Sutter Avenue & Shepherd Avenue

Sutter Avenue and Shepherd Avenue meet at a four-way crossing in East New York (North), Brooklyn. Between 2021 and 2025, 13 police-reported crashes were recorded here, against a median of seven crashes for a Brooklyn corner. Good Shepherds Community Group is 390 feet away. The nearest subway, Shepherd Av, is about three minutes on foot, for the C. Within a five-minute walk are 27 public places, 17 of them religious buildings, and two places to eat. About 1,100 homes stand within 820 feet, a mix of apartment buildings and smaller houses.

Safety record
6 hurt
13 police-reported crashes, 2021–2025
Nearest subway
Shepherd Av
910 feet · 3 min on foot · C
Nearest bus stop
110 feet
Sutter Av/Shepherd Av · B14
Within a walk
27 places
17 religious buildings, 4 day care or pre-K sites and 3 more kinds, within five minutes

Map

Layers
Sutter Avenue & Shepherd Avenue Nearby corners, linked

Getting there

How walks are measured

Subway

The nearest subway station is Shepherd Av, 910 feet from this corner, about three minutes on foot.

  1. Shepherd Av C
    910 feet
    C

Next trains at this station

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

Bus

The nearest bus stop is Sutter Av/Shepherd Av, 110 feet away, for the B14.

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

Next buses at this stop

  1. B14 …

Live arrivals

Cycling

  • 9 bicycle racks within 820 feet

Nearest bike-share station

  1. Sutter Ave & Jerome St 14 docks in all
    0.3 miles

By car

The nearest highway entrance is the ramp to the Jackie Robinson Parkway eastbound at Jamaica Avenue & J Robinson Parkway, 1.4 miles by car along the streets.

  1. 1249 Sutter Avenue Gas station
    0.5 miles
  2. 570 Jamaica Avenue Charging for electric cars, four Level 2 chargers
    1.1 miles
  3. 1389 Rockaway Parkway Fast charging for electric cars
    2.7 miles

Safety record

How crashes are counted

Between 2021 and 2025, police reported 13 crashes at this corner, more than the median of seven crashes for a Brooklyn corner.

  • 6 people injured
  • 0 people killed
  • 1 of those hurt, on foot

The most recent crash recorded here was in March 2026.

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
21 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 2 new affordable homes have been completed within 820 feet.

Trees

NYC Parks records 55 trees within 330 feet; the most common is the London planetree.

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 May 2020, and the sign on the street decides.

East side of Shepherd Avenue

  • No parking 8 signs NO PARKING TUESDAY FRIDAY 11AM-12:30PM

West side of Shepherd Avenue

  • No parking 4 signs NO PARKING MONDAY THURSDAY 11AM-12:30PM

North side of Sutter Avenue

  • No parking 4 signs NO PARKING MONDAY THURSDAY 11AM-12:30PM

South side of Sutter Avenue

  • No parking 4 signs NO PARKING TUESDAY FRIDAY 11AM-12:30PM

Schools, parks and places within a walk

How places are listed

Within a five-minute walk there are 27 public places.

  • 17 religious buildings
  • 4 day care or pre-K sites
  • 3 gardens
  • 2 schools
  • 1 police station

Schools and child care

  1. Urban Strategies Day Care Center #1 Preschool, ages 2 to 5 · Pre-K
    560 feet
  2. East New York Elementary School of Excellence School
    910 feet
  3. East New York Middle School of Excellence School
    910 feet
Show all 6
  1. Joyful Tots Daycare Center Infant, toddler and preschool care, ages 0 to 5
    990 feet
  2. The Friends of Crown Heights Educational Centers Preschool, ages 2 to 5 · Pre-K
    1,230 feet
  3. Little Birds Day Care Center Infant, toddler and preschool care, ages 0 to 5 · Pre-K
    1,250 feet

Parks, playgrounds and gardens

  1. Good Shepherds Community Group Garden
    390 feet
  2. Linwood Street Garden
    530 feet
  3. Atkins Gardeners Garden
    1,260 feet

Houses of worship

  1. Bethelite Institutional Baptist Church House of worship
    760 feet

Fire and police

  1. 75th Precinct Police station
    420 feet

Supermarkets

  1. Key Food Supermarket
    0.4 miles
  2. Food Universe Supermarket
    0.4 miles

Other stores

  1. Dollar Tree Store
    0.4 miles

Food stores and places to eat

Within a five-minute walk there are two places to eat and 11 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 Shepherd Avenue or Sutter Avenue.

Sources: NYC Technology and Innovation, NYPD, MTA, NYC DOT, 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.