Sutter Avenue & Milford Street

Sutter Avenue and Milford Street meet at a four-way crossing in East New York (North), Brooklyn. Between 2021 and 2025, six police-reported crashes were recorded here, fewer than the median of seven crashes for a Brooklyn corner. Cypress Hills Library is 750 feet away, and New Lots Post Office is 1,140 feet away. The nearest subway, Shepherd Av, is about seven minutes on foot, and two subway lines stop within a ten-minute walk. Within a five-minute walk are 24 public places, 11 of them religious buildings, and one place to eat.

Safety record
5 hurt
6 police-reported crashes, 2021–2025
Nearest subway
Shepherd Av
0.4 miles · 7 min on foot · C
Nearest bus stop
100 feet
Sutter Av/Milford St · B14
Within a walk
24 places
11 religious buildings, 5 gardens and 4 more kinds, within five minutes

Map

Layers
Sutter Avenue & Milford Street Nearby corners, linked

Getting there

How walks are measured

Subway

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

  • 2 lines within a ten-minute walk
  1. Shepherd Av C
    0.4 miles
    C

Next trains at this station

Manhattan
1 line
  1. C …
Outbound
1 line
  1. C …

Also within a walk

  1. Euclid Av A, C
    0.4 miles
    A C

Bus

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

  • 7 routes within a ten-minute walk
  1. Sutter Av/Milford St B14
    100 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 westbound at Erskine Street, 1.6 miles by car along the streets.

  1. 1249 Sutter Avenue Gas station
    0.3 miles
  2. 2797 Linden Boulevard Charging for electric cars, four Level 2 chargers
    1.1 miles
  3. 1389 Rockaway Parkway Fast charging for electric cars
    2.8 miles

Safety record

How crashes are counted

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

  • 5 people injured
  • 0 people killed
  • 1 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 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 (North)
Elevation
16 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. The buildings holding them mostly went up between 1910 and 1930.

Since 2014 at least 2 new affordable homes have been completed within 820 feet.

Trees

NYC Parks records 73 trees within 330 feet; the most common is the 'Green leaf' Japanese flowering cherry.

Parking on the streets meeting here

How signs are read
  • 20 signs on these blocks
  • 4 different rules

The sign wording is DOT's, as recorded between March 2018 and February 2022, and the sign on the street decides.

East side of Milford Street

  • No parking 6 signs NO PARKING TUESDAY FRIDAY 11:30AM-1PM

West side of Milford Street

  • No parking 7 signs NO PARKING MONDAY THURSDAY 11:30AM-1PM

North side of Sutter Avenue

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

South side of Sutter Avenue

  • No parking 4 signs NO PARKING TUESDAY FRIDAY 11:30AM-1PM

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
    710 feet

Schools, parks and places within a walk

How places are listed

Within a five-minute walk there are 24 public places.

  • 11 religious buildings
  • 5 gardens
  • 4 day care or pre-K sites
  • 2 schools
  • 1 library
  • 1 post office

Schools and child care

  1. Blake-Milford Day Care Center Infant, toddler and preschool care, ages 0 to 5 · Pre-K
    470 feet
  2. Urban Strategies Day Care Center #1 Preschool, ages 2 to 5 · Pre-K
    480 feet
  3. A Castle for Classy Kids Learning Center Preschool, ages 2 to 5 · Pre-K
    1,020 feet
Show all 6
  1. J.H.S. 218 James P. Sinnott School
    1,210 feet
  2. School for Classics High School
    1,210 feet
  3. Friends of Crown Heights Educational Centers, 16 Preschool, ages 2 to 5 · Pre-K
    1,290 feet

Parks, playgrounds and gardens

  1. Montauk Atkins Community Garden
    970 feet
  2. Atkins Gardeners Garden
    1,080 feet
  3. Upon This Rock Community Garden
    1,180 feet
Show all 5
  1. Good Shepherds Community Group Garden
    1,220 feet
  2. ENY Oasis Community Garden
    1,240 feet

Libraries, museums and history

  1. Cypress Hills Library
    750 feet

Community centers and public services

  1. New Lots Post Office
    1,140 feet

Supermarkets

  1. Key Food Supermarket
    950 feet

Other stores

  1. Dollar Tree Store
    0.3 miles

Food stores and places to eat

Within a five-minute walk there is one place to eat and 16 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 Milford Street or Sutter Avenue.

Sources: NYC Technology and Innovation, NYPD, NYC DOT, MTA, NYS Environmental Conservation, NYC City Planning, 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.