Sutter Avenue & Thomas S Boyland Street

Sutter Avenue and Thomas S Boyland Street meet at a four-way crossing in Brownsville, Brooklyn. Between 2021 and 2025, 24 police-reported crashes were recorded here, against a median of seven crashes for a Brooklyn corner. Bethany Gospel Chapel is 490 feet away, and Imagination Playground at Betsy Head is 960 feet away. The nearest subway, Rockaway Av, is about nine minutes on foot, for the 3. Within a five-minute walk are 31 public places, 11 of them religious buildings, and five places to eat. About 1,000 homes stand within 820 feet, a mix of apartment buildings and smaller houses.

Safety record
26 hurt
24 police-reported crashes, 2021–2025
Nearest subway
Rockaway Av
0.5 miles · 9 min on foot · 3
Nearest bus stop
890 feet
Rockaway Av/Sutter Av · B60
Within a walk
31 places
11 religious buildings, 6 gardens and 8 more kinds, within five minutes

Map

Layers
Sutter Avenue & Thomas S Boyland Street Nearby corners, linked

Getting there

How walks are measured

Subway

The nearest subway station is Rockaway Av, 0.5 miles from this corner, about nine minutes on foot.

  1. Rockaway Av 3
    0.5 miles
    3

Next trains at this station

Manhattan
1 line
  1. 3 …
New Lots
1 line
  1. 3 …

The MTA's permanent art catalog lists “Paroles Vagabondes/Wisdom Along the Way” (2017) by Béatrice Lebreton at the Rockaway Av station.

Bus

The nearest bus stop is Rockaway Av/Sutter Av, 890 feet away, for the B60.

  • 4 routes within a ten-minute walk
  1. Rockaway Av/Sutter Av B60 · Shelter
    890 feet
    B60
    Shelter

Next buses at this stop

  1. B60 …

Live arrivals

Cycling

A signed bike route shared with traffic runs on Thomas S Boyland Street.

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

Nearest bike-share station

  1. Thomas S. Boyland St & Sutter Ave 16 docks in all
    50 feet

By car

The nearest highway entrance is the ramp to the Jackie Robinson Parkway eastbound at Jamaica Avenue & J Robinson Parkway, 1.3 miles by car along the streets.

  1. 345 Sutter Avenue Gas station
    0.4 miles
  2. 492 Thomas Boyland Street Charging for electric cars, five Level 2 chargers
    720 feet
  3. 1389 Rockaway Parkway Fast charging for electric cars
    1.7 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.

  • 26 people injured
  • 0 people killed

The most recent crash recorded here was in June 2026.

What the city has done here

  • Leading pedestrian interval, September 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
34 feet above sea level

The streets

  • Up to two travel lanes

Homes

About 1,000 homes stand within 820 feet of this corner, a mix of apartment buildings and smaller houses.

Since 2014 at least 17 new affordable homes have been completed within 820 feet.

Trees

NYC Parks records 79 trees within 330 feet; the most common are the Shumard's oak and the mulberry.

Parking on the streets meeting here

How signs are read
  • 27 signs on these blocks
  • 5 different rules

The sign wording is DOT's, as recorded between January 2016 and June 2025, and the sign on the street decides.

North side of Sutter Avenue

  • No parking 4 signs NO PARKING TUESDAY FRIDAY 9AM-10:30AM

South side of Sutter Avenue

  • No parking 5 signs NO PARKING MONDAY THURSDAY 9AM-10:30AM

East side of Thomas S Boyland Street

  • No parking 2 signs NO PARKING ANYTIME
  • No parking 13 signs NO PARKING TUESDAY FRIDAY 9AM-10:30AM

West side of Thomas S Boyland Street

  • No parking 3 signs NO PARKING MONDAY THURSDAY 9AM-10:30AM

Schools, parks and places within a walk

How places are listed

Within a five-minute walk there are 31 public places.

  • 11 religious buildings
  • 6 gardens
  • 6 schools
  • 2 playgrounds
  • 1 community center
  • 5 other places

Schools and child care

  1. Frederick Douglass Academy VII High School
    600 feet
  2. Legacy Leadership High School
    600 feet
  3. Mott Hall Bridges Academy School
    670 feet
Show all 7
  1. P.S./I.S. 323 School
    670 feet
  2. P.S. 327 Dr. Rose B. English School
    780 feet
  3. Sid Miller Academy School
    780 feet
  4. Rize & Shine Childcare Center Preschool, ages 2 to 5
    960 feet

Parks, playgrounds and gardens

  1. Jes Good Rewards Childeren's Garden
    270 feet
  2. Betsy Head Park
    620 feet
  3. ISO Student Farm Garden
    670 feet
Show all 9
  1. Amboy Street Garden
    840 feet
  2. Imagination Playground at Betsy Head Playground
    960 feet
  3. Isabahlia Community Garden
    970 feet
  4. Chester Playground
    1,020 feet
  5. Living Laboratory Community Garden
    1,280 feet
  6. Brownsville Community Farm (James McKeather) Garden
    1,280 feet

Libraries, museums and history

  1. Chevra Torah Anshei Radishkowitz Listed historic place
    360 feet

Houses of worship

  1. Bethany Gospel Chapel House of worship
    490 feet
  2. Mount Hebron Church House of worship
    670 feet
  3. Mountain of Fire and Miracles Ministries House of worship
    740 feet
Show all 4
  1. Risen Christ Lutheran Church House of worship
    1,170 feet

Community centers and public services

  1. Brownsville Post Office
    370 feet
  2. Langston Hughes Community Center
    1,270 feet
  3. Older adult center at 301 Sutter Avenue Older adult center
    1,270 feet

Supermarkets

  1. CTown Supermarket
    0.3 miles
  2. Ideal Food Basket Supermarket
    0.5 miles
  3. Fine Fare Supermarket
    0.5 miles

Other stores

  1. Dollar Tree Store
    0.3 miles
  2. Family Dollar Store
    0.5 miles

Food stores and places to eat

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

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

Nearby corners

The eight nearest corners on foot, seven of them within a three-minute walk:

See every intersection along Sutter Avenue or Thomas S Boyland Street.

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, NYC Housing Preservation and Development, NYC Parks, NYC Health, NYS Agriculture and Markets and USDA, retrieved September 18 – October 6, 2026.