Sutter Avenue & East 98th Street

Sutter Avenue and East 98th Street meet at a three-way junction in Brownsville, Brooklyn. Between 2021 and 2025, 21 police-reported crashes were recorded here, against a median of seven crashes for a Brooklyn corner. Aspirations Diploma Plus High School is 460 feet away. The nearest subway, Sutter Av-Rutland Rd, is about a minute on foot, for the 3. Within a five-minute walk are 19 public places, ten of them religious buildings, and 20 places to eat. About 1,600 homes stand within 820 feet, mostly built between 1926 and 1930, a mix of apartment buildings and smaller houses.

Safety record
7 hurt
21 police-reported crashes, 2021–2025
Nearest subway
Sutter Av-Rutland Rd
100 feet · 1 min on foot · 3
Nearest bus stop
90 feet
E 98 St/Sutter Av · B47
Within a walk
19 places
10 religious buildings, 4 schools and 2 more kinds, within five minutes

Map

Layers
Sutter Avenue & East 98th Street Nearby corners, linked

Getting there

How walks are measured

Subway

The nearest subway station is Sutter Av-Rutland Rd, 100 feet from this corner, about a minute on foot.

  1. Sutter Av-Rutland Rd 3
    100 feet
    3

Next trains at this station

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

The MTA's permanent art catalog lists “Ailanthus” (2017) by Nancy Baker at the Sutter Av-Rutland Rd station.

Bus

The nearest bus stop is E 98 St/Sutter Av, 90 feet away, for the B47.

  • 9 routes within a ten-minute walk
  1. E 98 St/Sutter Av B47
    90 feet
    B47

Next buses at this stop

  1. B47 …

Live arrivals

Cycling

  • 31 bicycle racks within 820 feet
  • 4 more bike-share stations within a five-minute walk

Nearest bike-share station

  1. Rockaway Pkwy & Rutland Rd 20 docks in all
    460 feet

By car

The nearest highway entrance is the ramp to the Jackie Robinson Parkway eastbound at Jamaica Avenue & J Robinson Parkway, 1.8 miles by car along the streets.

  1. 24 Dumont Avenue Gas station
    0.3 miles
  2. 492 Thomas Boyland Street Charging for electric cars, five Level 2 chargers
    0.7 miles
  3. 1389 Rockaway Parkway Fast charging for electric cars
    1.9 miles

Safety record

How crashes are counted

Between 2021 and 2025, police reported 21 crashes at this corner, more than the median of seven crashes for a Brooklyn corner.

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

The most recent crash recorded here was in May 2026.

What the city has done here

  • Leading pedestrian interval, October 2021

About this corner

Where facts come from
ZIP code
11212
Community board
Brooklyn Community Board 16
City Council district
41
Police precinct
67 and 73 (the boundary runs through this corner)
Neighborhood (City Planning area)
Brownsville

The streets

  • Up to two travel lanes

Homes

About 1,600 homes stand within 820 feet of this corner, a mix of apartment buildings and smaller houses. The buildings holding them mostly went up between 1926 and 1930.

Since 2014 at least 3 new affordable homes have been completed within 820 feet.

Trees

NYC Parks records 23 trees within 330 feet; the most common is the pin oak.

Parking on the streets meeting here

How signs are read
  • 15 signs on these blocks
  • 6 different rules
  • 2 active meters
  • 2 pay-by-cell zones

The sign wording is DOT's, as recorded between December 2019 and October 2020, and the sign on the street decides.

East side of East 98th Street

  • No parking 6 signs NO PARKING TUESDAY FRIDAY 8AM-9:30AM
  • Taxi stand 1 sign TAXI STAND

North side of Sutter Avenue

  • Metered parking 2 signs 2 HOUR METERED PARKING 9AM-7PM EXCEPT SUNDAY
  • No parking 2 signs NO PARKING TUESDAY FRIDAY 8AM-9:30AM

South side of Sutter Avenue

  • Metered parking 2 signs 2 HOUR METERED PARKING 9AM-7PM EXCEPT SUNDAY
  • No parking 2 signs NO PARKING MONDAY THURSDAY 8AM-9:30AM

ParkNYC pay-by-cell zones: 337787 and 340925.

Schools, parks and places within a walk

How places are listed

Nineteen public places are within a five-minute walk.

  • 10 religious buildings
  • 4 schools
  • 3 day care or pre-K sites
  • 2 parks

Schools and child care

  1. The Friends of Crown Heights Educational Centers< Preschool, ages 2 to 5 · Pre-K
    280 feet
  2. Aspirations Diploma Plus High School
    460 feet
  3. Brownsville Academy High School
    460 feet
Show all 7
  1. Brooklyn Ascend Charter Middle School
    700 feet
  2. Inner Force Tots Infant, toddler and preschool care, ages 0 to 5 · Pre-K
    920 feet
  3. Creative Minds Center Preschool, ages 2 to 5
    1,120 feet
  4. P.S. 189 the Bilingual Center School
    1,140 feet

Parks, playgrounds and gardens

  1. Lincoln Terrace / Arthur S. Somers Park
    580 feet
  2. Howard Malls Park
    1,150 feet

Bank branches

  1. Santander Bank Bank branch
    1,140 feet

Supermarkets

  1. CTown Supermarket
    810 feet
  2. Food Universe Supermarket
    1,010 feet
  3. Green Village Supermarket Supermarket
    0.3 miles

Other stores

  1. Family Dollar Store
    410 feet
  2. Dollar Tree Store
    0.3 miles

Food stores and places to eat

Within a five-minute walk there are 20 places to eat and 27 food stores.

Not on record for this corner: 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 East 98th Street or Sutter Avenue.

Sources: NYPD, NYC DOT, MTA, 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 Technology and Innovation, NYC Health, FDIC, NYS Agriculture and Markets and USDA, retrieved September 18 – October 6, 2026.