Pitkin Avenue & Osborn Street

Pitkin Avenue and Osborn Street meet at a four-way crossing in Brownsville, Brooklyn. Between 2021 and 2025, 26 police-reported crashes were recorded here, against a median of seven crashes for a Brooklyn corner. Charity Baptist Church is 330 feet away, and Powell Playground is 1,210 feet away. The nearest bus stop, Pitkin Av/Osborn St, is 110 feet away for the B14, and five bus routes stop within a ten-minute walk. Within a five-minute walk are 35 public places, 16 of them religious buildings, and 28 places to eat.

Safety record
15 hurt
26 police-reported crashes, 2021–2025
Nearest highway entrance
Jackie Robinson Parkway
1 mile by car along the streets
Nearest bus stop
110 feet
Pitkin Av/Osborn St · B14
Within a walk
35 places
16 religious buildings, 3 community centers and 8 more kinds, within five minutes

Map

Layers
Pitkin Avenue & Osborn Street Nearby corners, linked

Getting there

How walks are measured

Bus

The nearest bus stop is Pitkin Av/Osborn St, 110 feet away, for the B14.

  • 5 routes within a ten-minute walk
  1. Pitkin Av/Osborn St B14
    110 feet
    B14

Next buses at this stop

  1. B14 …

Live arrivals

Cycling

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

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

Nearest bike-share station

  1. Pitkin Ave & Watkins St 15 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 mile by car along the streets.

  1. 345 Sutter Avenue Gas station
    0.3 miles
  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
    1.8 miles

Safety record

How crashes are counted

Between 2021 and 2025, police reported 26 crashes at this corner, more than the median of seven crashes for a Brooklyn corner.

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

The most recent crash recorded here was in April 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 1,900 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 1954.

Since 2014 at least 2 new affordable homes have been completed within 820 feet.

Trees

NYC Parks records 30 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
  • 9 different rules
  • 4 active meters
  • 2 pay-by-cell zones

The sign wording is DOT's, as recorded between April 2015 and September 2025, and the sign on the street decides.

East side of Osborn Street

  • No parking 4 signs NO PARKING TUESDAY FRIDAY 8AM-9AM
  • No standing 1 sign NO STANDING ANYTIME
  • Truck loading only 2 signs TRUCK LOADING ONLY 8AM-6PM EXCEPT SUNDAY

West side of Osborn Street

  • No parking 4 signs NO PARKING MONDAY THURSDAY 8AM-9AM
  • No standing 1 sign NO STANDING ANYTIME

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

ParkNYC pay-by-cell zones: 322961 and 328029.

Schools, parks and places within a walk

How places are listed

Within a five-minute walk there are 35 public places.

  • 16 religious buildings
  • 3 community centers
  • 3 day care or pre-K sites
  • 3 older adult centers
  • 3 playgrounds
  • 7 other places

Schools and child care

  1. Beanstalk Child Care Academy Infant, toddler and preschool care, ages 0 to 5
    570 feet
  2. Brownsville Collaborative Middle School
    670 feet
  3. P.S. 298 Dr. Betty Shabazz School
    670 feet
Show all 5
  1. Brooklyn Sky Child Care Center Preschool, ages 2 to 5
    730 feet
  2. Rize & Shine Childcare Center Preschool, ages 2 to 5
    1,310 feet

Parks, playgrounds and gardens

  1. Howard Playground
    770 feet
  2. Chester Playground
    990 feet
  3. Powell Playground
    1,210 feet
Show all 4
  1. Carter G. Woodson Children's Park
    1,270 feet

Plazas and public spaces

  1. Osborn Street Plaza Pedestrian plaza
    530 feet
  2. Watkins Street Plaza Pedestrian plaza
    800 feet

Libraries, museums and history

  1. Brownsville Library
    820 feet

Houses of worship

  1. Charity Baptist Church House of worship
    330 feet
  2. Mount Hebron Church House of worship
    1,260 feet

Community centers and public services

  1. Older adult center at 1777 Pitkin Avenue Older adult center
    480 feet
  2. Howard Community Center
    670 feet
  3. Langston Hughes Community Center
    990 feet
Show all 6
  1. Older adult center at 301 Sutter Avenue Older adult center
    990 feet
  2. Seth Low Community Center
    1,230 feet
  3. Older adult center at 137 Belmont Avenue Older adult center
    1,230 feet

Fire and police

  1. Battalion 44/Engine 231/Ladder 120 Fire station
    500 feet

Bank branches

  1. Chase Bank branch
    520 feet

Supermarkets

  1. CTown Supermarket
    660 feet
  2. Fine Fare Supermarket
    720 feet

Other stores

  1. Dollar Tree Store
    570 feet
  2. Family Dollar Store
    730 feet

Food stores and places to eat

Within a five-minute walk there are 28 places to eat and 24 food stores.

Not on record for this corner: a subway entrance within a ten-minute walk and a designated landmark or historic district within 820 feet.

Nearby corners

The eight nearest of the 10 corners within a three-minute walk:

See every intersection along Osborn 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 Parks, NYC Health, FDIC, NYS Agriculture and Markets and USDA, retrieved September 18 – October 6, 2026.