Knickerbocker Avenue & Melrose Street

Knickerbocker Avenue and Melrose Street meet at a four-way crossing in Bushwick (West), Brooklyn. Between 2021 and 2025, eight police-reported crashes were recorded here, against a median of seven crashes for a Brooklyn corner. La Finca Community Garden is 680 feet away. The nearest subway, Morgan Av, is about six minutes on foot, for the L. Within a five-minute walk are eight public places, three of them religious buildings, and 47 places to eat. About 2,200 homes stand within 820 feet, mostly built in 1931, a mix of apartment buildings and smaller houses.

Safety record
3 hurt
8 police-reported crashes, 2021–2025
Nearest subway
Morgan Av
0.3 miles · 6 min on foot · L
Nearest bus stop
400 feet
Flushing Av/Knickerbocker Av · B57
Within a walk
8 places
3 religious buildings, 1 day care or pre-K site and 4 more kinds, within five minutes

Map

Layers
Knickerbocker Avenue & Melrose Street Nearby corners, linked

Getting there

How walks are measured

Subway

The nearest subway station is Morgan Av, 0.3 miles from this corner, about six minutes on foot.

  1. Morgan Av L
    0.3 miles
    L

Next trains at this station

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

Also within a walk

  1. Jefferson St L
    0.3 miles
    L

Bus

The nearest bus stop is Flushing Av/Knickerbocker Av, 400 feet away, for the B57.

  • 4 routes within a ten-minute walk
  1. Flushing Av/Knickerbocker Av B57
    400 feet
    B57

Next buses at this stop

  1. B57 …

Live arrivals

Cycling

A marked bike lane runs on Knickerbocker Avenue.

  • 48 bicycle racks within 820 feet
  • 5 more bike-share stations within a five-minute walk

Nearest bike-share station

  1. Knickerbocker Ave & George St 23 docks in all
    260 feet

By car

The nearest highway entrance is the ramp to the Brooklyn-Queens Expressway westbound at Meeker Avenue & Graham Avenue at Brooklyn-Queens Expressway, 1.7 miles by car along the streets.

  1. 1119 Flushing Avenue Gas station
    950 feet
  2. 150 Noll Street Charging for electric cars, ten Level 2 chargers
    0.3 miles
  3. 1074 Grand Street Fast charging for electric cars
    0.9 miles

Safety record

How crashes are counted

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

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

The most recent crash recorded here was in August 2025.

About this corner

Where facts come from
ZIP code
11237
Community board
Brooklyn Community Board 4
City Council district
34
Police precinct
83
Neighborhood (City Planning area)
Bushwick (West)
Elevation
25 feet above sea level

The streets

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

Homes

About 2,200 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 30 new affordable homes have been completed within 820 feet.

Trees

NYC Parks records 37 trees within 330 feet; the most common is the thornless honeylocust.

Parking on the streets meeting here

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

The sign wording is DOT's, as recorded between April 2016 and July 2023, and the sign on the street decides.

East side of Knickerbocker Avenue

  • No parking 5 signs NO PARKING TUESDAY FRIDAY NOON-1:30PM
  • Truck loading only 1 sign TRUCK LOADING ONLY 7AM-7PM EXCEPT SUNDAY

West side of Knickerbocker Avenue

  • No parking 1 sign NO PARKING ANYTIME
  • No parking 5 signs NO PARKING MONDAY THURSDAY NOON-1:30PM
  • No standing 1 sign NO STANDING ANYTIME

North side of Melrose Street

  • No parking 8 signs NO PARKING MONDAY THURSDAY NOON-1:30PM

South side of Melrose Street

  • No parking 9 signs NO PARKING TUESDAY FRIDAY NOON-1:30PM

Schools, parks and places within a walk

How places are listed

Eight public places are within a five-minute walk.

  • 3 religious buildings
  • 1 day care or pre-K site
  • 1 garden
  • 1 park
  • 1 playground
  • 1 school

Schools and child care

  1. Bushwick United Head Start Preschool, ages 2 to 5 · Pre-K
    1,050 feet
  2. Brooklyn United Children - Wilson School
    1,170 feet

Parks, playgrounds and gardens

  1. La Finca Community Garden
    680 feet
  2. Maria Hernandez Park
    830 feet
  3. Maria Hernandez Park Playground
    1,090 feet

Supermarkets

  1. City Fresh Market Supermarket
    750 feet
  2. Foodtown Supermarket
    0.5 miles

Pharmacies

  1. Walgreens Pharmacy
    0.4 miles

Food stores and places to eat

Within a five-minute walk there are 47 places to eat and 24 food stores.

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

Nearby corners

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

See every intersection along Knickerbocker Avenue or Melrose Street.

Sources: NYC Technology and Innovation, NYPD, MTA, NYC DOT, 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.