Greene Avenue & Knickerbocker Avenue

Greene Avenue and Knickerbocker Avenue meet at a three-way junction in Bushwick (West), Brooklyn. Between 2021 and 2025, ten police-reported crashes were recorded here, against a median of seven crashes for a Brooklyn corner. Knickerbocker Plaza is 30 feet away. The nearest subway, Knickerbocker Av, is about a minute on foot, and two subway lines stop within a ten-minute walk. Within a five-minute walk are 18 public places, five of them schools, and 44 places to eat. About 1,800 homes stand within 820 feet, mostly built in 1931, a mix of apartment buildings and smaller houses.

Safety record
1 hurt
10 police-reported crashes, 2021–2025
Nearest subway
Knickerbocker Av
40 feet · 1 min on foot · M
Nearest bus stop
90 feet
Myrtle Av/Knickerbocker Av · T410
Within a walk
18 places
5 schools, 4 religious buildings and 5 more kinds, within five minutes

Map

Layers
Greene Avenue & Knickerbocker Avenue Nearby corners, linked

Getting there

How walks are measured

Subway

The nearest subway station is Knickerbocker Av, 40 feet from this corner, about a minute on foot.

  • 2 lines within a ten-minute walk
  1. Knickerbocker Av M
    40 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
    0.4 miles
    L M
  2. DeKalb Av L
    0.4 miles
    L

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

Bus

The nearest bus stop is Myrtle Av/Knickerbocker Av, 90 feet away, for the T410.

  • 13 routes within a ten-minute walk
  1. Myrtle Av/Knickerbocker Av T410
    90 feet
    T410

Next buses at this stop

  1. T410 …

Live arrivals

Cycling

A marked bike lane runs on Knickerbocker Avenue.

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

Nearest bike-share station

  1. Greene Ave & Myrtle Ave 30 docks in all
    300 feet

By car

The nearest highway entrance is the ramp to the Jackie Robinson Parkway westbound at Vermont Place & J Robinson Parkway, 1.8 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
    0.4 miles
  3. 1074 Grand Street Fast charging for electric cars
    1.5 miles

Safety record

How crashes are counted

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

  • 1 person injured
  • 0 people killed
  • 1 of those hurt, on foot

The most recent crash recorded here was in February 2026.

About this corner

Where facts come from
ZIP code
11237
Community board
Brooklyn Community Board 4
City Council district
37
Police precinct
83
Neighborhood (City Planning area)
Bushwick (West)
Elevation
28 feet above sea level

The streets

  • One travel lane
  • Two of the streets are 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 in 1931.

Since 2014 at least 15 new affordable homes have been completed within 820 feet.

Trees

NYC Parks records 59 trees within 330 feet; the most common is the swamp white oak.

Parking on the streets meeting here

How signs are read
  • 15 signs on these blocks
  • 7 different rules
  • 4 active meters
  • 4 pay-by-cell zones

The sign wording is DOT's, as recorded between December 2016 and October 2020, and the sign on the street decides.

Meters are posted as 2 hour passenger vehicles Monday to Saturday 8:30am to 7pm on Knickerbocker Avenue (west side).

North side of Greene Avenue

  • Metered parking 1 sign 2 HOUR METERED PARKING 9AM-7PM EXCEPT SUNDAY
  • No parking 4 signs NO PARKING MONDAY THURSDAY 9AM-10:30AM

South side of Greene Avenue

  • Metered parking 1 sign 2 HOUR METERED PARKING 9AM-7PM EXCEPT SUNDAY
  • No parking 4 signs NO PARKING TUESDAY FRIDAY 9AM-10:30AM

East side of Knickerbocker Avenue

  • Metered parking 2 signs 2 HOUR METERED PARKING 8AM-7PM EXCEPT SUNDAY
  • No parking 2 signs NO PARKING 7:30AM-8AM EXCEPT SUNDAY
  • No standing 1 sign NO STANDING ANYTIME

ParkNYC pay-by-cell zones: 304588, 312515, 312870 and 334179.

Landmarks, monuments and public art

How landmarks are placed

Landmarks and historic districts

Two buildings within 820 feet are designated by the Landmarks Preservation Commission, recorded as Romanesque Revival, and built between 1892 and 1899.

Monuments and public art

The City's public art inventory lists two works near this corner, the nearest in Heisser Triangle.

  1. Bushwick-Ridgewood Memorial Statue by Pietro Montana, 1921
    220 feet
  2. Untitled Stainless Steel Sculpture Sculpture by Todd Williams, 1983
    310 feet

Schools, parks and places within a walk

How places are listed

Eighteen public places are within a five-minute walk.

  • 5 schools
  • 4 religious buildings
  • 3 day care or pre-K sites
  • 2 parks
  • 2 trade or language schools
  • 2 other places

Schools and child care

  1. The New Life Child Development Center Preschool, ages 2 to 5 · Pre-K
    410 feet
  2. ABC Learning Center Trade or language school
    460 feet
  3. P.S. 116 Elizabeth L Farrell School · landmark
    670 feet
Show all 10
  1. Efficient Care Training Trade or language school
    670 feet
  2. Achievement First Bushwick Charter School
    740 feet
  3. J.H.S. 383 Philippa Schuyler School
    740 feet
  4. P.S. 376 School
    860 feet
  5. P.S. 086 the Irvington School
    960 feet
  6. Kreative Kare Too Nursery School Infant and toddler care, ages 0 to 2
    1,030 feet
  7. Kreative Kare Day Care Center Pre-K
    1,060 feet

Parks, playgrounds and gardens

  1. Heisser Triangle
    270 feet
  2. Hope Ballfield Park
    570 feet

Plazas and public spaces

  1. Knickerbocker Plaza Pedestrian plaza
    30 feet

Fire and police

  1. 83rd Precinct Police station
    580 feet

Bank branches

  1. Citibank Bank branch
    310 feet
  2. Bank of America Bank branch
    770 feet

Supermarkets

  1. Met Fresh Supermarket
    860 feet
  2. CTown Supermarket
    0.4 miles
  3. Fine Fare Supermarket
    0.4 miles

Pharmacies

  1. Walgreens Pharmacy
    1,110 feet

Other stores

  1. Dollar Tree Store
    0.4 miles

Food stores and places to eat

Within a five-minute walk there are 44 places to eat and 32 food stores.

Not on record for this corner: a signal or safety change.

Nearby corners

The eight nearest of the 12 corners within a three-minute walk:

See every intersection along Greene Avenue 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, Landmarks Preservation Commission, NYC Public Design Commission, NYC Parks, NYC Health, FDIC, NYS Agriculture and Markets and USDA, retrieved September 18 – October 6, 2026.