Decatur Street & Knickerbocker Avenue

Decatur Street and Knickerbocker Avenue meet at a four-way crossing in Bushwick (East), Brooklyn. Between 2021 and 2025, 18 police-reported crashes were recorded here, against a median of seven crashes for a Brooklyn corner. P.S. 151 Lyndon B. Johnson is 1,260 feet away. The nearest subway, Wilson Av, is about five minutes on foot, for the L. Within a five-minute walk are eight public places, two of them religious buildings, and 13 places to eat. About 1,700 homes stand within 820 feet, mostly built between 1906 and 1926, a mix of apartment buildings and smaller houses.

Safety record
7 hurt
18 police-reported crashes, 2021–2025
Nearest subway
Wilson Av
1,280 feet · 5 min on foot · L
Nearest bus stop
110 feet
Decatur St/Knickerbocker Av · B20
Within a walk
8 places
2 religious buildings, 2 schools and 4 more kinds, within five minutes

Map

Layers
Decatur Street & Knickerbocker Avenue Nearby corners, linked

Getting there

How walks are measured

Subway

The nearest subway station is Wilson Av, 1,280 feet from this corner, about five minutes on foot.

  1. Wilson Av L
    1,280 feet
    L

Next trains at this station

Manhattan
1 line
  1. L …
Outbound
1 line
  1. L …

Also within a walk

  1. Halsey St L
    0.4 miles
    L

Bus

The nearest bus stop is Decatur St/Knickerbocker Av, 110 feet away, for the B20.

  • 4 routes within a ten-minute walk
  1. Decatur St/Knickerbocker Av B20
    110 feet
    B20

Next buses at this stop

  1. B20 …

Live arrivals

Cycling

A marked bike lane runs on Knickerbocker Avenue.

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

Nearest bike-share station

  1. Knickerbocker Ave & Moffat St 24 docks in all
    500 feet

By car

The nearest highway entrance is the ramp to the Jackie Robinson Parkway westbound at Vermont Place & J Robinson Parkway, 0.9 miles by car along the streets.

  1. 952 Wyckoff Avenue Gas station
    0.5 miles
  2. 342 Eldert Street Charging for electric cars, 21 Level 2 chargers
    0.3 miles
  3. 66-26 Metropolitan Avenue Fast charging for electric cars
    2.3 miles

Safety record

How crashes are counted

Between 2021 and 2025, police reported 18 crashes at this corner, more than the median of seven crashes for a Brooklyn corner.

  • 7 people injured
  • 0 people killed
  • 1 of those hurt, on foot
  • 1 of those hurt, on a bike

The most recent crash recorded here was in May 2026.

About this corner

Where facts come from
ZIP code
11207
Community board
Brooklyn Community Board 4
City Council district
37
Police precinct
83
Neighborhood (City Planning area)
Bushwick (East)
Elevation
62 feet above sea level

The streets

  • One travel lane
  • Two of the streets are one-way

Homes

About 1,700 homes stand within 820 feet of this corner, a mix of apartment buildings and smaller houses. The buildings holding them mostly went up between 1906 and 1926.

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

Trees

NYC Parks records 46 trees within 330 feet; the most common is the London planetree.

Parking on the streets meeting here

How signs are read
  • 29 signs on these blocks
  • 4 different rules

The sign wording is DOT's, as recorded between August 2016 and February 2021, and the sign on the street decides.

North side of Decatur Street

  • No parking 11 signs NO PARKING MONDAY THURSDAY NOON-1:30PM

South side of Decatur Street

  • No parking 9 signs NO PARKING TUESDAY FRIDAY NOON-1:30PM

East side of Knickerbocker Avenue

  • No parking 4 signs NO PARKING TUESDAY FRIDAY 11AM-12:30PM

West side of Knickerbocker Avenue

  • No parking 5 signs NO PARKING MONDAY THURSDAY 11AM-12:30PM

Schools, parks and places within a walk

How places are listed

Eight public places are within a five-minute walk.

  • 2 religious buildings
  • 2 schools
  • 1 day care or pre-K site
  • 1 listed historic place
  • 1 park
  • 1 playground

Schools and child care

  1. P.S. /I.S. 384 Frances E. Carter School
    780 feet
  2. Bushwick United Early Learn Preschool, ages 2 to 5 · Pre-K
    830 feet
  3. P.S. 151 Lyndon B. Johnson School
    1,260 feet

Parks, playgrounds and gardens

  1. Irving Square Park
    1,080 feet
  2. Irving Square Park Playground
    1,170 feet

Libraries, museums and history

  1. Wilson Avenue Subway Station (Dual System BMT) Listed historic place
    1,260 feet

Other stores

  1. Family Dollar Store
    340 feet

Food stores and places to eat

Within a five-minute walk there are 13 places to eat and 13 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 Decatur Street or Knickerbocker Avenue.

Sources: NYC Technology and Innovation, NYPD, MTA, NYC DOT, NYC City Planning, New York City's bike-share system, NYS Environmental Conservation, 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.