Pitkin Avenue & Ashford Street

Pitkin Avenue and Ashford Street meet at a four-way crossing in East New York (North), Brooklyn. Between 2021 and 2025, eight police-reported crashes were recorded here, against a median of seven crashes for a Brooklyn corner. Ashford Street Abundant Garden is 210 feet away. The nearest subway, Shepherd Av, is about five minutes on foot, and two subway lines stop within a ten-minute walk. Within a five-minute walk are 33 public places, 17 of them religious buildings, and two places to eat. About 1,300 homes stand within 820 feet, a mix of apartment buildings and smaller houses.

Safety record
4 hurt
8 police-reported crashes, 2021–2025
Nearest subway
Shepherd Av
1,210 feet · 5 min on foot · C
Nearest bus stop
1,020 feet
Sutter Av/Ashford St · B14
Within a walk
33 places
17 religious buildings, 10 gardens and 4 more kinds, within five minutes

Map

Layers
Pitkin Avenue & Ashford Street Nearby corners, linked

Getting there

How walks are measured

Subway

The nearest subway station is Shepherd Av, 1,210 feet from this corner, about five minutes on foot.

  • 2 lines within a ten-minute walk
  1. Shepherd Av C
    1,210 feet
    C

Next trains at this station

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

Also within a walk

  1. Van Siclen Av C
    0.3 miles
    C
  2. Cleveland St J
    0.5 miles
    J

Bus

The nearest bus stop is Sutter Av/Ashford St, 1,020 feet away, for the B14.

  • 6 routes within a ten-minute walk
  1. Sutter Av/Ashford St B14
    1,020 feet
    B14

Next buses at this stop

  1. B14 …

Live arrivals

Cycling

A marked bike lane runs on Pitkin Avenue.

  • 18 bicycle racks within 820 feet
  • 1 more bike-share station within a five-minute walk

Nearest bike-share station

  1. Pitkin Ave & Jerome St 14 docks in all
    480 feet

By car

The nearest highway entrance is the ramp to the Jackie Robinson Parkway eastbound at Jamaica Avenue & J Robinson Parkway, 1 mile by car along the streets.

  1. 2822 Atlantic Avenue Gas station
    0.5 miles
  2. 570 Jamaica Avenue Charging for electric cars, four Level 2 chargers
    1 mile
  3. 1389 Rockaway Parkway Fast charging for electric cars
    2.7 miles

Safety record

How crashes are counted

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

  • 4 people injured
  • 0 people killed
  • 1 of those hurt, on a bike

The most recent crash recorded here was in February 2026.

What the city has done here

  • Leading pedestrian interval, January 2018

About this corner

Where facts come from
ZIP code
11207
Community board
Brooklyn Community Board 5
City Council district
42
Police precinct
75
Neighborhood (City Planning area)
East New York (North)
Elevation
33 feet above sea level

The streets

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

Homes

About 1,300 homes stand within 820 feet of this corner, a mix of apartment buildings and smaller houses.

Since 2014 at least 68 new affordable homes have been completed within 820 feet.

Trees

NYC Parks records 60 trees within 330 feet; the most common are the Amur maackia and the thornless honeylocust.

Parking on the streets meeting here

How signs are read
  • 23 signs on these blocks
  • 4 different rules

The sign wording is DOT's, as recorded between July 2015 and November 2018, and the sign on the street decides.

East side of Ashford Street

  • No parking 6 signs NO PARKING TUESDAY FRIDAY 9AM-10:30AM

West side of Ashford Street

  • No parking 7 signs NO PARKING MONDAY THURSDAY 9AM-10:30AM

North side of Pitkin Avenue

  • No parking 4 signs NO PARKING MONDAY THURSDAY 9AM-10:30AM

South side of Pitkin Avenue

  • No parking 6 signs NO PARKING TUESDAY FRIDAY 9AM-10:30AM

Schools, parks and places within a walk

How places are listed

Within a five-minute walk there are 33 public places.

  • 17 religious buildings
  • 10 gardens
  • 2 day care or pre-K sites
  • 2 schools
  • 1 park
  • 1 playground

Schools and child care

  1. Achievement First Linden Charter School Middle School
    340 feet
  2. P.S. 158 Warwick School
    420 feet
  3. Little Birds Day Care Center Infant, toddler and preschool care, ages 0 to 5 · Pre-K
    880 feet
Show all 4
  1. Joyful Tots Daycare Center Infant, toddler and preschool care, ages 0 to 5
    1,130 feet

Parks, playgrounds and gardens

  1. Ashford Street Abundant Garden
    210 feet
  2. Floral Vineyard Garden
    230 feet
  3. Paradise Community Garden
    390 feet
Show all 12
  1. Cleveland Street Vegetable Garden
    420 feet
  2. Gregory's Garden
    540 feet
  3. Oriental Garden
    710 feet
  4. Jerome-Glenmore Cornerstone Garden
    950 feet
  5. Jerry and the Senior Gents of E.N.Y. Garden
    1,100 feet
  6. Concerned Residents of Barbey Street Garden
    1,200 feet
  7. Sperandeo Brothers Playground
    1,200 feet
  8. Sutter Ballfields Park
    1,240 feet
  9. Herbal Garden of East New York Garden
    1,300 feet

Houses of worship

  1. Bethelite Institutional Baptist Church House of worship
    1,030 feet

Supermarkets

  1. Shop Fair Supermarket
    0.3 miles

Other stores

  1. Dollar Tree Store
    0.5 miles

Food stores and places to eat

Within a five-minute walk there are two places to eat and 14 food stores.

Not on record for this corner: 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 Ashford Street or Pitkin 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, NYC Parks, NYC Health, NYS Agriculture and Markets and USDA, retrieved September 18 – October 6, 2026.