Sutter Avenue & Amboy Street

Sutter Avenue and Amboy Street meet at a four-way crossing in Brownsville, Brooklyn. Between 2021 and 2025, six police-reported crashes were recorded here, fewer than the median of seven crashes for a Brooklyn corner. Jes Good Rewards Childeren's Garden is 50 feet away. The nearest subway, Saratoga Av, is about nine minutes on foot, for the 3. Within a five-minute walk are 27 public places, ten of them religious buildings, and three places to eat. About 1,100 homes stand within 820 feet, a mix of apartment buildings and smaller houses.

Safety record
4 hurt
6 police-reported crashes, 2021–2025
Nearest subway
Saratoga Av
0.5 miles · 9 min on foot · 3
Nearest bus stop
870 feet
Saratoga Av/Sutter Av · B7
Within a walk
27 places
10 religious buildings, 6 schools and 6 more kinds, within five minutes

Map

Layers
Sutter Avenue & Amboy Street Nearby corners, linked

Getting there

How walks are measured

Subway

The nearest subway station is Saratoga Av, 0.5 miles from this corner, about nine minutes on foot.

  1. Saratoga Av 3
    0.5 miles
    3

Next trains at this station

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

Also within a walk

  1. Sutter Av-Rutland Rd 3
    0.5 miles
    3

The MTA's permanent art catalog lists “Chandelier” (2017) by Nancy Baker at the Saratoga Av station.

Bus

The nearest bus stop is Saratoga Av/Sutter Av, 870 feet away, for the B7.

  • 5 routes within a ten-minute walk
  1. Saratoga Av/Sutter Av B7
    870 feet
    B7

Next buses at this stop

  1. B7 …

Live arrivals

Cycling

  • 5 bicycle racks within 820 feet
  • 1 more bike-share station within a five-minute walk

Nearest bike-share station

  1. Thomas S. Boyland St & Sutter Ave 16 docks in all
    290 feet

By car

The nearest highway entrance is the ramp to the Jackie Robinson Parkway eastbound at Jamaica Avenue & J Robinson Parkway, 1.4 miles by car along the streets.

  1. 345 Sutter Avenue Gas station
    0.4 miles
  2. 492 Thomas Boyland Street Charging for electric cars, five Level 2 chargers
    990 feet
  3. 1389 Rockaway Parkway Fast charging for electric cars
    1.8 miles

Safety record

How crashes are counted

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

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

The most recent crash recorded here was in May 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
30 feet above sea level

The streets

  • Up to two travel lanes
  • One of the streets is one-way

Homes

About 1,100 homes stand within 820 feet of this corner, a mix of apartment buildings and smaller houses.

Since 2014 at least 21 new affordable homes have been completed within 820 feet.

Trees

NYC Parks records 82 trees within 330 feet; the most common is the green ash.

Parking on the streets meeting here

How signs are read
  • 30 signs on these blocks
  • 5 different rules

The sign wording is DOT's, as recorded between August 2018 and March 2025, and the sign on the street decides.

East side of Amboy Street

  • No parking 1 sign NO PARKING ANYTIME
  • No parking 12 signs NO PARKING TUESDAY FRIDAY 9AM-10:30AM

West side of Amboy Street

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

North side of Sutter Avenue

  • No parking 4 signs NO PARKING TUESDAY FRIDAY 9AM-10:30AM

South side of Sutter Avenue

  • No parking 5 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 27 public places.

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

Schools and child care

  1. Frederick Douglass Academy VII High School
    870 feet
  2. Legacy Leadership High School
    870 feet
  3. Mott Hall Bridges Academy School
    940 feet
Show all 7
  1. P.S./I.S. 323 School
    940 feet
  2. P.S. 327 Dr. Rose B. English School
    1,050 feet
  3. Sid Miller Academy School
    1,050 feet
  4. Rize & Shine Childcare Center Preschool, ages 2 to 5
    1,230 feet

Parks, playgrounds and gardens

  1. Jes Good Rewards Childeren's Garden
    50 feet
  2. Amboy Street Garden
    560 feet
  3. Isabahlia Community Garden
    710 feet
Show all 8
  1. Betsy Head Park
    890 feet
  2. ISO Student Farm Garden
    940 feet
  3. Brownsville Community Farm (James McKeather) Garden
    1,010 feet
  4. Imagination Playground at Betsy Head Playground
    1,240 feet
  5. Chester Playground
    1,290 feet

Libraries, museums and history

  1. Chevra Torah Anshei Radishkowitz Listed historic place
    190 feet

Houses of worship

  1. Mountain of Fire and Miracles Ministries House of worship
    690 feet
  2. Bethany Gospel Chapel House of worship
    760 feet
  3. Mount Hebron Church House of worship
    940 feet

Community centers and public services

  1. Brownsville Post Office
    640 feet

Supermarkets

  1. CTown Supermarket
    0.4 miles
  2. Ideal Food Basket Supermarket
    0.4 miles
  3. Fine Fare Supermarket
    0.5 miles

Other stores

  1. Dollar Tree Store
    0.4 miles

Food stores and places to eat

Within a five-minute walk there are three places to eat and seven food stores.

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

Nearby corners

The eight nearest corners on foot, seven of them within a three-minute walk:

See every intersection along Amboy Street 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, NYS Agriculture and Markets and USDA, retrieved September 18 – October 6, 2026.