Knickerbocker Avenue & Cooper Street

Knickerbocker Avenue and Cooper Street meet at a four-way crossing in Bushwick (East), Brooklyn. Between 2021 and 2025, 23 police-reported crashes were recorded here, against a median of seven crashes for a Brooklyn corner. P.S. /I.S. 384 Frances E. Carter is 520 feet away. The nearest subway, Wilson Av, is about four minutes on foot, for the L. Within a five-minute walk are five public places, two of them religious buildings, and 11 places to eat. About 1,400 homes stand within 820 feet, mostly built between 1906 and 1926, a mix of apartment buildings and smaller houses.

Safety record
5 hurt
23 police-reported crashes, 2021–2025
Nearest subway
Wilson Av
1,010 feet · 4 min on foot · L
Nearest bus stop
350 feet
Decatur St/Knickerbocker Av · B20
Within a walk
5 places
2 religious buildings, 1 day care or pre-K site and 2 more kinds, within five minutes

Map

Layers
Knickerbocker Avenue & Cooper Street Nearby corners, linked

Getting there

How walks are measured

Subway

The nearest subway station is Wilson Av, 1,010 feet from this corner, about four minutes on foot.

  1. Wilson Av L
    1,010 feet
    L

Next trains at this station

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

Also within a walk

  1. Halsey St L
    0.4 miles
    L

Bus

The nearest bus stop is Decatur St/Knickerbocker Av, 350 feet away, for the B20.

  • 4 routes within a ten-minute walk
  1. Decatur St/Knickerbocker Av B20
    350 feet
    B20

Next buses at this stop

  1. B20 …

Live arrivals

Cycling

A marked bike lane runs on Knickerbocker Avenue.

  • 9 bicycle racks within 820 feet
  • 1 more bike-share station within a five-minute walk

Nearest bike-share station

  1. Knickerbocker Ave & Moffat St 24 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, 0.9 miles by car along the streets.

  1. 58-14 Cooper Avenue Gas station
    0.5 miles
  2. 342 Eldert Street Charging for electric cars, 21 Level 2 chargers
    0.3 miles
  3. 66-26 Metropolitan Avenue Fast charging for electric cars
    2.3 miles

Safety record

How crashes are counted

Between 2021 and 2025, police reported 23 crashes at this corner, more than the median of seven crashes for a Brooklyn corner.

  • 5 people injured
  • 0 people killed

The most recent crash recorded here was in April 2026.

What the city has done here

  • Leading pedestrian interval, July 2016
  • Accessible pedestrian signal, October 2024

About this corner

Where facts come from
ZIP code
11207
Community board
Brooklyn Community Board 4
City Council district
37
Police precinct
83
Neighborhood (City Planning area)
Bushwick (East)
Elevation
59 feet above sea level

The streets

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

Homes

About 1,400 homes stand within 820 feet of this corner, a mix of apartment buildings and smaller houses. The buildings holding them mostly went up between 1906 and 1926.

Since 2014 at least 3 new affordable homes have been completed within 820 feet.

Trees

NYC Parks records 38 trees within 330 feet; the most common is the pin oak.

Parking on the streets meeting here

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

The sign wording is DOT's, as recorded between August 2016 and July 2022, and the sign on the street decides.

North side of Cooper Street

  • No parking 2 signs NO PARKING ANYTIME
  • No parking 9 signs NO PARKING MONDAY THURSDAY NOON-1:30PM
  • No standing 1 sign NO STANDING ANYTIME

South side of Cooper Street

  • No standing 10 signs 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

Schools and places within a walk

How places are listed

Five public places are within a five-minute walk.

  • 2 religious buildings
  • 1 day care or pre-K site
  • 1 listed historic place
  • 1 school

Schools and child care

  1. P.S. /I.S. 384 Frances E. Carter School
    520 feet
  2. Bushwick United Early Learn Preschool, ages 2 to 5 · Pre-K
    1,100 feet

Libraries, museums and history

  1. Wilson Avenue Subway Station (Dual System BMT) Listed historic place
    1,000 feet

Other stores

  1. Family Dollar Store
    80 feet

Food stores and places to eat

Within a five-minute walk there are 11 places to eat and 12 food stores.

Not on record for this corner: a designated landmark or historic district within 820 feet.

Nearby corners

The eight nearest corners on foot, six of them within a three-minute walk:

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