Pitkin Avenue & Bradford Street

Pitkin Avenue and Bradford Street meet at a four-way crossing in East New York (North), Brooklyn. Between 2021 and 2025, 16 police-reported crashes were recorded here, against a median of seven crashes for a Brooklyn corner. Grace Playground is 570 feet away. The nearest subway, Van Siclen Av, is about two minutes on foot, and three subway lines stop within a ten-minute walk. Within a five-minute walk are 31 public places, 16 of them religious buildings, and five places to eat. About 1,100 homes stand within 820 feet, a mix of apartment buildings and smaller houses.

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

Map

Layers
Pitkin Avenue & Bradford Street Nearby corners, linked

Getting there

How walks are measured

Subway

The nearest subway station is Van Siclen Av, 460 feet from this corner, about two minutes on foot.

  • 3 lines within a ten-minute walk
  1. Van Siclen Av C
    460 feet
    C

Next trains at this station

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

Also within a walk

  1. Liberty Av C
    0.4 miles
    C
  2. Van Siclen Av J, Z
    0.5 miles
    J Z

Bus

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

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

Next buses at this stop

  1. B14 …

Live arrivals

Cycling

A marked bike lane runs on Pitkin Avenue.

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

Nearest bike-share station

  1. Pitkin Ave & Van Siclen Ave 18 docks in all
    550 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. 2822 Atlantic Avenue Gas station
    0.4 miles
  2. 492 Thomas Boyland Street Charging for electric cars, five Level 2 chargers
    1.2 miles
  3. 1389 Rockaway Parkway Fast charging for electric cars
    2.4 miles

Safety record

How crashes are counted

Between 2021 and 2025, police reported 16 crashes at this corner, more than the median of seven crashes for a Brooklyn corner.

  • 13 people injured
  • 0 people killed

The most recent crash recorded here was in May 2026.

What the city has done here

  • Leading pedestrian interval, July 2021

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
36 feet above sea level

The streets

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

Homes

About 1,100 homes stand within 820 feet of this corner, a mix of apartment buildings and smaller houses.

Since 2014 at least 11 new affordable homes have been completed within 820 feet.

Trees

NYC Parks records 58 trees within 330 feet; the most common is the thornless honeylocust.

Parking on the streets meeting here

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

The sign wording is DOT's, as recorded between September 2014 and June 2018, and the sign on the street decides.

East side of Bradford Street

  • No parking 7 signs NO PARKING TUESDAY FRIDAY 8AM-9:30AM

West side of Bradford Street

  • No parking 7 signs NO PARKING MONDAY THURSDAY 8AM-9:30AM

North side of Pitkin Avenue

  • No parking 5 signs NO PARKING MONDAY THURSDAY 8AM-9:30AM

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 31 public places.

  • 16 religious buildings
  • 5 gardens
  • 4 schools
  • 2 listed historic places
  • 1 ambulance station
  • 3 other places

Schools and child care

  1. Canarsie Children First Academy School-based preschool, ages 3 to 5 · Pre-K
    70 feet
  2. Achievement First Apollo Middle Charter School
    610 feet
  3. Achievement First East Brooklyn High School
    610 feet
Show all 5
  1. Bard High School Early College Brooklyn School
    610 feet
  2. J.H.S. 292 Margaret S. Douglas School
    610 feet

Parks, playgrounds and gardens

  1. Grace Playground
    570 feet
  2. East End Community Garden
    620 feet
  3. Poppa & Momma Jones Historical Garden
    920 feet
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  1. Artsy Bloom Community Garden
    1,070 feet
  2. Escape to Nature Garden
    1,240 feet
  3. Jerry and the Senior Gents of E.N.Y. Garden
    1,290 feet

Health care

  1. EMS Station 39 Ambulance station
    1,230 feet

Libraries, museums and history

  1. Fiorentino Plaza Listed historic place
    440 feet
  2. 75th Police Precinct Station House Listed historic place
    1,180 feet

Houses of worship

  1. Second Calvary Baptist Church House of worship
    680 feet
  2. E End Baptist Church House of worship
    710 feet
  3. Russian Orthodox Church House of worship
    1,220 feet

Fire and police

  1. Engine 332/Ladder 175 Fire station
    1,190 feet

Supermarkets

  1. Shop Fair Supermarket
    420 feet
  2. CTown Supermarket
    640 feet

Food stores and places to eat

Within a five-minute walk there are five places to eat and 13 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 Bradford 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.