Blake Avenue & Wyona Street

Blake Avenue and Wyona Street meet at a four-way crossing in East New York (North), Brooklyn. Between 2021 and 2025, eight police-reported crashes were recorded here, against a median of seven crashes for a Brooklyn corner. Artsy Bloom Community Garden is 540 feet away, and Performing Arts and Technology High School is 1,280 feet away. The nearest subway, Van Siclen Av, is about seven minutes on foot, and two subway lines stop within a ten-minute walk. Within a five-minute walk are 25 public places, ten of them religious buildings.

Safety record
9 hurt
8 police-reported crashes, 2021–2025
Nearest subway
Van Siclen Av
0.4 miles · 7 min on foot · 3
Nearest bus stop
650 feet
Sutter Av/Wyona St · B14
Within a walk
25 places
10 religious buildings, 7 gardens and 3 more kinds, within five minutes

Map

Layers
Blake Avenue & Wyona Street Nearby corners, linked

Getting there

How walks are measured

Subway

The nearest subway station is Van Siclen Av, 0.4 miles from this corner, about seven minutes on foot.

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

Next trains at this station

Manhattan
1 line
  1. 3 …
New Lots
1 line
  1. 3 …

Also within a walk

  1. Pennsylvania Av 3
    0.4 miles
    3
  2. Van Siclen Av C
    0.4 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/Wyona St, 650 feet away, for the B14.

  • 5 routes within a ten-minute walk
  1. Sutter Av/Wyona St B14
    650 feet
    B14

Next buses at this stop

  1. B14 …

Live arrivals

Cycling

A marked bike lane runs on Blake Avenue.

  • 25 bicycle racks within 820 feet
  • 4 more bike-share stations within a five-minute walk

Nearest bike-share station

  1. Bradford St & Dumont Ave 16 docks in all
    800 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
    0.8 miles
  2. 492 Thomas Boyland Street Charging for electric cars, five Level 2 chargers
    1.4 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 eight crashes at this corner, more than the median of seven crashes for a Brooklyn corner.

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

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
34 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 1901 and 1930.

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

Trees

NYC Parks records 66 trees within 330 feet; the most common is the thornless honeylocust.

Parking on the streets meeting here

How signs are read
  • 24 signs on these blocks
  • 6 different rules

The sign wording is DOT's, as recorded between December 2015 and July 2025, and the sign on the street decides.

North side of Blake Avenue

  • No parking 2 signs NO PARKING MONDAY THURSDAY 8AM-9:30AM
  • No parking 2 signs NO PARKING MONDAY THURSDAY 9AM-10:30AM

South side of Blake Avenue

  • No parking 2 signs NO PARKING TUESDAY FRIDAY 8AM-9:30AM
  • No parking 2 signs NO PARKING TUESDAY FRIDAY 9AM-10:30AM

East side of Wyona Street

  • No parking 8 signs NO PARKING TUESDAY FRIDAY 9AM-10:30AM

West side of Wyona Street

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

Schools, parks and places within a walk

How places are listed

Within a five-minute walk there are 25 public places.

  • 10 religious buildings
  • 7 gardens
  • 5 schools
  • 2 playgrounds
  • 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
    1,280 feet
  3. Performing Arts and Technology High School
    1,280 feet
Show all 5
  1. World Academy for Total Community Health High School
    1,280 feet
  2. Hyde Leadership Charter School - Brooklyn Annex School
    1,300 feet

Parks, playgrounds and gardens

  1. Martin Luther King Jr. Playground
    310 feet
  2. Artsy Bloom Community Garden
    540 feet
  3. CAUSA Festival Garden
    630 feet
Show all 10
  1. Big Red Community Garden
    650 feet
  2. New Jersey Avenue Community Garden
    660 feet
  3. Dumont Garden of Green Garden
    710 feet
  4. Duke Park Playground
    860 feet
  5. Duke Park
    870 feet
  6. Monty's Bradford Street Garden
    1,000 feet
  7. Hendrix Street Block Association Garden
    1,080 feet

Houses of worship

  1. St John Cantius RC Church House of worship
    460 feet
  2. First Temple House of David House of worship
    710 feet
  3. Pilgrim Union Church of God House of worship
    830 feet

Supermarkets

  1. Shop Fair Supermarket
    1,230 feet
  2. CTown Supermarket
    0.4 miles
  3. Fine Fare Supermarket
    0.4 miles

Food stores and places to eat

Within a five-minute walk there are eight 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 Wyona 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.