Pitkin Avenue & Chestnut Street

Pitkin Avenue and Chestnut Street meet at a four-way crossing in East New York-City Line, Brooklyn. Between 2021 and 2025, 19 police-reported crashes were recorded here, against a median of seven crashes for a Brooklyn corner. St Lydia Episcopal Church is 470 feet away. The nearest subway, Euclid Av, is about two minutes on foot, for the A and C. Within a five-minute walk are 19 public places, seven of them religious buildings, and ten places to eat. About 1,600 homes stand within 820 feet, a mix of apartment buildings and smaller houses.

Safety record
11 hurt
19 police-reported crashes, 2021–2025
Nearest subway
Euclid Av
400 feet · 2 min on foot · A, C
Nearest bus stop
390 feet
Pitkin Av/Euclid Av · Q8
Within a walk
19 places
7 religious buildings, 3 gardens and 7 more kinds, within five minutes

Map

Layers
Pitkin Avenue & Chestnut Street Nearby corners, linked

Getting there

How walks are measured

Subway

The nearest subway station is Euclid Av, 400 feet from this corner, about two minutes on foot.

  • 2 lines at the nearest station
  1. Euclid Av A, C
    400 feet
    A C

Next trains at this station

Manhattan
2 lines
  1. A …
  2. C …
Queens
2 lines
  1. A …
  2. C …

Also within a walk

  1. Shepherd Av C
    0.4 miles
    C
  2. Grant Av A
    0.5 miles
    A

Bus

The nearest bus stop is Pitkin Av/Euclid Av, 390 feet away, for the Q8.

  • 5 routes within a ten-minute walk
  1. Pitkin Av/Euclid Av Q8
    390 feet
    Q8

Next buses at this stop

  1. Q8 …

Live arrivals

Cycling

A marked bike lane runs on Pitkin Avenue.

  • 25 bicycle racks within 820 feet

By car

The nearest highway entrance is the ramp to the Jackie Robinson Parkway eastbound at Jamaica Avenue & J Robinson Parkway, 1.6 miles by car along the streets.

  1. 1249 Sutter Avenue Gas station
    0.3 miles
  2. 2797 Linden Boulevard Charging for electric cars, four Level 2 chargers
    1 mile
  3. 1-01 Forest Park Drive Fast charging for electric cars
    2.9 miles

Safety record

How crashes are counted

Between 2021 and 2025, police reported 19 crashes at this corner, more than the median of seven crashes for a Brooklyn corner.

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

The most recent crash recorded here was in November 2025.

What the city has done here

  • Leading pedestrian interval, June 2021
  • Accessible pedestrian signal, June 2021

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
30 feet above sea level

The streets

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

Homes

About 1,600 homes stand within 820 feet of this corner, a mix of apartment buildings and smaller houses.

Since 2014 at least 135 new affordable homes have been completed within 820 feet.

Trees

NYC Parks records 50 trees within 330 feet; the most common are the American basswood and the black oak.

Parking on the streets meeting here

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

The sign wording is DOT's, as recorded between September 2016 and September 2017, and the sign on the street decides.

East side of Chestnut Street

  • No parking 6 signs NO PARKING TUESDAY FRIDAY 11AM-12:30PM

West side of Chestnut Street

  • No parking 6 signs NO PARKING MONDAY THURSDAY 11AM-12:30PM

North side of Pitkin Avenue

  • No parking 4 signs NO PARKING MONDAY THURSDAY 11AM-12:30PM

South side of Pitkin Avenue

  • No parking 4 signs NO PARKING TUESDAY FRIDAY 11AM-12:30PM

Schools, parks and places within a walk

How places are listed

Nineteen public places are within a five-minute walk.

  • 7 religious buildings
  • 3 gardens
  • 2 day care or pre-K sites
  • 2 trade or language schools
  • 1 library
  • 4 other places

Schools and child care

  1. The Friends of Crown Heights Educational Center # 5 Preschool, ages 2 to 5 · Pre-K
    1,030 feet
  2. Career Academy of New York Trade or language school
    1,120 feet
  3. Great Oaks Health Academy Trade or language school
    1,120 feet
Show all 5
  1. A Castle for Classy Kids Learning Center Preschool, ages 2 to 5 · Pre-K
    1,130 feet
  2. P.S. 159 Isaac Pitkin School
    1,190 feet

Parks, playgrounds and gardens

  1. Green Gems Garden
    790 feet
  2. Euclid 500 Community Garden
    820 feet
  3. City Line Park
    1,270 feet
Show all 5
  1. City Line Park Playground
    1,290 feet
  2. Upon This Rock Community Garden
    1,310 feet

Libraries, museums and history

  1. Cypress Hills Library
    1,230 feet

Houses of worship

  1. St Lydia Episcopal Church House of worship
    470 feet

Community centers and public services

  1. New Lots Post Office
    870 feet

Supermarkets

  1. Key Food Supermarket
    990 feet
  2. Golden Farms Supermarket
    0.4 miles

Other stores

  1. Dollar Tree Store
    660 feet

Food stores and places to eat

Within a five-minute walk there are ten places to eat and 22 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 Chestnut Street or Pitkin Avenue.

Sources: NYC Technology and Innovation, NYPD, NYC DOT, MTA, NYC City Planning, 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.