Pitkin Avenue & Lincoln Avenue

Pitkin Avenue and Lincoln Avenue meet at a three-way junction in East New York-City Line, Brooklyn. Between 2021 and 2025, one police-reported crash was recorded here, fewer than the median of seven crashes for a Brooklyn corner. P.S. 159 Isaac Pitkin is 690 feet away. The nearest subway, Grant Av, is about three minutes on foot, and two subway lines stop within a ten-minute walk. Within a five-minute walk are eight public places, two of them playgrounds, and ten places to eat.

Safety record
1 hurt
1 police-reported crash, 2021–2025
Nearest subway
Grant Av
700 feet · 3 min on foot · A
Nearest bus stop
220 feet
Pitkin Av/Autumn Av · Q8, Q112
Within a walk
8 places
2 playgrounds, 2 schools and 4 more kinds, within five minutes

Map

Layers
Pitkin Avenue & Lincoln Avenue Nearby corners, linked

Getting there

How walks are measured

Subway

The nearest subway station is Grant Av, 700 feet from this corner, about three minutes on foot.

  • 2 lines within a ten-minute walk
  1. Grant Av A
    700 feet
    A

Next trains at this station

Manhattan
1 line
  1. A …
Queens
1 line
  1. A …

Also within a walk

  1. Euclid Av A, C
    1,290 feet
    A C

Bus

The nearest bus stop is Pitkin Av/Autumn Av, 220 feet away, for the Q8 and Q112.

  • 4 routes within a ten-minute walk
  1. Pitkin Av/Autumn Av Q8, Q112
    220 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.

  • 9 bicycle racks within 820 feet

By car

The nearest highway entrance is the ramp to the Belt Parkway eastbound at Cross Bay Boulevard, 1.6 miles by car along the streets.

  1. 519 Autumn Avenue Gas station
    430 feet
  2. 2797 Linden Boulevard Charging for electric cars, four Level 2 chargers
    0.6 miles
  3. 1-01 Forest Park Drive Fast charging for electric cars
    2.7 miles

Safety record

How crashes are counted

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

  • 1 person injured
  • 0 people killed
  • 1 of those hurt, on foot

The most recent crash recorded here was in October 2025.

About this corner

Where facts come from
ZIP code
11208
Community board
Brooklyn Community Board 5
City Council district
37 and 42 (the boundary runs through this corner)
Police precinct
75
Neighborhood (City Planning area)
East New York-City Line
Elevation
28 feet above sea level

The streets

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

Homes

About 800 homes stand within 820 feet of this corner, a mix of apartment buildings and smaller houses. The buildings holding them mostly went up between 1901 and 1930.

Trees

NYC Parks records 25 trees within 330 feet; the most common are the London planetree and the thornless honeylocust.

Parking on the streets meeting here

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

The sign wording is DOT's, as recorded between October 2014 and June 2025, and the sign on the street decides.

East side of Lincoln Avenue

  • No parking 3 signs NO PARKING TUESDAY FRIDAY 11:30AM-1PM

West side of Lincoln Avenue

  • No parking 4 signs NO PARKING MONDAY THURSDAY 11:30AM-1PM

North side of Pitkin Avenue

  • No parking 2 signs NO PARKING MONDAY THURSDAY 11:30AM-1PM

South side of Pitkin Avenue

  • No parking 1 sign NO PARKING ANYTIME
  • No parking 2 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.

  • 2 playgrounds
  • 2 schools
  • 1 day care or pre-K site
  • 1 monument or memorial
  • 1 park
  • 1 religious building

Schools and child care

  1. P.S. 159 Isaac Pitkin School
    690 feet
  2. P.S. 214 Michael Friedsam School
    1,210 feet
  3. Urban Strategies Preschool, ages 2 to 5 · Pre-K
    1,260 feet

Parks, playgrounds and gardens

  1. Robert E. Venable Park
    670 feet
  2. Robert E. Venable Park Playground
    1,140 feet
  3. Belmont Playground
    1,220 feet

Libraries, museums and history

  1. Liberty Avenue War Memorial Monument or memorial
    1,280 feet

Supermarkets

  1. Fine Fare Supermarket
    1,260 feet
  2. CTown Supermarket
    0.3 miles
  3. Golden Farms Supermarket
    0.3 miles

Other stores

  1. Dollar Tree Store
    0.5 miles

Food stores and places to eat

Within a five-minute walk there are ten places to eat and 17 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 Lincoln Avenue or Pitkin Avenue.

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