Sutter Avenue & Fountain Avenue

Sutter Avenue and Fountain Avenue meet at a four-way crossing in East New York-City Line, Brooklyn, at the edge of NYCHA's Cypress Hills development. Between 2021 and 2025, 26 police-reported crashes were recorded here, against a median of seven crashes for a Brooklyn corner. Cypress Hills Library is 230 feet away. The nearest subway, Euclid Av, is about seven minutes on foot, for the A and C. Within a five-minute walk are 18 public places, nine of them religious buildings, and four places to eat. A bike lane separated from traffic runs along one of the streets meeting here.

Safety record
21 hurt
26 police-reported crashes, 2021–2025
Nearest subway
Euclid Av
0.3 miles · 7 min on foot · A, C
Nearest bus stop
40 feet
Sutter Av/Fountain Av · B14
Within a walk
18 places
9 religious buildings, 3 day care or pre-K sites and 5 more kinds, within five minutes

Map

Layers
Sutter Avenue & Fountain Avenue Nearby corners, linked

Getting there

How walks are measured

Subway

The nearest subway station is Euclid Av, 0.3 miles from this corner, about seven 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 …

Also within a walk

  1. Shepherd Av C
    0.5 miles
    C

Bus

The nearest bus stop is Sutter Av/Fountain Av, 40 feet away, for the B14.

  • 7 routes within a ten-minute walk
  1. Sutter Av/Fountain Av B14
    40 feet
    B14

Next buses at this stop

  1. B14 …

Live arrivals

Cycling

A bike lane separated from traffic runs on Fountain Avenue and Sutter Avenue.

  • 26 bicycle racks within 820 feet

By car

The nearest highway entrance is the ramp to the Belt Parkway westbound at Erskine Street, 1.6 miles by car along the streets.

  1. 1249 Sutter Avenue Gas station
    910 feet
  2. 2797 Linden Boulevard Charging for electric cars, four Level 2 chargers
    1 mile
  3. 1389 Rockaway Parkway Fast charging for electric cars
    2.9 miles

Safety record

How crashes are counted

Between 2021 and 2025, police reported 26 crashes at this corner, more than the median of seven crashes for a Brooklyn corner.

  • 21 people injured
  • 0 people killed
  • 3 of those hurt, on foot

The most recent crash recorded here was in May 2026.

What the city has done here

  • Leading pedestrian interval, October 2017

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
16 feet above sea level

The streets

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

Homes

About 2,600 homes stand within 820 feet of this corner, a mix of apartment buildings and smaller houses. The buildings holding them mostly went up between 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 49 trees within 330 feet; the most common is the London planetree.

Parking on the streets meeting here

How signs are read
  • 49 signs on these blocks
  • 9 different rules

The sign wording is DOT's, as recorded between March 2016 and December 2025, and the sign on the street decides.

East side of Fountain Avenue

  • No parking 15 signs NO PARKING TUESDAY FRIDAY 8AM-9:30AM
  • No standing 1 sign NO STANDING MONDAY-FRIDAY 8AM-4PM
  • No stopping 10 signs NO STOPPING ANYTIME

West side of Fountain Avenue

  • No parking 7 signs NO PARKING MONDAY THURSDAY 8AM-9:30AM

North side of Sutter Avenue

  • No parking 3 signs NO PARKING MONDAY THURSDAY 11:30AM-1PM
  • No parking 2 signs NO PARKING MONDAY THURSDAY 8AM-9:30AM

South side of Sutter Avenue

  • No parking 2 signs NO PARKING TUESDAY FRIDAY 11:30AM-1PM
  • No parking 8 signs NO PARKING TUESDAY FRIDAY 8AM-9:30AM
  • No standing 1 sign NO STANDING ANYTIME

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
    190 feet

Schools, parks and places within a walk

How places are listed

Eighteen public places are within a five-minute walk.

  • 9 religious buildings
  • 3 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
    920 feet
  2. School for Classics High School
    920 feet
  3. Blake-Milford Day Care Center Infant, toddler and preschool care, ages 0 to 5 · Pre-K
    990 feet
Show all 5
  1. Urban Strategies Day Care Center #1 Preschool, ages 2 to 5 · Pre-K
    1,010 feet
  2. Friends of Crown Heights Educational Centers, 16 Preschool, ages 2 to 5 · Pre-K
    1,290 feet

Parks, playgrounds and gardens

  1. Euclid 500 Community Garden
    850 feet
  2. Cypress Hills Playground
    1,020 feet

Libraries, museums and history

  1. Cypress Hills Library
    230 feet

Community centers and public services

  1. New Lots Post Office
    610 feet

Supermarkets

  1. Key Food Supermarket
    430 feet
  2. Fine Fare Supermarket
    0.5 miles

Other stores

  1. Dollar Tree Store
    1,080 feet

Food stores and places to eat

Within a five-minute walk there are four places to eat and 14 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 Fountain Avenue or Sutter Avenue.

Sources: NYC Technology and Innovation, NYPD, NYC DOT, MTA, 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.