Pitkin Avenue & Junius Street

Pitkin Avenue and Junius Street meet at a four-way crossing in Brownsville, Brooklyn. Between 2021 and 2025, 27 police-reported crashes were recorded here, against a median of seven crashes for a Brooklyn corner. Powell Playground is 430 feet away. The nearest subway, Sutter Av, is about five minutes on foot, for the L. Within a five-minute walk are 19 public places, nine of them religious buildings, and four places to eat. About 1,400 homes stand within 820 feet, mostly built in 1967, most in buildings of ten homes or more.

Safety record
18 hurt
27 police-reported crashes, 2021–2025
Nearest subway
Sutter Av
1,180 feet · 5 min on foot · L
Nearest bus stop
1,040 feet
Junius St/Sutter Av · B14, T426
Within a walk
19 places
9 religious buildings, 2 gardens and 6 more kinds, within five minutes

Map

Layers
Pitkin Avenue & Junius Street Nearby corners, linked

Getting there

How walks are measured

Subway

The nearest subway station is Sutter Av, 1,180 feet from this corner, about five minutes on foot.

  1. Sutter Av L
    1,180 feet
    L

Next trains at this station

Manhattan
1 line
  1. L …
Canarsie
1 line
  1. L …

Also within a walk

  1. Atlantic Av L
    0.4 miles
    L

The MTA's permanent art catalog lists “The Habitat for the Yellow Bird” (2007) by Takayo Noda at the Sutter Av station.

Bus

The nearest bus stop is Junius St/Sutter Av, 1,040 feet away, for the B14 and T426.

  • 7 routes within a ten-minute walk
  1. Junius St/Sutter Av B14, T426
    1,040 feet
    B14 T426

Next buses at this stop

  1. B14 …
  2. T426 …

Live arrivals

Cycling

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

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

Nearest bike-share station

  1. Powell St & Belmont Ave 15 docks in all
    790 feet

By car

The nearest highway entrance is the ramp to the Jackie Robinson Parkway eastbound at Jamaica Avenue & J Robinson Parkway, 0.8 miles by car along the streets.

  1. 345 Sutter Avenue Gas station
    0.4 miles
  2. 492 Thomas Boyland Street Charging for electric cars, five Level 2 chargers
    0.6 miles
  3. 1389 Rockaway Parkway Fast charging for electric cars
    2 miles

Safety record

How crashes are counted

Between 2021 and 2025, police reported 27 crashes at this corner, more than the median of seven crashes for a Brooklyn corner.

  • 18 people injured
  • 0 people killed
  • 4 of those hurt, on foot
  • 2 of those hurt, on a bike

The most recent crash recorded here was in April 2026.

About this corner

Where facts come from
ZIP code
11212
Community board
Brooklyn Community Board 16
City Council district
37
Police precinct
73
Neighborhood (City Planning area)
Brownsville
Elevation
44 feet above sea level

The streets

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

Homes

About 1,400 homes stand within 820 feet of this corner, most of them in buildings of ten homes or more. The buildings holding them mostly went up in 1967.

Since 2014 at least 177 new affordable homes have been completed within 820 feet.

Trees

NYC Parks records 35 trees within 330 feet; the most common is the London planetree.

Parking on the streets meeting here

How signs are read
  • 36 signs on these blocks
  • 12 different rules

The sign wording is DOT's, as recorded between December 2018 and January 2026, and the sign on the street decides.

East side of Junius Street

  • Ambulettes only 2 signs AMBULETTE ONLY MONDAY-FRIDAY 8AM-5PM
  • No parking 8 signs NO PARKING TUESDAY FRIDAY 8:30AM-10AM
  • No standing 1 sign NO STANDING ANYTIME
  • No standing 2 signs NO STANDING MONDAY-FRIDAY 7AM-5PM
  • Truck loading only 1 sign TRUCK LOADING ONLY MONDAY-FRIDAY 7AM-5PM

West side of Junius Street

  • No parking 6 signs NO PARKING MONDAY THURSDAY 8:30AM-10AM
  • No standing 1 sign NO STANDING ANYTIME
  • Truck loading only 2 signs TRUCK LOADING ONLY MONDAY-FRIDAY 6AM-6PM

North side of Pitkin Avenue

  • No parking 5 signs NO PARKING MONDAY THURSDAY 8:30AM-10AM
  • No parking 2 signs NO PARKING MONDAY-FRIDAY 7AM-5PM

South side of Pitkin Avenue

  • No parking 2 signs NO PARKING MONDAY-FRIDAY 7AM-5PM
  • No parking 4 signs NO PARKING TUESDAY FRIDAY 8:30AM-10AM

Schools, parks and places within a walk

How places are listed

Nineteen public places are within a five-minute walk.

  • 9 religious buildings
  • 2 gardens
  • 2 older adult centers
  • 2 playgrounds
  • 1 community center
  • 3 other places

Schools and child care

  1. Nat Azarow Children's Center Preschool, ages 2 to 5 · Pre-K
    890 feet
  2. P.S. 150 Christopher School
    1,260 feet

Parks, playgrounds and gardens

  1. Powell Playground
    430 feet
  2. Houston Playground
    770 feet
  3. Carter G. Woodson Children's Park
    1,290 feet
Show all 5
  1. TLC Sculpture Park Garden
    1,290 feet
  2. McLeod Community Garden
    1,290 feet

Community centers and public services

  1. Seth Low Community Center
    1,200 feet
  2. Older adult center at 137 Belmont Avenue Older adult center
    1,200 feet
  3. Older adult center at 1777 Pitkin Avenue Older adult center
    1,250 feet

Supermarkets

  1. Fine Fare Supermarket
    1,240 feet
  2. Food Bazaar Supermarket
    0.4 miles
  3. CTown Supermarket
    0.4 miles

Other stores

  1. Family Dollar Store
    1,260 feet
  2. Dollar Tree Store
    0.3 miles

Food stores and places to eat

Within a five-minute walk there are four 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 12 corners within a three-minute walk:

See every intersection along Junius Street or Pitkin Avenue.

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