Knickerbocker Avenue & Harman Street

Knickerbocker Avenue and Harman Street meet at a four-way crossing in Bushwick (West), Brooklyn. Between 2021 and 2025, 37 police-reported crashes were recorded here, against a median of seven crashes for a Brooklyn corner. The statue “Bushwick-Ridgewood Memorial” is 470 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 19 public places, five of them schools, and 45 places to eat. About 2,100 homes stand within 820 feet, mostly built in 1931, a mix of apartment buildings and smaller houses.

Safety record
12 hurt
37 police-reported crashes, 2021–2025
Nearest subway
Knickerbocker Av
270 feet · 1 min on foot · M
Nearest bus stop
350 feet
Myrtle Av/Knickerbocker Av · T410
Within a walk
19 places
5 schools, 4 day care or pre-K sites and 5 more kinds, within five minutes

Map

Layers
Knickerbocker Avenue & Harman Street Nearby corners, linked

Getting there

How walks are measured

Subway

The nearest subway station is Knickerbocker Av, 270 feet from this corner, about a minute on foot.

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

Next trains at this station

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

Also within a walk

  1. DeKalb Av L
    0.4 miles
    L
  2. Central Av M
    0.4 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, 350 feet away, for the T410.

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

Next buses at this stop

  1. T410 …

Live arrivals

Cycling

A marked bike lane runs on Harman Street and Knickerbocker Avenue.

  • 47 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
    550 feet

By car

The nearest highway entrance is the ramp to the Jackie Robinson Parkway westbound at Vermont Place & J Robinson Parkway, 1.9 miles by car along the streets.

  1. 1517 Myrtle Avenue Gas station
    0.4 miles
  2. 1510 Gates Avenue Charging for electric cars, four Level 2 chargers
    0.5 miles
  3. 1074 Grand Street Fast charging for electric cars
    1.4 miles

Safety record

How crashes are counted

Between 2021 and 2025, police reported 37 crashes at this corner, more than the median of seven crashes for a Brooklyn corner.

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

The most recent crash recorded here was in April 2026.

What the city has done here

  • Leading pedestrian interval, July 2016

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 2,100 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 67 trees within 330 feet; the most common is the swamp white oak.

Parking on the streets meeting here

How signs are read
  • 41 signs on these blocks
  • 12 different rules
  • 8 active meters
  • 4 pay-by-cell zones

The sign wording is DOT's, as recorded between September 2018 and February 2025, and the sign on the street decides.

North side of Harman Street

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

South side of Harman Street

  • Metered parking 2 signs 2 HOUR METERED PARKING 9AM-7PM EXCEPT SUNDAY
  • No parking 1 sign NO PARKING MONDAY-FRIDAY 8AM-6PM
  • No parking 8 signs NO PARKING TUESDAY FRIDAY 9AM-10:30AM

East side of Knickerbocker Avenue

  • Metered parking 4 signs 2 HOUR METERED PARKING 8AM-7PM EXCEPT SUNDAY
  • No parking 4 signs NO PARKING 7:30AM-8AM EXCEPT SUNDAY
  • No parking 2 signs NO PARKING ANYTIME

West side of Knickerbocker Avenue

  • Metered parking 4 signs 2 HOUR METERED PARKING 8:30AM-7PM EXCEPT SUNDAY
  • No parking 4 signs NO PARKING 8AM-8:30AM EXCEPT SUNDAY
  • No stopping 2 signs NO STOPPING ANYTIME

ParkNYC pay-by-cell zones: 301104, 304589, 310814 and 312515.

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 1892 and 1893.

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
    470 feet
  2. Untitled Stainless Steel Sculpture Sculpture by Todd Williams, 1983
    560 feet

Schools, parks and places within a walk

How places are listed

Nineteen public places are within a five-minute walk.

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

Schools and child care

  1. Efficient Care Training Trade or language school
    430 feet
  2. P.S. 376 School
    630 feet
  3. The New Life Child Development Center Preschool, ages 2 to 5 · Pre-K
    670 feet
Show all 11
  1. P.S. 086 the Irvington School
    710 feet
  2. ABC Learning Center Trade or language school
    720 feet
  3. P.S. 116 Elizabeth L Farrell School
    930 feet
  4. Achievement First Bushwick Charter School
    1,000 feet
  5. J.H.S. 383 Philippa Schuyler School
    1,000 feet
  6. Brooklyn United Children Preschool
    1,190 feet
  7. Bushwick United Housing Development Fund Preschool, ages 2 to 5 · Pre-K
    1,190 feet
  8. Kreative Kare Too Nursery School Infant and toddler care, ages 0 to 2
    1,290 feet

Parks, playgrounds and gardens

  1. Heisser Triangle
    520 feet
  2. Hope Ballfield Park
    830 feet

Plazas and public spaces

  1. Knickerbocker Plaza Pedestrian plaza
    290 feet

Fire and police

  1. 83rd Precinct Police station
    840 feet

Bank branches

  1. Bank of America Bank branch
    510 feet
  2. Citibank Bank branch
    560 feet

Supermarkets

  1. Met Fresh Supermarket
    620 feet
  2. Fine Fare Supermarket
    0.4 miles
  3. City Fresh Market Supermarket
    0.4 miles

Pharmacies

  1. Walgreens Pharmacy
    850 feet

Other stores

  1. Dollar Tree Store
    0.5 miles

Food stores and places to eat

Within a five-minute walk there are 45 places to eat and 29 food stores.

Nearby corners

The eight nearest of the 14 corners within a three-minute walk:

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