Knickerbocker Avenue & Menahan Street

Knickerbocker Avenue and Menahan Street meet at a four-way crossing in Bushwick (East), Brooklyn. The corner is also named Detective Joseph Taylor Way by local law. Between 2021 and 2025, 16 police-reported crashes were recorded here, against a median of seven crashes for a Brooklyn corner. P.S. 116 Elizabeth L Farrell is 150 feet away, and St Barbaras RC Church is 1,310 feet away. The nearest subway, Knickerbocker Av, is about two minutes on foot, for the M. Within a five-minute walk are 28 public places, seven of them religious buildings, and 42 places to eat.

Safety record
8 hurt
16 police-reported crashes, 2021–2025
Nearest subway
Knickerbocker Av
530 feet · 2 min on foot · M
Nearest bus stop
460 feet
Myrtle Av/Knickerbocker Av · B54, M90
Within a walk
28 places
7 religious buildings, 7 schools and 9 more kinds, within five minutes

Map

Layers
Knickerbocker Avenue & Menahan 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. Myrtle-Wyckoff Avs L, M
    0.4 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 Myrtle Av/Knickerbocker Av, 460 feet away, for the B54 and M90.

  • 13 routes within a ten-minute walk
  1. Myrtle Av/Knickerbocker Av B54, M90
    460 feet
    B54 M90

Next buses at this stop

  1. B54 …
  2. M90 …

Live arrivals

Cycling

A marked bike lane runs on Knickerbocker Avenue.

  • 30 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
    560 feet

By car

The nearest highway entrance is the ramp to the Jackie Robinson Parkway westbound at Vermont Place & J Robinson Parkway, 1.7 miles by car along the streets.

  1. 1517 Myrtle Avenue Gas station
    1,070 feet
  2. 1510 Gates Avenue Charging for electric cars, four Level 2 chargers
    0.3 miles
  3. 1074 Grand Street Fast charging for electric cars
    1.5 miles

Safety record

How crashes are counted

Between 2021 and 2025, police reported 16 crashes at this corner, more than the median of seven crashes for a Brooklyn corner.

  • 8 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 April 2026.

What the city has done here

  • Leading pedestrian interval, March 2021
  • Accessible pedestrian signal, March 2021

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 (East)
Elevation
30 feet above sea level

This corner is also named Detective Joseph Taylor Way, a co-naming enacted on January 19, 2020 (Local Law 26 of 2020).

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.

Since 2014 at least 156 new affordable homes have been completed within 820 feet.

Trees

NYC Parks records 73 trees within 330 feet; the most common is the thornless honeylocust.

The Department of Records' Honorary Street Names dataset has its own note on Detective Joseph Taylor Way.

Parking on the streets meeting here

How signs are read
  • 35 signs on these blocks
  • 10 different rules

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

East side of Knickerbocker Avenue

  • No parking 6 signs NO PARKING TUESDAY FRIDAY 11AM-12:30PM
  • No standing 1 sign NO STANDING MONDAY-FRIDAY 7AM-4PM
  • No standing 1 sign NO STANDING SCHOOL DAYS 7AM-4PM

West side of Knickerbocker Avenue

  • Authorized vehicles only 3 signs AVO POLICE DEPARTMENT
  • Farmers market 3 signs FARMERS MARKET ONLY MAY 1 - DEC 31 WEDNESDAY 6AM-6PM
  • No parking 1 sign NO PARKING ANYTIME
  • No parking 3 signs NO PARKING MONDAY THURSDAY 11AM-12:30PM

North side of Menahan Street

  • No parking 8 signs NO PARKING MONDAY THURSDAY 11AM-12:30PM

South side of Menahan Street

  • No parking 8 signs NO PARKING TUESDAY FRIDAY 11AM-12:30PM
  • No standing 1 sign NO STANDING SCHOOL DAYS 7AM-4PM

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 New York City Police Department 83rd Precinct.

  1. Untitled Stainless Steel Sculpture Sculpture by Todd Williams, 1983
    230 feet
  2. Bushwick-Ridgewood Memorial Statue by Pietro Montana, 1921
    310 feet

Schools, parks and places within a walk

How places are listed

Within a five-minute walk there are 28 public places.

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

Schools and child care

  1. P.S. 116 Elizabeth L Farrell School · landmark
    150 feet
  2. Kreative Kare Too Nursery School Infant and toddler care, ages 0 to 2
    510 feet
  3. Kreative Kare Day Care Center Pre-K
    540 feet
Show all 13
  1. ABC Learning Center Trade or language school
    560 feet
  2. The New Life Child Development Center Preschool, ages 2 to 5 · Pre-K
    740 feet
  3. Achievement First Bushwick Charter School
    870 feet
  4. J.H.S. 383 Philippa Schuyler School
    870 feet
  5. Efficient Care Training Trade or language school
    1,010 feet
  6. Success Academy Charter School - Bushwick School
    1,030 feet
  7. Kid's Canvas Infant and toddler care, ages 0 to 2
    1,160 feet
  8. P.S. 376 School
    1,200 feet
  9. Bushwick Community High School
    1,280 feet
  10. J.H.S. 291 Roland Hayes School
    1,280 feet

Parks, playgrounds and gardens

  1. Hope Ballfield Park
    50 feet
  2. Heisser Triangle
    310 feet
  3. Heckscher Playground
    1,260 feet

Plazas and public spaces

  1. Knickerbocker Plaza Pedestrian plaza
    550 feet

Houses of worship

  1. St Barbaras RC Church House of worship
    1,310 feet

Community centers and public services

  1. Ridgewood Bushwick Youth Center Community center
    1,030 feet
  2. Older adult center at 195 Linden Street Older adult center
    1,180 feet

Fire and police

  1. 83rd Precinct Police station
    370 feet
  2. Engine 277/Ladder 112 Fire station
    1,010 feet

Bank branches

  1. Citibank Bank branch
    450 feet
  2. Bank of America Bank branch
    1,290 feet

Supermarkets

  1. Met Fresh Supermarket
    1,200 feet
  2. CTown Supermarket
    0.3 miles
  3. Food Bazaar Supermarket
    0.4 miles

Pharmacies

  1. Walgreens Pharmacy
    0.3 miles

Other stores

  1. Dollar Tree Store
    0.4 miles

Food stores and places to eat

Within a five-minute walk there are 42 places to eat and 26 food stores.

Nearby corners

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

See every intersection along Knickerbocker Avenue or Menahan 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 Records, 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.