Sutter Avenue & Herzl Street

Sutter Avenue and Herzl Street meet at a four-way crossing in Brownsville, Brooklyn. Between 2021 and 2025, three police-reported crashes were recorded here, fewer than the median of seven crashes for a Brooklyn corner. Amboy Street Garden is 520 feet away, and P.S. 156 Waverly is 1,140 feet away. The nearest subway, Saratoga Av, is about eight minutes on foot, for the 3. Within a five-minute walk are 27 public places, eight of them gardens, and two places to eat. About 1,200 homes stand within 820 feet, a mix of apartment buildings and smaller houses.

Safety record
3 hurt
3 police-reported crashes, 2021–2025
Nearest subway
Saratoga Av
0.4 miles · 8 min on foot · 3
Nearest bus stop
610 feet
Saratoga Av/Sutter Av · B7
Within a walk
27 places
8 gardens, 8 religious buildings and 4 more kinds, within five minutes

Map

Layers
Sutter Avenue & Herzl Street Nearby corners, linked

Getting there

How walks are measured

Subway

The nearest subway station is Saratoga Av, 0.4 miles from this corner, about eight minutes on foot.

  1. Saratoga Av 3
    0.4 miles
    3

Next trains at this station

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

Also within a walk

  1. Sutter Av-Rutland Rd 3
    0.4 miles
    3

The MTA's permanent art catalog lists “Chandelier” (2017) by Nancy Baker at the Saratoga Av station.

Bus

The nearest bus stop is Saratoga Av/Sutter Av, 610 feet away, for the B7.

  • 6 routes within a ten-minute walk
  1. Saratoga Av/Sutter Av B7
    610 feet
    B7

Next buses at this stop

  1. B7 …

Live arrivals

Cycling

  • 1 bicycle rack within 820 feet
  • 2 more bike-share stations within a five-minute walk

Nearest bike-share station

  1. Thomas S. Boyland St & Sutter Ave 16 docks in all
    550 feet

By car

The nearest highway entrance is the ramp to the Jackie Robinson Parkway eastbound at Jamaica Avenue & J Robinson Parkway, 1.4 miles by car along the streets.

  1. 345 Sutter Avenue Gas station
    0.5 miles
  2. 492 Thomas Boyland Street Charging for electric cars, five Level 2 chargers
    1,250 feet
  3. 1389 Rockaway Parkway Fast charging for electric cars
    1.8 miles

Safety record

How crashes are counted

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

  • 3 people injured
  • 0 people killed
  • 1 of those hurt, on foot
  • 2 of those hurt, on a bike

The most recent crash recorded here was in August 2025.

What the city has done here

  • Leading pedestrian interval, July 2022

About this corner

Where facts come from
ZIP code
11212
Community board
Brooklyn Community Board 16
City Council district
41
Police precinct
73
Neighborhood (City Planning area)
Brownsville
Elevation
28 feet above sea level

The streets

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

Homes

About 1,200 homes stand within 820 feet of this corner, a mix of apartment buildings and smaller houses.

Since 2014 at least 24 new affordable homes have been completed within 820 feet.

Trees

NYC Parks records 62 trees within 330 feet; the most common is the London planetree.

Parking on the streets meeting here

How signs are read
  • 31 signs on these blocks
  • 5 different rules

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

East side of Herzl Street

  • No parking 10 signs NO PARKING TUESDAY FRIDAY 9AM-10:30AM

West side of Herzl Street

  • No parking 11 signs NO PARKING MONDAY THURSDAY 9AM-10:30AM
  • Truck loading only 1 sign TRUCK LOADING ONLY MONDAY-FRIDAY 10AM-7PM

North side of Sutter Avenue

  • No parking 4 signs NO PARKING TUESDAY FRIDAY 9AM-10:30AM

South side of Sutter Avenue

  • No parking 5 signs NO PARKING MONDAY THURSDAY 9AM-10:30AM

Schools, parks and places within a walk

How places are listed

Within a five-minute walk there are 27 public places.

  • 8 gardens
  • 8 religious buildings
  • 8 schools
  • 1 listed historic place
  • 1 park
  • 1 post office

Schools and child care

  1. Frederick Douglass Academy VII High School
    1,130 feet
  2. Legacy Leadership High School
    1,130 feet
  3. I.S. 392 School
    1,140 feet
Show all 8
  1. P.S. 156 Waverly School
    1,140 feet
  2. Mott Hall Bridges Academy School
    1,190 feet
  3. P.S./I.S. 323 School
    1,190 feet
  4. P.S. 327 Dr. Rose B. English School
    1,310 feet
  5. Sid Miller Academy School
    1,310 feet

Parks, playgrounds and gardens

  1. Jes Good Rewards Childeren's Garden
    310 feet
  2. Isabahlia Community Garden
    450 feet
  3. Amboy Street Garden
    520 feet
Show all 9
  1. Brownsville Community Farm (James McKeather) Garden
    860 feet
  2. Sunkissed Garden
    1,080 feet
  3. Betsy Head Park
    1,150 feet
  4. Fred McLeod Community Garden
    1,180 feet
  5. ISO Student Farm Garden
    1,200 feet
  6. Fantasy Garden
    1,270 feet

Libraries, museums and history

  1. Chevra Torah Anshei Radishkowitz Listed historic place
    450 feet

Houses of worship

  1. Mountain of Fire and Miracles Ministries House of worship
    940 feet
  2. Bethany Gospel Chapel House of worship
    1,020 feet
  3. Mount Hebron Church House of worship
    1,200 feet

Community centers and public services

  1. Brownsville Post Office
    900 feet

Supermarkets

  1. Ideal Food Basket Supermarket
    0.4 miles
  2. CTown Supermarket
    0.4 miles
  3. Fine Fare Supermarket
    0.4 miles

Other stores

  1. Dollar Tree Store
    0.4 miles
  2. Family Dollar Store
    0.4 miles

Food stores and places to eat

Within a five-minute walk there are two places to eat and seven food stores.

Not on record for this corner: a designated landmark or historic district within 820 feet.

Nearby corners

The eight nearest corners on foot, seven of them within a three-minute walk:

See every intersection along Herzl Street or Sutter Avenue.

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