Louisiana Avenue & Twin Pines Drive

Louisiana Avenue and Twin Pines Drive meet at a three-way junction in Spring Creek-Starrett City, Brooklyn. Between 2021 and 2025, 11 police-reported crashes were recorded here, against a median of seven crashes for a Brooklyn corner. Spring Creek Rehabilitation & Nursing Care Center is 280 feet away, and Fresh Creek Nature Preserve is 330 feet away. The nearest bus stop, Pennsylvania Av/Schroeders Av, is 1,300 feet away for the B82, B82 SBS, B83 and two more. Within a five-minute walk are seven public places, two of them day care or pre-K sites, and five places to eat.

Safety record
6 hurt
11 police-reported crashes, 2021–2025
Nearest highway entrance
Belt Parkway
0.6 miles by car along the streets
Nearest bus stop
1,300 feet
Pennsylvania Av/Schroeders Av · B82, B82 SBS, B83, BM2 +1
Within a walk
7 places
2 day care or pre-K sites, 2 schools and 3 more kinds, within five minutes

Map

Layers
Louisiana Avenue & Twin Pines Drive Nearby corners, linked

Getting there

How walks are measured

Bus

The nearest bus stop is Pennsylvania Av/Schroeders Av, 1,300 feet away, for the B82, B82 SBS, B83, BM2 and BM5.

  • 5 routes within a ten-minute walk
  1. Pennsylvania Av/Schroeders Av B82, B82 SBS, B83, BM2 +1 · Shelter
    1,300 feet
    B82 B82 SBS B83 BM2 BM5
    Shelter

Next buses at this stop

  1. B82 …
  2. B82 SBS …
  3. B83 …
  4. BM2 …
  5. BM5 …

Live arrivals

Cycling

  • 7 bicycle racks within 820 feet

By car

The nearest highway entrance is the ramp to the Belt Parkway westbound at Pennsylvania Avenue, 0.6 miles by car along the streets.

  1. 1121 Pennsylvania Avenue Gas station
    0.6 miles
  2. 1065 Elton Street Charging for electric cars, four Level 2 chargers
    1.3 miles
  3. 1389 Rockaway Parkway Fast charging for electric cars
    1.4 miles

Safety record

How crashes are counted

Between 2021 and 2025, police reported 11 crashes at this corner, more than the median of seven crashes for a Brooklyn corner.

  • 6 people injured
  • 0 people killed
  • 1 of those hurt, on foot

The most recent crash recorded here was in January 2026.

What the city has done here

  • Leading pedestrian interval, October 2021
  • Turn calming, May 2022

About this corner

Where facts come from
ZIP code
11239
Community board
Brooklyn Community Board 5
City Council district
42
Police precinct
75
Neighborhood (City Planning area)
Spring Creek-Starrett City
Elevation
15 feet above sea level

The streets

  • Up to two travel lanes
  • A designated truck route

Homes

About 110 homes stand within 820 feet of this corner, most of them in buildings of ten homes or more.

Trees

NYC Parks records 48 trees within 330 feet; the most common is the thornless honeylocust.

Parking on the streets meeting here

How signs are read
  • 46 signs on these blocks
  • 6 different rules

The sign wording is DOT's, as recorded between July 2015 and August 2023, and the sign on the street decides.

East side of Louisiana Avenue

  • Ambulances only 1 sign AMBULANCE ONLY
  • No parking 29 signs NO PARKING THURSDAY 11AM-12:30PM
  • No standing 2 signs NO STANDING ANYTIME
  • No standing 2 signs NO STANDING SCHOOL DAYS 7AM-4PM

North side of Twin Pines Drive

  • No parking 5 signs NO PARKING THURSDAY 11AM-12:30PM

South side of Twin Pines Drive

  • No parking 7 signs NO PARKING WEDNESDAY 11AM-12:30PM

Schools, parks and places within a walk

How places are listed

Seven public places are within a five-minute walk.

  • 2 day care or pre-K sites
  • 2 schools
  • 1 nature area
  • 1 nursing home or hospice
  • 1 post office

Schools and child care

  1. Be'Er Hagolah Institute School-based preschool, ages 3 to 5 · Pre-K
    560 feet
  2. Beer Hagolah Inst High School
    820 feet
  3. Beer Hagolah Institute-Elem School
    820 feet
Show all 4
  1. Starrett Early Learning Center Preschool, ages 2 to 5 · Pre-K
    960 feet

Parks, playgrounds and gardens

  1. Fresh Creek Nature Preserve Nature area
    330 feet

Health care

  1. Spring Creek Rehabilitation & Nursing Care Center Nursing home or hospice
    280 feet

Community centers and public services

  1. Spring Creek Post Office
    840 feet

Bank branches

  1. Citibank Bank branch
    290 feet
  2. Citizens Bank Bank branch
    900 feet

Pharmacies

  1. CVS Pharmacy
    670 feet

Food stores and places to eat

Within a five-minute walk there are five places to eat and three food stores.

Not on record for this corner: a subway entrance within a ten-minute walk and a designated landmark or historic district within 820 feet.

Nearby corners

The nearest corners on foot, with walking distances:

See every intersection along Louisiana Avenue or Twin Pines Drive.

Sources: NYC Technology and Innovation, NYPD, NYC DOT, MTA, NYS Environmental Conservation, NYC City Planning, US Department of Energy, NYC Parks, NYC Health, FDIC, NYS Agriculture and Markets and USDA, retrieved September 18 – October 6, 2026.