Ralph Avenue & Sutter Avenue

Ralph Avenue and Sutter Avenue meet at a four-way crossing in Brownsville, Brooklyn. Between 2021 and 2025, 20 police-reported crashes were recorded here, against a median of seven crashes for a Brooklyn corner. Brownsville Academy High School is 700 feet away. The nearest subway, Sutter Av-Rutland Rd, is about a minute on foot, for the 3. Within a five-minute walk are 17 public places, ten of them religious buildings, and 19 places to eat. About 1,900 homes stand within 820 feet, mostly built between 1926 and 1930, a mix of apartment buildings and smaller houses.

Safety record
23 hurt
20 police-reported crashes, 2021–2025
Nearest subway
Sutter Av-Rutland Rd
230 feet · 1 min on foot · 3
Nearest bus stop
110 feet
Ralph Av/Sutter Av · B15
Within a walk
17 places
10 religious buildings, 3 schools and 2 more kinds, within five minutes

Map

Layers
Ralph Avenue & Sutter Avenue Nearby corners, linked

Getting there

How walks are measured

Subway

The nearest subway station is Sutter Av-Rutland Rd, 230 feet from this corner, about a minute on foot.

  1. Sutter Av-Rutland Rd 3
    230 feet
    3

Next trains at this station

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

The MTA's permanent art catalog lists “Ailanthus” (2017) by Nancy Baker at the Sutter Av-Rutland Rd station.

Bus

The nearest bus stop is Ralph Av/Sutter Av, 110 feet away, for the B15.

  • 8 routes within a ten-minute walk
  1. Ralph Av/Sutter Av B15
    110 feet
    B15

Next buses at this stop

  1. B15 …

Live arrivals

Cycling

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

Nearest bike-share station

  1. Rockaway Pkwy & Rutland Rd 20 docks in all
    710 feet

By car

The nearest highway entrance is the ramp to the Jackie Robinson Parkway eastbound at Jamaica Avenue & J Robinson Parkway, 1.7 miles by car along the streets.

  1. 1412 Eastern Parkway Gas station
    0.3 miles
  2. 492 Thomas Boyland Street Charging for electric cars, five Level 2 chargers
    0.6 miles
  3. 1389 Rockaway Parkway Fast charging for electric cars
    1.9 miles

Safety record

How crashes are counted

Between 2021 and 2025, police reported 20 crashes at this corner, more than the median of seven crashes for a Brooklyn corner.

  • 23 people injured
  • 0 people killed
  • 6 of those hurt, on foot

The most recent crash recorded here was in March 2026.

What the city has done here

  • Leading pedestrian interval, July 2022

About this corner

Where facts come from
ZIP code
11212
Community board
Brooklyn Community Board 16
City Council district
41
Police precinct
73
Neighborhood (City Planning area)
Brownsville
Elevation
41 feet above sea level

The streets

  • Up to two travel lanes

Homes

About 1,900 homes stand within 820 feet of this corner, a mix of apartment buildings and smaller houses. The buildings holding them mostly went up between 1926 and 1930.

Since 2014 at least 3 new affordable homes have been completed within 820 feet.

Trees

NYC Parks records 42 trees within 330 feet; the most common is the pin oak.

Parking on the streets meeting here

How signs are read
  • 31 signs on these blocks
  • 10 different rules
  • 2 active meters
  • 2 pay-by-cell zones

The sign wording is DOT's, as recorded between June 2017 and May 2021, and the sign on the street decides.

East side of Ralph Avenue

  • No parking 4 signs NO PARKING ANYTIME
  • No parking 6 signs NO PARKING TUESDAY FRIDAY 8AM-9:30AM
  • No standing 1 sign NO STANDING ANYTIME
  • Truck loading only 1 sign TRUCK LOADING ONLY MONDAY-FRIDAY 6AM-9:30AM

West side of Ralph Avenue

  • No parking 6 signs NO PARKING MONDAY THURSDAY 8AM-9:30AM
  • No standing 1 sign NO STANDING ANYTIME

North side of Sutter Avenue

  • Metered parking 2 signs 2 HOUR METERED PARKING 9AM-7PM EXCEPT SUNDAY
  • No parking 4 signs NO PARKING TUESDAY FRIDAY 8AM-9:30AM

South side of Sutter Avenue

  • Metered parking 2 signs 2 HOUR METERED PARKING 9AM-7PM EXCEPT SUNDAY
  • No parking 4 signs NO PARKING MONDAY THURSDAY 8AM-9:30AM

ParkNYC pay-by-cell zones: 337787 and 340925.

Schools, parks and places within a walk

How places are listed

Seventeen public places are within a five-minute walk.

  • 10 religious buildings
  • 3 schools
  • 2 day care or pre-K sites
  • 2 parks

Schools and child care

  1. The Friends of Crown Heights Educational Centers< Preschool, ages 2 to 5 · Pre-K
    40 feet
  2. Brooklyn Ascend Charter Middle School
    640 feet
  3. Aspirations Diploma Plus High School
    700 feet
Show all 5
  1. Brownsville Academy High School
    700 feet
  2. Inner Force Tots Infant, toddler and preschool care, ages 0 to 5 · Pre-K
    800 feet

Parks, playgrounds and gardens

  1. Lincoln Terrace / Arthur S. Somers Park
    830 feet
  2. Howard Malls Park
    1,080 feet

Bank branches

  1. Santander Bank Bank branch
    1,080 feet

Supermarkets

  1. CTown Supermarket
    750 feet
  2. Food Universe Supermarket
    1,260 feet
  3. Green Village Supermarket Supermarket
    0.3 miles

Other stores

  1. Family Dollar Store
    240 feet
  2. Dollar Tree Store
    1,280 feet

Food stores and places to eat

Within a five-minute walk there are 19 places to eat and 25 food stores.

Not on record for this corner: a designated landmark or historic district within 820 feet.

Nearby corners

The eight nearest of the 11 corners within a three-minute walk:

See every intersection along Ralph Avenue or Sutter Avenue.

Sources: NYC Technology and Innovation, NYPD, NYC DOT, MTA, New York City's bike-share system, NYS Environmental Conservation, NYC City Planning, US Department of Energy, NYC Housing Preservation and Development, NYC Parks, NYC Health, FDIC, NYS Agriculture and Markets and USDA, retrieved September 18 – October 6, 2026.