Pitkin Avenue & Legion Street

Pitkin Avenue and Legion Street meet at a four-way crossing in Brownsville, Brooklyn. Between 2021 and 2025, eight police-reported crashes were recorded here, against a median of seven crashes for a Brooklyn corner. The exedra “Zion Park War Memorial” is 110 feet away. The nearest subway, Sutter Av-Rutland Rd, is about nine minutes on foot, for the 3. Within a five-minute walk are 21 public places, ten of them religious buildings, and nine places to eat. A bike lane separated from traffic runs along one of the streets meeting here.

Safety record
4 hurt
8 police-reported crashes, 2021–2025
Nearest subway
Sutter Av-Rutland Rd
0.4 miles · 9 min on foot · 3
Nearest bus stop
40 feet
Pitkin Av/Legion St · B14
Within a walk
21 places
10 religious buildings, 4 schools and 5 more kinds, within five minutes

Map

Layers
Pitkin Avenue & Legion Street Nearby corners, linked

Getting there

How walks are measured

Subway

The nearest subway station is Sutter Av-Rutland Rd, 0.4 miles from this corner, about nine minutes on foot.

  1. Sutter Av-Rutland Rd 3
    0.4 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 Pitkin Av/Legion St, 40 feet away, for the B14.

  • 8 routes within a ten-minute walk
  1. Pitkin Av/Legion St B14
    40 feet
    B14

Next buses at this stop

  1. B14 …

Live arrivals

Cycling

A bike lane separated from traffic runs on Legion Street and Pitkin Avenue.

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

Nearest bike-share station

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

By car

The nearest highway entrance is the ramp to the Jackie Robinson Parkway eastbound at Jamaica Avenue & J Robinson Parkway, 1.4 miles by car along the streets.

  1. 519 Howard Avenue Gas station
    1,090 feet
  2. 492 Thomas Boyland Street Charging for electric cars, five Level 2 chargers
    0.3 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 eight crashes at this corner, more than the median of seven crashes for a Brooklyn corner.

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

The most recent crash recorded here was in June 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
47 feet above sea level

The streets

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

Homes

About 1,500 homes stand within 820 feet of this corner, a mix of apartment buildings and smaller houses.

Since 2014 at least 37 new affordable homes have been completed within 820 feet.

Trees

NYC Parks records 40 trees within 330 feet; the most common is the Japanese zelkova.

Parking on the streets meeting here

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

The sign wording is DOT's, as recorded between July 2018 and January 2024, and the sign on the street decides.

East side of Legion Street

  • No parking 1 sign NO PARKING ANYTIME
  • No parking 7 signs NO PARKING TUESDAY FRIDAY 9AM-10:30AM

West side of Legion Street

  • No parking 7 signs NO PARKING MONDAY THURSDAY 9AM-10:30AM

North side of Pitkin Avenue

  • Metered parking 3 signs 2 HOUR METERED PARKING 8AM-7PM EXCEPT SUNDAY
  • No parking 3 signs NO PARKING 7:30AM-8AM EXCEPT SUNDAY

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
  • No standing 1 sign NO STANDING ANYTIME

ParkNYC pay-by-cell zones: 328675 and 332846.

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
    110 feet

Schools, parks and places within a walk

How places are listed

Within a five-minute walk there are 21 public places.

  • 10 religious buildings
  • 4 schools
  • 2 gardens
  • 2 parks
  • 1 community center
  • 2 other places

Schools and child care

  1. Brooklyn Ascend Charter School
    250 feet
  2. Brownsville Ascend Charter School
    250 feet
  3. I.S. 392 School
    1,280 feet
Show all 4
  1. P.S. 156 Waverly School
    1,280 feet

Parks, playgrounds and gardens

  1. Zion Triangle
    50 feet
  2. Fred McLeod Community Garden
    680 feet
  3. Brownsville Green Garden
    920 feet
Show all 4
  1. Prospect Plaza Park
    1,300 feet

Plazas and public spaces

  1. Zion Triangle Plaza Pedestrian plaza
    380 feet

Libraries, museums and history

  1. Parkway Theater Listed historic place
    1,140 feet

Community centers and public services

  1. Marcus Garvey Community Center
    1,240 feet

Supermarkets

  1. Ideal Food Basket Supermarket
    180 feet
  2. Food Bazaar Supermarket
    0.3 miles

Other stores

  1. Family Dollar Store
    0.4 miles

Food stores and places to eat

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

Not on record for this corner: a designated landmark or historic district within 820 feet.

Nearby corners

The eight nearest of the 16 corners within a three-minute walk:

See every intersection along Legion 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 Public Design Commission, NYC Parks, NYC Health, NYS Agriculture and Markets and USDA, retrieved September 18 – October 6, 2026.