Pitkin Avenue & Crescent Street

Pitkin Avenue and Crescent Street meet at a four-way crossing in East New York-City Line, Brooklyn. Between 2021 and 2025, 18 police-reported crashes were recorded here, against a median of seven crashes for a Brooklyn corner. Greater Bright Light Baptist Church is 990 feet away. The nearest subway, Euclid Av, is about two minutes on foot, for the A and C. Within a five-minute walk are ten public places, six of them religious buildings, and 22 places to eat. About 1,300 homes stand within 820 feet, mostly built between 1910 and 1930, a mix of apartment buildings and smaller houses.

Safety record
9 hurt
18 police-reported crashes, 2021–2025
Nearest subway
Euclid Av
500 feet · 2 min on foot · A, C
Nearest bus stop
50 feet
Crescent St/Pitkin Av · B13
Within a walk
10 places
6 religious buildings, 1 day care or pre-K site and 3 more kinds, within five minutes

Map

Layers
Pitkin Avenue & Crescent Street Nearby corners, linked

Getting there

How walks are measured

Subway

The nearest subway station is Euclid Av, 500 feet from this corner, about two minutes on foot.

  • 2 lines at the nearest station
  1. Euclid Av A, C
    500 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. Grant Av A
    0.3 miles
    A

Bus

The nearest bus stop is Crescent St/Pitkin Av, 50 feet away, for the B13.

  • 7 routes within a ten-minute walk
  1. Crescent St/Pitkin Av B13
    50 feet
    B13

Next buses at this stop

  1. B13 …

Live arrivals

Cycling

A marked bike lane runs on Crescent Street and Pitkin Avenue.

  • 21 bicycle racks within 820 feet

By car

The nearest highway entrance is the ramp to the Belt Parkway eastbound at Cross Bay Boulevard, 1.8 miles by car along the streets.

  1. 519 Autumn Avenue Gas station
    680 feet
  2. 2797 Linden Boulevard Charging for electric cars, four Level 2 chargers
    0.8 miles
  3. 1-01 Forest Park Drive Fast charging for electric cars
    2.8 miles

Safety record

How crashes are counted

Between 2021 and 2025, police reported 18 crashes at this corner, more than the median of seven crashes for a Brooklyn corner.

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

The most recent crash recorded here was in October 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-City Line
Elevation
24 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. The buildings holding them mostly went up between 1910 and 1930.

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

Trees

NYC Parks records 53 trees within 330 feet; the most common is the thornless honeylocust.

Parking on the streets meeting here

How signs are read
  • 28 signs on these blocks
  • 8 different rules
  • 1 active meter
  • 1 pay-by-cell zone

The sign wording is DOT's, as recorded between May 2017 and July 2023, and the sign on the street decides.

East side of Crescent Street

  • No parking 6 signs NO PARKING TUESDAY FRIDAY 11:30AM-1PM
  • No standing 1 sign NO STANDING ANYTIME

West side of Crescent Street

  • No parking 6 signs NO PARKING MONDAY THURSDAY 11:30AM-1PM

North side of Pitkin Avenue

  • Metered parking 2 signs 2 HOUR METERED PARKING 8:30AM-7PM EXCEPT SUNDAY
  • No parking 2 signs NO PARKING MONDAY THURSDAY 11:30AM-1PM
  • No parking 3 signs NO PARKING MONDAY THURSDAY 11AM-12:30PM
  • No standing 3 signs NO STANDING SCHOOL DAYS 7AM-4PM

South side of Pitkin Avenue

  • No parking 5 signs NO PARKING TUESDAY FRIDAY 11:30AM-1PM

ParkNYC pay-by-cell zone: 323689.

Schools, parks and places within a walk

How places are listed

Ten public places are within a five-minute walk.

  • 6 religious buildings
  • 1 day care or pre-K site
  • 1 fire station
  • 1 garden
  • 1 school

Schools and child care

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

Parks, playgrounds and gardens

  1. Euclid 500 Community Garden
    1,130 feet

Houses of worship

  1. Greater Bright Light Baptist Church House of worship
    990 feet

Fire and police

  1. Engine 236 Fire station
    1,310 feet

Supermarkets

  1. Golden Farms Supermarket
    1,070 feet
  2. Key Food Supermarket
    0.4 miles
  3. Fine Fare Supermarket
    0.4 miles

Other stores

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

Food stores and places to eat

Within a five-minute walk there are 22 places to eat and 24 food stores.

Not on record for this corner: a designated landmark or historic district within 820 feet.

Nearby corners

The eight nearest of the 15 corners within a three-minute walk:

See every intersection along Crescent 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.