Sutter Avenue & Atkins Avenue

Sutter Avenue and Atkins Avenue meet at a four-way crossing in East New York (North), Brooklyn. Between 2021 and 2025, 18 police-reported crashes were recorded here, against a median of seven crashes for a Brooklyn corner. Montauk Atkins Community Garden is 820 feet away. The nearest subway, Shepherd Av, is about five minutes on foot, for the C. Within a five-minute walk are 28 public places, 14 of them religious buildings, and five places to eat. About 1,300 homes stand within 820 feet, a mix of apartment buildings and smaller houses.

Safety record
24 hurt
18 police-reported crashes, 2021–2025
Nearest subway
Shepherd Av
0.3 miles · 5 min on foot · C
Nearest bus stop
100 feet
Sutter Av/Atkins Av · B14
Within a walk
28 places
14 religious buildings, 6 gardens and 4 more kinds, within five minutes

Map

Layers
Sutter Avenue & Atkins Avenue Nearby corners, linked

Getting there

How walks are measured

Subway

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

  1. Shepherd Av C
    0.3 miles
    C

Next trains at this station

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

Bus

The nearest bus stop is Sutter Av/Atkins Av, 100 feet away, for the B14.

  • 4 routes within a ten-minute walk
  1. Sutter Av/Atkins Av B14
    100 feet
    B14

Next buses at this stop

  1. B14 …

Live arrivals

Cycling

  • 10 bicycle racks within 820 feet

Nearest bike-share station

  1. Sutter Ave & Jerome St 14 docks in all
    0.4 miles

By car

The nearest highway entrance is the ramp to the Belt Parkway westbound at Erskine Street, 1.5 miles by car along the streets.

  1. 1249 Sutter Avenue Gas station
    0.4 miles
  2. 570 Jamaica Avenue Charging for electric cars, four Level 2 chargers
    1.1 miles
  3. 1389 Rockaway Parkway Fast charging for electric cars
    2.7 miles

Safety record

How crashes are counted

Between 2021 and 2025, police reported 18 crashes at this corner, more than the median of seven crashes for a Brooklyn corner.

  • 24 people injured
  • 0 people killed

The most recent crash recorded here was in April 2026.

About this corner

Where facts come from
ZIP code
11208
Community board
Brooklyn Community Board 5
City Council district
42
Police precinct
75
Neighborhood (City Planning area)
East New York (North)
Elevation
18 feet above sea level

The streets

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

Homes

About 1,300 homes stand within 820 feet of this corner, a mix of apartment buildings and smaller houses.

Since 2014 at least 2 new affordable homes have been completed within 820 feet.

Trees

NYC Parks records 73 trees within 330 feet; the most common is the Callery pear.

Parking on the streets meeting here

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

The sign wording is DOT's, as recorded between September 2017 and May 2020, and the sign on the street decides.

East side of Atkins Avenue

  • No parking 8 signs NO PARKING TUESDAY FRIDAY 11:30AM-1PM

West side of Atkins Avenue

  • No parking 8 signs NO PARKING MONDAY THURSDAY 11:30AM-1PM

North side of Sutter Avenue

  • No parking 3 signs NO PARKING MONDAY THURSDAY 11:30AM-1PM
  • No standing 1 sign NO STANDING ANYTIME

South side of Sutter Avenue

  • No parking 5 signs NO PARKING TUESDAY FRIDAY 11:30AM-1PM

Schools, parks and places within a walk

How places are listed

Within a five-minute walk there are 28 public places.

  • 14 religious buildings
  • 6 gardens
  • 4 day care or pre-K sites
  • 2 schools
  • 1 library
  • 1 police station

Schools and child care

  1. Urban Strategies Day Care Center #1 Preschool, ages 2 to 5 · Pre-K
    40 feet
  2. Blake-Milford Day Care Center Infant, toddler and preschool care, ages 0 to 5 · Pre-K
    990 feet
  3. Miles of Smiles Daycare Pre-K
    1,010 feet
Show all 6
  1. The Friends of Crown Heights Educational Centers Preschool, ages 2 to 5 · Pre-K
    1,160 feet
  2. East New York Elementary School of Excellence School
    1,170 feet
  3. East New York Middle School of Excellence School
    1,170 feet

Parks, playgrounds and gardens

  1. Good Shepherds Community Group Garden
    700 feet
  2. Atkins Gardeners Garden
    740 feet
  3. Montauk Atkins Community Garden
    820 feet
Show all 6
  1. ENY Oasis Community Garden
    1,030 feet
  2. Linwood Street Garden
    1,050 feet
  3. Upon This Rock Community Garden
    1,180 feet

Libraries, museums and history

  1. Cypress Hills Library
    1,280 feet

Houses of worship

  1. Bethelite Institutional Baptist Church House of worship
    1,280 feet

Fire and police

  1. 75th Precinct Police station
    940 feet

Supermarkets

  1. Key Food Supermarket
    0.3 miles

Other stores

  1. Dollar Tree Store
    0.3 miles

Food stores and places to eat

Within a five-minute walk there are five places to eat and 13 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 10 corners within a three-minute walk:

See every intersection along Atkins Avenue 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, NYCHA, NYC Housing Preservation and Development, NYC Parks, NYC Health, NYS Agriculture and Markets and USDA, retrieved September 18 – October 6, 2026.