Blake Avenue & Ruby Street

Blake Avenue and Ruby Street meet at a six-way junction in East New York-City Line, Brooklyn. The corner has a clean safety record in city data between 2021 and 2025. Brooklyn United Methodist Church Home is 1,060 feet away. The nearest bus stop, Drew St/Sutter Av, is 740 feet away for the B14, and seven bus routes stop within a ten-minute walk. Within a five-minute walk are four public places, two of them nursing homes or hospices. About 400 homes stand within 820 feet, a mix of apartment buildings and smaller houses.

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Blake Avenue & Ruby Street Nearby corners, linked

Bus

The nearest bus stop is Drew St/Sutter Av, 740 feet away, for the B14.

  • 7 routes within a ten-minute walk
  1. Drew St/Sutter Av B14
    740 feet
    B14

Next buses at this stop

  1. B14 …

Live arrivals

By car

The nearest highway entrance is the ramp to the Belt Parkway eastbound at Cross Bay Boulevard, 1.3 miles by car along the streets.

  1. 640 Conduit Boulevard Gas station
    0.6 miles
  2. 2797 Linden Boulevard Charging for electric cars, four Level 2 chargers
    1,290 feet
  3. 1-01 Forest Park Drive Fast charging for electric cars
    2.9 miles

No police-reported crashes between 2021 and 2025, against a median of seven crashes for a Brooklyn corner.

The most recent crash recorded here was in May 2019.

About this corner

Where facts come from
ZIP code
11208
Community board
Brooklyn Community Board 5
City Council district
32 and 42 (the boundary runs through this corner)
Police precinct
75 and 106 (the boundary runs through this corner)
Neighborhood (City Planning area)
East New York-City Line
Elevation
6 feet above sea level

The streets

  • Up to two travel lanes

Homes

About 400 homes stand within 820 feet of this corner, a mix of apartment buildings and smaller houses.

Trees

Fifteen trees recorded by NYC Parks stand within 330 feet; the most common is the weeping willow.

Places within a walk

How places are listed

Four public places are within a five-minute walk.

  • 2 nursing homes or hospices
  • 2 religious buildings

Health care

  1. Brooklyn United Methodist Church Home Nursing home or hospice
    1,060 feet
  2. Brooklyn-Queens Nursing Home Nursing home or hospice
    1,150 feet

Supermarkets

  1. Food Bazaar Supermarket
    0.3 miles
  2. Fine Fare Supermarket
    0.4 miles

Pharmacies

  1. Walgreens Pharmacy
    0.4 miles

Other stores

  1. Dollar Tree Store
    0.4 miles

Not on record for this corner:

  • A subway entrance within a ten-minute walk
  • A bike route here or a bicycle rack within 820 feet
  • A signal or safety change
  • A parking sign or meter on the blocks meeting here
  • A designated landmark or historic district within 820 feet

Nearby corners

The eight corners within a three-minute walk:

Sources: NYC Technology and Innovation, NYPD, MTA, NYC DOT, NYS Environmental Conservation, NYC City Planning, US Department of Energy, NYC Parks, NYC Health, NYS Agriculture and Markets and USDA, retrieved September 18 – October 6, 2026.