Pitkin Avenue & Autumn Avenue

Pitkin Avenue and Autumn Avenue meet at a four-way crossing in East New York-City Line, Brooklyn. Between 2021 and 2025, ten police-reported crashes were recorded here, against a median of seven crashes for a Brooklyn corner. P.S. 159 Isaac Pitkin is 430 feet away. The nearest subway, Grant Av, is about four minutes on foot, and two subway lines stop within a ten-minute walk. Within a five-minute walk are seven public places, four of them religious buildings, and 13 places to eat.

Safety record
3 hurt
10 police-reported crashes, 2021–2025
Nearest subway
Grant Av
960 feet · 4 min on foot · A
Nearest bus stop
50 feet
Pitkin Av/Autumn Av · Q8, Q112
Within a walk
7 places
4 religious buildings, 1 day care or pre-K site and 2 more kinds, within five minutes

Map

Layers
Pitkin Avenue & Autumn Avenue Nearby corners, linked

Getting there

How walks are measured

Subway

The nearest subway station is Grant Av, 960 feet from this corner, about four minutes on foot.

  • 2 lines within a ten-minute walk
  1. Grant Av A
    960 feet
    A

Next trains at this station

Manhattan
1 line
  1. A …
Queens
1 line
  1. A …

Also within a walk

  1. Euclid Av A, C
    1,020 feet
    A C

Bus

The nearest bus stop is Pitkin Av/Autumn Av, 50 feet away, for the Q8 and Q112.

  • 7 routes within a ten-minute walk
  1. Pitkin Av/Autumn Av Q8, Q112
    50 feet
    Q8 Q112

Next buses at this stop

  1. Q8 …
  2. Q112 …

Live arrivals

Cycling

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

  • 18 bicycle racks within 820 feet

By car

The nearest highway entrance is the ramp to the Belt Parkway eastbound at Cross Bay Boulevard, 1.7 miles by car along the streets.

  1. 519 Autumn Avenue Gas station
    at this corner
  2. 2797 Linden Boulevard Charging for electric cars, four Level 2 chargers
    0.7 miles
  3. 1-01 Forest Park Drive Fast charging for electric cars
    2.7 miles

Safety record

How crashes are counted

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

  • 3 people injured
  • 0 people killed
  • 2 of those hurt, on foot

The most recent crash recorded here was in May 2025.

About this corner

Where facts come from
ZIP code
11208
Community board
Brooklyn Community Board 5
City Council district
42
Police precinct
75
Neighborhood (City Planning area)
East New York-City Line
Elevation
25 feet above sea level

The streets

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

Homes

About 1,000 homes stand within 820 feet of this corner, a mix of apartment buildings and smaller houses. The buildings holding them mostly went up between 1910 and 1930.

Trees

NYC Parks records 32 trees within 330 feet; the most common is the thornless honeylocust.

Parking on the streets meeting here

How signs are read
  • 18 signs on these blocks
  • 5 different rules

The sign wording is DOT's, as recorded between September 2017 and June 2025, and the sign on the street decides.

East side of Autumn Avenue

  • No parking 4 signs NO PARKING TUESDAY FRIDAY 11:30AM-1PM

West side of Autumn Avenue

  • No parking 5 signs NO PARKING MONDAY THURSDAY 11:30AM-1PM

North side of Pitkin Avenue

  • No parking 4 signs NO PARKING MONDAY THURSDAY 11:30AM-1PM
  • No standing 1 sign NO STANDING SCHOOL DAYS 7AM-4PM

South side of Pitkin Avenue

  • No parking 4 signs NO PARKING TUESDAY FRIDAY 11:30AM-1PM

Schools, parks and places within a walk

How places are listed

Seven public places are within a five-minute walk.

  • 4 religious buildings
  • 1 day care or pre-K site
  • 1 park
  • 1 school

Schools and child care

  1. P.S. 159 Isaac Pitkin School
    430 feet
  2. The Friends of Crown Heights Educational Center # 5 Preschool, ages 2 to 5 · Pre-K
    1,130 feet

Parks, playgrounds and gardens

  1. Robert E. Venable Park
    930 feet

Supermarkets

  1. Golden Farms Supermarket
    0.3 miles
  2. Fine Fare Supermarket
    0.3 miles
  3. CTown Supermarket
    0.3 miles

Other stores

  1. Dollar Tree Store
    0.4 miles
  2. Family Dollar Store
    0.5 miles

Food stores and places to eat

Within a five-minute walk there are 13 places to eat and 18 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 14 corners within a three-minute walk:

See every intersection along Autumn Avenue or Pitkin Avenue.

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