Knickerbocker Avenue & Schaefer Street

Knickerbocker Avenue and Schaefer Street meet at a four-way crossing in Bushwick (East), Brooklyn. Between 2021 and 2025, 16 police-reported crashes were recorded here, against a median of seven crashes for a Brooklyn corner. Irving Square Park is 820 feet away, and Bushwick Ascend Charter School is 1,180 feet away. The nearest subway, Wilson Av, is about six minutes on foot, for the L. Within a five-minute walk are nine public places, three of them religious buildings, and 14 places to eat.

Safety record
5 hurt
16 police-reported crashes, 2021–2025
Nearest subway
Wilson Av
0.3 miles · 6 min on foot · L
Nearest bus stop
110 feet
Schaefer St/Knickerbocker Av · B20
Within a walk
9 places
3 religious buildings, 3 schools and 3 more kinds, within five minutes

Map

Layers
Knickerbocker Avenue & Schaefer Street Nearby corners, linked

Getting there

How walks are measured

Subway

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

  1. Wilson 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. Halsey St L
    0.3 miles
    L

Bus

The nearest bus stop is Schaefer St/Knickerbocker Av, 110 feet away, for the B20.

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

Next buses at this stop

  1. B20 …

Live arrivals

Cycling

A marked bike lane runs on Knickerbocker Avenue.

  • 12 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
    760 feet

By car

The nearest highway entrance is the ramp to the Jackie Robinson Parkway westbound at Vermont Place & J Robinson Parkway, 1.2 miles by car along the streets.

  1. 952 Wyckoff Avenue Gas station
    0.4 miles
  2. 342 Eldert Street Charging for electric cars, 21 Level 2 chargers
    1,190 feet
  3. 1074 Grand Street Fast charging for electric cars
    2.3 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.

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

The most recent crash recorded here was in July 2025.

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
66 feet above sea level

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. The buildings holding them mostly went up between 1907 and 1926.

Since 2014 at least 11 new affordable homes have been completed within 820 feet.

Trees

NYC Parks records 50 trees within 330 feet; the most common is the London planetree.

Parking on the streets meeting here

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

The sign wording is DOT's, as recorded between November 2018 and November 2020, and the sign on the street decides.

East side of Knickerbocker Avenue

  • No parking 1 sign NO PARKING ANYTIME
  • No parking 4 signs NO PARKING TUESDAY FRIDAY 11AM-12:30PM

West side of Knickerbocker Avenue

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

Schools, parks and places within a walk

How places are listed

Nine public places are within a five-minute walk.

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

Schools and child care

  1. Bushwick United Early Learn Preschool, ages 2 to 5 · Pre-K
    570 feet
  2. P.S. 151 Lyndon B. Johnson School
    1,000 feet
  3. P.S. /I.S. 384 Frances E. Carter School
    1,040 feet
Show all 4
  1. Bushwick Ascend Charter School
    1,180 feet

Parks, playgrounds and gardens

  1. Irving Square Park
    820 feet
  2. Irving Square Park Playground
    910 feet

Houses of worship

  1. St Martin of Tours RC Church House of worship
    1,160 feet

Other stores

  1. Family Dollar Store
    600 feet

Food stores and places to eat

Within a five-minute walk there are 14 places to eat and 14 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 corners within a three-minute walk:

See every intersection along Knickerbocker Avenue or Schaefer 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.