Pitkin Avenue & Sackman Street

Pitkin Avenue and Sackman Street meet at a three-way junction in Brownsville, Brooklyn, at the edge of NYCHA's Low Houses development. Between 2021 and 2025, four police-reported crashes were recorded here, fewer than the median of seven crashes for a Brooklyn corner. Powell Playground is 140 feet away. The nearest subway, Sutter Av, is about six minutes on foot, for the L. Within a five-minute walk are 28 public places, 12 of them religious buildings, and 14 places to eat.

Safety record
3 hurt
4 police-reported crashes, 2021–2025
Nearest subway
Sutter Av
0.3 miles · 6 min on foot · L
Nearest bus stop
660 feet
Mother Gaston Blvd/Pitkin Av · B14
Within a walk
28 places
12 religious buildings, 5 schools and 7 more kinds, within five minutes

Map

Layers
Pitkin Avenue & Sackman Street Nearby corners, linked

Getting there

How walks are measured

Subway

The nearest subway station is Sutter Av, 0.3 miles from this corner, about six minutes on foot.

  1. Sutter Av L
    0.3 miles
    L

Next trains at this station

Manhattan
1 line
  1. L …
Canarsie
1 line
  1. L …

Also within a walk

  1. Atlantic Av L
    0.5 miles
    L

The MTA's permanent art catalog lists “The Habitat for the Yellow Bird” (2007) by Takayo Noda at the Sutter Av station.

Bus

The nearest bus stop is Mother Gaston Blvd/Pitkin Av, 660 feet away, for the B14.

  • 5 routes within a ten-minute walk
  1. Mother Gaston Blvd/Pitkin Av B14
    660 feet
    B14

Next buses at this stop

  1. B14 …

Live arrivals

Cycling

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

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

Nearest bike-share station

  1. Powell St & Belmont Ave 15 docks in all
    780 feet

By car

The nearest highway entrance is the ramp to the Jackie Robinson Parkway eastbound at Jamaica Avenue & J Robinson Parkway, 0.8 miles 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
    0.5 miles
  3. 1389 Rockaway Parkway Fast charging for electric cars
    2 miles

Safety record

How crashes are counted

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

  • 3 people injured
  • 0 people killed

The most recent crash recorded here was in June 2025.

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
37 and 41 (the boundary runs through this corner)
Police precinct
73
Neighborhood (City Planning area)
Brownsville
Elevation
45 feet above sea level

The streets

  • Up to two travel lanes

Homes

About 1,800 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 between 1966 and 1967.

The corner stands at the edge of NYCHA's Low Houses development.

Since 2014 at least 18 new affordable homes have been completed within 820 feet.

Trees

NYC Parks records 60 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
  • 8 signs on these blocks
  • 4 different rules

The sign wording is DOT's, as recorded between December 2014 and February 2020, and the sign on the street decides.

North side of Pitkin Avenue

  • No parking 1 sign NO PARKING ANYTIME
  • No parking 5 signs NO PARKING MONDAY THURSDAY 8:30AM-10AM

East side of Sackman Street

  • No parking 1 sign NO PARKING TUESDAY FRIDAY 8:30AM-10AM

West side of Sackman Street

  • No parking 1 sign NO PARKING MONDAY THURSDAY 8:30AM-10AM

Schools, parks and places within a walk

How places are listed

Within a five-minute walk there are 28 public places.

  • 12 religious buildings
  • 5 schools
  • 3 playgrounds
  • 2 community centers
  • 2 older adult centers
  • 4 other places

Schools and child care

  1. Nat Azarow Children's Center Preschool, ages 2 to 5 · Pre-K
    890 feet
  2. Christopher Avenue Community School
    1,070 feet
  3. Uncommon Brownsville North Charter School NYC School
    1,070 feet
Show all 6
  1. P.S. 150 Christopher School
    1,070 feet
  2. Brownsville Collaborative Middle School
    1,220 feet
  3. P.S. 298 Dr. Betty Shabazz School
    1,220 feet

Parks, playgrounds and gardens

  1. Powell Playground
    140 feet
  2. Houston Playground
    770 feet
  3. Carter G. Woodson Children's Park
    770 feet
Show all 5
  1. Howard Playground
    1,060 feet
  2. McLeod Community Garden
    1,290 feet

Houses of worship

  1. Charity Baptist Church House of worship
    960 feet

Community centers and public services

  1. Seth Low Community Center
    690 feet
  2. Older adult center at 137 Belmont Avenue Older adult center
    690 feet
  3. Older adult center at 1777 Pitkin Avenue Older adult center
    730 feet
Show all 4
  1. Howard Community Center
    1,220 feet

Fire and police

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

Supermarkets

  1. Fine Fare Supermarket
    720 feet
  2. CTown Supermarket
    0.3 miles

Other stores

  1. Family Dollar Store
    730 feet
  2. Dollar Tree Store
    0.3 miles

Food stores and places to eat

Within a five-minute walk there are 14 places to eat and 13 food stores.

Not on record for this corner: 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 Pitkin Avenue or Sackman Street.

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, NYS Agriculture and Markets and USDA, retrieved September 18 – October 6, 2026.