Pitkin Avenue & Grant Avenue

Pitkin Avenue and Grant Avenue meet at a four-way crossing in East New York-City Line, Brooklyn. Between 2021 and 2025, nine police-reported crashes were recorded here, against a median of seven crashes for a Brooklyn corner. P.S. 214 Michael Friedsam is 700 feet away. The nearest subway, Grant Av, is about a minute on foot, and two subway lines stop within a ten-minute walk. Within a five-minute walk are 11 public places, four of them religious buildings, and 17 places to eat. About 800 homes stand within 820 feet, a mix of apartment buildings and smaller houses.

Safety record
2 hurt
9 police-reported crashes, 2021–2025
Nearest subway
Grant Av
180 feet · 1 min on foot · A
Nearest bus stop
50 feet
Grant Av/Pitkin Av · Q8
Within a walk
11 places
4 religious buildings, 2 schools and 5 more kinds, within five minutes

Map

Layers
Pitkin Avenue & Grant Avenue Nearby corners, linked

Getting there

How walks are measured

Subway

The nearest subway station is Grant Av, 180 feet from this corner, about a minute on foot.

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

Next trains at this station

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

Also within a walk

  1. Euclid Av A, C
    0.3 miles
    A C
  2. 80 St A
    0.5 miles
    A

Bus

The nearest bus stop is Grant Av/Pitkin Av, 50 feet away, for the Q8.

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

Next buses at this stop

  1. Q8 …

Live arrivals

Cycling

  • 8 bicycle racks within 820 feet

By car

The nearest highway entrance is the ramp to the Belt Parkway eastbound at Cross Bay Boulevard, 1.7 miles by car along the streets.

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

Safety record

How crashes are counted

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

  • 2 people injured
  • 0 people killed

The most recent crash recorded here was in May 2026.

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
33 feet above sea level

The streets

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

Homes

About 800 homes stand within 820 feet of this corner, a mix of apartment buildings and smaller houses.

Trees

NYC Parks records 22 trees within 330 feet; the most common is the London planetree.

Parking on the streets meeting here

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

The sign wording is DOT's, as recorded between October 2017 and February 2026, and the sign on the street decides.

East side of Grant Avenue

  • No parking 5 signs NO PARKING TUESDAY FRIDAY 9AM-10:30AM

West side of Grant Avenue

  • No parking 4 signs NO PARKING MONDAY THURSDAY 9AM-10:30AM
  • No standing 1 sign NO STANDING ANYTIME

North side of Pitkin Avenue

  • No parking 1 sign NO PARKING MONDAY THURSDAY 9AM-10:30AM
  • No standing 3 signs NO STANDING ANYTIME

South side of Pitkin Avenue

  • No parking 3 signs NO PARKING TUESDAY FRIDAY 9AM-10:30AM

Schools, parks and places within a walk

How places are listed

Eleven public places are within a five-minute walk.

  • 4 religious buildings
  • 2 schools
  • 1 garden
  • 1 monument or memorial
  • 1 park
  • 2 other places

Schools and child care

  1. P.S. 214 Michael Friedsam School
    700 feet
  2. Adl Institute Trade or language school
    900 feet
  3. P.S. 159 Isaac Pitkin School
    1,210 feet

Parks, playgrounds and gardens

  1. Belmont Playground
    780 feet
  2. BACDYS Garden (Bangladeshi American Development and Youth Services) Garden
    1,030 feet
  3. Robert E. Venable Park
    1,090 feet

Libraries, museums and history

  1. Liberty Avenue War Memorial Monument or memorial
    760 feet

Supermarkets

  1. CTown Supermarket
    1,000 feet
  2. Fine Fare Supermarket
    0.3 miles
  3. Golden Farms Supermarket
    0.4 miles

Food stores and places to eat

Within a five-minute walk there are 17 places to eat and nine 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 14 corners within a three-minute walk:

See every intersection along Grant Avenue or Pitkin Avenue.

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