Knickerbocker Avenue & Suydam Street

Knickerbocker Avenue and Suydam Street meet at a four-way crossing in Bushwick (West), Brooklyn. Between 2021 and 2025, 31 police-reported crashes were recorded here, against a median of seven crashes for a Brooklyn corner. Dog Run in Maria Hernandez Park is 860 feet away. The nearest subway, Knickerbocker Av, is about seven minutes on foot, and two subway lines stop within a ten-minute walk. Within a five-minute walk are 15 public places, nine of them religious buildings, and 61 places to eat.

Safety record
8 hurt
31 police-reported crashes, 2021–2025
Nearest subway
Knickerbocker Av
0.3 miles · 7 min on foot · M
Nearest bus stop
610 feet
De Kalb Av/Knickerbocker Av · B38
Within a walk
15 places
9 religious buildings, 1 day care or pre-K site and 5 more kinds, within five minutes

Map

Layers
Knickerbocker Avenue & Suydam Street Nearby corners, linked

Getting there

How walks are measured

Subway

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

  • 2 lines within a ten-minute walk
  1. Knickerbocker Av M
    0.3 miles
    M

Next trains at this station

Inbound
1 line
  1. M …
Middle Village
1 line
  1. M …

Also within a walk

  1. DeKalb Av L
    0.4 miles
    L
  2. Jefferson St L
    0.4 miles
    L

The MTA's permanent art catalog lists “The Digs” (2013) by Cal Lane at the Knickerbocker Av station.

Bus

The nearest bus stop is De Kalb Av/Knickerbocker Av, 610 feet away, for the B38.

  • 8 routes within a ten-minute walk
  1. De Kalb Av/Knickerbocker Av B38 · Shelter
    610 feet
    B38
    Shelter

Next buses at this stop

  1. B38 …

Live arrivals

Cycling

A marked bike lane runs on Knickerbocker Avenue.

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

Nearest bike-share station

  1. Suydam St & Knickerbocker Ave 27 docks in all
    40 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, 1.9 miles by car along the streets.

  1. 1119 Flushing Avenue Gas station
    0.4 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
    1.1 miles

Safety record

How crashes are counted

Between 2021 and 2025, police reported 31 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, 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
27 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 37 new affordable homes have been completed within 820 feet.

Trees

NYC Parks records 113 trees within 330 feet; the most common is the pin oak.

Parking on the streets meeting here

How signs are read
  • 47 signs on these blocks
  • 10 different rules
  • 2 active meters
  • 2 pay-by-cell zones

The sign wording is DOT's, as recorded between September 2016 and September 2026, and the sign on the street decides.

East side of Knickerbocker Avenue

  • Time-limited parking 5 signs 1 HOUR PARKING 8AM-7PM EXCEPT SUNDAY
  • Metered parking 2 signs 2 HOUR METERED 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

West side of Knickerbocker Avenue

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

North side of Suydam Street

  • Authorized vehicles only 1 sign AVO DEPARTMENT OF PARKS & RECREATION MONDAY-FRIDAY 7AM-3PM
  • No parking 10 signs NO PARKING MONDAY THURSDAY 8AM-9:30AM

South side of Suydam Street

  • No parking 8 signs NO PARKING TUESDAY FRIDAY 8AM-9:30AM
  • No standing 1 sign NO STANDING ANYTIME

ParkNYC pay-by-cell zones: 333869 and 337133.

Schools, parks and places within a walk

How places are listed

Fifteen public places are within a five-minute walk.

  • 9 religious buildings
  • 1 day care or pre-K site
  • 1 dog run
  • 1 listed historic place
  • 1 park
  • 2 other places

Schools and child care

  1. Kid's Canvas Preschool, ages 2 to 5
    870 feet
  2. P.S. 123 Suydam School
    1,020 feet

Parks, playgrounds and gardens

  1. Maria Hernandez Park
    50 feet
  2. Maria Hernandez Park Playground
    270 feet
  3. Dog Run in Maria Hernandez Park Dog run
    860 feet

Libraries, museums and history

  1. Eighty-Third Precinct Police Station and Stable Listed historic place
    1,180 feet

Bank branches

  1. Bank of America Bank branch
    1,100 feet

Supermarkets

  1. City Fresh Market Supermarket
    640 feet
  2. Key Food Supermarket
    0.3 miles
  3. Met Fresh Supermarket
    0.3 miles

Pharmacies

  1. Walgreens Pharmacy
    710 feet

Food stores and places to eat

Within a five-minute walk there are 61 places to eat and 30 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 Suydam 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, FDIC, NYS Agriculture and Markets and USDA, retrieved September 18 – October 6, 2026.