Blake Avenue & Vermont Street

Blake Avenue and Vermont Street meet at a four-way crossing in East New York (North), Brooklyn. Between 2021 and 2025, 12 police-reported crashes were recorded here, against a median of seven crashes for a Brooklyn corner. P.S. 149 Danny Kaye is 570 feet away, and Pilgrim Union Church of God is 1,090 feet away. The nearest subway, Pennsylvania Av, is about six minutes on foot, and two subway lines stop within a ten-minute walk. Within a five-minute walk are 26 public places, ten of them religious buildings, and one place to eat.

Safety record
15 hurt
12 police-reported crashes, 2021–2025
Nearest subway
Pennsylvania Av
0.3 miles · 6 min on foot · 3
Nearest bus stop
630 feet
Pennsylvania Av/Blake Av · B20, B83
Within a walk
26 places
10 religious buildings, 6 gardens and 4 more kinds, within five minutes

Map

Layers
Blake Avenue & Vermont Street Nearby corners, linked

Getting there

How walks are measured

Subway

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

  • 2 lines within a ten-minute walk
  1. Pennsylvania 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 3
    0.4 miles
    3
  2. Van Siclen Av C
    0.5 miles
    C

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

Bus

The nearest bus stop is Pennsylvania Av/Blake Av, 630 feet away, for the B20 and B83.

  • 5 routes within a ten-minute walk
  1. Pennsylvania Av/Blake Av B20, B83
    630 feet
    B20 B83

Next buses at this stop

  1. B20 …
  2. B83 …

Live arrivals

Cycling

A marked bike lane runs on Blake Avenue.

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

Nearest bike-share station

  1. Blake Ave & Pennsylvania Ave 12 docks in all
    590 feet

By car

The nearest highway entrance is the ramp to the Jackie Robinson Parkway eastbound at Jamaica Avenue & J Robinson Parkway, 0.8 miles by car along the streets.

  1. 43 Pennsylvania Avenue Gas station
    0.8 miles
  2. 492 Thomas Boyland Street Charging for electric cars, five Level 2 chargers
    1.3 miles
  3. 1389 Rockaway Parkway Fast charging for electric cars
    2.1 miles

Safety record

How crashes are counted

Between 2021 and 2025, police reported 12 crashes at this corner, more than the median of seven crashes for a Brooklyn corner.

  • 15 people injured
  • 0 people killed

The most recent crash recorded here was in April 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
32 feet above sea level

The streets

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

Homes

About 1,400 homes stand within 820 feet of this corner, a mix of apartment buildings and smaller houses. The buildings holding them mostly went up between 1910 and 1930.

Since 2014 at least 10 new affordable homes have been completed within 820 feet.

Trees

NYC Parks records 57 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 August 2017 and September 2023, and the sign on the street decides.

North side of Blake Avenue

  • No parking 4 signs NO PARKING MONDAY THURSDAY 8AM-9:30AM

South side of Blake Avenue

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

East side of Vermont Street

  • No parking 7 signs NO PARKING TUESDAY FRIDAY 8AM-9:30AM
  • No standing 2 signs NO STANDING SCHOOL DAYS 7AM-4PM

West side of Vermont Street

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

Schools, parks and places within a walk

How places are listed

Within a five-minute walk there are 26 public places.

  • 10 religious buildings
  • 6 gardens
  • 5 schools
  • 3 playgrounds
  • 1 day care or pre-K site
  • 1 park

Schools and child care

  1. P.S. 149 Danny Kaye School
    570 feet
  2. FDNY - Captain Vernon A. Richard High School for Fire and Life Safety School
    1,020 feet
  3. Performing Arts and Technology High School
    1,020 feet
Show all 6
  1. World Academy for Total Community Health High School
    1,020 feet
  2. Police Athletic League Preschool, ages 2 to 5
    1,210 feet
  3. Kids-Centric, Inc Pal A&m Schwartz School
    1,230 feet

Parks, playgrounds and gardens

  1. New Jersey Avenue Community Garden
    400 feet
  2. Martin Luther King Jr. Playground
    560 feet
  3. Duke Park Playground
    600 feet
Show all 10
  1. Duke Park
    610 feet
  2. Artsy Bloom Community Garden
    800 feet
  3. CAUSA Festival Garden
    890 feet
  4. Big Red Community Garden
    910 feet
  5. Dumont Garden of Green Garden
    960 feet
  6. Grace Playground
    1,080 feet
  7. Monty's Bradford Street Garden
    1,260 feet

Houses of worship

  1. St John Cantius RC Church House of worship
    210 feet
  2. First Temple House of David House of worship
    950 feet
  3. Pilgrim Union Church of God House of worship
    1,090 feet

Supermarkets

  1. Shop Fair Supermarket
    970 feet
  2. CTown Supermarket
    0.3 miles
  3. Fine Fare Supermarket
    0.4 miles

Food stores and places to eat

Within a five-minute walk there is one place 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 corners within a three-minute walk:

See every intersection along Blake Avenue or Vermont Street.

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.