Knickerbocker Avenue & Troutman Street

Knickerbocker Avenue and Troutman Street meet at a four-way crossing in Bushwick (West), Brooklyn. Between 2021 and 2025, 43 police-reported crashes were recorded here, against a median of seven crashes for a Brooklyn corner. The city lists this corner as a Vision Zero priority intersection. Achievement First Voyager Charter School is 1,070 feet away. The nearest subway, Jefferson St, is about seven minutes on foot, and two subway lines stop within a ten-minute walk. Within a five-minute walk are 13 public places, five of them schools, and 56 places to eat.

Safety record
13 hurt
43 police-reported crashes, 2021–2025
Nearest subway
Jefferson St
0.3 miles · 7 min on foot · L
Nearest bus stop
770 feet
Wilson Av/Troutman St · B60
Within a walk
13 places
5 schools, 3 religious buildings and 5 more kinds, within five minutes

Map

Layers
Knickerbocker Avenue & Troutman 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 seven 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
    0.5 miles
    M

Bus

The nearest bus stop is Wilson Av/Troutman St, 770 feet away, for the B60.

  • 5 routes within a ten-minute walk
  1. Wilson Av/Troutman St B60
    770 feet
    B60

Next buses at this stop

  1. B60 …

Live arrivals

Cycling

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

  • 31 bicycle racks within 820 feet
  • 4 more bike-share stations within a five-minute walk

Nearest bike-share station

  1. Wilson Ave & Troutman St 26 docks in all
    710 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
    1,200 feet
  3. 1074 Grand Street Fast charging for electric cars
    1 mile

Safety record

How crashes are counted

Between 2021 and 2025, police reported 43 crashes at this corner, more than the median of seven crashes for a Brooklyn corner.

  • 13 people injured
  • 0 people killed
  • 4 of those hurt, on foot
  • 4 of those hurt, on a bike

The most recent crash recorded here was in April 2026.

The city lists this corner as a Vision Zero priority intersection, a designation it applies to corners selected for attention on their injury record. It is not a record of work done.

What the city has done here

  • Leading pedestrian interval, January 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
28 feet above sea level

The streets

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

Homes

About 2,400 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 59 new affordable homes have been completed within 820 feet.

Trees

NYC Parks records 68 trees within 330 feet; the most common is the Japanese zelkova.

Parking on the streets meeting here

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

The sign wording is DOT's, as recorded between April 2015 and January 2021, and the sign on the street decides.

East side of Knickerbocker Avenue

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

North side of Troutman Street

  • No parking 11 signs NO PARKING MONDAY THURSDAY NOON-1:30PM

South side of Troutman Street

  • No parking 9 signs NO PARKING TUESDAY FRIDAY NOON-1:30PM
  • Truck loading only 1 sign TRUCK LOADING ONLY MONDAY-FRIDAY 10AM-3PM

Schools, parks and places within a walk

How places are listed

Thirteen public places are within a five-minute walk.

  • 5 schools
  • 3 religious buildings
  • 1 day care or pre-K site
  • 1 dog run
  • 1 garden
  • 2 other places

Schools and child care

  1. Brooklyn United Children - Wilson School
    690 feet
  2. Bushwick United Head Start Preschool, ages 2 to 5 · Pre-K
    810 feet
  3. Achievement First University Prep High School
    1,070 feet
Show all 6
  1. Achievement First Voyager Charter School
    1,070 feet
  2. I.S. 347 School of Humanities School
    1,070 feet
  3. I.S. 349 Math, Science & Tech. School
    1,070 feet

Parks, playgrounds and gardens

  1. Maria Hernandez Park
    310 feet
  2. Maria Hernandez Park Playground
    570 feet
  3. La Finca Community Garden
    1,200 feet
Show all 4
  1. Dog Run in Maria Hernandez Park Dog run
    1,260 feet

Supermarkets

  1. City Fresh Market Supermarket
    230 feet
  2. Key Food Supermarket
    0.5 miles
  3. Met Fresh Supermarket
    0.5 miles

Pharmacies

  1. Walgreens Pharmacy
    0.3 miles

Food stores and places to eat

Within a five-minute walk there are 56 places to eat and 22 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 Troutman 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.