Sutter Avenue & Ashford Street

Sutter Avenue and Ashford Street meet at a four-way crossing in East New York (North), Brooklyn. Between 2021 and 2025, 11 police-reported crashes were recorded here, against a median of seven crashes for a Brooklyn corner. Linwood Street Garden is 700 feet away. The nearest subway, New Lots Av, is about six minutes on foot, and two subway lines stop within a ten-minute walk. Within a five-minute walk are 25 public places, 13 of them religious buildings, and two places to eat. About 1,000 homes stand within 820 feet, a mix of apartment buildings and smaller houses.

Safety record
14 hurt
11 police-reported crashes, 2021–2025
Nearest subway
New Lots Av
0.3 miles · 6 min on foot · 3
Nearest bus stop
110 feet
Sutter Av/Ashford St · B14
Within a walk
25 places
13 religious buildings, 7 gardens and 4 more kinds, within five minutes

Map

Layers
Sutter Avenue & Ashford Street Nearby corners, linked

Getting there

How walks are measured

Subway

The nearest subway station is New Lots Av, 0.3 miles from this corner, about six minutes on foot.

  • 2 lines within a ten-minute walk
  1. New Lots Av 3
    0.3 miles
    3

Next trains at this station

Manhattan
1 line
  1. 3 …

Also within a walk

  1. Shepherd Av C
    0.4 miles
    C
  2. Van Siclen Av C
    0.4 miles
    C

Bus

The nearest bus stop is Sutter Av/Ashford St, 110 feet away, for the B14.

  • 7 routes within a ten-minute walk
  1. Sutter Av/Ashford St B14
    110 feet
    B14

Next buses at this stop

  1. B14 …

Live arrivals

Cycling

  • 4 bicycle racks within 820 feet

Nearest bike-share station

  1. Sutter Ave & Jerome St 14 docks in all
    540 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. 1249 Sutter Avenue Gas station
    0.7 miles
  2. 570 Jamaica Avenue Charging for electric cars, four Level 2 chargers
    1.2 miles
  3. 1389 Rockaway Parkway Fast charging for electric cars
    2.5 miles

Safety record

How crashes are counted

Between 2021 and 2025, police reported 11 crashes at this corner, more than the median of seven crashes for a Brooklyn corner.

  • 14 people injured
  • 0 people killed

The most recent crash recorded here was in July 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
26 feet above sea level

The streets

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

Homes

About 1,000 homes stand within 820 feet of this corner, a mix of apartment buildings and smaller houses.

Since 2014 at least 8 new affordable homes have been completed within 820 feet.

Trees

NYC Parks records 47 trees within 330 feet; the most common is the 'Green leaf' Japanese flowering cherry.

Parking on the streets meeting here

How signs are read
  • 22 signs on these blocks
  • 7 different rules

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

East side of Ashford Street

  • No parking 4 signs NO PARKING TUESDAY FRIDAY 11AM-12:30PM
  • No parking 3 signs NO PARKING TUESDAY FRIDAY 9AM-10:30AM

West side of Ashford Street

  • No parking 4 signs NO PARKING MONDAY THURSDAY 11AM-12:30PM
  • No parking 3 signs NO PARKING TUESDAY FRIDAY 9AM-10:30AM

North side of Sutter Avenue

  • No parking 2 signs NO PARKING ANYTIME
  • No parking 3 signs NO PARKING MONDAY THURSDAY 11AM-12:30PM

South side of Sutter Avenue

  • No parking 3 signs NO PARKING TUESDAY FRIDAY 11AM-12:30PM

Schools, parks and places within a walk

How places are listed

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

  • 13 religious buildings
  • 7 gardens
  • 2 schools
  • 1 day care or pre-K site
  • 1 park
  • 1 police station

Schools and child care

  1. Joyful Tots Daycare Center Infant, toddler and preschool care, ages 0 to 5
    200 feet
  2. P.S. 158 Warwick School
    660 feet
  3. Achievement First Linden Charter School Middle School
    1,120 feet

Parks, playgrounds and gardens

  1. Jerome Gardens Garden
    410 feet
  2. Linwood Street Garden
    700 feet
  3. Sutter Ballfields Park
    770 feet
Show all 8
  1. Gregory's Garden
    900 feet
  2. Warwick Street Greenery Glow Garden
    950 feet
  3. Ashford Street Abundant Garden
    1,150 feet
  4. Floral Vineyard Garden
    1,160 feet
  5. Nehemiah 10 Community Garden
    1,190 feet

Houses of worship

  1. Bethelite Institutional Baptist Church House of worship
    620 feet

Fire and police

  1. 75th Precinct Police station
    930 feet

Supermarkets

  1. Food Universe Supermarket
    0.4 miles
  2. Shop Fair Supermarket
    0.5 miles

Food stores and places to eat

Within a five-minute walk there are two 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 12 corners within a three-minute walk:

See every intersection along Ashford Street or Sutter Avenue.

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.