Pitkin Avenue & Alabama Avenue

Pitkin Avenue and Alabama Avenue meet at a four-way crossing in East New York (North), Brooklyn. Between 2021 and 2025, 26 police-reported crashes were recorded here, against a median of seven crashes for a Brooklyn corner. Police Service Area #2 is 1,080 feet away. The nearest subway, Liberty Av, is about six minutes on foot, and four subway lines stop within a ten-minute walk. Within a five-minute walk are nine public places, five of them religious buildings, and three places to eat. About 300 homes stand within 820 feet, a mix of apartment buildings and smaller houses.

Safety record
21 hurt
26 police-reported crashes, 2021–2025
Nearest subway
Liberty Av
0.3 miles · 6 min on foot · C
Nearest bus stop
870 feet
Pennsylvania Av/Pitkin Av · B20, B83
Within a walk
9 places
5 religious buildings, 1 ambulance station and 3 more kinds, within five minutes

Map

Layers
Pitkin Avenue & Alabama Avenue Nearby corners, linked

Getting there

How walks are measured

Subway

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

  • 4 lines within a ten-minute walk
  1. Liberty Av C
    0.3 miles
    C

Next trains at this station

Manhattan
1 line
  1. C …
Outbound
1 line
  1. C …

Also within a walk

  1. Sutter Av L
    0.4 miles
    L
  2. Van Siclen Av C
    0.4 miles
    C

Bus

The nearest bus stop is Pennsylvania Av/Pitkin Av, 870 feet away, for the B20 and B83.

  • 12 routes within a ten-minute walk
  1. Pennsylvania Av/Pitkin Av B20, B83 · Shelter
    870 feet
    B20 B83
    Shelter

Next buses at this stop

  1. B20 …
  2. B83 …

Live arrivals

Cycling

A signed bike route shared with traffic runs on Pitkin Avenue.

  • 3 bicycle racks within 820 feet, one of them an on-street corral
  • 3 more bike-share stations within a five-minute walk

Nearest bike-share station

  1. Williams Ave & Pitkin Ave 12 docks in all
    300 feet

By car

The nearest highway entrance is the ramp to the Jackie Robinson Parkway eastbound at Jamaica Avenue & J Robinson Parkway, 0.6 miles by car along the streets.

  1. 32 Jamaica Avenue Gas station
    0.5 miles
  2. 492 Thomas Boyland Street Charging for electric cars, five Level 2 chargers
    0.9 miles
  3. 1389 Rockaway Parkway Fast charging for electric cars
    2.2 miles

Safety record

How crashes are counted

Between 2021 and 2025, police reported 26 crashes at this corner, more than the median of seven crashes for a Brooklyn corner.

  • 21 people injured
  • 0 people killed
  • 2 of those hurt, on a bike

The most recent crash recorded here was in March 2026.

About this corner

Where facts come from
ZIP code
11207
Community board
Brooklyn Community Board 5
City Council district
37
Police precinct
75
Neighborhood (City Planning area)
East New York (North)
Elevation
37 feet above sea level

The streets

  • Up to two travel lanes
  • One of the streets is one-way

Homes

About 300 homes stand within 820 feet of this corner, a mix of apartment buildings and smaller houses.

Trees

NYC Parks records 69 trees within 330 feet; the most common is the littleleaf linden.

Parking on the streets meeting here

How signs are read
  • 33 signs on these blocks
  • 9 different rules

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

East side of Alabama Avenue

  • No parking 4 signs NO PARKING MONDAY-FRIDAY 8AM-6PM
  • No parking 8 signs NO PARKING TUESDAY FRIDAY 3AM-6AM

West side of Alabama Avenue

  • No parking 8 signs NO PARKING MONDAY THURSDAY 3AM-6AM

North side of Pitkin Avenue

  • No parking 3 signs NO PARKING MONDAY THURSDAY 3AM-6AM
  • No standing 1 sign NO STANDING ANYTIME
  • No standing 1 sign NO STANDING MONDAY-FRIDAY 7AM-4PM

South side of Pitkin Avenue

  • No parking 2 signs NO PARKING MONDAY-FRIDAY 8AM-6PM
  • No parking 5 signs NO PARKING TUESDAY FRIDAY 3AM-6AM
  • Truck loading only 1 sign TRUCK LOADING ONLY MONDAY-FRIDAY 7AM-4PM

Parks and places within a walk

How places are listed

Nine public places are within a five-minute walk.

  • 5 religious buildings
  • 1 ambulance station
  • 1 garden
  • 1 playground
  • 1 police station

Parks, playgrounds and gardens

  1. TLC Sculpture Park Garden
    990 feet
  2. Grace Playground
    1,100 feet

Health care

  1. EMS Station 39 Ambulance station
    1,170 feet

Houses of worship

  1. Russian Orthodox Church House of worship
    1,220 feet

Fire and police

  1. Police Service Area #2 Police station
    1,080 feet

Supermarkets

  1. CTown Supermarket
    1,210 feet
  2. Shop Fair Supermarket
    0.4 miles
  3. Fine Fare Supermarket
    0.5 miles

Other stores

  1. Family Dollar Store
    0.5 miles

Food stores and places to eat

Within a five-minute walk there are three places to eat and seven 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 nearest of the 12 corners within a three-minute walk:

See every intersection along Alabama Avenue or Pitkin Avenue.

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 Parks, NYC Health, NYS Agriculture and Markets and USDA, retrieved September 18 – October 6, 2026.