Knickerbocker Avenue & Bleecker Street

Knickerbocker Avenue and Bleecker Street meet at a four-way crossing in Bushwick (West), Brooklyn. The corner is also named Anna Chineda Carter Square by local law. Between 2021 and 2025, 47 police-reported crashes were recorded here, against a median of seven crashes for a Brooklyn corner. Heisser Triangle is 50 feet away, and the Engine 277/Ladder 112 firehouse is 1,270 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 22 public places, six of them schools, and 45 places to eat.

Safety record
23 hurt
47 police-reported crashes, 2021–2025
Nearest subway
Knickerbocker Av
280 feet · 1 min on foot · M
Nearest bus stop
190 feet
Myrtle Av/Knickerbocker Av · B54, M90
Within a walk
22 places
6 schools, 4 day care or pre-K sites and 7 more kinds, within five minutes

Map

Layers
Knickerbocker Avenue & Bleecker Street Nearby corners, linked

Getting there

How walks are measured

Subway

The nearest subway station is Knickerbocker Av, 280 feet from this corner, about a minute on foot.

  • 2 lines within a ten-minute walk
  1. Knickerbocker Av M
    280 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. Central Av M
    0.5 miles
    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 Myrtle Av/Knickerbocker Av, 190 feet away, for the B54 and M90.

  • 13 routes within a ten-minute walk
  1. Myrtle Av/Knickerbocker Av B54, M90
    190 feet
    B54 M90

Next buses at this stop

  1. B54 …
  2. M90 …

Live arrivals

Cycling

A marked bike lane runs on Knickerbocker Avenue.

  • 36 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
    370 feet

By car

The nearest highway entrance is the ramp to the Jackie Robinson Parkway westbound at Vermont Place & J Robinson Parkway, 1.7 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
    0.3 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 47 crashes at this corner, more than the median of seven crashes for a Brooklyn corner.

  • 23 people injured
  • 0 people killed
  • 3 of those hurt, on foot
  • 10 of those hurt, on a bike

The most recent crash recorded here was in May 2026.

What the city has done here

  • Accessible pedestrian signal, November 2024

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
31 feet above sea level

This corner is also named Anna Chineda Carter Square, a co-naming enacted on December 20, 2010 (Local Law 3 of 2011).

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 in 1931.

Since 2014 at least 18 new affordable homes have been completed within 820 feet.

Trees

NYC Parks records 45 trees within 330 feet; the most common is the thornless honeylocust.

The Department of Records' Honorary Street Names dataset has its own note on Anna Chineda Carter Square.

Parking on the streets meeting here

How signs are read
  • 30 signs on these blocks
  • 14 different rules
  • 1 active meter
  • 1 pay-by-cell zone

The sign wording is DOT's, as recorded between October 2016 and December 2025; the 12 rules shown are the first by street and side, and the sign on the street decides.

North side of Bleecker Street

  • Metered parking 1 sign 2 HOUR METERED PARKING 8AM-7PM EXCEPT SUNDAY
  • No parking 1 sign NO PARKING 7:30AM-8AM EXCEPT SUNDAY
  • No parking 6 signs NO PARKING MONDAY THURSDAY 9AM-10:30AM
  • No standing 1 sign NO STANDING SCHOOL DAYS 7AM-4PM

South side of Bleecker Street

  • Authorized vehicles only 2 signs AVO POLICE DEPARTMENT
  • No parking 6 signs NO PARKING TUESDAY FRIDAY 9AM-10:30AM
  • No standing 1 sign NO STANDING MONDAY-FRIDAY 7AM-4PM

East side of Knickerbocker Avenue

  • Time-limited parking 1 sign 2 HOUR PARKING 8AM-7PM EXCEPT SUNDAY
  • No parking 1 sign NO PARKING 7:30AM-8AM EXCEPT SUNDAY
  • No parking 3 signs NO PARKING TUESDAY FRIDAY 11AM-12:30PM
  • No standing 1 sign NO STANDING MONDAY-FRIDAY 7AM-4PM

West side of Knickerbocker Avenue

  • Authorized vehicles only 3 signs AVO POLICE DEPARTMENT

ParkNYC pay-by-cell zone: 301342.

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 at New York City Police Department 83rd Precinct.

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

Schools, parks and places within a walk

How places are listed

Within a five-minute walk there are 22 public places.

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

Schools and child care

  1. ABC Learning Center Trade or language school
    300 feet
  2. P.S. 116 Elizabeth L Farrell School · landmark
    410 feet
  3. The New Life Child Development Center Preschool, ages 2 to 5 · Pre-K
    490 feet
Show all 12
  1. Achievement First Bushwick Charter School
    610 feet
  2. J.H.S. 383 Philippa Schuyler School
    610 feet
  3. Efficient Care Training Trade or language school
    750 feet
  4. Kreative Kare Too Nursery School Infant and toddler care, ages 0 to 2
    770 feet
  5. Kreative Kare Day Care Center Pre-K
    800 feet
  6. P.S. 376 School
    940 feet
  7. Success Academy Charter School - Bushwick School
    1,180 feet
  8. P.S. 086 the Irvington School
    1,230 feet
  9. Kid's Canvas Infant and toddler care, ages 0 to 2
    1,270 feet

Parks, playgrounds and gardens

  1. Heisser Triangle
    50 feet
  2. Hope Ballfield Park
    310 feet

Plazas and public spaces

  1. Knickerbocker Plaza Pedestrian plaza
    290 feet

Community centers and public services

  1. Ridgewood Bushwick Youth Center Community center
    1,290 feet

Fire and police

  1. 83rd Precinct Police station
    320 feet
  2. Engine 277/Ladder 112 Fire station
    1,270 feet

Bank branches

  1. Citibank Bank branch
    190 feet
  2. Bank of America Bank branch
    1,030 feet

Supermarkets

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

Pharmacies

  1. Walgreens Pharmacy
    0.3 miles

Other stores

  1. Dollar Tree Store
    0.4 miles

Food stores and places to eat

Within a five-minute walk there are 45 places to eat and 27 food stores.

Nearby corners

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

See every intersection along Bleecker Street 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 Records, 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.