Blake Avenue & Shepherd Avenue

Blake Avenue and Shepherd Avenue meet at a four-way crossing in East New York (North), Brooklyn. Between 2021 and 2025, six police-reported crashes were recorded here, fewer than the median of seven crashes for a Brooklyn corner. Good Shepherds Community Group is 240 feet away. The nearest subway, Shepherd Av, is about six minutes on foot, and two subway lines stop within a ten-minute walk. Within a five-minute walk are 20 public places, 11 of them religious buildings, and three places to eat. About 1,100 homes stand within 820 feet, almost all in houses of one or two.

Safety record
1 hurt
6 police-reported crashes, 2021–2025
Nearest subway
Shepherd Av
0.3 miles · 6 min on foot · C
Nearest bus stop
660 feet
Sutter Av/Shepherd Av · B14
Within a walk
20 places
11 religious buildings, 3 day care or pre-K sites and 3 more kinds, within five minutes

Map

Layers
Blake Avenue & Shepherd Avenue Nearby corners, linked

Getting there

How walks are measured

Subway

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

  • 2 lines within a ten-minute walk
  1. Shepherd Av C
    0.3 miles
    C

Next trains at this station

Manhattan
1 line
  1. C …
Outbound
1 line
  1. C …

Also within a walk

  1. New Lots Av 3
    0.4 miles
    3

Bus

The nearest bus stop is Sutter Av/Shepherd Av, 660 feet away, for the B14.

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

Next buses at this stop

  1. B14 …

Live arrivals

Cycling

A marked bike lane runs on Blake Avenue.

  • 6 bicycle racks within 820 feet

Nearest bike-share station

  1. New Lots Ave & Ashford St 16 docks in all
    0.4 miles

By car

The nearest highway entrance is the ramp to the Belt Parkway westbound at Erskine Street, 1.5 miles by car along the streets.

  1. 1249 Sutter Avenue Gas station
    0.6 miles
  2. 570 Jamaica Avenue Charging for electric cars, four Level 2 chargers
    1.2 miles
  3. 1389 Rockaway Parkway Fast charging for electric cars
    2.6 miles

Safety record

How crashes are counted

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

  • 1 person injured
  • 0 people killed
  • 1 of those hurt, on foot

The most recent crash recorded here was in May 2026.

About this corner

Where facts come from
ZIP code
11208
Community board
Brooklyn Community Board 5
City Council district
42
Police precinct
75
Neighborhood (City Planning area)
East New York (North)
Elevation
23 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, almost all of them in houses of one or two.

Since 2014 at least 4 new affordable homes have been completed within 820 feet.

Trees

NYC Parks records 66 trees within 330 feet; the most common is the thornless honeylocust.

Parking on the streets meeting here

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

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

North side of Blake Avenue

  • No parking 4 signs NO PARKING MONDAY THURSDAY 11AM-12:30PM

South side of Blake Avenue

  • No parking 4 signs NO PARKING TUESDAY FRIDAY 11AM-12:30PM

East side of Shepherd Avenue

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

West side of Shepherd Avenue

  • No parking 8 signs NO PARKING MONDAY THURSDAY 11AM-12:30PM

Schools, parks and places within a walk

How places are listed

Twenty public places are within a five-minute walk.

  • 11 religious buildings
  • 3 day care or pre-K sites
  • 3 gardens
  • 2 schools
  • 1 police station

Schools and child care

  1. East New York Elementary School of Excellence School
    340 feet
  2. East New York Middle School of Excellence School
    340 feet
  3. Miles of Smiles Daycare Pre-K
    960 feet
Show all 5
  1. Urban Strategies Day Care Center #1 Preschool, ages 2 to 5 · Pre-K
    1,130 feet
  2. Blake-Milford Day Care Center Infant, toddler and preschool care, ages 0 to 5 · Pre-K
    1,140 feet

Parks, playgrounds and gardens

  1. Good Shepherds Community Group Garden
    240 feet
  2. Elton Street Community Garden
    1,020 feet
  3. Linwood Street Garden
    1,060 feet

Houses of worship

  1. St Gabriels RC Church House of worship
    1,280 feet

Fire and police

  1. 75th Precinct Police station
    830 feet

Supermarkets

  1. Food Universe Supermarket
    0.3 miles
  2. Key Food Supermarket
    0.5 miles

Food stores and places to eat

Within a five-minute walk there are three places to eat and 11 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 of the 9 corners within a three-minute walk:

See every intersection along Blake Avenue or Shepherd 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, NYCHA, NYC Housing Preservation and Development, NYC Parks, NYC Health, NYS Agriculture and Markets and USDA, retrieved September 18 – October 6, 2026.