Knickerbocker Avenue & Palmetto Street

Knickerbocker Avenue and Palmetto Street meet at a four-way crossing in Bushwick (East), Brooklyn. Between 2021 and 2025, nine police-reported crashes were recorded here, against a median of seven crashes for a Brooklyn corner. The installation “Sentinel Lanterns” is 120 feet away. The nearest subway, Myrtle-Wyckoff Avs, is about six minutes on foot, for the L and M. Within a five-minute walk are 26 public places, 12 of them schools, and ten places to eat. About 2,000 homes stand within 820 feet, a mix of apartment buildings and smaller houses.

Safety record
7 hurt
9 police-reported crashes, 2021–2025
Nearest subway
Myrtle-Wyckoff Avs
0.3 miles · 6 min on foot · L, M
Nearest bus stop
350 feet
Gates Av/Knickerbocker Av · B52
Within a walk
26 places
12 schools, 5 religious buildings and 7 more kinds, within five minutes

Map

Layers
Knickerbocker Avenue & Palmetto Street Nearby corners, linked

Getting there

How walks are measured

Subway

The nearest subway station is Myrtle-Wyckoff Avs, 0.3 miles from this corner, about six minutes on foot.

  • 2 lines at the nearest station
  1. Myrtle-Wyckoff Avs L, M
    0.3 miles
    L M

Next trains at this station

Manhattan
1 line
  1. L …
Outbound
1 line
  1. L …
Inbound
1 line
  1. M …
Middle Village
1 line
  1. M …

Also within a walk

  1. Knickerbocker Av M
    0.3 miles
    M

The MTA's permanent art catalog lists “From Earth to Sky” (2006) by Cadence Giersbach at the Myrtle-Wyckoff Avs station.

Bus

The nearest bus stop is Gates Av/Knickerbocker Av, 350 feet away, for the B52.

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

Next buses at this stop

  1. B52 …

Live arrivals

Cycling

A marked bike lane runs on Knickerbocker Avenue.

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

Nearest bike-share station

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

By car

The nearest highway entrance is the ramp to the Jackie Robinson Parkway westbound at Vermont Place & J Robinson Parkway, 1.5 miles by car along the streets.

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

Safety record

How crashes are counted

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

  • 7 people injured
  • 0 people killed

The most recent crash recorded here was in March 2026.

What the city has done here

  • Leading pedestrian interval, July 2016

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
33 feet above sea level

The streets

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

Homes

About 2,000 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 62 trees within 330 feet; the most common is the thornless honeylocust.

Parking on the streets meeting here

How signs are read
  • 38 signs on these blocks
  • 12 different rules

The sign wording is DOT's, as recorded between January 2017 and February 2021, and the sign on the street decides.

East side of Knickerbocker Avenue

  • No parking 1 sign NO PARKING ANYTIME
  • No parking 2 signs NO PARKING TUESDAY FRIDAY 11AM-12:30PM
  • No standing 3 signs NO STANDING FIRE ZONE

West side of Knickerbocker Avenue

  • No parking 1 sign NO PARKING ANYTIME
  • No parking 3 signs NO PARKING MONDAY THURSDAY 11AM-12:30PM
  • No standing 1 sign NO STANDING ANYTIME

North side of Palmetto Street

  • No parking 10 signs NO PARKING MONDAY THURSDAY NOON-1:30PM
  • No standing 1 sign NO STANDING FIRE ZONE
  • No standing 3 signs NO STANDING SCHOOL DAYS 7AM-4PM
  • No stopping 1 sign NO STOPPING ANYTIME

South side of Palmetto Street

  • No parking 10 signs NO PARKING TUESDAY FRIDAY NOON-1:30PM
  • No standing 2 signs NO STANDING FIRE ZONE

Monuments and public art

How landmarks are placed

The City's public art inventory lists one work near this corner, at Engine Company 277.

  1. Sentinel Lanterns Installation by Julian LaVerdiere, 2007
    120 feet

Schools, parks and places within a walk

How places are listed

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

  • 12 schools
  • 5 religious buildings
  • 3 day care or pre-K sites
  • 1 community center
  • 1 fire station
  • 4 other places

Schools and child care

  1. Kreative Kare Day Care Center Pre-K
    190 feet
  2. Aim High - New Life Child Devel School
    340 feet
  3. The New Life Child Development Center Preschool, ages 2 to 5 · Pre-K
    460 feet
Show all 15
  1. Math, Engineering and Science Academy Charter High School
    480 feet
  2. Kreative Kare Too Nursery School Infant and toddler care, ages 0 to 2
    530 feet
  3. Bushwick Community High School
    560 feet
  4. J.H.S. 291 Roland Hayes School
    560 feet
  5. All City Leadership Secondary School
    600 feet
  6. Academy for Excellence in Leadership School
    910 feet
  7. The Academy of Urban Planning and Engineering School
    910 feet
  8. The Brooklyn School for Math and Research School
    910 feet
  9. The Brooklyn School for Social Justice School
    910 feet
  10. P.S. 116 Elizabeth L Farrell School
    990 feet
  11. Achievement First North Brooklyn Preparatory Charter School
    1,270 feet
  12. P.S. 377 Alejandrina B. de Gautier School
    1,270 feet

Parks, playgrounds and gardens

  1. Bushwick Playground
    300 feet
  2. Borinquen Community Garden
    790 feet
  3. Hope Ballfield Park
    830 feet

Libraries, museums and history

  1. Washington Irving Library
    980 feet

Community centers and public services

  1. Ridgewood Bushwick Youth Center Community center
    400 feet

Fire and police

  1. Engine 277/Ladder 112 Fire station
    130 feet

Supermarkets

  1. Food Bazaar Supermarket
    1,290 feet
  2. Met Fresh Supermarket
    0.4 miles
  3. CTown Supermarket
    0.4 miles

Other stores

  1. Dollar Tree Store
    0.3 miles

Food stores and places to eat

Within a five-minute walk there are ten places to eat and 12 food stores.

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

Nearby corners

The eight corners within a three-minute walk:

See every intersection along Knickerbocker Avenue or Palmetto 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, NYC Public Design Commission, NYC Parks, NYC Health, NYS Agriculture and Markets and USDA, retrieved September 18 – October 6, 2026.