Sutter Avenue & Elton Street

Sutter Avenue and Elton Street meet at a four-way crossing in East New York (North), Brooklyn. Between 2021 and 2025, 13 police-reported crashes were recorded here, against a median of seven crashes for a Brooklyn corner. Jerome Gardens is 870 feet away, and Sutter Ballfields is 1,230 feet away. The nearest subway, Shepherd Av, is about six minutes on foot, and two subway lines stop within a ten-minute walk. Within a five-minute walk are 29 public places, 16 of them religious buildings, and three places to eat.

Safety record
7 hurt
13 police-reported crashes, 2021–2025
Nearest subway
Shepherd Av
0.3 miles · 6 min on foot · C
Nearest bus stop
100 feet
Sutter Av/Elton St · B14
Within a walk
29 places
16 religious buildings, 6 gardens and 4 more kinds, within five minutes

Map

Layers
Sutter Avenue & Elton Street Nearby corners, linked

Getting there

How walks are measured

Subway

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

  • 2 lines within a ten-minute walk
  1. Shepherd Av C
    0.3 miles
    C

Next trains at this station

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

Also within a walk

  1. New Lots Av 3
    0.4 miles
    3

Bus

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

  • 6 routes within a ten-minute walk
  1. Sutter Av/Elton St B14
    100 feet
    B14

Next buses at this stop

  1. B14 …

Live arrivals

Cycling

  • 7 bicycle racks within 820 feet

Nearest bike-share station

  1. Sutter Ave & Jerome St 14 docks in all
    1,000 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. 1249 Sutter Avenue Gas station
    0.6 miles
  2. 570 Jamaica Avenue Charging for electric cars, four Level 2 chargers
    1.2 miles
  3. 1389 Rockaway Parkway Fast charging for electric cars
    2.6 miles

Safety record

How crashes are counted

Between 2021 and 2025, police reported 13 crashes at this corner, more than the median of seven crashes for a Brooklyn corner.

  • 7 people injured
  • 0 people killed

The most recent crash recorded here was in March 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
28 feet above sea level

The streets

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

Homes

About 1,100 homes stand within 820 feet of this corner, a mix of apartment buildings and smaller houses.

Since 2014 at least 4 new affordable homes have been completed within 820 feet.

Trees

NYC Parks records 38 trees within 330 feet; the most common are the 'Green leaf' Japanese flowering cherry and the Japanese zelkova.

Parking on the streets meeting here

How signs are read
  • 26 signs on these blocks
  • 6 different rules

The sign wording is DOT's, as recorded between April 2017 and August 2021, and the sign on the street decides.

East side of Elton Street

  • No parking 2 signs NO PARKING ANYTIME
  • No parking 9 signs NO PARKING TUESDAY FRIDAY 11AM-12:30PM

West side of Elton Street

  • No parking 7 signs NO PARKING MONDAY THURSDAY 11AM-12:30PM

North side of Sutter Avenue

  • No parking 2 signs NO PARKING MONDAY THURSDAY 11AM-12:30PM
  • No parking 2 signs NO PARKING MONDAY THURSDAY 11AM-2PM

South side of Sutter Avenue

  • No parking 4 signs NO PARKING TUESDAY FRIDAY 11AM-12:30PM

Schools, parks and places within a walk

How places are listed

Within a five-minute walk there are 29 public places.

  • 16 religious buildings
  • 6 gardens
  • 3 day care or pre-K sites
  • 2 schools
  • 1 park
  • 1 police station

Schools and child care

  1. Joyful Tots Daycare Center Infant, toddler and preschool care, ages 0 to 5
    260 feet
  2. Little Birds Day Care Center Infant, toddler and preschool care, ages 0 to 5 · Pre-K
    980 feet
  3. Achievement First Linden Charter School Middle School
    1,120 feet
Show all 5
  1. P.S. 158 Warwick School
    1,120 feet
  2. Urban Strategies Day Care Center #1 Preschool, ages 2 to 5 · Pre-K
    1,290 feet

Parks, playgrounds and gardens

  1. Linwood Street Garden
    240 feet
  2. Jerome Gardens Garden
    870 feet
  3. Elton Street Community Garden
    960 feet
Show all 7
  1. Good Shepherds Community Group Garden
    1,120 feet
  2. Cleveland Street Vegetable Garden
    1,130 feet
  3. Floral Vineyard Garden
    1,210 feet
  4. Sutter Ballfields Park
    1,230 feet

Houses of worship

  1. Bethelite Institutional Baptist Church House of worship
    300 feet

Fire and police

  1. 75th Precinct Police station
    470 feet

Supermarkets

  1. Food Universe Supermarket
    0.3 miles

Food stores and places to eat

Within a five-minute walk there are three places to eat and ten 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 12 corners within a three-minute walk:

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