Knickerbocker Avenue & Woodbine Street

Knickerbocker Avenue and Woodbine Street meet at a four-way crossing in Bushwick (East), Brooklyn. Between 2021 and 2025, nine police-reported crashes were recorded here, against a median of seven crashes for a Brooklyn corner. Academy for Excellence in Leadership is 650 feet away, and the Academy of Urban Planning and Engineering is 650 feet away. The nearest subway, Myrtle-Wyckoff Avs, is about seven minutes on foot, for the L and M. Within a five-minute walk are 27 public places, 13 of them schools, and 12 places to eat.

Safety record
5 hurt
9 police-reported crashes, 2021–2025
Nearest subway
Myrtle-Wyckoff Avs
0.3 miles · 7 min on foot · L, M
Nearest bus stop
610 feet
Gates Av/Knickerbocker Av · B52
Within a walk
27 places
13 schools, 5 religious buildings and 7 more kinds, within five minutes

Map

Layers
Knickerbocker Avenue & Woodbine Street Nearby corners, linked

Getting there

How walks are measured

Subway

The nearest subway station is Myrtle-Wyckoff Avs, 0.3 miles from this corner, about seven minutes on foot.

  • 2 lines at the nearest station
  1. Myrtle-Wyckoff Avs L, M
    0.3 miles
    L M

Next trains at this station

Manhattan
1 line
  1. L …
Outbound
1 line
  1. L …
Inbound
1 line
  1. M …
Middle Village
1 line
  1. M …

Also within a walk

  1. Knickerbocker Av M
    0.3 miles
    M

The MTA's permanent art catalog lists “From Earth to Sky” (2006) by Cadence Giersbach at the Myrtle-Wyckoff Avs station.

Bus

The nearest bus stop is Gates Av/Knickerbocker Av, 610 feet away, for the B52.

  • 12 routes within a ten-minute walk
  1. Gates Av/Knickerbocker Av B52
    610 feet
    B52

Next buses at this stop

  1. B52 …

Live arrivals

Cycling

A marked bike lane runs on Knickerbocker Avenue.

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

Nearest bike-share station

  1. Putnam Ave & Knickerbocker Ave 29 docks in all
    630 feet

By car

The nearest highway entrance is the ramp to the Jackie Robinson Parkway westbound at Vermont Place & J Robinson Parkway, 1.6 miles by car along the streets.

  1. 1517 Myrtle Avenue Gas station
    0.4 miles
  2. 1510 Gates Avenue Charging for electric cars, four Level 2 chargers
    0.3 miles
  3. 1074 Grand Street Fast charging for electric cars
    1.8 miles

Safety record

How crashes are counted

Between 2021 and 2025, police reported nine 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
  • 3 of those hurt, on a bike

The most recent crash recorded here was in August 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
38 feet above sea level

The streets

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

Homes

About 1,500 homes stand within 820 feet of this corner, a mix of apartment buildings and smaller houses.

Since 2014 at least 12 new affordable homes have been completed within 820 feet.

Trees

NYC Parks records 66 trees within 330 feet; the most common is the thornless honeylocust.

Parking on the streets meeting here

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

The sign wording is DOT's, as recorded between May 2016 and March 2020, and the sign on the street decides.

East side of Knickerbocker Avenue

  • No parking 1 sign NO PARKING ANYTIME
  • No parking 6 signs NO PARKING TUESDAY FRIDAY 11AM-12:30PM

West side of Knickerbocker Avenue

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

North side of Woodbine Street

  • No parking 1 sign NO PARKING ANYTIME
  • No parking 10 signs NO PARKING MONDAY THURSDAY NOON-1:30PM

South side of Woodbine Street

  • No parking 2 signs NO PARKING MONDAY-FRIDAY 8AM-6PM
  • No parking 10 signs NO PARKING TUESDAY FRIDAY NOON-1:30PM

Monuments and public art

How landmarks are placed

The City's public art inventory lists one work near this corner, at Engine Company 277.

  1. Sentinel Lanterns Installation by Julian LaVerdiere, 2007
    380 feet

Schools, parks and places within a walk

How places are listed

Within a five-minute walk there are 27 public places.

  • 13 schools
  • 5 religious buildings
  • 3 day care or pre-K sites
  • 1 community center
  • 1 fire station
  • 4 other places

Schools and child care

  1. Aim High - New Life Child Devel School
    160 feet
  2. The New Life Child Development Center Preschool, ages 2 to 5 · Pre-K
    200 feet
  3. Kreative Kare Day Care Center Pre-K
    450 feet
Show all 16
  1. Academy for Excellence in Leadership School
    650 feet
  2. The Academy of Urban Planning and Engineering School
    650 feet
  3. The Brooklyn School for Math and Research School
    650 feet
  4. The Brooklyn School for Social Justice School
    650 feet
  5. Math, Engineering and Science Academy Charter High School
    740 feet
  6. Kreative Kare Too Nursery School Infant and toddler care, ages 0 to 2
    790 feet
  7. Bushwick Community High School
    830 feet
  8. J.H.S. 291 Roland Hayes School
    830 feet
  9. All City Leadership Secondary School
    860 feet
  10. Achievement First North Brooklyn Preparatory Charter School
    1,010 feet
  11. P.S. 377 Alejandrina B. de Gautier School
    1,010 feet
  12. P.S. 106 Edward Everett Hale School
    1,200 feet
  13. P.S. 116 Elizabeth L Farrell School
    1,250 feet

Parks, playgrounds and gardens

  1. Bushwick Playground
    40 feet
  2. Borinquen Community Garden
    530 feet
  3. Hope Ballfield Park
    1,090 feet

Libraries, museums and history

  1. Washington Irving Library
    720 feet

Community centers and public services

  1. Ridgewood Bushwick Youth Center Community center
    660 feet

Fire and police

  1. Engine 277/Ladder 112 Fire station
    390 feet

Supermarkets

  1. Food Bazaar Supermarket
    1,140 feet
  2. Met Fresh Supermarket
    0.5 miles
  3. CTown Supermarket
    0.5 miles

Other stores

  1. Dollar Tree Store
    0.3 miles

Food stores and places to eat

Within a five-minute walk there are 12 places to eat and 15 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 Woodbine 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 Public Design Commission, NYC Parks, NYC Health, NYS Agriculture and Markets and USDA, retrieved September 18 – October 6, 2026.