Knickerbocker Avenue & Starr Street

Knickerbocker Avenue and Starr Street meet at a four-way crossing in Bushwick (West), Brooklyn. Between 2021 and 2025, 26 police-reported crashes were recorded here, against a median of seven crashes for a Brooklyn corner. Achievement First University Prep High School is 1,020 feet away, and Fermi Playground is 1,260 feet away. The nearest subway, Jefferson St, is about six minutes on foot, and two subway lines stop within a ten-minute walk. Within a five-minute walk are 16 public places, six of them schools, and 62 places to eat.

Safety record
15 hurt
26 police-reported crashes, 2021–2025
Nearest subway
Jefferson St
0.3 miles · 6 min on foot · L
Nearest bus stop
780 feet
Wilson Av/Starr St · B60
Within a walk
16 places
6 schools, 5 religious buildings and 4 more kinds, within five minutes

Map

Layers
Knickerbocker Avenue & Starr Street Nearby corners, linked

Getting there

How walks are measured

Subway

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

  • 2 lines within a ten-minute walk
  1. Jefferson St 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. Morgan Av L
    0.4 miles
    L
  2. Knickerbocker Av M
    0.4 miles
    M

Bus

The nearest bus stop is Wilson Av/Starr St, 780 feet away, for the B60.

  • 8 routes within a ten-minute walk
  1. Wilson Av/Starr St B60 · Shelter
    780 feet
    B60
    Shelter

Next buses at this stop

  1. B60 …

Live arrivals

Cycling

A marked bike lane runs on Knickerbocker Avenue and Starr Street.

  • 32 bicycle racks within 820 feet
  • 3 more bike-share stations within a five-minute walk

Nearest bike-share station

  1. Suydam St & Knickerbocker Ave 27 docks in all
    560 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, 1.8 miles by car along the streets.

  1. 1119 Flushing Avenue Gas station
    0.3 miles
  2. 73 Starr Street Charging for electric cars, four Level 2 chargers
    0.3 miles
  3. 1074 Grand Street Fast charging for electric cars
    1 mile

Safety record

How crashes are counted

Between 2021 and 2025, police reported 26 crashes at this corner, more than the median of seven crashes for a Brooklyn corner.

  • 15 people injured
  • 0 people killed
  • 5 of those hurt, on foot
  • 2 of those hurt, on a bike

The most recent crash recorded here was in February 2026.

What the city has done here

  • Leading pedestrian interval, July 2024

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
30 feet above sea level

The streets

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

Homes

About 2,500 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 45 new affordable homes have been completed within 820 feet.

Trees

NYC Parks records 112 trees within 330 feet; the most common is the northern red oak.

Parking on the streets meeting here

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

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

East side of Knickerbocker Avenue

  • Time-limited parking 7 signs 1 HOUR PARKING 8AM-7PM EXCEPT SUNDAY
  • Farmers market 5 signs FARMERS MARKET ONLY JUNE 1 - NOV 30 SATURDAY 6AM-5PM
  • No parking 7 signs NO PARKING 7:30AM-8AM EXCEPT SUNDAY
  • Truck loading only 1 sign TRUCK LOADING ONLY 7AM-5PM EXCEPT SUNDAY

West side of Knickerbocker Avenue

  • Time-limited parking 2 signs 1 HOUR PARKING 8:30AM-7PM EXCEPT SUNDAY
  • Metered parking 2 signs 2 HOUR METERED PARKING 8:30AM-7PM EXCEPT SUNDAY
  • No parking 4 signs NO PARKING 8AM-8:30AM EXCEPT SUNDAY

North side of Starr Street

  • No parking 9 signs NO PARKING MONDAY THURSDAY 8AM-9:30AM

South side of Starr Street

  • No parking 11 signs NO PARKING TUESDAY FRIDAY 8AM-9:30AM
  • Truck loading only 1 sign TRUCK LOADING ONLY MONDAY-FRIDAY 8AM-6PM

Schools, parks and places within a walk

How places are listed

Sixteen public places are within a five-minute walk.

  • 6 schools
  • 5 religious buildings
  • 2 playgrounds
  • 1 day care or pre-K site
  • 1 dog run
  • 1 park

Schools and child care

  1. Brooklyn United Children - Wilson School
    950 feet
  2. Achievement First University Prep High School
    1,020 feet
  3. Achievement First Voyager Charter School
    1,020 feet
Show all 7
  1. I.S. 347 School of Humanities School
    1,020 feet
  2. I.S. 349 Math, Science & Tech. School
    1,020 feet
  3. Bushwick United Head Start Preschool, ages 2 to 5 · Pre-K
    1,070 feet
  4. P.S. 123 Suydam School
    1,150 feet

Parks, playgrounds and gardens

  1. Maria Hernandez Park
    50 feet
  2. Maria Hernandez Park Playground
    310 feet
  3. Dog Run in Maria Hernandez Park Dog run
    990 feet
Show all 4
  1. Fermi Playground
    1,260 feet

Supermarkets

  1. City Fresh Market Supermarket
    120 feet
  2. Key Food Supermarket
    0.4 miles
  3. Met Fresh Supermarket
    0.4 miles

Pharmacies

  1. Walgreens Pharmacy
    1,230 feet

Food stores and places to eat

Within a five-minute walk there are 62 places to eat and 25 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 Starr 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 Parks, NYC Health, NYS Agriculture and Markets and USDA, retrieved September 18 – October 6, 2026.