Pitkin Avenue & Fountain Avenue

Pitkin Avenue and Fountain Avenue meet at a four-way crossing in East New York-City Line, Brooklyn. Between 2021 and 2025, 12 police-reported crashes were recorded here, against a median of seven crashes for a Brooklyn corner. In 2025, 313 school-zone speed camera tickets were recorded here. St Lydia Episcopal Church is 530 feet away. The nearest subway, Euclid Av, is about three minutes on foot, for the A and C. Within a five-minute walk are 22 public places, 12 of them religious buildings, and ten places to eat.

Safety record
4 hurt
12 police-reported crashes, 2021–2025
Nearest subway
Euclid Av
920 feet · 3 min on foot · A, C
Nearest bus stop
210 feet
Pitkin Av/Logan St · Q8
Within a walk
22 places
12 religious buildings, 6 gardens and 3 more kinds, within five minutes

Map

Layers
Pitkin Avenue & Fountain Avenue Nearby corners, linked

Getting there

How walks are measured

Subway

The nearest subway station is Euclid Av, 920 feet from this corner, about three minutes on foot.

  • 2 lines at the nearest station
  1. Euclid Av A, C
    920 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
    0.3 miles
    C

Bus

The nearest bus stop is Pitkin Av/Logan St, 210 feet away, for the Q8.

  • 9 routes within a ten-minute walk
  1. Pitkin Av/Logan St Q8
    210 feet
    Q8

Next buses at this stop

  1. Q8 …

Live arrivals

Cycling

A marked bike lane runs on Fountain Avenue and Pitkin Avenue.

  • 23 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
    0.4 miles
  2. 570 Jamaica Avenue Charging for electric cars, four Level 2 chargers
    1 mile

Safety record

How crashes are counted

Between 2021 and 2025, police reported 12 crashes at this corner, more than the median of seven crashes for a Brooklyn corner.

  • 4 people injured
  • 0 people killed

The most recent crash recorded here was in April 2026.

Camera tickets

How tickets are counted

In 2025, 313 school-zone speed camera tickets were issued for violations recorded at this corner, the 1,443rd most of the 1,957 corners in the city where any were issued.

In 2026 so far, through August 27, 90 more were issued.

Every corner with speed camera tickets

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
25 feet above sea level

The streets

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

Homes

About 1,500 homes stand within 820 feet of this corner, a mix of apartment buildings and smaller houses.

Trees

NYC Parks records 44 trees within 330 feet; the most common are the 'Green leaf' Japanese flowering cherry and the Callery pear.

Parking on the streets meeting here

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

The sign wording is DOT's, as recorded between August 2017 and July 2024, and the sign on the street decides.

East side of Fountain Avenue

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

West side of Fountain Avenue

  • No parking 6 signs NO PARKING MONDAY THURSDAY 11AM-12:30PM
  • Truck loading only 1 sign TRUCK LOADING ONLY MONDAY-FRIDAY MIDNIGHT-12:30PM

North side of Pitkin Avenue

  • No parking 1 sign NO PARKING ANYTIME
  • No parking 3 signs NO PARKING MONDAY THURSDAY 11AM-12:30PM

South side of Pitkin Avenue

  • No parking 3 signs NO PARKING TUESDAY FRIDAY 11AM-12:30PM
  • No standing 1 sign NO STANDING ANYTIME

Schools, parks and places within a walk

How places are listed

Within a five-minute walk there are 22 public places.

  • 12 religious buildings
  • 6 gardens
  • 2 day care or pre-K sites
  • 1 library
  • 1 listed historic place

Schools and child care

  1. A Castle for Classy Kids Learning Center Preschool, ages 2 to 5 · Pre-K
    610 feet
  2. The Friends of Crown Heights Educational Centers Preschool, ages 2 to 5 · Pre-K
    1,260 feet

Parks, playgrounds and gardens

  1. Green Gems Garden
    510 feet
  2. Upon This Rock Community Garden
    790 feet
  3. ENY Oasis Community Garden
    830 feet
Show all 6
  1. Montauk Atkins Community Garden
    1,060 feet
  2. Atkins Gardeners Garden
    1,130 feet
  3. Crystal Wells Community Garden
    1,190 feet

Libraries, museums and history

  1. Cypress Hills Library
    1,170 feet
  2. Talmud Torah Atereth Israel Listed historic place
    1,270 feet

Houses of worship

  1. St Lydia Episcopal Church House of worship
    530 feet

Supermarkets

  1. Key Food Supermarket
    0.3 miles
  2. Golden Farms Supermarket
    0.5 miles

Other stores

  1. Dollar Tree Store
    140 feet

Food stores and places to eat

Within a five-minute walk there are ten places to eat and 17 food stores.

Not on record for this corner: a signal or safety change and 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 Fountain Avenue or Pitkin Avenue.

Sources: NYC Technology and Innovation, NYPD, NYC Finance, MTA, NYC DOT, 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.