Sutter Avenue & Chester Street

Sutter Avenue and Chester Street meet at a four-way crossing in Brownsville, Brooklyn. Between 2021 and 2025, three police-reported crashes were recorded here, fewer than the median of seven crashes for a Brooklyn corner. Mount Hebron Church is 250 feet away, and Mott Hall Bridges Academy is 340 feet away. The nearest subway, Rockaway Av, is about seven minutes on foot, for the 3. Within a five-minute walk are 33 public places, 12 of them religious buildings, and 11 places to eat.

Safety record
2 hurt
3 police-reported crashes, 2021–2025
Nearest subway
Rockaway Av
0.4 miles · 7 min on foot · 3
Nearest bus stop
350 feet
Rockaway Av/Sutter Av · B60
Within a walk
33 places
12 religious buildings, 8 schools and 9 more kinds, within five minutes

Map

Layers
Sutter Avenue & Chester Street Nearby corners, linked

Getting there

How walks are measured

Subway

The nearest subway station is Rockaway Av, 0.4 miles from this corner, about seven minutes on foot.

  1. Rockaway Av 3
    0.4 miles
    3

Next trains at this station

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

The MTA's permanent art catalog lists “Paroles Vagabondes/Wisdom Along the Way” (2017) by Béatrice Lebreton at the Rockaway Av station.

Bus

The nearest bus stop is Rockaway Av/Sutter Av, 350 feet away, for the B60.

  • 6 routes within a ten-minute walk
  1. Rockaway Av/Sutter Av B60 · Shelter
    350 feet
    B60
    Shelter

Next buses at this stop

  1. B60 …

Live arrivals

Cycling

  • 14 bicycle racks within 820 feet
  • 2 more bike-share stations within a five-minute walk

Nearest bike-share station

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

By car

The nearest highway entrance is the ramp to the Jackie Robinson Parkway eastbound at Jamaica Avenue & J Robinson Parkway, 1.3 miles by car along the streets.

  1. 345 Sutter Avenue Gas station
    1,320 feet
  2. 492 Thomas Boyland Street Charging for electric cars, five Level 2 chargers
    1,250 feet
  3. 1389 Rockaway Parkway Fast charging for electric cars
    1.6 miles

Safety record

How crashes are counted

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

  • 2 people injured
  • 0 people killed
  • 1 of those hurt, on foot

The most recent crash recorded here was in January 2026.

What the city has done here

  • Leading pedestrian interval, September 2021

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
39 feet above sea level

The streets

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

Homes

About 1,600 homes stand within 820 feet of this corner, most of them in buildings of ten homes or more. The buildings holding them mostly went up in 1954.

Since 2014 at least 6 new affordable homes have been completed within 820 feet.

Trees

NYC Parks records 44 trees within 330 feet; the most common is the London planetree.

Parking on the streets meeting here

How signs are read
  • 43 signs on these blocks
  • 10 different rules

The sign wording is DOT's, as recorded between April 2017 and September 2026, and the sign on the street decides.

East side of Chester Street

  • No parking 2 signs NO PARKING ANYTIME
  • No parking 10 signs NO PARKING TUESDAY FRIDAY 9AM-10:30AM

West side of Chester Street

  • No parking 15 signs NO PARKING MONDAY THURSDAY 9AM-10:30AM
  • No standing 1 sign NO STANDING ANYTIME
  • No standing 2 signs NO STANDING SCHOOL DAYS 7AM-4PM
  • Truck loading only 2 signs TRUCK LOADING ONLY MONDAY-FRIDAY 10AM-4PM

North side of Sutter Avenue

  • No parking 4 signs NO PARKING TUESDAY FRIDAY 9AM-10:30AM
  • No standing 1 sign NO STANDING ANYTIME

South side of Sutter Avenue

  • No parking 5 signs NO PARKING MONDAY THURSDAY 9AM-10:30AM
  • No standing 1 sign NO STANDING SCHOOL DAYS 7AM-4PM

Schools, parks and places within a walk

How places are listed

Within a five-minute walk there are 33 public places.

  • 12 religious buildings
  • 8 schools
  • 3 gardens
  • 3 playgrounds
  • 1 community center
  • 6 other places

Schools and child care

  1. Mott Hall Bridges Academy School
    340 feet
  2. P.S./I.S. 323 School
    340 feet
  3. Rize & Shine Childcare Center Preschool, ages 2 to 5
    420 feet
Show all 9
  1. P.S. 327 Dr. Rose B. English School
    500 feet
  2. Sid Miller Academy School
    500 feet
  3. Frederick Douglass Academy VII High School
    850 feet
  4. Legacy Leadership High School
    850 feet
  5. The Gregory Jocko Jackson School of Sports, Art, and Technology School
    1,080 feet
  6. Uncommon Brownsville South CMS School
    1,080 feet

Parks, playgrounds and gardens

  1. ISO Student Farm Garden
    140 feet
  2. Chester Playground
    490 feet
  3. Jes Good Rewards Childeren's Garden
    800 feet
Show all 7
  1. Dr. Green Playground
    850 feet
  2. Betsy Head Park
    880 feet
  3. P.S. 125 Playground
    1,110 feet
  4. Living Laboratory Community Garden
    1,170 feet

Plazas and public spaces

  1. Osborn Street Plaza Pedestrian plaza
    1,170 feet

Libraries, museums and history

  1. Chevra Torah Anshei Radishkowitz Listed historic place
    900 feet

Houses of worship

  1. Mount Hebron Church House of worship
    250 feet
  2. Risen Christ Lutheran Church House of worship
    660 feet
  3. Bethany Gospel Chapel House of worship
    790 feet
Show all 4
  1. Mountain of Fire and Miracles Ministries House of worship
    1,270 feet

Community centers and public services

  1. Brownsville Post Office
    240 feet
  2. Langston Hughes Community Center
    740 feet
  3. Older adult center at 301 Sutter Avenue Older adult center
    740 feet

Bank branches

  1. Chase Bank branch
    1,270 feet

Supermarkets

  1. CTown Supermarket
    1,070 feet
  2. Fine Fare Supermarket
    0.4 miles
  3. Shop Fair Supermarket
    0.4 miles

Other stores

  1. Dollar Tree Store
    1,150 feet
  2. Family Dollar Store
    0.4 miles

Food stores and places to eat

Within a five-minute walk there are 11 places to eat and 13 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 Chester 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, NYCHA, NYC Housing Preservation and Development, NYC Parks, NYC Health, FDIC, NYS Agriculture and Markets and USDA, retrieved September 18 – October 6, 2026.