East New York Avenue & Pitkin Avenue

East New York Avenue and Pitkin Avenue meet at a three-way junction in Ocean Hill, Brooklyn. The corner has a clean safety record in city data between 2021 and 2025. The exedra “Zion Park War Memorial” is 410 feet away, and Fred McLeod Community Garden is 1,150 feet away. The nearest subway, Sutter Av-Rutland Rd, is about seven minutes on foot, for the 3. Within a five-minute walk are 23 public places, 13 of them religious buildings, and 12 places to eat. About 1,500 homes stand within 820 feet, a mix of apartment buildings and smaller houses.

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East New York Avenue & Pitkin Avenue Nearby corners, linked

Subway

The nearest subway station is Sutter Av-Rutland Rd, 0.3 miles from this corner, about seven minutes on foot.

  1. Sutter Av-Rutland Rd 3
    0.3 miles
    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 East New York Av/Union St, 510 feet away, for the B12 and B14.

  • 8 routes within a ten-minute walk
  1. East New York Av/Union St B12, B14
    510 feet
    B12 B14

Next buses at this stop

  1. B12 …
  2. B14 …

Live arrivals

Cycling

A signed bike route shared with traffic runs on East New York Avenue and Pitkin Avenue.

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

Nearest bike-share station

  1. Pitkin Ave & Grafton St 21 docks in all
    260 feet

By car

The nearest highway entrance is the ramp to the Jackie Robinson Parkway eastbound at Jamaica Avenue & J Robinson Parkway, 1.4 miles by car along the streets.

  1. 519 Howard Avenue Gas station
    610 feet
  2. 492 Thomas Boyland Street Charging for electric cars, five Level 2 chargers
    0.4 miles
  3. 1389 Rockaway Parkway Fast charging for electric cars
    2.1 miles

No police-reported crashes between 2021 and 2025, against a median of seven crashes for a Brooklyn corner.

The most recent crash recorded here was in March 2016.

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)
Ocean Hill
Elevation
54 feet above sea level

The streets

  • Up to four travel lanes
  • A designated truck route
  • One of the streets is one-way

Homes

About 1,500 homes stand within 820 feet of this corner, a mix of apartment buildings and smaller houses.

Since 2014 at least 37 new affordable homes have been completed within 820 feet.

Trees

NYC Parks records 53 trees within 330 feet; the most common is the thornless honeylocust.

Parking on the streets meeting here

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

The sign wording is DOT's, as recorded between September 2015 and March 2024; the 12 rules shown are the first by street and side, and the sign on the street decides.

North side of East New York Avenue

  • No parking 2 signs NO PARKING ANYTIME
  • No parking 5 signs NO PARKING MONDAY THURSDAY 8AM-9:30AM
  • No parking 2 signs NO PARKING SUNDAY 8AM-5PM
  • No standing 3 signs NO STANDING ANYTIME

South side of East New York Avenue

  • No parking 2 signs NO PARKING TUESDAY FRIDAY 8AM-9:30AM
  • No standing 2 signs NO STANDING ANYTIME

East side of Howard Avenue

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

West side of Howard Avenue

  • No parking 3 signs NO PARKING 8AM-8:30AM EXCEPT SUNDAY
  • No parking 7 signs NO PARKING MONDAY THURSDAY 8AM-9:30AM

North side of Pitkin Avenue

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

South side of Pitkin Avenue

  • No parking 4 signs NO PARKING ANYTIME

Monuments and public art

How landmarks are placed

The City's public art inventory lists one work near this corner, in Zion Park.

  1. Zion Park War Memorial Exedra by Charles Cary Rumsey, 1925
    410 feet

Schools, parks and places within a walk

How places are listed

Within a five-minute walk there are 23 public places.

  • 13 religious buildings
  • 2 gardens
  • 2 parks
  • 2 schools
  • 1 day care or pre-K site
  • 3 other places

Schools and child care

  1. Brooklyn Ascend Charter School
    720 feet
  2. Brownsville Ascend Charter School
    720 feet
  3. Inner Force Tots Infant, toddler and preschool care, ages 0 to 5 · Pre-K
    1,040 feet

Parks, playgrounds and gardens

  1. Zion Triangle
    290 feet
  2. Brownsville Green Garden
    440 feet
  3. Fred McLeod Community Garden
    1,150 feet
Show all 4
  1. Prospect Plaza Park
    1,290 feet

Plazas and public spaces

  1. Zion Triangle Plaza Pedestrian plaza
    190 feet

Libraries, museums and history

  1. Parkway Theater Listed historic place
    950 feet

Fire and police

  1. Rescue 2 Fire station
    1,250 feet

Supermarkets

  1. Ideal Food Basket Supermarket
    330 feet
  2. Food Bazaar Supermarket
    1,190 feet
  3. CTown Supermarket
    0.4 miles

Other stores

  1. Family Dollar Store
    0.3 miles
  2. Dollar Tree Store
    0.4 miles

Food stores and places to eat

Within a five-minute walk there are 12 places to eat and 12 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 16 corners within a three-minute walk:

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