Saratoga Avenue & Sumpter Street

Saratoga Avenue and Sumpter Street meet at a four-way crossing in Bedford-Stuyvesant (East), Brooklyn. Between 2021 and 2025, 12 police-reported crashes were recorded here, against a median of seven crashes for a Brooklyn corner. Sumpter Street Community Garden is 290 feet away, and Uncommon Crown Heights Charter School NYC is 1,100 feet away. The nearest subway, Rockaway Av, is about five minutes on foot, and three subway lines stop within a ten-minute walk. Within a five-minute walk are 19 public places, ten of them religious buildings, and six places to eat.

Safety record
5 hurt
12 police-reported crashes, 2021–2025
Nearest subway
Rockaway Av
0.3 miles · 5 min on foot · C
Nearest bus stop
170 feet
Saratoga Av/Marion St · B7
Within a walk
19 places
10 religious buildings, 3 gardens and 3 more kinds, within five minutes

Map

Layers
Saratoga Avenue & Sumpter Street Nearby corners, linked

Getting there

How walks are measured

Subway

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

  • 3 lines within a ten-minute walk
  1. Rockaway Av C
    0.3 miles
    C

Next trains at this station

Manhattan
1 line
  1. C …
Outbound
1 line
  1. C …

Also within a walk

  1. Ralph Av C
    0.3 miles
    C
  2. Chauncey St J, Z
    0.5 miles
    J Z

Bus

The nearest bus stop is Saratoga Av/Marion St, 170 feet away, for the B7.

  • 9 routes within a ten-minute walk
  1. Saratoga Av/Marion St B7
    170 feet
    B7

Next buses at this stop

  1. B7 …

Live arrivals

Cycling

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

Nearest bike-share station

  1. Fulton St & Saratoga Ave 19 docks in all
    700 feet

By car

The nearest highway entrance is the ramp to the Jackie Robinson Parkway eastbound at Jamaica Avenue & J Robinson Parkway, 1.2 miles by car along the streets.

  1. 1998 Atlantic Avenue Gas station
    0.5 miles
  2. 170 Buffalo Avenue Charging for electric cars, 20 Level 2 chargers
    0.9 miles
  3. 28-17 42nd Road Fast charging for electric cars
    2.7 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.

  • 5 people injured
  • 0 people killed
  • 1 of those hurt, on a bike

The most recent crash recorded here was in September 2025.

About this corner

Where facts come from
ZIP code
11233
Community board
Brooklyn Community Board 3
City Council district
41
Police precinct
73 and 81 (the boundary runs through this corner)
Neighborhood (City Planning area)
Bedford-Stuyvesant (East)
Elevation
57 feet above sea level

The streets

  • Up to two travel lanes
  • Two of the streets are one-way

Homes

About 1,800 homes stand within 820 feet of this corner, a mix of apartment buildings and smaller houses.

Since 2014 at least 9 new affordable homes have been completed within 820 feet.

Trees

NYC Parks records 62 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 January 2018 and July 2025, and the sign on the street decides.

East side of Saratoga Avenue

  • No parking 5 signs NO PARKING TUESDAY FRIDAY 8AM-9:30AM

West side of Saratoga Avenue

  • No parking 1 sign NO PARKING ANYTIME
  • No parking 4 signs NO PARKING MONDAY THURSDAY 8AM-9:30AM
  • No standing 1 sign NO STANDING ANYTIME

North side of Sumpter Street

  • No parking 6 signs NO PARKING MONDAY THURSDAY 9:30AM-11AM
  • No parking 6 signs NO PARKING MONDAY THURSDAY 9AM-10:30AM

South side of Sumpter Street

  • No parking 5 signs NO PARKING TUESDAY FRIDAY 9:30AM-11AM
  • No parking 5 signs NO PARKING TUESDAY FRIDAY 9AM-10:30AM

Schools, parks and places within a walk

How places are listed

Nineteen public places are within a five-minute walk.

  • 10 religious buildings
  • 3 gardens
  • 3 schools
  • 2 playgrounds
  • 1 post office

Schools and child care

  1. P.S. 137 Rachel Jean Mitchell School
    770 feet
  2. Eagle Academy for Young Men II School
    1,100 feet
  3. Uncommon Crown Heights Charter School NYC School
    1,100 feet

Parks, playgrounds and gardens

  1. Sumpter Street Community Garden
    290 feet
  2. Saratoga Farm Garden
    590 feet
  3. Carver Playground
    990 feet
Show all 5
  1. Marion Hopkinson Playground
    1,060 feet
  2. Marge Matthews Garden
    1,220 feet

Houses of worship

  1. New Journey Church of Brooklyn House of worship
    780 feet
  2. St Matthew FBH Church House of worship
    910 feet
  3. Ebenezer Baptist Church House of worship
    1,030 feet
Show all 4
  1. New Brooklyn Reformed Church House of worship
    1,190 feet

Community centers and public services

  1. Shirley A Chisholm Post Office
    1,200 feet

Supermarkets

  1. Associated Supermarkets Supermarket
    0.4 miles
  2. Key Food Supermarket
    0.5 miles

Other stores

  1. Family Dollar Store
    0.5 miles

Food stores and places to eat

Within a five-minute walk there are six places to eat and seven 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 Saratoga Avenue or Sumpter Street.

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