Sutter Avenue & Chestnut Street

Sutter Avenue and Chestnut Street meet at a three-way junction in East New York-City Line, Brooklyn, at the edge of NYCHA's Cypress Hills development. Between 2021 and 2025, 11 police-reported crashes were recorded here, against a median of seven crashes for a Brooklyn corner. New Lots Post Office is 120 feet away. The nearest subway, Euclid Av, is about five minutes on foot, for the A and C. Within a five-minute walk are seven public places, three of them religious buildings, and ten places to eat.

Safety record
4 hurt
11 police-reported crashes, 2021–2025
Nearest subway
Euclid Av
0.3 miles · 5 min on foot · A, C
Nearest bus stop
440 feet
Euclid Av/Sutter Av · B13, Q8
Within a walk
7 places
3 religious buildings, 1 garden and 3 more kinds, within five minutes

Map

Layers
Sutter Avenue & Chestnut Street Nearby corners, linked

Getting there

How walks are measured

Subway

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

  • 2 lines at the nearest station
  1. Euclid Av A, C
    0.3 miles
    A C

Next trains at this station

Manhattan
2 lines
  1. A …
  2. C …
Queens
2 lines
  1. A …
  2. C …

Bus

The nearest bus stop is Euclid Av/Sutter Av, 440 feet away, for the B13 and Q8.

  • 6 routes within a ten-minute walk
  1. Euclid Av/Sutter Av B13, Q8 · Shelter
    440 feet
    B13 Q8
    Shelter

Next buses at this stop

  1. B13 …
  2. Q8 …

Live arrivals

Cycling

A marked bike lane runs on Sutter Avenue.

  • 29 bicycle racks within 820 feet

By car

The nearest highway entrance is the ramp to the Belt Parkway westbound at Erskine Street, 1.7 miles by car along the streets.

  1. 1249 Sutter Avenue Gas station
    400 feet
  2. 2797 Linden Boulevard Charging for electric cars, four Level 2 chargers
    0.9 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.

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

The most recent crash recorded here was in February 2024.

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-City Line
Elevation
19 feet above sea level

The streets

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

Homes

About 2,400 homes stand within 820 feet of this corner, a mix of apartment buildings and smaller houses. The buildings holding them mostly went up between 1930 and 1954.

The corner stands at the edge of NYCHA's Cypress Hills development.

Trees

NYC Parks records 27 trees within 330 feet; the most common is the willow oak.

Parking on the streets meeting here

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

The sign wording is DOT's, as recorded between September 2016 and July 2023, and the sign on the street decides.

East side of Chestnut Street

  • No parking 3 signs NO PARKING TUESDAY FRIDAY 8AM-9:30AM

West side of Chestnut Street

  • No parking 3 signs NO PARKING MONDAY THURSDAY 8AM-9:30AM

North side of Sutter Avenue

  • Authorized vehicles only 1 sign AUTHORIZED VEHICLES ONLY US POSTAL SERVICE 7AM-5PM EXCEPT SUNDAY
  • Carshare only 1 sign CARSHARE PARKING ONLY OTHERS NO STANDING ANYTIME
  • No parking 4 signs NO PARKING MONDAY THURSDAY 8AM-9:30AM

Monuments and public art

How landmarks are placed

The City's public art inventory lists one work near this corner, at Cypress Hill Library.

  1. Family Library Table Ornamental gates by Rolando Briseno, 1995
    330 feet

Parks and places within a walk

How places are listed

Seven public places are within a five-minute walk.

  • 3 religious buildings
  • 1 garden
  • 1 library
  • 1 playground
  • 1 post office

Parks, playgrounds and gardens

  1. Euclid 500 Community Garden
    390 feet
  2. Cypress Hills Playground
    1,050 feet

Libraries, museums and history

  1. Cypress Hills Library
    370 feet

Houses of worship

  1. Greater Bright Light Baptist Church House of worship
    1,040 feet

Community centers and public services

  1. New Lots Post Office
    120 feet

Supermarkets

  1. Key Food Supermarket
    130 feet
  2. Fine Fare Supermarket
    0.4 miles

Other stores

  1. Dollar Tree Store
    0.3 miles

Food stores and places to eat

Within a five-minute walk there are ten places to eat and 14 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 Chestnut Street or Sutter Avenue.

Sources: NYC Technology and Innovation, NYPD, MTA, NYC DOT, NYC City Planning, NYS Environmental Conservation, US Department of Energy, NYCHA, NYC Public Design Commission, NYC Parks, NYC Health, NYS Agriculture and Markets and USDA, retrieved September 18 – October 6, 2026.