Blake Avenue & Schenck Avenue

Blake Avenue and Schenck Avenue meet at a four-way crossing in East New York (North), Brooklyn. Between 2021 and 2025, nine police-reported crashes were recorded here, against a median of seven crashes for a Brooklyn corner. Pilgrim Union Church of God is 460 feet away, and Martin Luther King Jr. Playground is 810 feet away. The nearest subway, Van Siclen Av, is about six minutes on foot, and two subway lines stop within a ten-minute walk. Within a five-minute walk are 21 public places, ten of them gardens.

Safety record
4 hurt
9 police-reported crashes, 2021–2025
Nearest subway
Van Siclen Av
0.3 miles · 6 min on foot · 3
Nearest bus stop
720 feet
Sutter Av/Schenck Av · B14
Within a walk
21 places
10 gardens, 7 religious buildings and 2 more kinds, within five minutes

Map

Layers
Blake Avenue & Schenck Avenue Nearby corners, linked

Getting there

How walks are measured

Subway

The nearest subway station is Van Siclen Av, 0.3 miles from this corner, about six minutes on foot.

  • 2 lines within a ten-minute walk
  1. Van Siclen Av 3
    0.3 miles
    3

Next trains at this station

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

Also within a walk

  1. Van Siclen Av C
    0.4 miles
    C
  2. New Lots Av 3
    0.4 miles
    3

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

Bus

The nearest bus stop is Sutter Av/Schenck Av, 720 feet away, for the B14.

  • 7 routes within a ten-minute walk
  1. Sutter Av/Schenck Av B14
    720 feet
    B14

Next buses at this stop

  1. B14 …

Live arrivals

Cycling

A marked bike lane runs on Blake Avenue and Schenck Avenue.

  • 22 bicycle racks within 820 feet
  • 3 more bike-share stations within a five-minute walk

Nearest bike-share station

  1. Blake Ave & Schenck 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. 2822 Atlantic Avenue Gas station
    0.6 miles
  2. 1065 Elton Street Charging for electric cars, four Level 2 chargers
    1.4 miles
  3. 1389 Rockaway Parkway Fast charging for electric cars
    2.3 miles

Safety record

How crashes are counted

Between 2021 and 2025, police reported nine 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 foot
  • 2 of those hurt, on a bike

The most recent crash recorded here was in March 2025.

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
22 feet above sea level

The streets

  • One travel lane
  • Two of the streets are one-way

Homes

About 1,100 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 80 trees within 330 feet; the most common is the thornless honeylocust.

Parking on the streets meeting here

How signs are read
  • 24 signs on these blocks
  • 6 different rules

The sign wording is DOT's, as recorded between July 2017 and January 2020, and the sign on the street decides.

North side of Blake Avenue

  • No parking 2 signs NO PARKING MONDAY THURSDAY 11AM-12:30PM
  • No parking 2 signs NO PARKING MONDAY THURSDAY 9AM-10:30AM

South side of Blake Avenue

  • No parking 2 signs NO PARKING TUESDAY FRIDAY 11AM-12:30PM
  • No parking 2 signs NO PARKING TUESDAY FRIDAY 9AM-10:30AM

East side of Schenck Avenue

  • No parking 8 signs NO PARKING TUESDAY FRIDAY 9AM-10:30AM

West side of Schenck Avenue

  • No parking 8 signs NO PARKING MONDAY THURSDAY 9AM-10:30AM

Parks and places within a walk

How places are listed

Within a five-minute walk there are 21 public places.

  • 10 gardens
  • 7 religious buildings
  • 2 parks
  • 2 playgrounds

Parks, playgrounds and gardens

  1. Hendrix Street Block Association Garden
    330 feet
  2. Nehemiah 10 Community Garden
    390 feet
  3. Sutter Ballfields Park
    620 feet
Show all 14
  1. Big Red Community Garden
    550 feet
  2. CAUSA Festival Garden
    550 feet
  3. Martin Luther King Jr. Playground
    810 feet
  4. Victory Garden B5 Garden
    960 feet
  5. Warwick Street Greenery Glow Garden
    1,030 feet
  6. Commitment Garden
    1,030 feet
  7. Jerome Gardens Garden
    1,050 feet
  8. Sankofa Park
    1,180 feet
  9. ENY Youth Farm Garden
    1,190 feet
  10. Sankofa Park Playground
    1,210 feet
  11. Jerry and the Senior Gents of E.N.Y. Garden
    1,290 feet

Houses of worship

  1. Pilgrim Union Church of God House of worship
    460 feet

Supermarkets

  1. Shop Fair Supermarket
    0.4 miles
  2. Food Universe Supermarket
    0.5 miles

Food stores and places to eat

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

See every intersection along Blake Avenue or Schenck Avenue.

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, NYC Housing Preservation and Development, NYC Parks, NYC Health, NYS Agriculture and Markets and USDA, retrieved September 18 – October 6, 2026.