Blake Avenue & Powell Street

Blake Avenue and Powell Street meet at a four-way crossing in Brownsville, Brooklyn, at the edge of NYCHA's Van Dyke I development. Between 2021 and 2025, 11 police-reported crashes were recorded here, against a median of seven crashes for a Brooklyn corner. Temple Beth-El Church is 140 feet away, and Livonia Park is 920 feet away. The nearest subway, Sutter Av, is about four minutes on foot, and two subway lines stop within a ten-minute walk. Within a five-minute walk are 17 public places, four of them religious buildings, and three places to eat.

Safety record
4 hurt
11 police-reported crashes, 2021–2025
Nearest subway
Sutter Av
1,140 feet · 4 min on foot · L
Nearest bus stop
120 feet
Powell St/Blake Av · B14
Within a walk
17 places
4 religious buildings, 3 day care or pre-K sites and 6 more kinds, within five minutes

Map

Layers
Blake Avenue & Powell Street Nearby corners, linked

Getting there

How walks are measured

Subway

The nearest subway station is Sutter Av, 1,140 feet from this corner, about four minutes on foot.

  • 2 lines within a ten-minute walk
  1. Sutter Av L
    1,140 feet
    L

Next trains at this station

Manhattan
1 line
  1. L …
Canarsie
1 line
  1. L …

Also within a walk

  1. Junius St 3
    1,260 feet
    3
  2. Livonia Av L
    0.3 miles
    L

The MTA's permanent art catalog lists “The Habitat for the Yellow Bird” (2007) by Takayo Noda at the Sutter Av station.

Bus

The nearest bus stop is Powell St/Blake Av, 120 feet away, for the B14.

  • 6 routes within a ten-minute walk
  1. Powell St/Blake Av B14
    120 feet
    B14

Next buses at this stop

  1. B14 …

Live arrivals

Cycling

A bike lane separated from traffic runs on Blake Avenue and Powell Street.

  • 17 bicycle racks within 820 feet, 2 of them on-street corrals
  • 4 more bike-share stations within a five-minute walk

Nearest bike-share station

  1. Powell St & Blake Ave 16 docks in all
    40 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. 345 Sutter Avenue Gas station
    0.3 miles
  2. 492 Thomas Boyland Street Charging for electric cars, five Level 2 chargers
    0.7 miles
  3. 1389 Rockaway Parkway Fast charging for electric cars
    1.8 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.

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

The most recent crash recorded here was in April 2026.

About this corner

Where facts come from
ZIP code
11212
Community board
Brooklyn Community Board 16
City Council district
41 and 42 (the boundary runs through this corner)
Police precinct
73
Neighborhood (City Planning area)
Brownsville
Elevation
37 feet above sea level

The streets

  • Up to two travel lanes
  • A posted limit of 20 mph
  • One of the streets is one-way

Homes

About 1,900 homes stand within 820 feet of this corner, most of them in buildings of ten homes or more. The buildings holding them mostly went up between 1953 and 1966.

The corner stands at the edge of NYCHA's Van Dyke I development.

Since 2014 at least 190 new affordable homes have been completed within 820 feet.

Trees

NYC Parks records 40 trees within 330 feet; the most common is the common hackberry.

Parking on the streets meeting here

How signs are read
  • 37 signs on these blocks
  • 8 different rules

The sign wording is DOT's, as recorded between November 2018 and June 2026, and the sign on the street decides.

North side of Blake Avenue

  • No parking 7 signs NO PARKING MONDAY THURSDAY 9AM-10:30AM

South side of Blake Avenue

  • No parking 7 signs NO PARKING TUESDAY FRIDAY 9AM-10:30AM

East side of Powell Street

  • No parking 1 sign NO PARKING ANYTIME
  • No parking 7 signs NO PARKING TUESDAY FRIDAY 9AM-10:30AM
  • No standing 1 sign NO STANDING ANYTIME
  • Truck loading only 1 sign TRUCK LOADING ONLY MONDAY-FRIDAY 8AM-3PM

West side of Powell Street

  • No parking 9 signs NO PARKING MONDAY THURSDAY 9AM-10:30AM
  • No stopping 4 signs NO STOPPING ANYTIME

Schools, parks and places within a walk

How places are listed

Seventeen public places are within a five-minute walk.

  • 4 religious buildings
  • 3 day care or pre-K sites
  • 3 older adult centers
  • 2 parks
  • 2 playgrounds
  • 3 other places

Schools and child care

  1. Nat Azarow Children's Center Preschool, ages 2 to 5 · Pre-K
    870 feet
  2. The Friends of Crown Height Educational Center Infant, toddler and preschool care, ages 0 to 5 · Pre-K
    1,010 feet
  3. Modern Organization and Human Development Center Preschool, ages 2 to 5 · Pre-K
    1,120 feet
Show all 4
  1. P.S. 150 Christopher School
    1,210 feet

Parks, playgrounds and gardens

  1. Van Dyke Playground
    830 feet
  2. Livonia Park
    920 feet
  3. Dr. Green Playground
    1,090 feet
Show all 5
  1. Carter G. Woodson Children's Park
    1,130 feet
  2. Powell Street Garden
    1,190 feet

Houses of worship

  1. Temple Beth-El Church House of worship
    140 feet

Community centers and public services

  1. Van Dyke Community Center
    480 feet
  2. Older adult center at 430 Dumont Avenue Older adult center
    820 feet
  3. Older adult center at 460 Dumont Avenue Older adult center
    840 feet
Show all 4
  1. Older adult center at 528 Mother Gaston Boulevard Older adult center
    970 feet

Supermarkets

  1. Food Bazaar Supermarket
    930 feet
  2. Fine Fare Supermarket
    0.4 miles
  3. CTown Supermarket
    0.5 miles

Other stores

  1. Dollar Tree Store
    510 feet
  2. Family Dollar Store
    680 feet

Food stores and places to eat

Within a five-minute walk there are three places 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 corners on foot, six of them within a three-minute walk:

See every intersection along Blake Avenue or Powell 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.