Jefferson Avenue & Knickerbocker Avenue

Jefferson Avenue and Knickerbocker Avenue meet at a four-way crossing in Bushwick (East), Brooklyn. Between 2021 and 2025, 31 police-reported crashes were recorded here, against a median of seven crashes for a Brooklyn corner. Irving Square Park is 570 feet away, and P.S. 151 Lyndon B. Johnson is 680 feet away. The nearest subway, Halsey St, is about eight minutes on foot, for the L. Within a five-minute walk are 18 public places, seven of them religious buildings, and 19 places to eat.

Safety record
17 hurt
31 police-reported crashes, 2021–2025
Nearest subway
Halsey St
0.4 miles · 8 min on foot · L
Nearest bus stop
780 feet
Wilson Av/Jefferson Av · B60
Within a walk
18 places
7 religious buildings, 4 schools and 4 more kinds, within five minutes

Map

Layers
Jefferson Avenue & Knickerbocker Avenue Nearby corners, linked

Getting there

How walks are measured

Subway

The nearest subway station is Halsey St, 0.4 miles from this corner, about eight minutes on foot.

  1. Halsey St L
    0.4 miles
    L

Next trains at this station

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

Bus

The nearest bus stop is Wilson Av/Jefferson Av, 780 feet away, for the B60.

  • 7 routes within a ten-minute walk
  1. Wilson Av/Jefferson Av B60
    780 feet
    B60

Next buses at this stop

  1. B60 …

Live arrivals

Cycling

A marked bike lane runs on Jefferson Avenue and Knickerbocker Avenue.

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

Nearest bike-share station

  1. Knickerbocker Ave & Hancock St 22 docks in all
    240 feet

By car

The nearest highway entrance is the ramp to the Jackie Robinson Parkway westbound at Vermont Place & J Robinson Parkway, 1.3 miles by car along the streets.

  1. 952 Wyckoff Avenue Gas station
    0.4 miles
  2. 391 Weirfield Street Charging for electric cars, six Level 2 chargers
    0.3 miles
  3. 1074 Grand Street Fast charging for electric cars
    2 miles

Safety record

How crashes are counted

Between 2021 and 2025, police reported 31 crashes at this corner, more than the median of seven crashes for a Brooklyn corner.

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

The most recent crash recorded here was in April 2026.

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
61 feet above sea level

The streets

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

Homes

About 1,900 homes stand within 820 feet of this corner, almost all of them in houses of one or two. The buildings holding them mostly went up between 1905 and 1910.

Trees

NYC Parks records 62 trees within 330 feet; the most common is the thornless honeylocust.

Parking on the streets meeting here

How signs are read
  • 33 signs on these blocks
  • 8 different rules

The sign wording is DOT's, as recorded between August 2017 and November 2023, and the sign on the street decides.

North side of Jefferson Avenue

  • No parking 10 signs NO PARKING MONDAY THURSDAY 11AM-12:30PM

South side of Jefferson Avenue

  • No parking 1 sign NO PARKING ANYTIME
  • No parking 10 signs NO PARKING TUESDAY FRIDAY 11AM-12:30PM
  • No standing 1 sign NO STANDING ANYTIME

East side of Knickerbocker Avenue

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

West side of Knickerbocker Avenue

  • No parking 4 signs NO PARKING MONDAY THURSDAY 11AM-12:30PM
  • No standing 2 signs NO STANDING ANYTIME
  • Truck loading only 1 sign TRUCK LOADING ONLY 9AM-6PM EXCEPT SUNDAY

Schools, parks and places within a walk

How places are listed

Eighteen public places are within a five-minute walk.

  • 7 religious buildings
  • 4 schools
  • 3 day care or pre-K sites
  • 2 playgrounds
  • 1 garden
  • 1 park

Schools and child care

  1. Bushwick Ascend Charter School
    500 feet
  2. P.S. 151 Lyndon B. Johnson School
    680 feet
  3. Kreative Kare Day Care Center Preschool · Pre-K
    870 feet
Show all 7
  1. P.S. 106 Edward Everett Hale School
    940 feet
  2. Bushwick United Early Learn Preschool, ages 2 to 5 · Pre-K
    990 feet
  3. Aim High - New Life Child Devel School
    1,200 feet
  4. The New Life Child Development Center Preschool, ages 2 to 5 · Pre-K
    1,240 feet

Parks, playgrounds and gardens

  1. Irving Square Park
    570 feet
  2. Irving Square Park Playground
    650 feet
  3. Bushwick Playground
    660 feet
Show all 4
  1. Borinquen Community Garden
    890 feet

Houses of worship

  1. St Martin of Tours RC Church House of worship
    420 feet
  2. Trinity United Presbyterian Church House of worship
    1,020 feet

Supermarkets

  1. Food Bazaar Supermarket
    0.4 miles
  2. Billy's Marketplace Supermarket
    0.5 miles

Other stores

  1. Family Dollar Store
    0.4 miles

Food stores and places to eat

Within a five-minute walk there are 19 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 corners within a three-minute walk:

See every intersection along Jefferson 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 Parks, NYC Health, NYS Agriculture and Markets and USDA, retrieved September 18 – October 6, 2026.