Pitkin Avenue & Miller Avenue

Pitkin Avenue and Miller Avenue meet at a four-way crossing in East New York (North), Brooklyn. Between 2021 and 2025, 28 police-reported crashes were recorded here, against a median of seven crashes for a Brooklyn corner. East End Community Garden is 360 feet away. The nearest subway, Van Siclen Av, is about a minute on foot, and three subway lines stop within a ten-minute walk. Within a five-minute walk are 30 public places, 13 of them religious buildings, and five places to eat. About 1,200 homes stand within 820 feet, a mix of apartment buildings and smaller houses.

Safety record
28 hurt
28 police-reported crashes, 2021–2025
Nearest subway
Van Siclen Av
200 feet · 1 min on foot · C
Nearest bus stop
1,050 feet
Sutter Av/Miller Av · B14
Within a walk
30 places
13 religious buildings, 7 gardens and 6 more kinds, within five minutes

Map

Layers
Pitkin Avenue & Miller Avenue Nearby corners, linked

Getting there

How walks are measured

Subway

The nearest subway station is Van Siclen Av, 200 feet from this corner, about a minute on foot.

  • 3 lines within a ten-minute walk
  1. Van Siclen Av C
    200 feet
    C

Next trains at this station

Manhattan
1 line
  1. C …
Outbound
1 line
  1. C …

Also within a walk

  1. Van Siclen Av J, Z
    0.4 miles
    J Z
  2. Liberty Av C
    0.4 miles
    C

Bus

The nearest bus stop is Sutter Av/Miller Av, 1,050 feet away, for the B14.

  • 7 routes within a ten-minute walk
  1. Sutter Av/Miller Av B14
    1,050 feet
    B14

Next buses at this stop

  1. B14 …

Live arrivals

Cycling

A marked bike lane runs on Pitkin Avenue.

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

Nearest bike-share station

  1. Pitkin Ave & Van Siclen Ave 18 docks in all
    290 feet

By car

The nearest highway entrance is the ramp to the Jackie Robinson Parkway eastbound at Jamaica Avenue & J Robinson Parkway, 0.7 miles by car along the streets.

  1. 2822 Atlantic Avenue Gas station
    0.4 miles
  2. 492 Thomas Boyland Street Charging for electric cars, five Level 2 chargers
    1.3 miles
  3. 1389 Rockaway Parkway Fast charging for electric cars
    2.4 miles

Safety record

How crashes are counted

Between 2021 and 2025, police reported 28 crashes at this corner, more than the median of seven crashes for a Brooklyn corner.

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

The most recent crash recorded here was in August 2025.

About this corner

Where facts come from
ZIP code
11207
Community board
Brooklyn Community Board 5
City Council district
42
Police precinct
75
Neighborhood (City Planning area)
East New York (North)
Elevation
37 feet above sea level

The streets

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

Homes

About 1,200 homes stand within 820 feet of this corner, a mix of apartment buildings and smaller houses.

Since 2014 at least 8 new affordable homes have been completed within 820 feet.

Trees

NYC Parks records 47 trees within 330 feet; the most common is the 'Green leaf' Japanese flowering cherry.

Parking on the streets meeting here

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

The sign wording is DOT's, as recorded between February 2016 and December 2023, and the sign on the street decides.

East side of Miller Avenue

  • No parking 3 signs NO PARKING TUESDAY FRIDAY 8AM-9:30AM

West side of Miller Avenue

  • No parking 6 signs NO PARKING MONDAY THURSDAY 8AM-9:30AM

North side of Pitkin Avenue

  • No parking 5 signs NO PARKING MONDAY THURSDAY 8AM-9:30AM

South side of Pitkin Avenue

  • No parking 5 signs NO PARKING TUESDAY FRIDAY 8AM-9:30AM
  • Truck loading only 1 sign TRUCK LOADING ONLY 8AM-5PM EXCEPT SUNDAY

Schools, parks and places within a walk

How places are listed

Within a five-minute walk there are 30 public places.

  • 13 religious buildings
  • 7 gardens
  • 4 schools
  • 2 listed historic places
  • 1 day care or pre-K site
  • 3 other places

Schools and child care

  1. Canarsie Children First Academy School-based preschool, ages 3 to 5 · Pre-K
    190 feet
  2. Achievement First Apollo Middle Charter School
    870 feet
  3. Achievement First East Brooklyn High School
    870 feet
Show all 5
  1. Bard High School Early College Brooklyn School
    870 feet
  2. J.H.S. 292 Margaret S. Douglas School
    870 feet

Parks, playgrounds and gardens

  1. East End Community Garden
    360 feet
  2. Poppa & Momma Jones Historical Garden
    660 feet
  3. Grace Playground
    830 feet
Show all 9
  1. Escape to Nature Garden
    980 feet
  2. Jerry and the Senior Gents of E.N.Y. Garden
    1,030 feet
  3. Clara's Garden
    1,230 feet
  4. Herbal Garden of East New York Garden
    1,230 feet
  5. Sutter Ballfields Park
    1,270 feet
  6. Oriental Garden
    1,280 feet

Libraries, museums and history

  1. Fiorentino Plaza Listed historic place
    190 feet
  2. 75th Police Precinct Station House Listed historic place
    930 feet

Houses of worship

  1. E End Baptist Church House of worship
    450 feet
  2. Second Calvary Baptist Church House of worship
    530 feet

Fire and police

  1. Engine 332/Ladder 175 Fire station
    1,300 feet

Supermarkets

  1. Shop Fair Supermarket
    170 feet
  2. CTown Supermarket
    900 feet

Food stores and places to eat

Within a five-minute walk there are five places to eat and 14 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 Miller Avenue 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, NYC Housing Preservation and Development, NYC Parks, NYC Health, NYS Agriculture and Markets and USDA, retrieved September 18 – October 6, 2026.