Pitkin Avenue & Pine Street

Pitkin Avenue and Pine Street meet at a four-way crossing in East New York-City Line, Brooklyn. Between 2021 and 2025, 13 police-reported crashes were recorded here, against a median of seven crashes for a Brooklyn corner. P.S. 159 Isaac Pitkin is 500 feet away. The nearest subway, Euclid Av, is about a minute on foot, for the A and C. Within a five-minute walk are 13 public places, eight of them religious buildings, and 18 places to eat. About 1,400 homes stand within 820 feet, mostly built between 1920 and 1930, a mix of apartment buildings and smaller houses.

Safety record
11 hurt
13 police-reported crashes, 2021–2025
Nearest subway
Euclid Av
240 feet · 1 min on foot · A, C
Nearest bus stop
210 feet
Pitkin Av/Euclid Av · Q112
Within a walk
13 places
8 religious buildings, 1 day care or pre-K site and 4 more kinds, within five minutes

Map

Layers
Pitkin Avenue & Pine Street Nearby corners, linked

Getting there

How walks are measured

Subway

The nearest subway station is Euclid Av, 240 feet from this corner, about a minute on foot.

  • 2 lines at the nearest station
  1. Euclid Av A, C
    240 feet
    A C

Next trains at this station

Manhattan
2 lines
  1. A …
  2. C …
Queens
2 lines
  1. A …
  2. C …

Also within a walk

  1. Grant Av A
    0.3 miles
    A

Bus

The nearest bus stop is Pitkin Av/Euclid Av, 210 feet away, for the Q112.

  • 5 routes within a ten-minute walk
  1. Pitkin Av/Euclid Av Q112
    210 feet
    Q112

Next buses at this stop

  1. Q112 …

Live arrivals

Cycling

A marked bike lane runs on Pitkin Avenue.

  • 28 bicycle racks within 820 feet

By car

The nearest highway entrance is the ramp to the Jackie Robinson Parkway eastbound at Jamaica Avenue & J Robinson Parkway, 1.8 miles by car along the streets.

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

Safety record

How crashes are counted

Between 2021 and 2025, police reported 13 crashes at this corner, more than the median of seven crashes for a Brooklyn corner.

  • 11 people injured
  • 0 people killed
  • 3 of those hurt, on foot

The most recent crash recorded here was in March 2026.

What the city has done here

  • Leading pedestrian interval, September 2021
  • Accessible pedestrian signal, December 2022

About this corner

Where facts come from
ZIP code
11208
Community board
Brooklyn Community Board 5
City Council district
42
Police precinct
75
Neighborhood (City Planning area)
East New York-City Line
Elevation
25 feet above sea level

The streets

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

Homes

About 1,400 homes stand within 820 feet of this corner, a mix of apartment buildings and smaller houses. The buildings holding them mostly went up between 1920 and 1930.

Since 2014 at least 135 new affordable homes have been completed within 820 feet.

Trees

NYC Parks records 44 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
  • 7 different rules
  • 1 active meter
  • 1 pay-by-cell zone

The sign wording is DOT's, as recorded between March 2016 and May 2025, and the sign on the street decides.

East side of Pine Street

  • Carshare only 1 sign CARSHARE PARKING ONLY OTHERS NO STANDING ANYTIME
  • No parking 6 signs NO PARKING TUESDAY FRIDAY 11:30AM-1PM

West side of Pine Street

  • No parking 6 signs NO PARKING MONDAY THURSDAY 11:30AM-1PM
  • No standing 1 sign NO STANDING ANYTIME

North side of Pitkin Avenue

  • Metered parking 2 signs 2 HOUR METERED PARKING 8:30AM-7PM EXCEPT SUNDAY
  • No parking 2 signs NO PARKING MONDAY THURSDAY 11:30AM-1PM

South side of Pitkin Avenue

  • No parking 6 signs NO PARKING TUESDAY FRIDAY 11:30AM-1PM

ParkNYC pay-by-cell zone: 323689.

Schools, parks and places within a walk

How places are listed

Thirteen public places are within a five-minute walk.

  • 8 religious buildings
  • 1 day care or pre-K site
  • 1 fire station
  • 1 garden
  • 1 park
  • 1 school

Schools and child care

  1. The Friends of Crown Heights Educational Center # 5 Preschool, ages 2 to 5 · Pre-K
    340 feet
  2. P.S. 159 Isaac Pitkin School
    500 feet

Parks, playgrounds and gardens

  1. Euclid 500 Community Garden
    870 feet
  2. City Line Park
    1,280 feet

Houses of worship

  1. St Lydia Episcopal Church House of worship
    1,150 feet
  2. Greater Bright Light Baptist Church House of worship
    1,250 feet

Fire and police

  1. Engine 236 Fire station
    1,150 feet

Supermarkets

  1. Golden Farms Supermarket
    0.3 miles
  2. Key Food Supermarket
    0.3 miles
  3. Fine Fare Supermarket
    0.4 miles

Other stores

  1. Dollar Tree Store
    0.3 miles
  2. Family Dollar Store
    0.5 miles

Food stores and places to eat

Within a five-minute walk there are 18 places to eat and 22 food stores.

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

Nearby corners

The eight nearest of the 13 corners within a three-minute walk:

See every intersection along Pine Street or Pitkin Avenue.

Sources: NYC Technology and Innovation, NYPD, NYC DOT, MTA, 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.