Myrtle Avenue & Knickerbocker Avenue

Myrtle Avenue and Knickerbocker Avenue meet at a four-way crossing in Bushwick (West), Brooklyn. Between 2021 and 2025, 27 police-reported crashes were recorded here, against a median of seven crashes for a Brooklyn corner. Hope Ballfield is 480 feet away. The nearest subway, Knickerbocker Av, is about a minute on foot, and two subway lines stop within a ten-minute walk. Within a five-minute walk are 18 public places, five of them schools, and 46 places to eat. About 1,700 homes stand within 820 feet, mostly built in 1931, a mix of apartment buildings and smaller houses.

Safety record
8 hurt
27 police-reported crashes, 2021–2025
Nearest subway
Knickerbocker Av
100 feet · 1 min on foot · M
Nearest bus stop
30 feet
Myrtle Av/Knickerbocker Av · B54, M90, T410
Within a walk
18 places
5 schools, 4 religious buildings and 5 more kinds, within five minutes

Map

Layers
Myrtle Avenue & Knickerbocker Avenue Nearby corners, linked

Getting there

How walks are measured

Subway

The nearest subway station is Knickerbocker Av, 100 feet from this corner, about a minute on foot.

  • 2 lines within a ten-minute walk
  1. Knickerbocker Av M
    100 feet
    M

Next trains at this station

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

Also within a walk

  1. Myrtle-Wyckoff Avs L, M
    0.4 miles
    L M
  2. Central Av M
    0.4 miles
    M

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

Bus

The nearest bus stop is Myrtle Av/Knickerbocker Av, 30 feet away, for the B54, M90 and T410.

  • 13 routes within a ten-minute walk
  1. Myrtle Av/Knickerbocker Av B54, M90, T410
    30 feet
    B54 M90 T410

Next buses at this stop

  1. B54 …
  2. M90 …
  3. T410 …

Live arrivals

Cycling

A marked bike lane runs on Knickerbocker Avenue.

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

Nearest bike-share station

  1. Greene Ave & Myrtle Ave 30 docks in all
    200 feet

By car

The nearest highway entrance is the ramp to the Jackie Robinson Parkway westbound at Vermont Place & J Robinson Parkway, 1.7 miles by car along the streets.

  1. 1517 Myrtle Avenue Gas station
    1,250 feet
  2. 1510 Gates Avenue Charging for electric cars, four Level 2 chargers
    0.3 miles
  3. 1074 Grand Street Fast charging for electric cars
    1.5 miles

Safety record

How crashes are counted

Between 2021 and 2025, police reported 27 crashes at this corner, more than the median of seven crashes for a Brooklyn corner.

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

The most recent crash recorded here was in January 2026.

What the city has done here

  • Leading pedestrian interval, April 2016

About this corner

Where facts come from
ZIP code
11237
Community board
Brooklyn Community Board 4
City Council district
37
Police precinct
83
Neighborhood (City Planning area)
Bushwick (West)
Elevation
29 feet above sea level

The streets

  • Up to two travel lanes
  • A designated truck route
  • One of the streets is one-way

Homes

About 1,700 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 18 new affordable homes have been completed within 820 feet.

Trees

NYC Parks records 47 trees within 330 feet; the most common is the thornless honeylocust.

Parking on the streets meeting here

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

The sign wording is DOT's, as recorded between August 2016 and December 2025, and the sign on the street decides.

East side of Knickerbocker Avenue

  • Time-limited parking 1 sign 2 HOUR PARKING 8AM-7PM EXCEPT SUNDAY
  • No parking 1 sign NO PARKING 7:30AM-8AM EXCEPT SUNDAY
  • No standing 1 sign NO STANDING ANYTIME

West side of Knickerbocker Avenue

  • Metered parking 2 signs 2 HOUR METERED PARKING 8:30AM-7PM EXCEPT SUNDAY
  • No parking 2 signs NO PARKING 8AM-8:30AM EXCEPT SUNDAY
  • No standing 2 signs NO STANDING ANYTIME
  • No stopping 2 signs NO STOPPING ANYTIME

North side of Myrtle Avenue

  • Metered parking 6 signs 2 HOUR METERED PARKING 8AM-7PM EXCEPT SUNDAY
  • No parking 6 signs NO PARKING 7:30AM-8AM EXCEPT SUNDAY
  • No standing 1 sign NO STANDING ANYTIME

South side of Myrtle Avenue

  • Metered parking 1 sign 2 HOUR METERED PARKING 8AM-7PM EXCEPT SUNDAY
  • No parking 1 sign NO PARKING 7:30AM-8AM EXCEPT SUNDAY

ParkNYC pay-by-cell zones: 310242 and 331752.

Landmarks, monuments and public art

How landmarks are placed

Landmarks and historic districts

Two buildings within 820 feet are designated by the Landmarks Preservation Commission, recorded as Romanesque Revival, and built between 1892 and 1899.

Monuments and public art

The City's public art inventory lists two works near this corner, the nearest in Heisser Triangle.

  1. Bushwick-Ridgewood Memorial Statue by Pietro Montana, 1921
    130 feet
  2. Untitled Stainless Steel Sculpture Sculpture by Todd Williams, 1983
    210 feet

Schools, parks and places within a walk

How places are listed

Eighteen public places are within a five-minute walk.

  • 5 schools
  • 4 religious buildings
  • 3 day care or pre-K sites
  • 2 parks
  • 2 trade or language schools
  • 2 other places

Schools and child care

  1. The New Life Child Development Center Preschool, ages 2 to 5 · Pre-K
    310 feet
  2. ABC Learning Center Trade or language school
    370 feet
  3. P.S. 116 Elizabeth L Farrell School · landmark
    580 feet
Show all 10
  1. Efficient Care Training Trade or language school
    580 feet
  2. Achievement First Bushwick Charter School
    650 feet
  3. J.H.S. 383 Philippa Schuyler School
    650 feet
  4. P.S. 376 School
    770 feet
  5. Kreative Kare Too Nursery School Infant and toddler care, ages 0 to 2
    940 feet
  6. Kreative Kare Day Care Center Pre-K
    970 feet
  7. P.S. 086 the Irvington School
    1,060 feet

Parks, playgrounds and gardens

  1. Heisser Triangle
    170 feet
  2. Hope Ballfield Park
    480 feet

Plazas and public spaces

  1. Knickerbocker Plaza Pedestrian plaza
    120 feet

Fire and police

  1. 83rd Precinct Police station
    490 feet

Bank branches

  1. Citibank Bank branch
    210 feet
  2. Bank of America Bank branch
    860 feet

Supermarkets

  1. Met Fresh Supermarket
    770 feet
  2. CTown Supermarket
    0.4 miles
  3. Fine Fare Supermarket
    0.4 miles

Pharmacies

  1. Walgreens Pharmacy
    1,210 feet

Other stores

  1. Dollar Tree Store
    0.4 miles

Food stores and places to eat

Within a five-minute walk there are 46 places to eat and 28 food stores.

Nearby corners

The eight nearest of the 13 corners within a three-minute walk:

See every intersection along Knickerbocker Avenue or Myrtle Avenue.

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, Landmarks Preservation Commission, NYC Public Design Commission, NYC Parks, NYC Health, FDIC, NYS Agriculture and Markets and USDA, retrieved September 18 – October 6, 2026.