Knickerbocker Avenue & Weirfield Street

Knickerbocker Avenue and Weirfield Street meet at a four-way crossing in Bushwick (East), Brooklyn. Between 2021 and 2025, 17 police-reported crashes were recorded here, against a median of seven crashes for a Brooklyn corner. Bushwick Ascend Charter School is 140 feet away. The nearest subway, Halsey St, is about six minutes on foot, for the L. Within a five-minute walk are 11 public places, five of them religious buildings, and 22 places to eat. About 2,100 homes stand within 820 feet, mostly built between 1906 and 1914, a mix of apartment buildings and smaller houses.

Safety record
12 hurt
17 police-reported crashes, 2021–2025
Nearest subway
Halsey St
0.3 miles · 6 min on foot · L
Nearest bus stop
370 feet
Halsey St/Knickerbocker Av · B26
Within a walk
11 places
5 religious buildings, 2 playgrounds and 3 more kinds, within five minutes

Map

Layers
Knickerbocker Avenue & Weirfield Street Nearby corners, linked

Getting there

How walks are measured

Subway

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

  1. Halsey 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. Wilson Av L
    0.5 miles
    L

Bus

The nearest bus stop is Halsey St/Knickerbocker Av, 370 feet away, for the B26.

  • 5 routes within a ten-minute walk
  1. Halsey St/Knickerbocker Av B26 · Shelter
    370 feet
    B26
    Shelter

Next buses at this stop

  1. B26 …

Live arrivals

Cycling

A marked bike lane runs on Knickerbocker Avenue.

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

Nearest bike-share station

  1. Knickerbocker Ave & Halsey St 19 docks in all
    240 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
    0.3 miles
  2. 391 Weirfield Street Charging for electric cars, six Level 2 chargers
    1,220 feet
  3. 1074 Grand Street Fast charging for electric cars
    2.1 miles

Safety record

How crashes are counted

Between 2021 and 2025, police reported 17 crashes at this corner, more than the median of seven crashes for a Brooklyn corner.

  • 12 people injured
  • 0 people killed
  • 3 of those hurt, on foot

The most recent crash recorded here was in November 2025.

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
65 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 1906 and 1914.

Since 2014 at least 8 new affordable homes have been completed within 820 feet.

Trees

NYC Parks records 88 trees within 330 feet; the most common is the London planetree.

Parking on the streets meeting here

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

The sign wording is DOT's, as recorded between September 2017 and September 2025, and the sign on the street decides.

East side of Knickerbocker Avenue

  • No parking 4 signs NO PARKING TUESDAY FRIDAY 11AM-12:30PM
  • No standing 2 signs NO STANDING SCHOOL DAYS 7AM-4PM

West side of Knickerbocker Avenue

  • Farmers market 3 signs FARMERS MARKET ONLY MAY 1 - DEC 31 SUNDAY 6AM-6PM
  • No parking 6 signs NO PARKING MONDAY THURSDAY 11AM-12:30PM
  • No standing 1 sign NO STANDING ANYTIME

North side of Weirfield Street

  • No parking 2 signs NO PARKING ANYTIME
  • No parking 11 signs NO PARKING MONDAY THURSDAY 11AM-12:30PM

South side of Weirfield Street

  • No parking 11 signs NO PARKING TUESDAY FRIDAY 11AM-12:30PM

Schools, parks and places within a walk

How places are listed

Eleven public places are within a five-minute walk.

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

Schools and child care

  1. Bushwick Ascend Charter School
    140 feet
  2. P.S. 151 Lyndon B. Johnson School
    150 feet
  3. Bushwick United Early Learn Preschool, ages 2 to 5 · Pre-K
    470 feet

Parks, playgrounds and gardens

  1. Irving Square Park
    50 feet
  2. Irving Square Park Playground
    130 feet
  3. Bushwick Playground
    1,170 feet

Houses of worship

  1. St Martin of Tours RC Church House of worship
    140 feet
  2. Trinity United Presbyterian Church House of worship
    620 feet

Other stores

  1. Family Dollar Store
    0.3 miles

Food stores and places to eat

Within a five-minute walk there are 22 places to eat and 16 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 Weirfield 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.