Pitkin Avenue & Howard Avenue

Pitkin Avenue and Howard Avenue meet at a four-way crossing in Ocean Hill, Brooklyn. Between 2021 and 2025, 43 police-reported crashes were recorded here, against a median of seven crashes for a Brooklyn corner. Brooklyn Ascend Charter School is 760 feet away. The nearest subway, Sutter Av-Rutland Rd, is about seven minutes on foot, for the 3. Within a five-minute walk are 24 public places, 13 of them religious buildings, and 12 places to eat. About 1,600 homes stand within 820 feet, a mix of apartment buildings and smaller houses.

Safety record
23 hurt
43 police-reported crashes, 2021–2025
Nearest subway
Sutter Av-Rutland Rd
0.3 miles · 7 min on foot · 3
Nearest bus stop
520 feet
East New York Av/Union St · B12, B14
Within a walk
24 places
13 religious buildings, 3 gardens and 6 more kinds, within five minutes

Map

Layers
Pitkin Avenue & Howard Avenue Nearby corners, linked

Getting there

How walks are measured

Subway

The nearest subway station is Sutter Av-Rutland Rd, 0.3 miles from this corner, about seven minutes on foot.

  1. Sutter Av-Rutland Rd 3
    0.3 miles
    3

Next trains at this station

Manhattan
1 line
  1. 3 …
New Lots
1 line
  1. 3 …

The MTA's permanent art catalog lists “Ailanthus” (2017) by Nancy Baker at the Sutter Av-Rutland Rd station.

Bus

The nearest bus stop is East New York Av/Union St, 520 feet away, for the B12 and B14.

  • 8 routes within a ten-minute walk
  1. East New York Av/Union St B12, B14
    520 feet
    B12 B14

Next buses at this stop

  1. B12 …
  2. B14 …

Live arrivals

Cycling

  • 3 bicycle racks within 820 feet
  • 3 more bike-share stations within a five-minute walk

Nearest bike-share station

  1. Pitkin Ave & Grafton St 21 docks in all
    310 feet

By car

The nearest highway entrance is the ramp to the Jackie Robinson Parkway eastbound at Jamaica Avenue & J Robinson Parkway, 1.5 miles by car along the streets.

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

Safety record

How crashes are counted

Between 2021 and 2025, police reported 43 crashes at this corner, more than the median of seven crashes for a Brooklyn corner.

  • 23 people injured
  • 0 people killed
  • 2 of those hurt, on foot

The most recent crash recorded here was in May 2026.

About this corner

Where facts come from
ZIP code
11233
Community board
Brooklyn Community Board 16
City Council district
41
Police precinct
73
Neighborhood (City Planning area)
Ocean Hill
Elevation
54 feet above sea level

The streets

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

Homes

About 1,600 homes stand within 820 feet of this corner, a mix of apartment buildings and smaller houses.

Since 2014 at least 21 new affordable homes have been completed within 820 feet.

Trees

NYC Parks records 51 trees within 330 feet; the most common is the thornless honeylocust.

Parking on the streets meeting here

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

The sign wording is DOT's, as recorded between September 2015 and October 2021, and the sign on the street decides.

East side of Howard Avenue

  • No parking 9 signs NO PARKING TUESDAY FRIDAY 8AM-9:30AM
  • No standing 1 sign NO STANDING ANYTIME

West side of Howard Avenue

  • No parking 3 signs NO PARKING 8AM-8:30AM EXCEPT SUNDAY

North side of Pitkin Avenue

  • No parking 4 signs NO PARKING MONDAY THURSDAY 8AM-9:30AM

South side of Pitkin Avenue

  • No parking 2 signs NO PARKING ANYTIME
  • No parking 4 signs NO PARKING TUESDAY FRIDAY 8AM-9:30AM
  • No standing 1 sign NO STANDING ANYTIME

Monuments and public art

How landmarks are placed

The City's public art inventory lists one work near this corner, in Zion Park.

  1. Zion Park War Memorial Exedra by Charles Cary Rumsey, 1925
    450 feet

Schools, parks and places within a walk

How places are listed

Within a five-minute walk there are 24 public places.

  • 13 religious buildings
  • 3 gardens
  • 2 parks
  • 2 schools
  • 1 day care or pre-K site
  • 3 other places

Schools and child care

  1. Brooklyn Ascend Charter School
    760 feet
  2. Brownsville Ascend Charter School
    760 feet
  3. Inner Force Tots Infant, toddler and preschool care, ages 0 to 5 · Pre-K
    1,050 feet

Parks, playgrounds and gardens

  1. Zion Triangle
    340 feet
  2. Brownsville Green Garden
    390 feet
  3. Fred McLeod Community Garden
    1,200 feet
Show all 5
  1. Prospect Plaza Park
    1,240 feet
  2. Ralph-Lincoln Service Center Garden
    1,290 feet

Plazas and public spaces

  1. Zion Triangle Plaza Pedestrian plaza
    240 feet

Libraries, museums and history

  1. Parkway Theater Listed historic place
    900 feet

Fire and police

  1. Rescue 2 Fire station
    1,200 feet

Supermarkets

  1. Ideal Food Basket Supermarket
    380 feet
  2. Food Bazaar Supermarket
    1,150 feet
  3. CTown Supermarket
    0.4 miles

Other stores

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

Food stores and places to eat

Within a five-minute walk there are 12 places to eat and 12 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 15 corners within a three-minute walk:

See every intersection along Howard Avenue or Pitkin Avenue.

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