Knickerbocker Avenue & Moffat Street

Knickerbocker Avenue and Moffat Street meet at a three-way junction in Bushwick (East), Brooklyn. Between 2021 and 2025, six police-reported crashes were recorded here, fewer than the median of seven crashes for a Brooklyn corner. P.S. /I.S. 384 Frances E. Carter is 530 feet away. The nearest subway, Wilson Av, is about three minutes on foot, for the L. Within a five-minute walk are three public places and ten places to eat. About 900 homes stand within 820 feet, mostly built between 1907 and 1926, almost all in houses of one or two.

Safety record
Nobody hurt
6 police-reported crashes, 2021–2025
Nearest subway
Wilson Av
750 feet · 3 min on foot · L
Nearest bus stop
610 feet
Decatur St/Knickerbocker Av · B20
Within a walk
3 places
1 listed historic place, 1 religious building and 1 more kind, within five minutes

Map

Layers
Knickerbocker Avenue & Moffat Street Nearby corners, linked

Getting there

How walks are measured

Subway

The nearest subway station is Wilson Av, 750 feet from this corner, about three minutes on foot.

  1. Wilson Av L
    750 feet
    L

Next trains at this station

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

Also within a walk

  1. Halsey St L
    0.5 miles
    L

Bus

The nearest bus stop is Decatur St/Knickerbocker Av, 610 feet away, for the B20.

  • 4 routes within a ten-minute walk
  1. Decatur St/Knickerbocker Av B20
    610 feet
    B20

Next buses at this stop

  1. B20 …

Live arrivals

Cycling

  • 5 bicycle racks within 820 feet
  • 1 more bike-share station within a five-minute walk

Nearest bike-share station

  1. Knickerbocker Ave & Moffat St 24 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, 0.9 miles by car along the streets.

  1. 58-14 Cooper Avenue Gas station
    0.5 miles
  2. 342 Eldert Street Charging for electric cars, 21 Level 2 chargers
    0.4 miles
  3. 66-26 Metropolitan Avenue Fast charging for electric cars
    2.4 miles

Safety record

How crashes are counted

Between 2021 and 2025, police reported six crashes at this corner, fewer than the median of seven crashes for a Brooklyn corner. Nobody was hurt.

The most recent crash recorded here was in May 2026.

About this corner

Where facts come from
ZIP code
11207
Community board
Brooklyn Community Board 4
City Council district
37
Police precinct
83
Neighborhood (City Planning area)
Bushwick (East)
Elevation
60 feet above sea level

The streets

  • Up to two travel lanes
  • One of the streets is one-way

Homes

About 900 homes stand within 820 feet of this corner, almost all of them in houses of one or two. The buildings holding them mostly went up between 1907 and 1926.

Trees

NYC Parks records 24 trees within 330 feet; the most common is the pin oak.

Parking on the streets meeting here

How signs are read
  • 25 signs on these blocks
  • 9 different rules

The sign wording is DOT's, as recorded between May 2015 and April 2026, and the sign on the street decides.

East side of Knickerbocker Avenue

  • No parking 2 signs NO PARKING TUESDAY FRIDAY 11AM-12:30PM

West side of Knickerbocker Avenue

  • No parking 2 signs NO PARKING MONDAY THURSDAY 11AM-12:30PM

North side of Moffat Street

  • No parking 6 signs NO PARKING MONDAY THURSDAY NOON-1:30PM
  • No standing 1 sign NO STANDING ANYTIME
  • No standing 1 sign NO STANDING MONDAY-FRIDAY 6AM-6PM
  • Truck loading only 2 signs TRUCK LOADING ONLY 3AM-3PM EXCEPT SUNDAY

South side of Moffat Street

  • No parking 6 signs NO PARKING TUESDAY FRIDAY NOON-1:30PM
  • No standing 4 signs NO STANDING ANYTIME
  • Truck loading only 1 sign TRUCK LOADING ONLY MONDAY-FRIDAY 8AM-6PM

Schools and places within a walk

How places are listed

Three public places are within a five-minute walk.

  • 1 listed historic place
  • 1 religious building
  • 1 school

Schools and child care

  1. P.S. /I.S. 384 Frances E. Carter School
    530 feet

Libraries, museums and history

  1. Wilson Avenue Subway Station (Dual System BMT) Listed historic place
    730 feet

Other stores

  1. Family Dollar Store
    270 feet

Food stores and places to eat

Within a five-minute walk there are ten places to eat and nine 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 corners on foot, five of them within a three-minute walk:

See every intersection along Knickerbocker Avenue or Moffat Street.

Sources: NYC Technology and Innovation, NYPD, MTA, NYC DOT, New York City's bike-share system, NYS Environmental Conservation, NYC City Planning, US Department of Energy, NYC Parks, NYC Health, NYS Agriculture and Markets and USDA, retrieved September 18 – October 6, 2026.