Sutter Avenue & Sackman Street

Sutter Avenue and Sackman Street meet at a three-way junction in Brownsville, Brooklyn, at the edge of NYCHA's Van Dyke I development. Between 2021 and 2025, six police-reported crashes were recorded here, fewer than the median of seven crashes for a Brooklyn corner. Dr. Green Playground is 600 feet away. The nearest subway, Sutter Av, is about three minutes on foot, and two subway lines stop within a ten-minute walk. Within a five-minute walk are 18 public places, nine of them religious buildings, and 12 places to eat.

Safety record
5 hurt
6 police-reported crashes, 2021–2025
Nearest subway
Sutter Av
820 feet · 3 min on foot · L
Nearest bus stop
380 feet
Sutter Av/Powell St · B14
Within a walk
18 places
9 religious buildings, 2 community centers and 6 more kinds, within five minutes

Map

Layers
Sutter Avenue & Sackman Street Nearby corners, linked

Getting there

How walks are measured

Subway

The nearest subway station is Sutter Av, 820 feet from this corner, about three minutes on foot.

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

Next trains at this station

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

Also within a walk

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

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 Sutter Av/Powell St, 380 feet away, for the B14.

  • 4 routes within a ten-minute walk
  1. Sutter Av/Powell St B14
    380 feet
    B14

Next buses at this stop

  1. B14 …

Live arrivals

Cycling

A marked bike lane runs on Sutter Avenue.

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

Nearest bike-share station

  1. Christopher Ave & Sutter Ave 18 docks in all
    320 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
    720 feet
  2. 492 Thomas Boyland Street Charging for electric cars, five Level 2 chargers
    0.6 miles
  3. 1389 Rockaway Parkway Fast charging for electric cars
    1.8 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 a bike

The most recent crash recorded here was in June 2025.

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
41
Police precinct
73
Neighborhood (City Planning area)
Brownsville
Elevation
41 feet above sea level

The streets

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

Homes

About 1,500 homes stand within 820 feet of this corner, most of them in buildings of ten homes or more. The buildings holding them mostly went up between 1953 and 1967.

The corner stands at the edge of NYCHA's Van Dyke I development.

Since 2014 at least 12 new affordable homes have been completed within 820 feet.

Trees

NYC Parks records 51 trees within 330 feet; the most common are the pin oak and the swamp white oak.

Parking on the streets meeting here

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

The sign wording is DOT's, as recorded between July 2018 and November 2024, and the sign on the street decides.

East side of Sackman Street

  • No parking 4 signs NO PARKING TUESDAY FRIDAY 8:30AM-10AM

West side of Sackman Street

  • No parking 4 signs NO PARKING MONDAY THURSDAY 8:30AM-10AM

North side of Sutter Avenue

  • No parking 3 signs NO PARKING TUESDAY FRIDAY 9AM-10:30AM
  • No standing 1 sign NO STANDING ANYTIME

Schools, parks and places within a walk

How places are listed

Eighteen public places are within a five-minute walk.

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

Schools and child care

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

Parks, playgrounds and gardens

  1. Carter G. Woodson Children's Park
    310 feet
  2. Dr. Green Playground
    600 feet

Plazas and public spaces

  1. Watkins Street Plaza Pedestrian plaza
    1,200 feet

Houses of worship

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

Community centers and public services

  1. Seth Low Community Center
    770 feet
  2. Older adult center at 137 Belmont Avenue Older adult center
    770 feet
  3. Van Dyke Community Center
    1,010 feet
Show all 4
  1. Older adult center at 528 Mother Gaston Boulevard Older adult center
    1,280 feet

Supermarkets

  1. Fine Fare Supermarket
    1,290 feet
  2. CTown Supermarket
    0.3 miles
  3. Food Bazaar Supermarket
    0.3 miles

Other stores

  1. Family Dollar Store
    1,280 feet
  2. Dollar Tree Store
    0.3 miles

Food stores and places to eat

Within a five-minute walk there are 12 places to eat and 12 food stores.

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

Nearby corners

The eight corners within a three-minute walk:

See every intersection along Sackman Street or Sutter Avenue.

Sources: NYC Technology and Innovation, NYPD, NYC DOT, MTA, NYC City Planning, New York City's bike-share system, NYS Environmental Conservation, 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.