Blake Avenue & Saratoga Avenue

Blake Avenue and Saratoga Avenue meet at a four-way crossing in Brownsville, Brooklyn. Between 2021 and 2025, four police-reported crashes were recorded here, fewer than the median of seven crashes for a Brooklyn corner. Sunkissed Garden is 60 feet away, and Mountain of Fire and Miracles Ministries is 900 feet away. The nearest subway, Saratoga Av, is about four minutes on foot, for the 3. Within a five-minute walk are 19 public places, eight of them religious buildings, and three places to eat. About 1,200 homes stand within 820 feet, a mix of apartment buildings and smaller houses.

Safety record
3 hurt
4 police-reported crashes, 2021–2025
Nearest subway
Saratoga Av
1,170 feet · 4 min on foot · 3
Nearest bus stop
100 feet
Saratoga Av/Blake Av · B7
Within a walk
19 places
8 religious buildings, 6 gardens and 3 more kinds, within five minutes

Map

Layers
Blake Avenue & Saratoga Avenue Nearby corners, linked

Getting there

How walks are measured

Subway

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

  1. Saratoga 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. Sutter Av-Rutland Rd 3
    0.4 miles
    3

The MTA's permanent art catalog lists “Chandelier” (2017) by Nancy Baker at the Saratoga Av station.

Bus

The nearest bus stop is Saratoga Av/Blake Av, 100 feet away, for the B7.

  • 7 routes within a ten-minute walk
  1. Saratoga Av/Blake Av B7
    100 feet
    B7

Next buses at this stop

  1. B7 …

Live arrivals

Cycling

A signed bike route shared with traffic runs on Blake Avenue and Saratoga Avenue.

  • 6 bicycle racks within 820 feet
  • 4 more bike-share stations within a five-minute walk

Nearest bike-share station

  1. Legion St & Blake Ave 12 docks in all
    290 feet

By car

The nearest highway entrance is the ramp to the Jackie Robinson Parkway eastbound at Jamaica Avenue & J Robinson Parkway, 1.6 miles by car along the streets.

  1. 24 Dumont Avenue Gas station
    0.3 miles
  2. 492 Thomas Boyland Street Charging for electric cars, five Level 2 chargers
    0.4 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 four crashes at this corner, fewer than the median of seven crashes for a Brooklyn corner.

  • 3 people injured
  • 0 people killed

The most recent crash recorded here was in April 2026.

What the city has done here

  • Leading pedestrian interval, September 2021

About this corner

Where facts come from
ZIP code
11212
Community board
Brooklyn Community Board 16
City Council district
41
Police precinct
73
Neighborhood (City Planning area)
Brownsville
Elevation
28 feet above sea level

The streets

  • Up to two travel lanes

Homes

About 1,200 homes stand within 820 feet of this corner, a mix of apartment buildings and smaller houses.

Since 2014 at least 29 new affordable homes have been completed within 820 feet.

Trees

NYC Parks records 76 trees within 330 feet; the most common is the London planetree.

Parking on the streets meeting here

How signs are read
  • 23 signs on these blocks
  • 4 different rules

The sign wording is DOT's, as recorded between December 2019 and August 2025, and the sign on the street decides.

North side of Blake Avenue

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

South side of Blake Avenue

  • No parking 5 signs NO PARKING TUESDAY FRIDAY 9AM-10:30AM

East side of Saratoga Avenue

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

West side of Saratoga Avenue

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

Schools, parks and places within a walk

How places are listed

Nineteen public places are within a five-minute walk.

  • 8 religious buildings
  • 6 gardens
  • 2 parks
  • 2 schools
  • 1 day care or pre-K site

Schools and child care

  1. I.S. 392 School
    740 feet
  2. P.S. 156 Waverly School
    740 feet
  3. Sco Family of Services Preschool, ages 2 to 5 · Pre-K
    1,020 feet

Parks, playgrounds and gardens

  1. Sunkissed Garden
    60 feet
  2. Fantasy Garden
    170 feet
  3. Isabahlia Community Garden
    450 feet
Show all 8
  1. Amboy Street Garden
    570 feet
  2. Brownsville Community Farm (James McKeather) Garden
    820 feet
  3. Betsy Head Park
    890 feet
  4. Howard Garden
    980 feet
  5. Howard Malls Park
    1,010 feet

Houses of worship

  1. Mountain of Fire and Miracles Ministries House of worship
    900 feet

Supermarkets

  1. Fine Fare Supermarket
    1,210 feet
  2. Green Village Supermarket Supermarket
    0.3 miles
  3. CTown Supermarket
    0.3 miles

Other stores

  1. Dollar Tree Store
    0.3 miles
  2. Family Dollar Store
    0.4 miles

Food stores and places to eat

Within a five-minute walk there are three places to eat and five 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 Saratoga Avenue.

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