Pitkin Avenue & Hemlock Street

Pitkin Avenue and Hemlock Street 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. P.S. 159 Isaac Pitkin is 170 feet away. The nearest subway, Euclid Av, is about three minutes on foot, for the A and C. Within a five-minute walk are eight public places, five of them religious buildings, and 19 places to eat. About 1,200 homes stand within 820 feet, mostly built between 1910 and 1930, a mix of apartment buildings and smaller houses.

Safety record
10 hurt
12 police-reported crashes, 2021–2025
Nearest subway
Euclid Av
760 feet · 3 min on foot · A, C
Nearest bus stop
230 feet
Pitkin Av/Autumn Av · Q8, Q112
Within a walk
8 places
5 religious buildings, 1 day care or pre-K site and 2 more kinds, within five minutes

Map

Layers
Pitkin Avenue & Hemlock Street Nearby corners, linked

Getting there

How walks are measured

Subway

The nearest subway station is Euclid Av, 760 feet from this corner, about three minutes on foot.

  • 2 lines at the nearest station
  1. Euclid Av A, C
    760 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
    1,220 feet
    A

Bus

The nearest bus stop is Pitkin Av/Autumn Av, 230 feet away, for the Q8 and Q112.

  • 5 routes within a ten-minute walk
  1. Pitkin Av/Autumn Av Q8, Q112
    230 feet
    Q8 Q112

Next buses at this stop

  1. Q8 …
  2. Q112 …

Live arrivals

Cycling

A signed bike route shared with traffic runs on Pitkin Avenue.

  • 17 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
    420 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
    2.8 miles

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.

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

The most recent crash recorded here was in July 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
23 feet above sea level

The streets

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

Homes

About 1,200 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.

Trees

NYC Parks records 45 trees within 330 feet; the most common is the thornless honeylocust.

Parking on the streets meeting here

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

The sign wording is DOT's, as recorded between December 2017 and June 2025, and the sign on the street decides.

East side of Hemlock Street

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

West side of Hemlock Street

  • No parking 7 signs NO PARKING MONDAY THURSDAY 11:30AM-1PM

North side of Pitkin Avenue

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

South side of Pitkin Avenue

  • No parking 4 signs NO PARKING TUESDAY FRIDAY 11:30AM-1PM

Schools, parks and places within a walk

How places are listed

Eight public places are within a five-minute walk.

  • 5 religious buildings
  • 1 day care or pre-K site
  • 1 park
  • 1 school

Schools and child care

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

Parks, playgrounds and gardens

  1. Robert E. Venable Park
    1,190 feet

Houses of worship

  1. Greater Bright Light Baptist Church House of worship
    1,120 feet

Supermarkets

  1. Golden Farms Supermarket
    1,210 feet
  2. Fine Fare Supermarket
    0.3 miles
  3. CTown Supermarket
    0.4 miles

Other stores

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

Food stores and places to eat

Within a five-minute walk there are 19 places to eat and 17 food stores.

Not on record for this corner: 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 Hemlock Street or Pitkin Avenue.

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