Blake Avenue & Van Sinderen Avenue

Blake Avenue and Van Sinderen Avenue meet at a four-way crossing in East New York (North), Brooklyn. Between 2021 and 2025, 23 police-reported crashes were recorded here, against a median of seven crashes for a Brooklyn corner. Unity Plaza Community Center is 1,000 feet away. The nearest subway, Sutter Av, is about two minutes on foot, and two subway lines stop within a ten-minute walk. Within a five-minute walk are 12 public places, six of them religious buildings, and three places to eat. About 1,300 homes stand within 820 feet, most in buildings of ten homes or more.

Safety record
40 hurt
23 police-reported crashes, 2021–2025
Nearest subway
Sutter Av
620 feet · 2 min on foot · L
Nearest bus stop
400 feet
Junius St/Blake Av · B14
Within a walk
12 places
6 religious buildings, 2 community centers and 3 more kinds, within five minutes

Map

Layers
Blake Avenue & Van Sinderen Avenue Nearby corners, linked

Getting there

How walks are measured

Subway

The nearest subway station is Sutter Av, 620 feet from this corner, about two minutes on foot.

  • 2 lines within a ten-minute walk
  1. Sutter Av L
    620 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
    1,140 feet
    L
  2. Junius St 3
    0.3 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 Junius St/Blake Av, 400 feet away, for the B14.

  • 5 routes within a ten-minute walk
  1. Junius St/Blake Av B14
    400 feet
    B14

Next buses at this stop

  1. B14 …

Live arrivals

Cycling

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

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

Nearest bike-share station

  1. Blake Ave & Hinsdale St 12 docks in all
    490 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. 345 Sutter Avenue Gas station
    0.4 miles
  2. 492 Thomas Boyland Street Charging for electric cars, five Level 2 chargers
    0.8 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 23 crashes at this corner, more than the median of seven crashes for a Brooklyn corner.

  • 39 people injured
  • 1 person killed
  • 2 of those hurt, on foot
  • 1 of those hurt, on a bike

The most recent crash recorded here was in April 2026.

About this corner

Where facts come from
ZIP code
11207
Community board
Brooklyn Community Board 5
City Council district
42
Police precinct
73 and 75 (the boundary runs through this corner)
Neighborhood (City Planning area)
East New York (North)

The streets

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

Homes

About 1,300 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 46 trees within 330 feet; the most common is the American elm.

Parking on the streets meeting here

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

The sign wording is DOT's, as recorded between August 2016 and December 2024, and the sign on the street decides.

North side of Blake Avenue

  • No parking 2 signs NO PARKING MONDAY THURSDAY 8AM-9:30AM
  • No standing 3 signs NO STANDING ANYTIME

South side of Blake Avenue

  • No parking 2 signs NO PARKING TUESDAY FRIDAY 8AM-9:30AM
  • No standing 2 signs NO STANDING ANYTIME

East side of Van Sinderen Avenue

  • No parking 2 signs NO PARKING ANYTIME
  • No standing 3 signs NO STANDING ANYTIME

West side of Van Sinderen Avenue

  • No standing 14 signs NO STANDING ANYTIME

Schools and places within a walk

How places are listed

Twelve public places are within a five-minute walk.

  • 6 religious buildings
  • 2 community centers
  • 2 schools
  • 1 day care or pre-K site
  • 1 older adult center

Schools and child care

  1. Modern Organization and Human Development Center Preschool, ages 2 to 5 · Pre-K
    580 feet
  2. Hyde Leadership Charter School - Brooklyn School
    1,040 feet
  3. P.S. 328 Phyllis Wheatley School
    1,040 feet

Houses of worship

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

Community centers and public services

  1. Unity Plaza Community Center
    1,000 feet
  2. Van Dyke Community Center
    1,020 feet
  3. Older adult center at 460 Dumont Avenue Older adult center
    1,070 feet

Supermarkets

  1. Food Bazaar Supermarket
    940 feet
  2. Shop Fair Supermarket
    0.4 miles

Other stores

  1. Dollar Tree Store
    510 feet
  2. Family Dollar Store
    1,000 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 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 Van Sinderen Avenue.

Sources: 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 Technology and Innovation, NYC Health, NYS Agriculture and Markets and USDA, retrieved September 18 – October 6, 2026.