Union Street & Blake Avenue

Union Street and Blake Avenue meet at a four-way crossing in East Flatbush-Remsen Village, Brooklyn. Between 2021 and 2025, 12 police-reported crashes were recorded here, against a median of seven crashes for a Brooklyn corner. Fantasy Garden is 1,110 feet away. The nearest subway, Sutter Av-Rutland Rd, is about three minutes on foot, for the 3. Within a five-minute walk are 24 public places, ten of them religious buildings, and 21 places to eat. About 2,000 homes stand within 820 feet, mostly built between 1926 and 1930, a mix of apartment buildings and smaller houses.

Safety record
3 hurt
12 police-reported crashes, 2021–2025
Nearest subway
Sutter Av-Rutland Rd
740 feet · 3 min on foot · 3
Nearest bus stop
320 feet
E 98 St/Blake Av · B15, B47
Within a walk
24 places
10 religious buildings, 8 schools and 3 more kinds, within five minutes

Map

Layers
Union Street & Blake Avenue Nearby corners, linked

Getting there

How walks are measured

Subway

The nearest subway station is Sutter Av-Rutland Rd, 740 feet from this corner, about three minutes on foot.

  1. Sutter Av-Rutland Rd 3
    740 feet
    3

Next trains at this station

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

Also within a walk

  1. Saratoga Av 3
    0.4 miles
    3

The MTA's permanent art catalog lists “Ailanthus” (2017) by Nancy Baker at the Sutter Av-Rutland Rd station.

Bus

The nearest bus stop is E 98 St/Blake Av, 320 feet away, for the B15 and B47.

  • 8 routes within a ten-minute walk
  1. E 98 St/Blake Av B15, B47
    320 feet
    B15 B47

Next buses at this stop

  1. B15 …
  2. B47 …

Live arrivals

Cycling

  • 25 bicycle racks within 820 feet
  • 5 more bike-share stations within a five-minute walk

Nearest bike-share station

  1. Howard Ave & Blake Ave 18 docks in all
    550 feet

By car

The nearest highway entrance is the ramp to the Jackie Robinson Parkway eastbound at Jamaica Avenue & J Robinson Parkway, 1.8 miles by car along the streets.

  1. 24 Dumont Avenue Gas station
    930 feet
  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
    1.8 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.

  • 3 people injured
  • 0 people killed

The most recent crash recorded here was in March 2026.

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)
East Flatbush-Remsen Village
Elevation
34 feet above sea level

The streets

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

Homes

About 2,000 homes stand within 820 feet of this corner, a mix of apartment buildings and smaller houses. The buildings holding them mostly went up between 1926 and 1930.

Trees

NYC Parks records 49 trees within 330 feet; the most common is the London planetree.

Parking on the streets meeting here

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

The sign wording is DOT's, as recorded between June 2018 and March 2023, and the sign on the street decides.

North side of Blake Avenue

  • No parking 4 signs NO PARKING MONDAY THURSDAY 8AM-9:30AM
  • No standing 2 signs NO STANDING SCHOOL DAYS 7AM-5PM

South side of Blake Avenue

  • No parking 4 signs NO PARKING TUESDAY FRIDAY 8AM-9:30AM

East side of Union Street

  • No parking 1 sign NO PARKING ANYTIME
  • No parking 7 signs NO PARKING TUESDAY FRIDAY 8AM-9:30AM
  • No standing 1 sign NO STANDING ANYTIME

West side of Union Street

  • No parking 7 signs NO PARKING MONDAY THURSDAY 8AM-9:30AM
  • Truck loading only 1 sign TRUCK LOADING ONLY MONDAY-FRIDAY 7AM-6PM

Schools, parks and places within a walk

How places are listed

Within a five-minute walk there are 24 public places.

  • 10 religious buildings
  • 8 schools
  • 3 gardens
  • 2 day care or pre-K sites
  • 1 park

Schools and child care

  1. Brooklyn Ascend Charter Middle School
    230 feet
  2. The Friends of Crown Heights Educational Centers< Preschool, ages 2 to 5 · Pre-K
    810 feet
  3. Traditional Day Care Preschool, ages 2 to 5 · Pre-K
    1,180 feet
Show all 10
  1. Brooklyn Ascend Charter Es School
    1,260 feet
  2. Brooklyn Ascend Charter School
    1,260 feet
  3. Brooklyn Ascend Charter School 6 School
    1,260 feet
  4. I.S. 392 School
    1,290 feet
  5. P.S. 156 Waverly School
    1,290 feet
  6. Aspirations Diploma Plus High School
    1,310 feet
  7. Brownsville Academy High School
    1,310 feet

Parks, playgrounds and gardens

  1. Howard Malls Park
    290 feet
  2. Howard Garden
    560 feet
  3. Fantasy Garden
    1,110 feet
Show all 4
  1. Sunkissed Garden
    1,170 feet

Bank branches

  1. Santander Bank Bank branch
    440 feet

Supermarkets

  1. CTown Supermarket
    340 feet
  2. Green Village Supermarket Supermarket
    830 feet
  3. Food Universe Supermarket
    0.3 miles

Other stores

  1. Family Dollar Store
    560 feet
  2. Dollar Tree Store
    640 feet

Food stores and places to eat

Within a five-minute walk there are 21 places to eat and 21 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 14 corners within a three-minute walk:

See every intersection along Blake Avenue or Union Street.

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