Sutter Avenue & Van Siclen Avenue

Sutter Avenue and Van Siclen Avenue meet at a four-way crossing in East New York (North), Brooklyn. Between 2021 and 2025, 12 police-reported crashes were recorded here, against a median of seven crashes for a Brooklyn corner. Pilgrim Union Church of God is 500 feet away, and P.S. 149 Danny Kaye is 950 feet away. The nearest subway, Van Siclen Av, is about three minutes on foot, and two subway lines stop within a ten-minute walk. Within a five-minute walk are 19 public places, nine of them religious buildings, and two places to eat.

Safety record
10 hurt
12 police-reported crashes, 2021–2025
Nearest subway
Van Siclen Av
870 feet · 3 min on foot · C
Nearest bus stop
110 feet
Sutter Av/Van Siclen Av · B14
Within a walk
19 places
9 religious buildings, 7 gardens and 3 more kinds, within five minutes

Map

Layers
Sutter Avenue & Van Siclen Avenue Nearby corners, linked

Getting there

How walks are measured

Subway

The nearest subway station is Van Siclen Av, 870 feet from this corner, about three minutes on foot.

  • 2 lines within a ten-minute walk
  1. Van Siclen Av C
    870 feet
    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
    0.3 miles
    3

Bus

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

  • 9 routes within a ten-minute walk
  1. Sutter Av/Van Siclen Av B14
    110 feet
    B14

Next buses at this stop

  1. B14 …

Live arrivals

Cycling

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

Nearest bike-share station

  1. Bradford St & Sutter Ave 12 docks in all
    520 feet

By car

The nearest highway entrance is the ramp to the Jackie Robinson Parkway eastbound at Jamaica Avenue & J Robinson Parkway, 0.9 miles by car along the streets.

  1. 2822 Atlantic Avenue Gas station
    0.5 miles
  2. 492 Thomas Boyland Street Charging for electric cars, five Level 2 chargers
    1.4 miles
  3. 1389 Rockaway Parkway Fast charging for electric cars
    2.3 miles

Safety record

How crashes are counted

Between 2021 and 2025, police reported 12 crashes at this corner, more than the median of seven crashes for a Brooklyn corner.

  • 10 people injured
  • 0 people killed
  • 4 of those hurt, on foot

The most recent crash recorded here was in February 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
25 feet above sea level

The streets

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

Homes

About 1,300 homes stand within 820 feet of this corner, a mix of apartment buildings and smaller houses.

Since 2014 at least 28 new affordable homes have been completed within 820 feet.

Trees

NYC Parks records 68 trees within 330 feet; the most common is the Japanese pagoda tree.

Parking on the streets meeting here

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

The sign wording is DOT's, as recorded between November 2015 and August 2023, and the sign on the street decides.

North side of Sutter Avenue

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

South side of Sutter Avenue

  • No parking 5 signs NO PARKING TUESDAY FRIDAY 9AM-10:30AM

East side of Van Siclen Avenue

  • No parking 7 signs NO PARKING TUESDAY FRIDAY 9AM-10:30AM
  • No standing 1 sign NO STANDING ANYTIME

West side of Van Siclen Avenue

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

Schools, parks and places within a walk

How places are listed

Nineteen public places are within a five-minute walk.

  • 9 religious buildings
  • 7 gardens
  • 1 park
  • 1 playground
  • 1 school

Schools and child care

  1. P.S. 149 Danny Kaye School
    950 feet

Parks, playgrounds and gardens

  1. Poppa & Momma Jones Historical Garden
    500 feet
  2. Sutter Ballfields Park
    560 feet
  3. Big Red Community Garden
    560 feet
Show all 9
  1. CAUSA Festival Garden
    610 feet
  2. Artsy Bloom Community Garden
    640 feet
  3. Martin Luther King Jr. Playground
    870 feet
  4. Hendrix Street Block Association Garden
    880 feet
  5. Jerome Gardens Garden
    1,060 feet
  6. Jerry and the Senior Gents of E.N.Y. Garden
    1,230 feet

Houses of worship

  1. Pilgrim Union Church of God House of worship
    500 feet
  2. E End Baptist Church House of worship
    1,250 feet

Supermarkets

  1. Shop Fair Supermarket
    1,030 feet
  2. CTown Supermarket
    0.4 miles

Food stores and places to eat

Within a five-minute walk there are two places to eat and 12 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 11 corners within a three-minute walk:

See every intersection along Sutter Avenue or Van Siclen 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, NYC Housing Preservation and Development, NYC Parks, NYC Health, NYS Agriculture and Markets and USDA, retrieved September 18 – October 6, 2026.