Sutter Avenue & Legion Street

Sutter Avenue and Legion Street meet at a four-way crossing in Brownsville, Brooklyn. Between 2021 and 2025, nine police-reported crashes were recorded here, against a median of seven crashes for a Brooklyn corner. I.S. 392 is 340 feet away, and Zion Triangle is 980 feet away. The nearest subway, Sutter Av-Rutland Rd, is about six minutes on foot, for the 3. Within a five-minute walk are 21 public places, eight of them religious buildings, and six places to eat. About 1,400 homes stand within 820 feet, a mix of apartment buildings and smaller houses.

Safety record
12 hurt
9 police-reported crashes, 2021–2025
Nearest subway
Sutter Av-Rutland Rd
0.3 miles · 6 min on foot · 3
Nearest bus stop
360 feet
Saratoga Av/Sutter Av · B7
Within a walk
21 places
8 religious buildings, 5 gardens and 4 more kinds, within five minutes

Map

Layers
Sutter Avenue & Legion Street Nearby corners, linked

Getting there

How walks are measured

Subway

The nearest subway station is Sutter Av-Rutland Rd, 0.3 miles from this corner, about six minutes on foot.

  1. Sutter Av-Rutland Rd 3
    0.3 miles
    3

Next trains at this station

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

Also within a walk

  1. Saratoga Av 3
    0.4 miles
    3

The MTA's permanent art catalog lists “Ailanthus” (2017) by Nancy Baker at the Sutter Av-Rutland Rd station.

Bus

The nearest bus stop is Saratoga Av/Sutter Av, 360 feet away, for the B7.

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

Next buses at this stop

  1. B7 …

Live arrivals

Cycling

  • 4 bicycle racks within 820 feet
  • 3 more bike-share stations within a five-minute walk

Nearest bike-share station

  1. Sutter Ave & Grafton St 16 docks in all
    300 feet

By car

The nearest highway entrance is the ramp to the Jackie Robinson Parkway eastbound at Jamaica Avenue & J Robinson Parkway, 1.5 miles by car along the streets.

  1. 24 Dumont Avenue Gas station
    0.4 miles
  2. 492 Thomas Boyland Street Charging for electric cars, five Level 2 chargers
    0.4 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 nine crashes at this corner, more than the median of seven crashes for a Brooklyn corner.

  • 12 people injured
  • 0 people killed
  • 1 of those hurt, on a bike

The most recent crash recorded here was in April 2025.

What the city has done here

  • Leading pedestrian interval, September 2021

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
31 feet above sea level

The streets

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

Homes

About 1,400 homes stand within 820 feet of this corner, a mix of apartment buildings and smaller houses.

Since 2014 at least 29 new affordable homes have been completed within 820 feet.

Trees

NYC Parks records 64 trees within 330 feet; the most common is the London planetree.

Parking on the streets meeting here

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

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

East side of Legion Street

  • No parking 1 sign NO PARKING ANYTIME
  • No parking 11 signs NO PARKING TUESDAY FRIDAY 9AM-10:30AM

West side of Legion Street

  • No parking 12 signs NO PARKING MONDAY THURSDAY 9AM-10:30AM

North side of Sutter Avenue

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

South side of Sutter Avenue

  • No parking 6 signs NO PARKING MONDAY THURSDAY 9AM-10:30AM
  • No standing 3 signs NO STANDING SCHOOL DAYS 7AM-4PM

Schools, parks and places within a walk

How places are listed

Within a five-minute walk there are 21 public places.

  • 8 religious buildings
  • 5 gardens
  • 4 schools
  • 2 parks
  • 1 day care or pre-K site
  • 1 listed historic place

Schools and child care

  1. I.S. 392 School
    340 feet
  2. P.S. 156 Waverly School
    340 feet
  3. Brooklyn Ascend Charter School
    1,180 feet
Show all 5
  1. Brownsville Ascend Charter School
    1,180 feet
  2. The Friends of Crown Heights Educational Centers< Preschool, ages 2 to 5 · Pre-K
    1,300 feet

Parks, playgrounds and gardens

  1. Isabahlia Community Garden
    410 feet
  2. Fantasy Garden
    620 feet
  3. Sunkissed Garden
    640 feet
Show all 7
  1. Zion Triangle
    980 feet
  2. Jes Good Rewards Childeren's Garden
    1,110 feet
  3. Howard Malls Park
    1,190 feet
  4. Howard Garden
    1,260 feet

Libraries, museums and history

  1. Chevra Torah Anshei Radishkowitz Listed historic place
    1,250 feet

Supermarkets

  1. Ideal Food Basket Supermarket
    1,120 feet
  2. Green Village Supermarket Supermarket
    0.4 miles
  3. CTown Supermarket
    0.4 miles

Other stores

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

Food stores and places to eat

Within a five-minute walk there are six places to eat and four 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 Legion 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.