Knickerbocker Avenue & Linden Street

Knickerbocker Avenue and Linden Street meet at a four-way crossing in Bushwick (East), Brooklyn. Between 2021 and 2025, ten police-reported crashes were recorded here, against a median of seven crashes for a Brooklyn corner. Ridgewood Bushwick Youth Center is 510 feet away, and Bushwick Playground is 820 feet away. The nearest subway, Knickerbocker Av, is about four minutes on foot, and two subway lines stop within a ten-minute walk. Within a five-minute walk are 26 public places, six of them schools, and 37 places to eat.

Safety record
3 hurt
10 police-reported crashes, 2021–2025
Nearest subway
Knickerbocker Av
1,060 feet · 4 min on foot · M
Nearest bus stop
370 feet
Gates Av/Knickerbocker Av · B52
Within a walk
26 places
6 schools, 5 religious buildings and 10 more kinds, within five minutes

Map

Layers
Knickerbocker Avenue & Linden Street Nearby corners, linked

Getting there

How walks are measured

Subway

The nearest subway station is Knickerbocker Av, 1,060 feet from this corner, about four minutes on foot.

  • 2 lines within a ten-minute walk
  1. Knickerbocker Av M
    1,060 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
    0.3 miles
    L 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 Gates Av/Knickerbocker Av, 370 feet away, for the B52.

  • 13 routes within a ten-minute walk
  1. Gates Av/Knickerbocker Av B52
    370 feet
    B52

Next buses at this stop

  1. B52 …

Live arrivals

Cycling

A marked bike lane runs on Knickerbocker Avenue.

  • 26 bicycle racks within 820 feet
  • 4 more bike-share stations within a five-minute walk

Nearest bike-share station

  1. Linden St & Knickerbocker Ave 18 docks in all
    40 feet

By car

The nearest highway entrance is the ramp to the Jackie Robinson Parkway westbound at Vermont Place & J Robinson Parkway, 1.6 miles by car along the streets.

  1. 1517 Myrtle Avenue Gas station
    1,210 feet
  2. 1510 Gates Avenue Charging for electric cars, four Level 2 chargers
    1,140 feet
  3. 1074 Grand Street Fast charging for electric cars
    1.6 miles

Safety record

How crashes are counted

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

  • 3 people injured
  • 0 people killed
  • 1 of those hurt, on foot

The most recent crash recorded here was in February 2026.

What the city has done here

  • Leading pedestrian interval, October 2017

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
32 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, a mix of apartment buildings and smaller houses.

Since 2014 at least 186 new affordable homes have been completed within 820 feet.

Trees

NYC Parks records 69 trees within 330 feet; the most common is the common hackberry.

Parking on the streets meeting here

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

The sign wording is DOT's, as recorded between February 2017 and August 2026, and the sign on the street decides.

East side of Knickerbocker Avenue

  • No parking 6 signs NO PARKING TUESDAY FRIDAY 11AM-12:30PM

West side of Knickerbocker Avenue

  • No parking 5 signs NO PARKING MONDAY THURSDAY 11AM-12:30PM

North side of Linden Street

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

South side of Linden Street

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

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 1897 and 1899.

Monuments and public art

The City's public art inventory lists two works near this corner, the nearest at Engine Company 277.

  1. Sentinel Lanterns Installation by Julian LaVerdiere, 2007
    410 feet
  2. Untitled Stainless Steel Sculpture Sculpture by Todd Williams, 1983
    740 feet

Schools, parks and places within a walk

How places are listed

Within a five-minute walk there are 26 public places.

  • 6 schools
  • 5 religious buildings
  • 4 day care or pre-K sites
  • 2 parks
  • 2 playgrounds
  • 7 other places

Schools and child care

  1. Kreative Kare Too Nursery School Infant and toddler care, ages 0 to 2
    10 feet
  2. Kreative Kare Day Care Center Pre-K
    130 feet
  3. P.S. 116 Elizabeth L Farrell School · landmark
    470 feet
Show all 11
  1. Bushwick Community High School
    760 feet
  2. J.H.S. 291 Roland Hayes School
    760 feet
  3. Aim High - New Life Child Devel School
    860 feet
  4. All City Leadership Secondary School
    970 feet
  5. The New Life Child Development Center Preschool, ages 2 to 5 · Pre-K
    980 feet
  6. Math, Engineering and Science Academy Charter High School
    1,000 feet
  7. ABC Learning Center Trade or language school
    1,080 feet
  8. Kid's Canvas Infant and toddler care, ages 0 to 2
    1,310 feet

Parks, playgrounds and gardens

  1. Hope Ballfield Park
    310 feet
  2. Bushwick Playground
    820 feet
  3. Heisser Triangle
    830 feet
Show all 5
  1. Heckscher Playground
    900 feet
  2. Borinquen Community Garden
    1,310 feet

Plazas and public spaces

  1. Knickerbocker Plaza Pedestrian plaza
    1,080 feet

Community centers and public services

  1. Ridgewood Bushwick Youth Center Community center
    510 feet
  2. Older adult center at 195 Linden Street Older adult center
    890 feet

Fire and police

  1. Engine 277/Ladder 112 Fire station
    490 feet
  2. 83rd Precinct Police station
    890 feet

Bank branches

  1. Citibank Bank branch
    970 feet

Supermarkets

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

Pharmacies

  1. Walgreens Pharmacy
    0.4 miles

Other stores

  1. Dollar Tree Store
    0.4 miles

Food stores and places to eat

Within a five-minute walk there are 37 places to eat and 22 food stores.

Nearby corners

The eight corners within a three-minute walk:

See every intersection along Knickerbocker Avenue or Linden Street.

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.