Atlantic Avenue & Pennsylvania Avenue

Atlantic Avenue and Pennsylvania Avenue meet at a four-way crossing in East New York (North), Brooklyn. Between 2021 and 2025, 248 police-reported crashes were recorded here, against a median of seven crashes for a Brooklyn corner. In 2025, 9,075 red-light camera tickets were recorded here. East New York Post Office is 140 feet away. The nearest subway, Liberty Av, is about two minutes on foot, and four subway lines stop within a ten-minute walk. Within a five-minute walk are 17 public places, 12 of them religious buildings, and seven places to eat.

Safety record
157 hurt
248 police-reported crashes, 2021–2025
Nearest subway
Liberty Av
490 feet · 2 min on foot · C
Nearest bus stop
80 feet
Atlantic Av/Pennsylvania Av · Q24
Within a walk
17 places
12 religious buildings, 2 schools and 3 more kinds, within five minutes

Map

Layers
Atlantic Avenue & Pennsylvania Avenue Nearby corners, linked

Getting there

How walks are measured

Subway

The nearest subway station is Liberty Av, 490 feet from this corner, about two minutes on foot.

  • 4 lines within a ten-minute walk
  1. Liberty Av C
    490 feet
    C

Next trains at this station

Manhattan
1 line
  1. C …
Outbound
1 line
  1. C …

Also within a walk

  1. Alabama Av J, Z
    1,160 feet
    J Z
  2. Atlantic Av L
    0.3 miles
    L

Bus

The nearest bus stop is Atlantic Av/Pennsylvania Av, 80 feet away, for the Q24.

  • 13 routes within a ten-minute walk
  1. Atlantic Av/Pennsylvania Av Q24 · Shelter
    80 feet
    Q24
    Shelter

Next buses at this stop

  1. Q24 …

Live arrivals

Cycling

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

Nearest bike-share station

  1. Pennsylvania Ave & Atlantic Ave 19 docks in all
    80 feet

By car

The nearest highway entrance is the ramp to the Jackie Robinson Parkway eastbound at Jamaica Avenue & J Robinson Parkway, 1,070 feet by car along the streets.

  1. 43 Pennsylvania Avenue Gas station
    620 feet
  2. 570 Jamaica Avenue Charging for electric cars, four Level 2 chargers
    1.1 miles
  3. 1389 Rockaway Parkway Fast charging for electric cars
    2.5 miles

Safety record

How crashes are counted

Between 2021 and 2025, police reported 248 crashes at this corner, more than the median of seven crashes for a Brooklyn corner.

  • 157 people injured
  • 0 people killed
  • 11 of those hurt, on foot
  • 5 of those hurt, on a bike

The most recent crash recorded here was in May 2026.

Camera tickets

How tickets are counted

In 2025, 9,075 red-light camera tickets were issued for violations recorded at this corner, the 10th most of the 200 corners in the city where any were issued.

In 2026 so far, through July 26, 3,233 more were issued.

Red-light camera tickets by the direction of travel written on the ticket
Direction on the ticket20252026 so far
Eastbound on Atlantic Avenue5,2231,909
Westbound on Atlantic Avenue3,8521,324
Total9,0753,233

Every corner with red-light camera tickets

About this corner

Where facts come from
ZIP code
11207
Community board
Brooklyn Community Board 5
City Council district
37
Police precinct
75
Neighborhood (City Planning area)
East New York (North)
Elevation
54 feet above sea level

The streets

  • Up to two travel lanes
  • A designated truck route

Homes

About 1,300 homes stand within 820 feet of this corner, most of them in buildings of ten homes or more.

Since 2014 at least 246 new affordable homes have been completed within 820 feet.

Trees

NYC Parks records 27 trees within 330 feet; the most common is the Japanese zelkova.

Parking on the streets meeting here

How signs are read
  • 40 signs on these blocks
  • 16 different rules

The sign wording is DOT's, as recorded between March 2020 and June 2026; the 12 rules shown are the first by street and side, and the sign on the street decides.

North side of Atlantic Avenue

  • Time-limited parking 2 signs 2 HOUR PARKING 10AM-7PM EXCEPT SUNDAY
  • No parking 1 sign NO PARKING MONDAY THURSDAY 7AM-8AM
  • No standing 2 signs NO STANDING 7AM-10AM EXCEPT SUNDAY

South side of Atlantic Avenue

  • Time-limited parking 2 signs 1 HOUR PARKING 9AM-4PM EXCEPT SUNDAY
  • No parking 2 signs NO PARKING 8AM-9AM EXCEPT SUNDAY
  • No parking 1 sign NO PARKING TUESDAY FRIDAY 8AM-9:30AM
  • No standing 2 signs NO STANDING 4PM-7PM EXCEPT SUNDAY

East side of Pennsylvania Avenue

  • Time-limited parking 6 signs 1 HOUR PARKING 10AM-4PM EXCEPT SUNDAY
  • No parking 2 signs NO PARKING ANYTIME
  • No standing 7 signs NO STANDING 7AM-10AM 4PM-7PM EXCEPT SUNDAY
  • No standing 1 sign NO STANDING ANYTIME
  • No stopping 3 signs NO STOPPING ANYTIME

Schools and places within a walk

How places are listed

Seventeen public places are within a five-minute walk.

  • 12 religious buildings
  • 2 schools
  • 1 career or business center
  • 1 nursing home or hospice
  • 1 post office

Schools and child care

  1. W. H. Maxwell Career and Technical Education High School
    920 feet
  2. Uncommon Leadership CHS School
    1,300 feet

Health care

  1. Bushwick Center for Rehabilitation and Health Care Nursing home or hospice
    640 feet

Houses of worship

  1. Russian Orthodox Church House of worship
    1,030 feet

Community centers and public services

  1. East New York Post Office
    140 feet
  2. East New York Workforce1 Career Center Career or business center
    350 feet

Bank branches

  1. Citibank Bank branch
    1,060 feet

Supermarkets

  1. CTown Supermarket
    0.3 miles
  2. Shop Fair Supermarket
    0.4 miles

Food stores and places to eat

Within a five-minute walk there are seven places to eat and five 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 corners on foot, seven of them within a three-minute walk:

See every intersection along Atlantic Avenue or Pennsylvania Avenue.

Sources: NYC Technology and Innovation, NYPD, NYC Finance, 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.