Sutter Avenue & Crystal Street

Sutter Avenue and Crystal 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, eight police-reported crashes were recorded here, against a median of seven crashes for a Brooklyn corner. The ornamental gates “Family Library Table” are 80 feet away, and J.H.S. 218 James P. Sinnott is 1,170 feet away. The nearest subway, Euclid Av, is about six minutes on foot, for the A and C. Within a five-minute walk are 14 public places, six of them religious buildings, and seven places to eat.

Safety record
6 hurt
8 police-reported crashes, 2021–2025
Nearest subway
Euclid Av
0.3 miles · 6 min on foot · A, C
Nearest bus stop
190 feet
Sutter Av/Fountain Av · B14
Within a walk
14 places
6 religious buildings, 2 day care or pre-K sites and 5 more kinds, within five minutes

Map

Layers
Sutter Avenue & Crystal 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 six 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 Sutter Av/Fountain Av, 190 feet away, for the B14.

  • 6 routes within a ten-minute walk
  1. Sutter Av/Fountain Av B14 · Shelter
    190 feet
    B14
    Shelter

Next buses at this stop

  1. B14 …

Live arrivals

Cycling

A marked bike lane runs on Sutter Avenue.

  • 28 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
    660 feet
  2. 2797 Linden Boulevard Charging for electric cars, four Level 2 chargers
    0.9 miles
  3. 1389 Rockaway Parkway Fast charging for electric cars
    3 miles

Safety record

How crashes are counted

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

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

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
17 feet above sea level

The streets

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

Homes

About 2,500 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.

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

Trees

NYC Parks records 35 trees within 330 feet; the most common is the willow oak.

Parking on the streets meeting here

How signs are read
  • 11 signs on these blocks
  • 4 different rules

The sign wording is DOT's, as recorded between May 2017 and July 2023, and the sign on the street decides.

East side of Crystal Street

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

West side of Crystal Street

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

North side of Sutter Avenue

  • 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
    80 feet

Schools, parks and places within a walk

How places are listed

Fourteen public places are within a five-minute walk.

  • 6 religious buildings
  • 2 day care or pre-K sites
  • 2 schools
  • 1 garden
  • 1 library
  • 2 other places

Schools and child care

  1. J.H.S. 218 James P. Sinnott School
    1,170 feet
  2. School for Classics High School
    1,170 feet
  3. Blake-Milford Day Care Center Infant, toddler and preschool care, ages 0 to 5 · Pre-K
    1,250 feet
Show all 4
  1. Urban Strategies Day Care Center #1 Preschool, ages 2 to 5 · Pre-K
    1,260 feet

Parks, playgrounds and gardens

  1. Euclid 500 Community Garden
    590 feet
  2. Cypress Hills Playground
    1,270 feet

Libraries, museums and history

  1. Cypress Hills Library
    110 feet

Houses of worship

  1. Greater Bright Light Baptist Church House of worship
    1,300 feet

Community centers and public services

  1. New Lots Post Office
    360 feet

Supermarkets

  1. Key Food Supermarket
    170 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 seven places to eat and 16 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 Crystal 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 Housing Preservation and Development, NYC Public Design Commission, NYC Parks, NYC Health, NYS Agriculture and Markets and USDA, retrieved September 18 – October 6, 2026.