Sutter Avenue & Junius Street

Sutter Avenue and Junius Street meet at a four-way crossing in Brownsville, Brooklyn. Between 2021 and 2025, 36 police-reported crashes were recorded here, against a median of seven crashes for a Brooklyn corner. Temple Beth-El Church is 790 feet away. The nearest subway, Sutter Av, is about a minute on foot, and two subway lines stop within a ten-minute walk. Within a five-minute walk are 16 public places, nine of them religious buildings, and seven places to eat. About 1,200 homes stand within 820 feet, most in buildings of ten homes or more.

Safety record
25 hurt
36 police-reported crashes, 2021–2025
Nearest subway
Sutter Av
300 feet · 1 min on foot · L
Nearest bus stop
100 feet
Junius St/Sutter Av · B14, T426
Within a walk
16 places
9 religious buildings, 1 community center and 6 more kinds, within five minutes

Map

Layers
Sutter Avenue & Junius Street Nearby corners, linked

Getting there

How walks are measured

Subway

The nearest subway station is Sutter Av, 300 feet from this corner, about a minute on foot.

  • 2 lines within a ten-minute walk
  1. Sutter Av L
    300 feet
    L

Next trains at this station

Manhattan
1 line
  1. L …
Canarsie
1 line
  1. L …

Also within a walk

  1. Livonia Av L
    0.4 miles
    L
  2. Junius St 3
    0.4 miles
    3

The MTA's permanent art catalog lists “The Habitat for the Yellow Bird” (2007) by Takayo Noda at the Sutter Av station.

Bus

The nearest bus stop is Junius St/Sutter Av, 100 feet away, for the B14 and T426.

  • 6 routes within a ten-minute walk
  1. Junius St/Sutter Av B14, T426
    100 feet
    B14 T426

Next buses at this stop

  1. B14 …
  2. T426 …

Live arrivals

Cycling

  • 11 bicycle racks within 820 feet, 2 of them on-street corrals
  • 3 more bike-share stations within a five-minute walk

Nearest bike-share station

  1. Sutter Ave & Junius St 18 docks in all
    60 feet

By car

The nearest highway entrance is the ramp to the Jackie Robinson Parkway eastbound at Jamaica Avenue & J Robinson Parkway, 1 mile by car along the streets.

  1. 345 Sutter Avenue Gas station
    1,240 feet
  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 36 crashes at this corner, more than the median of seven crashes for a Brooklyn corner.

  • 25 people injured
  • 0 people killed
  • 5 of those hurt, on foot

The most recent crash recorded here was in May 2026.

What the city has done here

  • Leading pedestrian interval, July 2021

About this corner

Where facts come from
ZIP code
11212
Community board
Brooklyn Community Board 16
City Council district
37 and 42 (the boundary runs through this corner)
Police precinct
73
Neighborhood (City Planning area)
Brownsville
Elevation
38 feet above sea level

The streets

  • Up to two travel lanes
  • Posted limits from 20 to 25 mph
  • One of the streets is one-way

Homes

About 1,200 homes stand within 820 feet of this corner, most of them in buildings of ten homes or more.

Since 2014 at least 271 new affordable homes have been completed within 820 feet.

Trees

NYC Parks records 28 trees within 330 feet; the most common is the thornless honeylocust.

Parking on the streets meeting here

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

The sign wording is DOT's, as recorded between November 2018 and September 2021, and the sign on the street decides.

East side of Junius Street

  • Ambulettes only 2 signs AMBULETTE ONLY MONDAY-FRIDAY 8AM-5PM
  • No parking 2 signs NO PARKING MONDAY-FRIDAY 8AM-6PM
  • No parking 5 signs NO PARKING TUESDAY FRIDAY 8:30AM-10AM
  • No parking 3 signs NO PARKING TUESDAY FRIDAY 9AM-10:30AM
  • No standing 2 signs NO STANDING ANYTIME
  • Truck loading only 1 sign TRUCK LOADING ONLY MONDAY-FRIDAY 7AM-5PM

West side of Junius Street

  • No parking 3 signs NO PARKING MONDAY THURSDAY 8:30AM-10AM
  • No parking 2 signs NO PARKING MONDAY THURSDAY 9AM-10:30AM
  • Truck loading only 3 signs TRUCK LOADING ONLY 6AM-6PM EXCEPT SATURDAY

North side of Sutter Avenue

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

South side of Sutter Avenue

  • No parking 3 signs NO PARKING MONDAY THURSDAY 9AM-10:30AM
  • Truck loading only 1 sign TRUCK LOADING ONLY MONDAY-FRIDAY 9AM-6PM

Schools, parks and places within a walk

How places are listed

Sixteen public places are within a five-minute walk.

  • 9 religious buildings
  • 1 community center
  • 1 day care or pre-K site
  • 1 older adult center
  • 1 park
  • 3 other places

Schools and child care

  1. Nat Azarow Children's Center Preschool, ages 2 to 5 · Pre-K
    570 feet
  2. P.S. 150 Christopher School
    920 feet

Parks, playgrounds and gardens

  1. Carter G. Woodson Children's Park
    830 feet
  2. Dr. Green Playground
    1,120 feet

Houses of worship

  1. Temple Beth-El Church House of worship
    790 feet

Community centers and public services

  1. Seth Low Community Center
    1,290 feet
  2. Older adult center at 137 Belmont Avenue Older adult center
    1,290 feet

Fire and police

  1. Police Service Area #2 Police station
    1,260 feet

Supermarkets

  1. Food Bazaar Supermarket
    1,240 feet
  2. Fine Fare Supermarket
    0.3 miles
  3. Shop Fair Supermarket
    0.4 miles

Other stores

  1. Dollar Tree Store
    810 feet
  2. Family Dollar Store
    1,300 feet

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 Junius 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, NYCHA, NYC Housing Preservation and Development, NYC Parks, NYC Health, NYS Agriculture and Markets and USDA, retrieved September 18 – October 6, 2026.