Union Street & Sutter Avenue

Union Street and Sutter Avenue meet at a four-way crossing in Brownsville, Brooklyn. Between 2021 and 2025, 14 police-reported crashes were recorded here, against a median of seven crashes for a Brooklyn corner. Aspirations Diploma Plus High School is 970 feet away. The nearest subway, Sutter Av-Rutland Rd, is about two minutes on foot, for the 3. Within a five-minute walk are 21 public places, 11 of them religious buildings, and 19 places to eat. About 1,800 homes stand within 820 feet, mostly built between 1925 and 1930, a mix of apartment buildings and smaller houses.

Safety record
13 hurt
14 police-reported crashes, 2021–2025
Nearest subway
Sutter Av-Rutland Rd
500 feet · 2 min on foot · 3
Nearest bus stop
380 feet
Ralph Av/Sutter Av · B15
Within a walk
21 places
11 religious buildings, 5 schools and 3 more kinds, within five minutes

Map

Layers
Union Street & Sutter Avenue Nearby corners, linked

Getting there

How walks are measured

Subway

The nearest subway station is Sutter Av-Rutland Rd, 500 feet from this corner, about two minutes on foot.

  1. Sutter Av-Rutland Rd 3
    500 feet
    3

Next trains at this station

Manhattan
1 line
  1. 3 …
New Lots
1 line
  1. 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 Ralph Av/Sutter Av, 380 feet away, for the B15.

  • 8 routes within a ten-minute walk
  1. Ralph Av/Sutter Av B15
    380 feet
    B15

Next buses at this stop

  1. B15 …

Live arrivals

Cycling

  • 20 bicycle racks within 820 feet
  • 2 more bike-share stations within a five-minute walk

Nearest bike-share station

  1. Sutter Ave & Grafton St 16 docks in all
    790 feet

By car

The nearest highway entrance is the ramp to the Jackie Robinson Parkway eastbound at Jamaica Avenue & J Robinson Parkway, 1.7 miles by car along the streets.

  1. 24 Dumont Avenue Gas station
    0.3 miles
  2. 492 Thomas Boyland Street Charging for electric cars, five Level 2 chargers
    0.6 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 14 crashes at this corner, more than the median of seven crashes for a Brooklyn corner.

  • 13 people injured
  • 0 people killed

The most recent crash recorded here was in January 2025.

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
39 feet above sea level

The streets

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

Homes

About 1,800 homes stand within 820 feet of this corner, a mix of apartment buildings and smaller houses. The buildings holding them mostly went up between 1925 and 1930.

Since 2014 at least 3 new affordable homes have been completed within 820 feet.

Trees

NYC Parks records 51 trees within 330 feet; the most common is the sawtooth oak.

Parking on the streets meeting here

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

The sign wording is DOT's, as recorded between April 2021 and March 2023, and the sign on the street decides.

North side of Sutter Avenue

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

South side of Sutter Avenue

  • No parking 4 signs NO PARKING MONDAY THURSDAY 8AM-9:30AM

East side of Union Street

  • No parking 11 signs NO PARKING TUESDAY FRIDAY 8AM-9:30AM

West side of Union Street

  • Ambulettes only 1 sign AMBULETTE ONLY MONDAY-FRIDAY 7AM-6PM
  • No parking 10 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 21 public places.

  • 11 religious buildings
  • 5 schools
  • 2 day care or pre-K sites
  • 2 parks
  • 1 garden

Schools and child care

  1. The Friends of Crown Heights Educational Centers< Preschool, ages 2 to 5 · Pre-K
    240 feet
  2. Brooklyn Ascend Charter Middle School
    620 feet
  3. Aspirations Diploma Plus High School
    970 feet
Show all 7
  1. Brownsville Academy High School
    970 feet
  2. Inner Force Tots Infant, toddler and preschool care, ages 0 to 5 · Pre-K
    1,070 feet
  3. I.S. 392 School
    1,160 feet
  4. P.S. 156 Waverly School
    1,160 feet

Parks, playgrounds and gardens

  1. Howard Malls Park
    860 feet
  2. Lincoln Terrace / Arthur S. Somers Park
    1,100 feet
  3. Howard Garden
    1,130 feet

Bank branches

  1. Santander Bank Bank branch
    1,010 feet

Supermarkets

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

Other stores

  1. Family Dollar Store
    510 feet
  2. Dollar Tree Store
    1,210 feet

Food stores and places to eat

Within a five-minute walk there are 19 places to eat and 23 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 Sutter 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 Housing Preservation and Development, NYC Parks, NYC Health, FDIC, NYS Agriculture and Markets and USDA, retrieved September 18 – October 6, 2026.