Sutter Avenue & Hemlock Street

Sutter Avenue and Hemlock Street meet at a four-way crossing in East New York-City Line, Brooklyn. Between 2021 and 2025, 14 police-reported crashes were recorded here, against a median of seven crashes for a Brooklyn corner. Euclid 500 Community Garden is 1,100 feet away. The nearest subway, Euclid Av, is about six minutes on foot, for the A and C. Within a five-minute walk are eight public places, two of them religious buildings, and seven places to eat. About 1,700 homes stand within 820 feet, a mix of apartment buildings and smaller houses.

Safety record
7 hurt
14 police-reported crashes, 2021–2025
Nearest subway
Euclid Av
0.3 miles · 6 min on foot · A, C
Nearest bus stop
160 feet
Sutter Av/Autumn Av · B14
Within a walk
8 places
2 religious buildings, 1 day care or pre-K site and 5 more kinds, within five minutes

Map

Layers
Sutter Avenue & Hemlock 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 …

Also within a walk

  1. Grant Av A
    0.4 miles
    A

Bus

The nearest bus stop is Sutter Av/Autumn Av, 160 feet away, for the B14.

  • 6 routes within a ten-minute walk
  1. Sutter Av/Autumn Av B14
    160 feet
    B14

Next buses at this stop

  1. B14 …

Live arrivals

Cycling

  • 23 bicycle racks within 820 feet

By car

The nearest highway entrance is the ramp to the Belt Parkway eastbound at Cross Bay Boulevard, 1.7 miles by car along the streets.

  1. 1249 Sutter Avenue Gas station
    960 feet
  2. 2797 Linden Boulevard Charging for electric cars, four Level 2 chargers
    0.6 miles
  3. 1-01 Forest Park Drive Fast charging for electric cars
    2.9 miles

Safety record

How crashes are counted

Between 2021 and 2025, police reported 14 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 December 2025.

What the city has done here

  • Accessible pedestrian signal, May 2022
  • Leading pedestrian interval, July 2022

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
18 feet above sea level

The streets

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

Homes

About 1,700 homes stand within 820 feet of this corner, a mix of apartment buildings and smaller houses.

Trees

NYC Parks records 58 trees within 330 feet; the most common is the 'Green leaf' Japanese flowering cherry.

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 January 2018 and May 2025, and the sign on the street decides.

East side of Hemlock Street

  • No parking 8 signs NO PARKING TUESDAY FRIDAY 11AM-12:30PM

West side of Hemlock Street

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

North side of Sutter Avenue

  • No parking 4 signs NO PARKING MONDAY THURSDAY 11AM-12:30PM

South side of Sutter Avenue

  • No parking 2 signs NO PARKING ANYTIME
  • No parking 4 signs NO PARKING TUESDAY FRIDAY 11AM-12:30PM
  • No standing 1 sign NO STANDING ANYTIME

Schools, parks and places within a walk

How places are listed

Eight public places are within a five-minute walk.

  • 2 religious buildings
  • 1 day care or pre-K site
  • 1 garden
  • 1 park
  • 1 playground
  • 2 other places

Schools and child care

  1. Urban Strategies Preschool, ages 2 to 5 · Pre-K
    850 feet
  2. P.S. 159 Isaac Pitkin School
    1,100 feet

Parks, playgrounds and gardens

  1. Robert E. Venable Park
    830 feet
  2. Robert E. Venable Park Playground
    880 feet
  3. Euclid 500 Community Garden
    1,100 feet

Houses of worship

  1. Greater Bright Light Baptist Church House of worship
    180 feet

Community centers and public services

  1. New Lots Post Office
    1,130 feet

Supermarkets

  1. Fine Fare Supermarket
    850 feet
  2. Key Food Supermarket
    0.3 miles
  3. Golden Farms Supermarket
    0.4 miles

Food stores and places to eat

Within a five-minute walk there are seven 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 Hemlock Street or Sutter Avenue.

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