  • 35 people injured
  • 1 person killed
  • 6 of those hurt, on foot
  • 1 of those hurt, on a bike

The most recent crash recorded here was in February 2026.

The city lists this corner as a Vision Zero priority intersection, a designation it applies to corners selected for attention on their injury record. It is not a record of work done.

What the city has done here

  • Leading pedestrian interval, November 2016
  • Turn calming, October 2021

Camera tickets

How tickets are counted

In 2025, 3,959 school-zone speed camera tickets were issued for violations recorded at this corner, the 210th most of the 1,957 corners in the city where any were issued.

In 2026 so far, through August 27, 2,305 more were issued.

Every corner with speed camera tickets

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
33 feet above sea level

The streets

  • Up to four travel lanes
  • A designated truck route
  • Posted limits from 20 to 25 mph
  • One of the streets is one-way

Homes

About 2,100 homes stand within 820 feet of this corner, a mix of apartment buildings and smaller houses.

Since 2014 at least 10 new affordable homes have been completed within 820 feet.

Trees

NYC Parks records 72 trees within 330 feet; the most common is the Japanese zelkova.

Parking on the streets meeting here

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

The sign wording is DOT's, as recorded between October 2017 and June 2026, and the sign on the street decides.

North side of Blake Avenue

  • No parking 4 signs NO PARKING MONDAY THURSDAY 8AM-9:30AM

South side of Blake Avenue

  • No parking 4 signs NO PARKING TUESDAY FRIDAY 8AM-9:30AM

East side of Pennsylvania Avenue

  • No parking 2 signs NO PARKING ANYTIME
  • No parking 7 signs NO PARKING MONDAY THURSDAY 8AM-9:30AM
  • No standing 2 signs NO STANDING SCHOOL DAYS 7AM-4PM

West side of Pennsylvania Avenue

  • No parking 8 signs NO PARKING TUESDAY FRIDAY 8AM-9:30AM
  • No standing 4 signs NO STANDING SCHOOL DAYS 7AM-4PM

Schools, parks and places within a walk

How places are listed

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

  • 7 religious buildings
  • 7 schools
  • 3 playgrounds
  • 2 day care or pre-K sites
  • 1 community center
  • 3 other places

Schools and child care

  1. FDNY - Captain Vernon A. Richard High School for Fire and Life Safety School
    480 feet
  2. Performing Arts and Technology High School
    480 feet
  3. World Academy for Total Community Health High School
    480 feet
Show all 9
  1. Police Athletic League Preschool, ages 2 to 5
    670 feet
  2. Kids-Centric, Inc Pal A&m Schwartz School
    690 feet
  3. Hyde Leadership Charter School - Brooklyn School
    1,080 feet
  4. P.S. 328 Phyllis Wheatley School
    1,080 feet
  5. P.S. 149 Danny Kaye School
    1,110 feet
  6. Modern Organization and Human Development Center Preschool, ages 2 to 5 · Pre-K
    1,240 feet

Parks, playgrounds and gardens

  1. New Jersey Avenue Community Garden
    360 feet
  2. Duke Park
    730 feet
  3. Duke Park Playground
    780 feet
Show all 5
  1. Martin Luther King Jr. Playground
    1,110 feet
  2. Grace Playground
    1,170 feet

Houses of worship

  1. St John Cantius RC Church House of worship
    350 feet

Community centers and public services

  1. Unity Plaza Community Center
    1,000 feet

Fire and police

  1. Engine 290/Ladder 103 Fire station
    1,290 feet

Supermarkets

  1. Shop Fair Supermarket
    430 feet
  2. Fine Fare Supermarket
    0.3 miles
  3. CTown 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 eight places to eat and 17 food stores.

Not on record for this corner: 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 Pennsylvania Avenue.

Sources: NYC Technology and Innovation, NYPD, NYC Finance, NYC DOT, MTA, 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.