Gates Avenue & Knickerbocker Avenue

Gates Avenue and Knickerbocker Avenue meet at a four-way crossing in Bushwick (East), Brooklyn. Between 2021 and 2025, 33 police-reported crashes were recorded here, against a median of seven crashes for a Brooklyn corner. The Engine 277/Ladder 112 firehouse is 230 feet away, and Borinquen Community Garden is 1,050 feet away. The nearest subway, Knickerbocker Av, is about five minutes on foot, and two subway lines stop within a ten-minute walk. Within a five-minute walk are 27 public places, ten of them schools, and 33 places to eat.

Safety record
12 hurt
33 police-reported crashes, 2021–2025
Nearest subway
Knickerbocker Av
1,320 feet · 5 min on foot · M
Nearest bus stop
110 feet
Gates Av/Knickerbocker Av · B52
Within a walk
27 places
10 schools, 4 religious buildings and 9 more kinds, within five minutes

Map

Layers
Gates Avenue & Knickerbocker Avenue Nearby corners, linked

Getting there

How walks are measured

Subway

The nearest subway station is Knickerbocker Av, 1,320 feet from this corner, about five minutes on foot.

  • 2 lines within a ten-minute walk
  1. Knickerbocker Av M
    1,320 feet
    M

Next trains at this station

Inbound
1 line
  1. M …
Middle Village
1 line
  1. M …

Also within a walk

  1. Myrtle-Wyckoff Avs L, M
    0.3 miles
    L M

The MTA's permanent art catalog lists “The Digs” (2013) by Cal Lane at the Knickerbocker Av station.

Bus

The nearest bus stop is Gates Av/Knickerbocker Av, 110 feet away, for the B52.

  • 12 routes within a ten-minute walk
  1. Gates Av/Knickerbocker Av B52
    110 feet
    B52

Next buses at this stop

  1. B52 …

Live arrivals

Cycling

A marked bike lane runs on Knickerbocker Avenue.

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

Nearest bike-share station

  1. Linden St & Knickerbocker Ave 18 docks in all
    290 feet

By car

The nearest highway entrance is the ramp to the Jackie Robinson Parkway westbound at Vermont Place & J Robinson Parkway, 1.6 miles by car along the streets.

  1. 1517 Myrtle Avenue Gas station
    0.3 miles
  2. 1510 Gates Avenue Charging for electric cars, four Level 2 chargers
    880 feet
  3. 1074 Grand Street Fast charging for electric cars
    1.7 miles

Safety record

How crashes are counted

Between 2021 and 2025, police reported 33 crashes at this corner, more than the median of seven crashes for a Brooklyn corner.

  • 12 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.

What the city has done here

  • Leading pedestrian interval, July 2016

About this corner

Where facts come from
ZIP code
11221
Community board
Brooklyn Community Board 4
City Council district
37
Police precinct
83
Neighborhood (City Planning area)
Bushwick (East)
Elevation
35 feet above sea level

The streets

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

Homes

About 2,100 homes stand within 820 feet of this corner, a mix of apartment buildings and smaller houses.

Since 2014 at least 186 new affordable homes have been completed within 820 feet.

Trees

NYC Parks records 57 trees within 330 feet; the most common are the thornless honeylocust and the common hackberry.

Parking on the streets meeting here

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

The sign wording is DOT's, as recorded between February 2017 and October 2025, and the sign on the street decides.

North side of Gates Avenue

  • No parking 9 signs NO PARKING MONDAY THURSDAY 11AM-12:30PM

South side of Gates Avenue

  • No parking 8 signs NO PARKING TUESDAY FRIDAY 11AM-12:30PM

East side of Knickerbocker Avenue

  • No parking 3 signs NO PARKING TUESDAY FRIDAY 11AM-12:30PM
  • No standing 3 signs NO STANDING FIRE ZONE

West side of Knickerbocker Avenue

  • No parking 4 signs NO PARKING MONDAY THURSDAY 11AM-12:30PM
  • No standing 1 sign NO STANDING ANYTIME

Landmarks, monuments and public art

How landmarks are placed

Landmarks and historic districts

One building within 820 feet is designated by the Landmarks Preservation Commission, recorded as Romanesque Revival, and built between 1897 and 1899.

Monuments and public art

The City's public art inventory lists one work near this corner, at Engine Company 277.

  1. Sentinel Lanterns Installation by Julian LaVerdiere, 2007
    150 feet

Schools, parks and places within a walk

How places are listed

Within a five-minute walk there are 27 public places.

  • 10 schools
  • 4 religious buildings
  • 3 day care or pre-K sites
  • 2 parks
  • 2 playgrounds
  • 6 other places

Schools and child care

  1. Kreative Kare Too Nursery School Infant and toddler care, ages 0 to 2
    270 feet
  2. Kreative Kare Day Care Center Pre-K
    390 feet
  3. Bushwick Community High School
    500 feet
Show all 13
  1. J.H.S. 291 Roland Hayes School
    500 feet
  2. Aim High - New Life Child Devel School
    600 feet
  3. All City Leadership Secondary School
    710 feet
  4. The New Life Child Development Center Preschool, ages 2 to 5 · Pre-K
    720 feet
  5. P.S. 116 Elizabeth L Farrell School · landmark
    730 feet
  6. Math, Engineering and Science Academy Charter High School
    740 feet
  7. Academy for Excellence in Leadership School
    1,170 feet
  8. The Academy of Urban Planning and Engineering School
    1,170 feet
  9. The Brooklyn School for Math and Research School
    1,170 feet
  10. The Brooklyn School for Social Justice School
    1,170 feet

Parks, playgrounds and gardens

  1. Bushwick Playground
    560 feet
  2. Hope Ballfield Park
    570 feet
  3. Borinquen Community Garden
    1,050 feet
Show all 5
  1. Heisser Triangle
    1,090 feet
  2. Heckscher Playground
    1,150 feet

Libraries, museums and history

  1. Washington Irving Library
    1,240 feet

Community centers and public services

  1. Ridgewood Bushwick Youth Center Community center
    360 feet
  2. Older adult center at 195 Linden Street Older adult center
    1,150 feet

Fire and police

  1. Engine 277/Ladder 112 Fire station
    230 feet
  2. 83rd Precinct Police station
    1,150 feet

Bank branches

  1. Citibank Bank branch
    1,230 feet

Supermarkets

  1. Food Bazaar Supermarket
    0.3 miles
  2. Met Fresh Supermarket
    0.4 miles
  3. CTown Supermarket
    0.4 miles

Pharmacies

  1. Walgreens Pharmacy
    0.5 miles

Other stores

  1. Dollar Tree Store
    0.3 miles

Food stores and places to eat

Within a five-minute walk there are 33 places to eat and 20 food stores.

Nearby corners

The eight corners within a three-minute walk:

See every intersection along Gates Avenue or Knickerbocker Avenue.

Sources: NYC Technology and Innovation, NYPD, NYC DOT, MTA, NYC City Planning, New York City's bike-share system, NYS Environmental Conservation, US Department of Energy, NYC Housing Preservation and Development, Landmarks Preservation Commission, NYC Public Design Commission, NYC Parks, NYC Health, FDIC, NYS Agriculture and Markets and USDA, retrieved September 18 – October 6, 2026.