Knickerbocker Avenue & Himrod Street

Knickerbocker Avenue and Himrod Street meet at a four-way crossing in Bushwick (West), Brooklyn. Between 2021 and 2025, 29 police-reported crashes were recorded here, against a median of seven crashes for a Brooklyn corner. Heisser Triangle is 780 feet away, and the 83rd Precinct is 1,100 feet away. The nearest subway, Knickerbocker Av, is about two minutes on foot, and two subway lines stop within a ten-minute walk. Within a five-minute walk are 20 public places, five of them religious buildings, and 55 places to eat.

Safety record
18 hurt
29 police-reported crashes, 2021–2025
Nearest subway
Knickerbocker Av
530 feet · 2 min on foot · M
Nearest bus stop
610 feet
Myrtle Av/Knickerbocker Av · T410
Within a walk
20 places
5 religious buildings, 5 schools and 5 more kinds, within five minutes

Map

Layers
Knickerbocker Avenue & Himrod Street Nearby corners, linked

Getting there

How walks are measured

Subway

The nearest subway station is Knickerbocker Av, 530 feet from this corner, about two minutes on foot.

  • 2 lines within a ten-minute walk
  1. Knickerbocker Av M
    530 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
    0.3 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, 610 feet away, for the T410.

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

Next buses at this stop

  1. T410 …

Live arrivals

Cycling

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

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

Nearest bike-share station

  1. Greene Ave & Myrtle Ave 30 docks in all
    820 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 29 crashes at this corner, more than the median of seven crashes for a Brooklyn corner.

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

The most recent crash recorded here was in May 2025.

What the city has done here

  • Turn calming, September 2025

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
26 feet above sea level

The streets

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

Homes

About 2,300 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 17 new affordable homes have been completed within 820 feet.

Trees

NYC Parks records 74 trees within 330 feet; the most common is the swamp white oak.

Parking on the streets meeting here

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

The sign wording is DOT's, as recorded between October 2018 and October 2020, and the sign on the street decides.

North side of Himrod Street

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

South side of Himrod Street

  • Metered parking 2 signs 2 HOUR METERED PARKING 9AM-7PM EXCEPT SUNDAY
  • No parking 8 signs NO PARKING TUESDAY FRIDAY 9AM-10:30AM
  • Truck loading only 2 signs TRUCK LOADING ONLY 7AM-3PM EXCEPT SUNDAY

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

ParkNYC pay-by-cell zones: 301104, 311332, 336448 and 338375.

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 one work near this corner, in Heisser Triangle.

  1. Bushwick-Ridgewood Memorial Statue by Pietro Montana, 1921
    730 feet

Schools, parks and places within a walk

How places are listed

Twenty public places are within a five-minute walk.

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

Schools and child care

  1. Efficient Care Training Trade or language school
    700 feet
  2. P.S. 376 School
    890 feet
  3. The New Life Child Development Center Preschool, ages 2 to 5 · Pre-K
    930 feet
Show all 11
  1. P.S. 086 the Irvington School
    970 feet
  2. ABC Learning Center Trade or language school
    980 feet
  3. Brooklyn United Children Preschool
    1,080 feet
  4. Bushwick United Housing Development Fund Preschool, ages 2 to 5 · Pre-K
    1,090 feet
  5. Kid's Canvas Preschool, ages 2 to 5
    1,130 feet
  6. P.S. 116 Elizabeth L Farrell School
    1,190 feet
  7. Achievement First Bushwick Charter School
    1,260 feet
  8. J.H.S. 383 Philippa Schuyler School
    1,260 feet

Parks, playgrounds and gardens

  1. Heisser Triangle
    780 feet
  2. Hope Ballfield Park
    1,090 feet

Plazas and public spaces

  1. Knickerbocker Plaza Pedestrian plaza
    550 feet

Fire and police

  1. 83rd Precinct Police station
    1,100 feet

Bank branches

  1. Bank of America Bank branch
    250 feet
  2. Citibank Bank branch
    820 feet

Supermarkets

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

Pharmacies

  1. Walgreens Pharmacy
    590 feet

Food stores and places to eat

Within a five-minute walk there are 55 places to eat and 28 food stores.

Nearby corners

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

See every intersection along Himrod 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.