Pitkin Avenue & Herzl Street

Pitkin Avenue and Herzl Street meet at a four-way crossing in Brownsville, Brooklyn. Between 2021 and 2025, seven police-reported crashes were recorded here, the median for a Brooklyn corner. Marcus Garvey Community Center is 720 feet away. The nearest bus stop, Pitkin Av/Herzl St, is 110 feet away for the B12 and B14, and eight bus routes stop within a ten-minute walk. Within a five-minute walk are 22 public places, ten of them religious buildings, and 18 places to eat. About 1,300 homes stand within 820 feet, a mix of apartment buildings and smaller houses.

Safety record
3 hurt
7 police-reported crashes, 2021–2025
Nearest highway entrance
Jackie Robinson Parkway
1.3 miles by car along the streets
Nearest bus stop
110 feet
Pitkin Av/Herzl St · B12, B14
Within a walk
22 places
10 religious buildings, 2 gardens and 8 more kinds, within five minutes

Map

Layers
Pitkin Avenue & Herzl Street Nearby corners, linked

Getting there

How walks are measured

Bus

The nearest bus stop is Pitkin Av/Herzl St, 110 feet away, for the B12 and B14.

  • 8 routes within a ten-minute walk
  1. Pitkin Av/Herzl St B12, B14
    110 feet
    B12 B14

Next buses at this stop

  1. B12 …
  2. B14 …

Live arrivals

Cycling

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

  • 18 bicycle racks within 820 feet
  • 1 more bike-share station within a five-minute walk

Nearest bike-share station

  1. Bristol St & Pitkin Ave 16 docks in all
    840 feet

By car

The nearest highway entrance is the ramp to the Jackie Robinson Parkway eastbound at Jamaica Avenue & J Robinson Parkway, 1.3 miles by car along the streets.

  1. 519 Howard Avenue Gas station
    0.4 miles
  2. 492 Thomas Boyland Street Charging for electric cars, five Level 2 chargers
    850 feet
  3. 1389 Rockaway Parkway Fast charging for electric cars
    2 miles

Safety record

How crashes are counted

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

  • 3 people injured
  • 0 people killed

The most recent crash recorded here was in April 2026.

What the city has done here

  • Leading pedestrian interval, January 2018

About this corner

Where facts come from
ZIP code
11212
Community board
Brooklyn Community Board 16
City Council district
41
Police precinct
73
Neighborhood (City Planning area)
Brownsville
Elevation
37 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.

Since 2014 at least 34 new affordable homes have been completed within 820 feet.

Trees

NYC Parks records 58 trees within 330 feet; the most common are the Japanese zelkova and the swamp white oak.

Parking on the streets meeting here

How signs are read
  • 31 signs on these blocks
  • 11 different rules
  • 4 active meters
  • 2 pay-by-cell zones

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

East side of Herzl Street

  • No parking 1 sign NO PARKING TUESDAY FRIDAY 8AM-9:30AM
  • No parking 6 signs NO PARKING TUESDAY FRIDAY 9AM-10:30AM

West side of Herzl Street

  • No parking 1 sign NO PARKING MONDAY THURSDAY 8AM-9:30AM
  • No parking 7 signs NO PARKING MONDAY THURSDAY 9AM-10:30AM
  • Truck loading only 1 sign TRUCK LOADING ONLY MONDAY-FRIDAY 10AM-7PM

North side of Pitkin Avenue

  • Metered parking 2 signs 2 HOUR METERED PARKING 8AM-7PM EXCEPT SUNDAY
  • Metered parking 1 sign 2 HOUR METERED PARKING MONDAY-FRIDAY 4PM-7PM SATURDAY 8AM-7PM
  • No parking 3 signs NO PARKING 7:30AM-8AM EXCEPT SUNDAY
  • Truck loading only 1 sign TRUCK LOADING ONLY MONDAY-FRIDAY 8AM-4PM

South side of Pitkin Avenue

  • Metered parking 4 signs 2 HOUR METERED PARKING 8:30AM-7PM EXCEPT SUNDAY
  • No parking 4 signs NO PARKING 8AM-8:30AM EXCEPT SUNDAY

ParkNYC pay-by-cell zones: 334257 and 340384.

Schools, parks and places within a walk

How places are listed

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

  • 10 religious buildings
  • 2 gardens
  • 2 listed historic places
  • 2 schools
  • 1 community center
  • 5 other places

Schools and child care

  1. Brooklyn Ascend Charter School
    770 feet
  2. Brownsville Ascend Charter School
    770 feet

Parks, playgrounds and gardens

  1. Fred McLeod Community Garden
    240 feet
  2. Zion Triangle
    850 feet
  3. Chester Playground
    990 feet
Show all 4
  1. Jes Good Rewards Childeren's Garden
    1,090 feet

Plazas and public spaces

  1. Zion Triangle Plaza Pedestrian plaza
    1,180 feet

Libraries, museums and history

  1. Chevra Torah Anshei Radishkowitz Listed historic place
    1,110 feet
  2. Parkway Theater Listed historic place
    1,240 feet

Houses of worship

  1. Bethany Gospel Chapel House of worship
    990 feet

Community centers and public services

  1. Marcus Garvey Community Center
    720 feet
  2. Older adult center at 1440 East New York Avenue Older adult center
    960 feet

Fire and police

  1. 73rd Precinct Police station
    1,160 feet

Supermarkets

  1. Ideal Food Basket Supermarket
    980 feet
  2. Food Bazaar Supermarket
    0.4 miles
  3. CTown Supermarket
    0.4 miles

Other stores

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

Food stores and places to eat

Within a five-minute walk there are 18 places to eat and 13 food stores.

Not on record for this corner: a subway entrance within a ten-minute walk and a designated landmark or historic district within 820 feet.

Nearby corners

The eight nearest of the 10 corners within a three-minute walk:

See every intersection along Herzl Street or Pitkin Avenue.

Sources: NYC Technology and Innovation, NYPD, NYC DOT, MTA, NYC City Planning, New York City's bike-share system, NYS Environmental Conservation, US Department of Energy, NYCHA, NYC Housing Preservation and Development, NYC Parks, NYC Health, NYS Agriculture and Markets and USDA, retrieved September 18 – October 6, 2026.