Blake Avenue & Van Siclen Avenue

Blake Avenue and Van Siclen Avenue meet at a four-way crossing in East New York (North), Brooklyn. Between 2021 and 2025, seven police-reported crashes were recorded here, the median for a Brooklyn corner. Big Red Community Garden is 40 feet away. The nearest subway, Van Siclen Av, is about four minutes on foot, and two subway lines stop within a ten-minute walk. Within a five-minute walk are 19 public places, nine of them religious buildings. About 1,200 homes stand within 820 feet, a mix of apartment buildings and smaller houses.

Safety record
4 hurt
7 police-reported crashes, 2021–2025
Nearest subway
Van Siclen Av
1,090 feet · 4 min on foot · 3
Nearest bus stop
680 feet
Sutter Av/Van Siclen Av · B14
Within a walk
19 places
9 religious buildings, 8 gardens and 2 more kinds, within five minutes

Map

Layers
Blake Avenue & Van Siclen Avenue Nearby corners, linked

Getting there

How walks are measured

Subway

The nearest subway station is Van Siclen Av, 1,090 feet from this corner, about four minutes on foot.

  • 2 lines within a ten-minute walk
  1. Van Siclen Av 3
    1,090 feet
    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
    0.3 miles
    C

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/Van Siclen Av, 680 feet away, for the B14.

  • 7 routes within a ten-minute walk
  1. Sutter Av/Van Siclen Av B14
    680 feet
    B14

Next buses at this stop

  1. B14 …

Live arrivals

Cycling

A marked bike lane runs on Blake Avenue.

  • 26 bicycle racks within 820 feet
  • 2 more bike-share stations within a five-minute walk

Nearest bike-share station

  1. Blake Ave & Schenck Ave 16 docks in all
    550 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. 2822 Atlantic Avenue Gas station
    0.6 miles
  2. 1065 Elton Street Charging for electric cars, four Level 2 chargers
    1.5 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 seven crashes at this corner, the median for a Brooklyn corner.

  • 4 people injured
  • 0 people killed
  • 3 of those hurt, on a bike

The most recent crash recorded here was in August 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
24 feet above sea level

The streets

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

Homes

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

Since 2014 at least 6 new affordable homes have been completed within 820 feet.

Trees

NYC Parks records 105 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
  • 5 different rules

The sign wording is DOT's, as recorded between November 2015 and July 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 4 signs NO PARKING TUESDAY FRIDAY 9AM-10:30AM

East side of Van Siclen Avenue

  • No parking 8 signs NO PARKING TUESDAY FRIDAY 9AM-10:30AM
  • No standing 1 sign NO STANDING ANYTIME

West side of Van Siclen Avenue

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

Parks and places within a walk

How places are listed

Nineteen public places are within a five-minute walk.

  • 9 religious buildings
  • 8 gardens
  • 1 park
  • 1 playground

Parks, playgrounds and gardens

  1. Big Red Community Garden
    40 feet
  2. CAUSA Festival Garden
    50 feet
  3. Martin Luther King Jr. Playground
    300 feet
Show all 10
  1. Hendrix Street Block Association Garden
    310 feet
  2. Nehemiah 10 Community Garden
    900 feet
  3. Poppa & Momma Jones Historical Garden
    1,070 feet
  4. Victory Garden B5 Garden
    1,100 feet
  5. Sutter Ballfields Park
    1,130 feet
  6. Dumont Garden of Green Garden
    1,130 feet
  7. Artsy Bloom Community Garden
    1,170 feet

Houses of worship

  1. Pilgrim Union Church of God House of worship
    90 feet
  2. First Temple House of David House of worship
    1,220 feet
  3. St John Cantius RC Church House of worship
    1,230 feet

Supermarkets

  1. Shop Fair Supermarket
    0.3 miles

Food stores and places to eat

Within a five-minute walk there are nine 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 10 corners within a three-minute walk:

See every intersection along Blake Avenue or Van Siclen 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.