Sutter Avenue & Sheffield Avenue

Sutter Avenue and Sheffield Avenue meet at a four-way crossing in East New York (North), Brooklyn. Between 2021 and 2025, 15 police-reported crashes were recorded here, against a median of seven crashes for a Brooklyn corner. Performing Arts and Technology High School is 1,030 feet away, and Artsy Bloom Community Garden is 1,120 feet away. The nearest subway, Sutter Av, is about six minutes on foot, and three subway lines stop within a ten-minute walk. Within a five-minute walk are 19 public places, seven of them religious buildings, and six places to eat.

Safety record
10 hurt
15 police-reported crashes, 2021–2025
Nearest subway
Sutter Av
0.3 miles · 6 min on foot · L
Nearest bus stop
170 feet
Sutter Av/Georgia Av · B14
Within a walk
19 places
7 religious buildings, 6 schools and 5 more kinds, within five minutes

Map

Layers
Sutter Avenue & Sheffield Avenue Nearby corners, linked

Getting there

How walks are measured

Subway

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

  • 3 lines within a ten-minute walk
  1. Sutter Av L
    0.3 miles
    L

Next trains at this station

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

Also within a walk

  1. Pennsylvania Av 3
    0.4 miles
    3
  2. Liberty Av C
    0.4 miles
    C

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/Georgia Av, 170 feet away, for the B14.

  • 4 routes within a ten-minute walk
  1. Sutter Av/Georgia Av B14
    170 feet
    B14

Next buses at this stop

  1. B14 …

Live arrivals

Cycling

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

Nearest bike-share station

  1. Sutter Ave & Sheffield Ave 12 docks in all
    40 feet

By car

The nearest highway entrance is the ramp to the Jackie Robinson Parkway eastbound at Jamaica Avenue & J Robinson Parkway, 0.7 miles by car along the streets.

  1. 345 Sutter Avenue Gas station
    0.6 miles
  2. 492 Thomas Boyland Street Charging for electric cars, five Level 2 chargers
    1 mile
  3. 1389 Rockaway Parkway Fast charging for electric cars
    2.1 miles

Safety record

How crashes are counted

Between 2021 and 2025, police reported 15 crashes at this corner, more than the median of seven crashes for a Brooklyn corner.

  • 10 people injured
  • 0 people killed
  • 3 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
11207
Community board
Brooklyn Community Board 5
City Council district
42
Police precinct
75
Neighborhood (City Planning area)
East New York (North)
Elevation
35 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 1,500 homes stand within 820 feet of this corner, a mix of apartment buildings and smaller houses.

Trees

NYC Parks records 56 trees within 330 feet; the most common are the American elm and the thornless honeylocust.

Parking on the streets meeting here

How signs are read
  • 33 signs on these blocks
  • 10 different rules

The sign wording is DOT's, as recorded between November 2015 and May 2020, and the sign on the street decides.

East side of Sheffield Avenue

  • No parking 2 signs NO PARKING MONDAY-FRIDAY 8AM-6PM
  • No parking 4 signs NO PARKING TUESDAY FRIDAY 3AM-6AM
  • No parking 4 signs NO PARKING TUESDAY FRIDAY 8AM-9:30AM
  • Truck loading only 2 signs TRUCK LOADING ONLY 7AM-7PM EXCEPT SUNDAY

West side of Sheffield Avenue

  • No parking 4 signs NO PARKING MONDAY THURSDAY 3AM-6AM
  • No parking 4 signs NO PARKING MONDAY THURSDAY 8AM-9:30AM

North side of Sutter Avenue

  • No parking 2 signs NO PARKING ANYTIME
  • No parking 6 signs NO PARKING MONDAY THURSDAY 8AM-9:30AM

South side of Sutter Avenue

  • No parking 4 signs NO PARKING TUESDAY FRIDAY 8AM-9:30AM
  • Truck loading only 1 sign TRUCK LOADING ONLY 8AM-4PM EXCEPT SUNDAY

Schools, parks and places within a walk

How places are listed

Nineteen public places are within a five-minute walk.

  • 7 religious buildings
  • 6 schools
  • 2 gardens
  • 1 ambulance station
  • 1 community center
  • 2 other places

Schools and child care

  1. FDNY - Captain Vernon A. Richard High School for Fire and Life Safety School
    1,030 feet
  2. Performing Arts and Technology High School
    1,030 feet
  3. World Academy for Total Community Health High School
    1,030 feet
Show all 6
  1. Hyde Leadership Charter School - Brooklyn School
    1,050 feet
  2. P.S. 328 Phyllis Wheatley School
    1,050 feet
  3. P.S. 149 Danny Kaye School
    1,080 feet

Parks, playgrounds and gardens

  1. Grace Playground
    880 feet
  2. Artsy Bloom Community Garden
    1,120 feet
  3. New Jersey Avenue Community Garden
    1,210 feet

Health care

  1. EMS Station 39 Ambulance station
    1,040 feet

Houses of worship

  1. St John Cantius RC Church House of worship
    1,190 feet

Community centers and public services

  1. Unity Plaza Community Center
    1,300 feet

Fire and police

  1. Police Service Area #2 Police station
    660 feet

Supermarkets

  1. Shop Fair Supermarket
    420 feet
  2. CTown Supermarket
    0.3 miles
  3. Fine Fare Supermarket
    0.3 miles

Food stores and places to eat

Within a five-minute walk there are six places to eat and 17 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 Sheffield Avenue 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.