Blake Avenue & Williams Avenue

Blake Avenue and Williams Avenue meet at a four-way crossing in East New York (North), Brooklyn, at the edge of NYCHA's Unity Plaza (Sites 4-27) development. Between 2021 and 2025, four police-reported crashes were recorded here, fewer than the median of seven crashes for a Brooklyn corner. P.S. 328 Phyllis Wheatley is 270 feet away. The nearest subway, Sutter Av, is about five minutes on foot, and two subway lines stop within a ten-minute walk. Within a five-minute walk are 17 public places, seven of them schools, and four places to eat.

Safety record
3 hurt
4 police-reported crashes, 2021–2025
Nearest subway
Sutter Av
0.3 miles · 5 min on foot · L
Nearest bus stop
700 feet
Sutter Av/Williams Av · B14
Within a walk
17 places
7 schools, 6 religious buildings and 4 more kinds, within five minutes

Map

Layers
Blake Avenue & Williams Avenue Nearby corners, linked

Getting there

How walks are measured

Subway

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

  • 2 lines within a ten-minute walk
  1. Sutter Av L
    0.3 miles
    L

Next trains at this station

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

Also within a walk

  1. Livonia Av L
    0.4 miles
    L
  2. Pennsylvania Av 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 Sutter Av/Williams Av, 700 feet away, for the B14.

  • 4 routes within a ten-minute walk
  1. Sutter Av/Williams Av B14 · Shelter
    700 feet
    B14
    Shelter

Next buses at this stop

  1. B14 …

Live arrivals

Cycling

A marked bike lane runs on Blake Avenue and Williams Avenue.

  • 38 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
    300 feet

By car

The nearest highway entrance is the ramp to the Jackie Robinson Parkway eastbound at Jamaica Avenue & J Robinson Parkway, 0.9 miles by car along the streets.

  1. 345 Sutter Avenue Gas station
    0.5 miles
  2. 492 Thomas Boyland Street Charging for electric cars, five Level 2 chargers
    1 mile
  3. 1389 Rockaway Parkway Fast charging for electric cars
    1.9 miles

Safety record

How crashes are counted

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

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

The most recent crash recorded here was in March 2026.

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

  • One travel lane
  • A posted limit of 20 mph
  • Two of the streets are one-way

Homes

About 2,200 homes stand within 820 feet of this corner, most of them in buildings of ten homes or more.

The corner stands at the edge of NYCHA's Unity Plaza (Sites 4-27) development.

Since 2014 at least 346 new affordable homes have been completed within 820 feet.

Trees

NYC Parks records 68 trees within 330 feet; the most common is the thornless honeylocust.

Parking on the streets meeting here

How signs are read
  • 33 signs on these blocks
  • 8 different rules

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

North side of Blake Avenue

  • No parking 5 signs NO PARKING MONDAY THURSDAY 8AM-9:30AM
  • No standing 1 sign NO STANDING SCHOOL DAYS 7AM-4PM
  • No standing 2 signs NO STANDING SCHOOL DAYS 7AM-6PM

South side of Blake Avenue

  • No parking 6 signs NO PARKING TUESDAY FRIDAY 8AM-9:30AM
  • No standing 2 signs NO STANDING ANYTIME

East side of Williams Avenue

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

West side of Williams Avenue

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

Schools, parks and places within a walk

How places are listed

Seventeen public places are within a five-minute walk.

  • 7 schools
  • 6 religious buildings
  • 1 community center
  • 1 day care or pre-K site
  • 1 garden
  • 1 police station

Schools and child care

  1. Modern Organization and Human Development Center Preschool, ages 2 to 5 · Pre-K
    190 feet
  2. Hyde Leadership Charter School - Brooklyn School
    270 feet
  3. P.S. 328 Phyllis Wheatley School
    270 feet
Show all 8
  1. Brooklyn Gardens Elementary School
    790 feet
  2. School of the Future Brooklyn School
    790 feet
  3. FDNY - Captain Vernon A. Richard High School for Fire and Life Safety School
    1,230 feet
  4. Performing Arts and Technology High School
    1,230 feet
  5. World Academy for Total Community Health High School
    1,230 feet

Parks, playgrounds and gardens

  1. Success Garden - East New York Garden
    830 feet

Houses of worship

  1. Temple Beth-El Church House of worship
    1,240 feet

Community centers and public services

  1. Unity Plaza Community Center
    240 feet

Fire and police

  1. Police Service Area #2 Police station
    780 feet

Supermarkets

  1. Shop Fair Supermarket
    0.3 miles
  2. Food Bazaar Supermarket
    0.3 miles
  3. Fine Fare Supermarket
    0.4 miles

Other stores

  1. Dollar Tree Store
    1,280 feet
  2. Family Dollar Store
    0.3 miles

Food stores and places to eat

Within a five-minute walk there are four places to eat and 13 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 Williams 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.