Sutter Avenue & Schenck Avenue

Sutter Avenue and Schenck Avenue meet at a four-way crossing in East New York (North), Brooklyn. Between 2021 and 2025, 24 police-reported crashes were recorded here, against a median of seven crashes for a Brooklyn corner. Jerry and the Senior Gents of E.N.Y. is 720 feet away. The nearest subway, Van Siclen Av, is about five minutes on foot, and two subway lines stop within a ten-minute walk. Within a five-minute walk are 21 public places, ten of them religious buildings. About 1,100 homes stand within 820 feet, a mix of apartment buildings and smaller houses.

Safety record
12 hurt
24 police-reported crashes, 2021–2025
Nearest subway
Van Siclen Av
0.3 miles · 5 min on foot · C
Nearest bus stop
150 feet
Sutter Av/Schenck Av · B14
Within a walk
21 places
10 religious buildings, 9 gardens and 2 more kinds, within five minutes

Map

Layers
Sutter Avenue & Schenck Avenue Nearby corners, linked

Getting there

How walks are measured

Subway

The nearest subway station is Van Siclen Av, 0.3 miles from this corner, about five minutes on foot.

  • 2 lines within a ten-minute walk
  1. Van Siclen Av C
    0.3 miles
    C

Next trains at this station

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

Also within a walk

  1. Van Siclen Av 3
    0.4 miles
    3

Bus

The nearest bus stop is Sutter Av/Schenck Av, 150 feet away, for the B14.

  • 8 routes within a ten-minute walk
  1. Sutter Av/Schenck Av B14
    150 feet
    B14

Next buses at this stop

  1. B14 …

Live arrivals

Cycling

A signed bike route shared with traffic runs on Schenck Avenue.

  • 19 bicycle racks within 820 feet
  • 2 more bike-share stations within a five-minute walk

Nearest bike-share station

  1. Sutter Ave & Jerome St 14 docks in all
    500 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. 2822 Atlantic Avenue Gas station
    0.5 miles
  2. 570 Jamaica Avenue Charging for electric cars, four Level 2 chargers
    1.3 miles
  3. 1389 Rockaway Parkway Fast charging for electric cars
    2.4 miles

Safety record

How crashes are counted

Between 2021 and 2025, police reported 24 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 foot
  • 1 of those hurt, on a bike

The most recent crash recorded here was in January 2026.

About this corner

Where facts come from
ZIP code
11207
Community board
Brooklyn Community Board 5
City Council district
42
Police precinct
75
Neighborhood (City Planning area)
East New York (North)
Elevation
27 feet above sea level

The streets

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

Homes

About 1,100 homes stand within 820 feet of this corner, a mix of apartment buildings and smaller houses.

Since 2014 at least 22 new affordable homes have been completed within 820 feet.

Trees

NYC Parks records 84 trees within 330 feet; the most common is the red maple.

Parking on the streets meeting here

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

The sign wording is DOT's, as recorded between October 2016 and October 2022, and the sign on the street decides.

East side of Schenck Avenue

  • No parking 7 signs NO PARKING TUESDAY FRIDAY 9AM-10:30AM

West side of Schenck Avenue

  • No parking 7 signs NO PARKING MONDAY THURSDAY 9AM-10:30AM

North side of Sutter Avenue

  • No parking 2 signs NO PARKING MONDAY THURSDAY 11AM-12:30PM
  • No parking 1 sign NO PARKING MONDAY THURSDAY 9AM-10:30AM

South side of Sutter Avenue

  • No parking 3 signs NO PARKING TUESDAY FRIDAY 11AM-12:30PM
  • No parking 2 signs NO PARKING TUESDAY FRIDAY 9AM-10:30AM

Schools, parks and places within a walk

How places are listed

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

  • 10 religious buildings
  • 9 gardens
  • 1 day care or pre-K site
  • 1 park

Schools and child care

  1. Joyful Tots Daycare Center Infant, toddler and preschool care, ages 0 to 5
    1,180 feet

Parks, playgrounds and gardens

  1. Sutter Ballfields Park
    50 feet
  2. Jerome Gardens Garden
    540 feet
  3. Jerry and the Senior Gents of E.N.Y. Garden
    720 feet
Show all 10
  1. Poppa & Momma Jones Historical Garden
    850 feet
  2. Hendrix Street Block Association Garden
    910 feet
  3. Nehemiah 10 Community Garden
    960 feet
  4. Big Red Community Garden
    1,080 feet
  5. CAUSA Festival Garden
    1,130 feet
  6. Artsy Bloom Community Garden
    1,150 feet
  7. Gregory's Garden
    1,190 feet

Houses of worship

  1. Pilgrim Union Church of God House of worship
    790 feet

Supermarkets

  1. Shop Fair Supermarket
    0.3 miles
  2. CTown Supermarket
    0.5 miles

Food stores and places to eat

Within a five-minute walk there are six food stores.

Not on record for this corner: a signal or safety change and 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 Schenck Avenue or Sutter Avenue.

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