Pitkin Avenue & Berriman Street

Pitkin Avenue and Berriman Street meet at a four-way crossing in East New York (North), Brooklyn. Between 2021 and 2025, 14 police-reported crashes were recorded here, against a median of seven crashes for a Brooklyn corner. Atkins Gardeners is 510 feet away, and Floral Vineyard is 1,270 feet away. The nearest subway, Shepherd Av, is about a minute on foot, and two subway lines stop within a ten-minute walk. Within a five-minute walk are 28 public places, 16 of them religious buildings, and six places to eat.

Safety record
5 hurt
14 police-reported crashes, 2021–2025
Nearest subway
Shepherd Av
290 feet · 1 min on foot · C
Nearest bus stop
1,030 feet
Sutter Av/Berriman St · B14
Within a walk
28 places
16 religious buildings, 6 gardens and 2 more kinds, within five minutes

Map

Layers
Pitkin Avenue & Berriman Street Nearby corners, linked

Getting there

How walks are measured

Subway

The nearest subway station is Shepherd Av, 290 feet from this corner, about a minute on foot.

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

Next trains at this station

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

Also within a walk

  1. Euclid Av A, C
    0.4 miles
    A C

Bus

The nearest bus stop is Sutter Av/Berriman St, 1,030 feet away, for the B14.

  • 7 routes within a ten-minute walk
  1. Sutter Av/Berriman St B14
    1,030 feet
    B14

Next buses at this stop

  1. B14 …

Live arrivals

Cycling

A marked bike lane runs on Pitkin Avenue.

  • 21 bicycle racks within 820 feet

Nearest bike-share station

  1. Pitkin Ave & Jerome St 14 docks in all
    0.4 miles

By car

The nearest highway entrance is the ramp to the Jackie Robinson Parkway eastbound at Jamaica Avenue & J Robinson Parkway, 1.3 miles by car along the streets.

  1. 3170 Atlantic Avenue Gas station
    0.5 miles
  2. 570 Jamaica Avenue Charging for electric cars, four Level 2 chargers
    0.9 miles
  3. 1389 Rockaway Parkway Fast charging for electric cars
    2.9 miles

Safety record

How crashes are counted

Between 2021 and 2025, police reported 14 crashes at this corner, more than the median of seven crashes for a Brooklyn corner.

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

The most recent crash recorded here was in March 2025.

What the city has done here

  • Leading pedestrian interval, January 2018

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 (North)
Elevation
28 feet above sea level

The streets

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

Homes

About 1,500 homes stand within 820 feet of this corner, a mix of apartment buildings and smaller houses.

Since 2014 at least 214 new affordable homes have been completed within 820 feet.

Trees

NYC Parks records 34 trees within 330 feet; the most common are the pin oak and the willow oak.

Parking on the streets meeting here

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

The sign wording is DOT's, as recorded between March 2018 and April 2025, and the sign on the street decides.

East side of Berriman Street

  • No parking 6 signs NO PARKING TUESDAY FRIDAY 8AM-9:30AM
  • No standing 1 sign NO STANDING MONDAY-FRIDAY MIDNIGHT-7AM

West side of Berriman Street

  • No parking 6 signs NO PARKING MONDAY THURSDAY 8AM-9:30AM

North side of Pitkin Avenue

  • No parking 5 signs NO PARKING MONDAY THURSDAY 8AM-9:30AM
  • No standing 2 signs NO STANDING 7AM-5PM EXCEPT SUNDAY

South side of Pitkin Avenue

  • No parking 5 signs NO PARKING TUESDAY FRIDAY 8AM-9:30AM

Schools, parks and places within a walk

How places are listed

Within a five-minute walk there are 28 public places.

  • 16 religious buildings
  • 6 gardens
  • 4 day care or pre-K sites
  • 2 schools

Schools and child care

  1. The Friends of Crown Heights Educational Centers Preschool, ages 2 to 5 · Pre-K
    40 feet
  2. A Castle for Classy Kids Learning Center Preschool, ages 2 to 5 · Pre-K
    700 feet
  3. P.S. 345 Patrolman Robert Bolden School
    850 feet
Show all 6
  1. Little Birds Day Care Center Infant, toddler and preschool care, ages 0 to 5 · Pre-K
    950 feet
  2. Urban Strategies Day Care Center #1 Preschool, ages 2 to 5 · Pre-K
    1,230 feet
  3. Achievement First Linden Charter School Middle School
    1,240 feet

Parks, playgrounds and gardens

  1. ENY Oasis Community Garden
    350 feet
  2. Atkins Gardeners Garden
    510 feet
  3. Upon This Rock Community Garden
    570 feet
Show all 6
  1. Montauk Atkins Community Garden
    600 feet
  2. Cleveland Street Vegetable Garden
    1,190 feet
  3. Floral Vineyard Garden
    1,270 feet

Other stores

  1. Dollar Tree Store
    1,170 feet

Food stores and places to eat

Within a five-minute walk there are six places to eat and 16 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 Berriman 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.