Pitkin Avenue & Pennsylvania Avenue

Pitkin Avenue and Pennsylvania Avenue meet at a four-way crossing in East New York (North), Brooklyn. The corner is also named Corinna C. Grant Way by local law. Between 2021 and 2025, 104 police-reported crashes were recorded here, against a median of seven crashes for a Brooklyn corner. In 2025, 161 red-light camera tickets were recorded here. In 2026, two school-zone speed camera tickets were recorded here through August 27. Grace Playground is 310 feet away. The nearest subway, Liberty Av, is about four minutes on foot, for the C.

Safety record
87 hurt
104 police-reported crashes, 2021–2025
Nearest subway
Liberty Av
920 feet · 4 min on foot · C
Nearest bus stop
110 feet
Pennsylvania Av/Pitkin Av · B20, B83
Within a walk
20 places
12 religious buildings, 5 schools and 3 more kinds, within five minutes

Map

Layers
Pitkin Avenue & Pennsylvania Avenue Nearby corners, linked

Getting there

How walks are measured

Subway

The nearest subway station is Liberty Av, 920 feet from this corner, about four minutes on foot.

  • 3 lines within a ten-minute walk
  1. Liberty Av C
    920 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 C
    0.3 miles
    C
  2. Alabama Av J, Z
    0.5 miles
    J Z

Bus

The nearest bus stop is Pennsylvania Av/Pitkin Av, 110 feet away, for the B20 and B83.

  • 10 routes within a ten-minute walk
  1. Pennsylvania Av/Pitkin Av B20, B83 · Shelter
    110 feet
    B20 B83
    Shelter

Next buses at this stop

  1. B20 …
  2. B83 …

Live arrivals

Cycling

A marked bike lane runs on Pitkin Avenue.

  • 16 bicycle racks within 820 feet, 2 of them on-street corrals
  • 2 more bike-share stations within a five-minute walk

Nearest bike-share station

  1. Pennsylvania Ave & Pitkin Ave 11 docks in all
    70 feet

By car

The nearest highway entrance is the ramp to the Jackie Robinson Parkway eastbound at Jamaica Avenue & J Robinson Parkway, 0.5 miles by car along the streets.

  1. 43 Pennsylvania Avenue Gas station
    0.4 miles
  2. 492 Thomas Boyland Street Charging for electric cars, five Level 2 chargers
    1 mile
  3. 1389 Rockaway Parkway Fast charging for electric cars
    2.3 miles

Safety record

How crashes are counted

Between 2021 and 2025, police reported 104 crashes at this corner, more than the median of seven crashes for a Brooklyn corner.

  • 86 people injured
  • 1 person killed
  • 5 of those hurt, on foot
  • 3 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, February 2016
  • Turn calming, December 2022

Camera tickets

How tickets are counted

In 2025, 161 red-light camera tickets were issued for violations recorded at this corner, the 164th most of the 200 corners in the city where any were issued.

In 2026 so far, through July 26, 1,676 more were issued.

Red-light camera tickets by the direction of travel written on the ticket
Direction on the ticket20252026 so far
Westbound on Pitkin Avenue161831
Eastbound on Pitkin Avenue–845
Total1611,676

In 2026 so far, through August 27, 2 school-zone speed camera tickets were issued for violations recorded at this corner.

Every corner with red-light camera tickets · Every corner with speed camera tickets

About this corner

Where facts come from
ZIP code
11207
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 (North)
Elevation
36 feet above sea level

This corner is also named Corinna C. Grant Way, a co-naming enacted on January 17, 2026 (Local Law 48 of 2026).

The streets

  • Up to four travel lanes
  • A designated truck route

Homes

About 900 homes stand within 820 feet of this corner, a mix of apartment buildings and smaller houses.

Since 2014 at least 103 new affordable homes have been completed within 820 feet.

Trees

NYC Parks records 52 trees within 330 feet; the most common is the Japanese zelkova.

The Department of Records' Honorary Street Names dataset has its own note on Corinna C. Grant Way.

Parking on the streets meeting here

How signs are read
  • 30 signs on these blocks
  • 11 different rules

The sign wording is DOT's, as recorded between September 2017 and February 2021, and the sign on the street decides.

East side of Pennsylvania Avenue

  • Ambulances only 2 signs AMBULANCE ONLY
  • No parking 5 signs NO PARKING MONDAY THURSDAY 8AM-9:30AM
  • No standing 2 signs NO STANDING ANYTIME

West side of Pennsylvania Avenue

  • No parking 6 signs NO PARKING TUESDAY FRIDAY 8AM-9:30AM

North side of Pitkin Avenue

  • No parking 3 signs NO PARKING MONDAY THURSDAY 3AM-6AM
  • No standing 3 signs NO STANDING MONDAY-FRIDAY 7AM-10AM
  • No standing 2 signs NO STANDING MONDAY-FRIDAY 7AM-7PM

South side of Pitkin Avenue

  • Ambulances only 1 sign AMBULANCE ONLY MONDAY-FRIDAY 8AM-6PM
  • Authorized vehicles only 1 sign AUTHORIZED VEHICLES ONLY NYC HEALTH & HOSPITALS CORPORATION MONDAY-FRIDAY 8AM-6PM
  • No parking 2 signs NO PARKING TUESDAY FRIDAY 3AM-6AM
  • No parking 3 signs NO PARKING TUESDAY FRIDAY 8AM-9:30AM

Schools, parks and places within a walk

How places are listed

Twenty public places are within a five-minute walk.

  • 12 religious buildings
  • 5 schools
  • 1 ambulance station
  • 1 day care or pre-K site
  • 1 playground

Schools and child care

  1. W. H. Maxwell Career and Technical Education High School
    670 feet
  2. Achievement First Apollo Middle Charter School
    900 feet
  3. Achievement First East Brooklyn High School
    900 feet
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  1. Bard High School Early College Brooklyn School
    900 feet
  2. J.H.S. 292 Margaret S. Douglas School
    900 feet
  3. Canarsie Children First Academy School-based preschool, ages 3 to 5 · Pre-K
    1,130 feet

Parks, playgrounds and gardens

  1. Grace Playground
    310 feet

Health care

  1. EMS Station 39 Ambulance station
    380 feet

Houses of worship

  1. Russian Orthodox Church House of worship
    430 feet

Supermarkets

  1. CTown Supermarket
    420 feet
  2. Shop Fair Supermarket
    1,080 feet

Food stores and places to eat

Within a five-minute walk there are eight places to eat and 16 food stores.

Not on record for this corner: 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 Pennsylvania Avenue or Pitkin Avenue.

Sources: NYC Technology and Innovation, NYPD, NYC Finance, NYC DOT, MTA, NYC City Planning, New York City's bike-share system, NYS Environmental Conservation, US Department of Energy, NYC Records, NYC Housing Preservation and Development, NYC Parks, NYC Health, NYS Agriculture and Markets and USDA, retrieved September 18 – October 6, 2026.