Pitkin Avenue & Cleveland Street

Pitkin Avenue and Cleveland Street meet at a four-way crossing in East New York (North), Brooklyn. Between 2021 and 2025, four police-reported crashes were recorded here, fewer than the median of seven crashes for a Brooklyn corner. Floral Vineyard is 40 feet away. The nearest subway, Shepherd Av, is about four minutes on foot, and two subway lines stop within a ten-minute walk. Within a five-minute walk are 32 public places, 19 of them religious buildings, and three places to eat. About 1,300 homes stand within 820 feet, a mix of apartment buildings and smaller houses.

Safety record
6 hurt
4 police-reported crashes, 2021–2025
Nearest subway
Shepherd Av
980 feet · 4 min on foot · C
Nearest bus stop
1,030 feet
Sutter Av/Cleveland St · B14
Within a walk
32 places
19 religious buildings, 7 gardens and 3 more kinds, within five minutes

Map

Layers
Pitkin Avenue & Cleveland Street Nearby corners, linked

Getting there

How walks are measured

Subway

The nearest subway station is Shepherd Av, 980 feet from this corner, about four minutes on foot.

  • 2 lines within a ten-minute walk
  1. Shepherd Av C
    980 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
    0.4 miles
    J

Bus

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

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

Next buses at this stop

  1. B14 …

Live arrivals

Cycling

A marked bike lane runs on Pitkin Avenue.

  • 17 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
    710 feet

By car

The nearest highway entrance is the ramp to the Jackie Robinson Parkway eastbound at Jamaica Avenue & J Robinson Parkway, 1.1 miles by car along the streets.

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

Safety record

How crashes are counted

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

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

The most recent crash recorded here was in April 2026.

What the city has done here

  • Leading pedestrian interval, September 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 (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 58 trees within 330 feet; the most common is the Amur maackia.

Parking on the streets meeting here

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

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

East side of Cleveland Street

  • No parking 6 signs NO PARKING TUESDAY FRIDAY 8AM-9:30AM

West side of Cleveland Street

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

North side of Pitkin Avenue

  • No parking 2 signs NO PARKING MONDAY THURSDAY 8AM-9:30AM
  • No parking 2 signs NO PARKING MONDAY THURSDAY 9AM-10:30AM

South side of Pitkin Avenue

  • No parking 2 signs NO PARKING TUESDAY FRIDAY 8AM-9:30AM
  • No parking 3 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 32 public places.

  • 19 religious buildings
  • 7 gardens
  • 3 day care or pre-K sites
  • 2 schools
  • 1 playground

Schools and child care

  1. Achievement First Linden Charter School Middle School
    110 feet
  2. Little Birds Day Care Center Infant, toddler and preschool care, ages 0 to 5 · Pre-K
    650 feet
  3. P.S. 158 Warwick School
    650 feet
Show all 5
  1. Joyful Tots Daycare Center Infant, toddler and preschool care, ages 0 to 5
    970 feet
  2. The Friends of Crown Heights Educational Centers Preschool, ages 2 to 5 · Pre-K
    1,260 feet

Parks, playgrounds and gardens

  1. Floral Vineyard Garden
    40 feet
  2. Cleveland Street Vegetable Garden
    190 feet
  3. Ashford Street Abundant Garden
    310 feet
Show all 8
  1. Paradise Community Garden
    390 feet
  2. Gregory's Garden
    770 feet
  3. Oriental Garden
    940 feet
  4. Sperandeo Brothers Playground
    970 feet
  5. Jerome-Glenmore Cornerstone Garden
    1,180 feet

Houses of worship

  1. Bethelite Institutional Baptist Church House of worship
    810 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 three 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 Cleveland 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.