Sutter Avenue & Van Sinderen Avenue

Sutter Avenue and Van Sinderen Avenue meet at a four-way crossing in East New York (North), Brooklyn. Between 2021 and 2025, 16 police-reported crashes were recorded here, against a median of seven crashes for a Brooklyn corner. Carter G. Woodson Children's Park is 1,100 feet away. The nearest subway, Sutter Av, is about a minute on foot, and two subway lines stop within a ten-minute walk. Within a five-minute walk are 14 public places, seven of them religious buildings, and four places to eat. About 900 homes stand within 820 feet, most in buildings of ten homes or more.

Safety record
12 hurt
16 police-reported crashes, 2021–2025
Nearest subway
Sutter Av
50 feet · 1 min on foot · L
Nearest bus stop
100 feet
Sutter Av/Van Sinderen Av · B14
Within a walk
14 places
7 religious buildings, 3 schools and 3 more kinds, within five minutes

Map

Layers
Sutter Avenue & Van Sinderen Avenue Nearby corners, linked

Getting there

How walks are measured

Subway

The nearest subway station is Sutter Av, 50 feet from this corner, about a minute on foot.

  • 2 lines within a ten-minute walk
  1. Sutter Av L
    50 feet
    L

Next trains at this station

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

Also within a walk

  1. Livonia Av L
    0.3 miles
    L
  2. Junius St 3
    0.4 miles
    3

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/Van Sinderen Av, 100 feet away, for the B14.

  • 5 routes within a ten-minute walk
  1. Sutter Av/Van Sinderen Av B14
    100 feet
    B14

Next buses at this stop

  1. B14 …

Live arrivals

Cycling

  • 21 bicycle racks within 820 feet, 2 of them on-street corrals
  • 4 more bike-share stations within a five-minute walk

Nearest bike-share station

  1. Sutter Ave & Junius St 18 docks in all
    230 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. 345 Sutter Avenue Gas station
    0.3 miles
  2. 492 Thomas Boyland Street Charging for electric cars, five Level 2 chargers
    0.7 miles
  3. 1389 Rockaway Parkway Fast charging for electric cars
    1.9 miles

Safety record

How crashes are counted

Between 2021 and 2025, police reported 16 crashes at this corner, more than the median of seven crashes for a Brooklyn corner.

  • 12 people injured
  • 0 people killed
  • 7 of those hurt, on foot

The most recent crash recorded here was in April 2026.

What the city has done here

  • Leading pedestrian interval, July 2022

About this corner

Where facts come from
ZIP code
11207
Community board
Brooklyn Community Board 5
City Council district
37 and 42 (the boundary runs through this corner)
Police precinct
73 and 75 (the boundary runs through this corner)
Neighborhood (City Planning area)
East New York (North)

The streets

  • Up to two travel lanes
  • Posted limits from 20 to 25 mph
  • One of the streets is one-way

Homes

About 900 homes stand within 820 feet of this corner, most of them in buildings of ten homes or more.

Since 2014 at least 356 new affordable homes have been completed within 820 feet.

Trees

NYC Parks records 33 trees within 330 feet; the most common is the thornless honeylocust.

Parking on the streets meeting here

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

The sign wording is DOT's, as recorded between January 2018 and August 2026, and the sign on the street decides.

North side of Sutter Avenue

  • No parking 2 signs NO PARKING MONDAY THURSDAY 8AM-9:30AM
  • No parking 2 signs NO PARKING TUESDAY FRIDAY 9AM-10:30AM

South side of Sutter Avenue

  • No parking 2 signs NO PARKING MONDAY THURSDAY 9AM-10:30AM
  • No parking 1 sign NO PARKING TUESDAY FRIDAY 8AM-9:30AM
  • Truck loading only 1 sign TRUCK LOADING ONLY MONDAY-FRIDAY 9AM-6PM

East side of Van Sinderen Avenue

  • No parking 6 signs NO PARKING ANYTIME

Schools, parks and places within a walk

How places are listed

Fourteen public places are within a five-minute walk.

  • 7 religious buildings
  • 3 schools
  • 2 day care or pre-K sites
  • 1 park
  • 1 police station

Schools and child care

  1. Nat Azarow Children's Center Preschool, ages 2 to 5 · Pre-K
    840 feet
  2. Modern Organization and Human Development Center Preschool, ages 2 to 5 · Pre-K
    1,150 feet
  3. P.S. 150 Christopher School
    1,180 feet
Show all 5
  1. Hyde Leadership Charter School - Brooklyn School
    1,310 feet
  2. P.S. 328 Phyllis Wheatley School
    1,310 feet

Parks, playgrounds and gardens

  1. Carter G. Woodson Children's Park
    1,100 feet

Houses of worship

  1. Temple Beth-El Church House of worship
    1,050 feet

Fire and police

  1. Police Service Area #2 Police station
    990 feet

Supermarkets

  1. Food Bazaar Supermarket
    0.3 miles
  2. Shop Fair Supermarket
    0.4 miles
  3. Fine Fare Supermarket
    0.4 miles

Other stores

  1. Dollar Tree Store
    1,080 feet
  2. Family Dollar Store
    0.3 miles

Food stores and places to eat

Within a five-minute walk there are four places to eat and 12 food stores.

Not on record for this corner: 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 Sinderen Avenue.

Sources: 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 Technology and Innovation, NYC Health, NYS Agriculture and Markets and USDA, retrieved September 18 – October 6, 2026.