Pitkin Avenue & Forbell Street

Pitkin Avenue and Forbell Street meet at a four-way crossing in East New York-City Line, Brooklyn. Between 2021 and 2025, seven police-reported crashes were recorded here, the median for a Brooklyn corner. P.S. 214 Michael Friedsam is 170 feet away. The nearest subway, Grant Av, is about three minutes on foot, and two subway lines stop within a ten-minute walk. Within a five-minute walk are ten public places, five of them religious buildings, and ten places to eat. About 700 homes stand within 820 feet, mostly built between 1920 and 1960, a mix of apartment buildings and smaller houses.

Safety record
4 hurt
7 police-reported crashes, 2021–2025
Nearest subway
Grant Av
700 feet · 3 min on foot · A
Nearest bus stop
300 feet
Pitkin Av/Eldert LN · Q8, Q112
Within a walk
10 places
5 religious buildings, 1 garden and 4 more kinds, within five minutes

Map

Layers
Pitkin Avenue & Forbell Street Nearby corners, linked

Getting there

How walks are measured

Subway

The nearest subway station is Grant Av, 700 feet from this corner, about three minutes on foot.

  • 2 lines within a ten-minute walk
  1. Grant Av A
    700 feet
    A

Next trains at this station

Manhattan
1 line
  1. A …
Queens
1 line
  1. A …

Also within a walk

  1. 80 St A
    0.4 miles
    A
  2. Euclid Av A, C
    0.4 miles
    A C

Bus

The nearest bus stop is Pitkin Av/Eldert LN, 300 feet away, for the Q8 and Q112.

  • 4 routes within a ten-minute walk
  1. Pitkin Av/Eldert LN Q8, Q112
    300 feet
    Q8 Q112

Next buses at this stop

  1. Q8 …
  2. Q112 …

Live arrivals

Cycling

  • 3 bicycle racks within 820 feet

By car

The nearest highway entrance is the ramp to the Belt Parkway eastbound at Cross Bay Boulevard, 1.6 miles by car along the streets.

  1. 519 Autumn Avenue Gas station
    0.3 miles
  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
    2.5 miles

Safety record

How crashes are counted

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

  • 4 people injured
  • 0 people killed

The most recent crash recorded here was in March 2026.

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
37
Police precinct
75
Neighborhood (City Planning area)
East New York-City Line
Elevation
20 feet above sea level

The streets

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

Homes

About 700 homes stand within 820 feet of this corner, a mix of apartment buildings and smaller houses. The buildings holding them mostly went up between 1920 and 1960.

Trees

NYC Parks records 48 trees within 330 feet; the most common is the littleleaf linden.

Parking on the streets meeting here

How signs are read
  • 29 signs on these blocks
  • 8 different rules

The sign wording is DOT's, as recorded between June 2015 and September 2025, and the sign on the street decides.

East side of Forbell Street

  • No parking 8 signs NO PARKING MONDAY THURSDAY 9AM-10:30AM
  • No standing 1 sign NO STANDING ANYTIME
  • No standing 3 signs NO STANDING SCHOOL DAYS 7AM-4PM

West side of Forbell Street

  • No parking 6 signs NO PARKING TUESDAY FRIDAY 9AM-10:30AM

North side of Pitkin Avenue

  • No parking 4 signs NO PARKING MONDAY THURSDAY 9AM-10:30AM

South side of Pitkin Avenue

  • Ambulettes only 1 sign AMBULETTE ONLY 9AM-6PM EXCEPT SUNDAY
  • No parking 4 signs NO PARKING TUESDAY FRIDAY 9AM-10:30AM
  • No standing 2 signs NO STANDING SCHOOL DAYS 7AM-4PM

Schools, parks and places within a walk

How places are listed

Ten public places are within a five-minute walk.

  • 5 religious buildings
  • 1 garden
  • 1 monument or memorial
  • 1 pedestrian plaza
  • 1 playground
  • 1 school

Schools and child care

  1. P.S. 214 Michael Friedsam School
    170 feet

Parks, playgrounds and gardens

  1. Belmont Playground
    370 feet
  2. BACDYS Garden (Bangladeshi American Development and Youth Services) Garden
    510 feet

Plazas and public spaces

  1. Liberty Avenue Plaza Pedestrian plaza
    1,270 feet

Libraries, museums and history

  1. Liberty Avenue War Memorial Monument or memorial
    840 feet

Bank branches

  1. Chase Bank branch
    1,120 feet

Supermarkets

  1. CTown Supermarket
    0.3 miles
  2. Golden Farms Supermarket
    0.4 miles
  3. Fine Fare Supermarket
    0.4 miles

Food stores and places to eat

Within a five-minute walk there are ten places to eat and nine food stores.

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

Nearby corners

The eight nearest of the 13 corners within a three-minute walk:

See every intersection along Forbell Street or Pitkin Avenue.

Sources: NYC Technology and Innovation, NYPD, NYC DOT, MTA, NYS Environmental Conservation, NYC City Planning, US Department of Energy, NYC Housing Preservation and Development, NYC Parks, NYC Health, FDIC, NYS Agriculture and Markets and USDA, retrieved September 18 – October 6, 2026.