Blake Avenue & Snediker Avenue

Blake Avenue and Snediker Avenue meet at a four-way crossing in East New York (North), Brooklyn. Between 2021 and 2025, 17 police-reported crashes were recorded here, against a median of seven crashes for a Brooklyn corner. Temple Beth-El Church is 730 feet away. The nearest subway, Sutter Av, is about three minutes on foot, and two subway lines stop within a ten-minute walk. Within a five-minute walk are ten public places, four of them religious buildings, and three places to eat. About 1,500 homes stand within 820 feet, most in buildings of ten homes or more.

Safety record
14 hurt
17 police-reported crashes, 2021–2025
Nearest subway
Sutter Av
870 feet · 3 min on foot · L
Nearest bus stop
590 feet
Snediker Av/Sutter Av · T426
Within a walk
10 places
4 religious buildings, 2 community centers and 3 more kinds, within five minutes

Map

Layers
Blake Avenue & Snediker Avenue Nearby corners, linked

Getting there

How walks are measured

Subway

The nearest subway station is Sutter Av, 870 feet from this corner, about three minutes on foot.

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

Next trains at this station

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

Also within a walk

  1. Livonia Av L
    0.3 miles
    L
  2. Junius St 3
    0.4 miles
    3

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 Snediker Av/Sutter Av, 590 feet away, for the T426.

  • 4 routes within a ten-minute walk
  1. Snediker Av/Sutter Av T426
    590 feet
    T426

Next buses at this stop

  1. T426 …

Live arrivals

Cycling

A marked bike lane runs on Blake Avenue.

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

Nearest bike-share station

  1. Blake Ave & Hinsdale St 12 docks in all
    240 feet

By car

The nearest highway entrance is the ramp to the Jackie Robinson Parkway eastbound at Jamaica Avenue & J Robinson Parkway, 1 mile by car along the streets.

  1. 345 Sutter Avenue Gas station
    0.4 miles
  2. 492 Thomas Boyland Street Charging for electric cars, five Level 2 chargers
    0.9 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 17 crashes at this corner, more than the median of seven crashes for a Brooklyn corner.

  • 14 people injured
  • 0 people killed
  • 2 of those hurt, on foot
  • 4 of those hurt, on a bike

The most recent crash recorded here was in May 2026.

What the city has done here

  • Leading pedestrian interval, July 2021
  • Turn calming, December 2022

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
35 feet above sea level

The streets

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

Homes

About 1,500 homes stand within 820 feet of this corner, most of them in buildings of ten homes or more.

Since 2014 at least 428 new affordable homes have been completed within 820 feet.

Trees

NYC Parks records 65 trees within 330 feet; the most common is the thornless honeylocust.

Parking on the streets meeting here

How signs are read
  • 29 signs on these blocks
  • 7 different rules

The sign wording is DOT's, as recorded between October 2017 and January 2025, and the sign on the street decides.

North side of Blake Avenue

  • No parking 4 signs NO PARKING MONDAY THURSDAY 8AM-9:30AM
  • No standing 1 sign NO STANDING ANYTIME

South side of Blake Avenue

  • No parking 4 signs NO PARKING TUESDAY FRIDAY 8AM-9:30AM

East side of Snediker Avenue

  • No parking 9 signs NO PARKING TUESDAY FRIDAY 8AM-9:30AM
  • No standing 1 sign NO STANDING FIRE ZONE

West side of Snediker Avenue

  • No parking 9 signs NO PARKING MONDAY THURSDAY 8AM-9:30AM
  • No standing 1 sign NO STANDING FIRE ZONE

Schools and places within a walk

How places are listed

Ten public places are within a five-minute walk.

  • 4 religious buildings
  • 2 community centers
  • 2 schools
  • 1 day care or pre-K site
  • 1 police station

Schools and child care

  1. Modern Organization and Human Development Center Preschool, ages 2 to 5 · Pre-K
    330 feet
  2. Hyde Leadership Charter School - Brooklyn School
    790 feet
  3. P.S. 328 Phyllis Wheatley School
    790 feet

Houses of worship

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

Community centers and public services

  1. Unity Plaza Community Center
    750 feet
  2. Van Dyke Community Center
    1,270 feet

Fire and police

  1. Police Service Area #2 Police station
    1,310 feet

Supermarkets

  1. Food Bazaar Supermarket
    1,190 feet
  2. Shop Fair Supermarket
    0.4 miles
  3. Fine Fare Supermarket
    0.5 miles

Other stores

  1. Dollar Tree Store
    760 feet
  2. Family Dollar Store
    1,250 feet

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 designated landmark or historic district within 820 feet.

Nearby corners

The eight nearest of the 10 corners within a three-minute walk:

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