Pitkin Avenue & Sheffield Avenue

Pitkin Avenue and Sheffield Avenue meet at a four-way crossing in East New York (North), Brooklyn. Between 2021 and 2025, 20 police-reported crashes were recorded here, against a median of seven crashes for a Brooklyn corner. Russian Orthodox Church is 700 feet away, and Achievement First East Brooklyn High School is 1,170 feet away. The nearest subway, Liberty Av, is about four minutes on foot, and four subway lines stop within a ten-minute walk. Within a five-minute walk are 16 public places, nine of them religious buildings, and seven places to eat.

Safety record
8 hurt
20 police-reported crashes, 2021–2025
Nearest subway
Liberty Av
1,170 feet · 4 min on foot · C
Nearest bus stop
350 feet
Pennsylvania Av/Pitkin Av · B20, B83
Within a walk
16 places
9 religious buildings, 5 schools and 2 more kinds, within five minutes

Map

Layers
Pitkin Avenue & Sheffield Avenue Nearby corners, linked

Getting there

How walks are measured

Subway

The nearest subway station is Liberty Av, 1,170 feet from this corner, about four minutes on foot.

  • 4 lines within a ten-minute walk
  1. Liberty Av C
    1,170 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
    0.4 miles
    J Z

Bus

The nearest bus stop is Pennsylvania Av/Pitkin Av, 350 feet away, for the B20 and B83.

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

Next buses at this stop

  1. B20 …
  2. B83 …

Live arrivals

Cycling

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

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

Nearest bike-share station

  1. Pennsylvania Ave & Pitkin Ave 11 docks in all
    340 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
    2.2 miles

Safety record

How crashes are counted

Between 2021 and 2025, police reported 20 crashes at this corner, more than the median of seven crashes for a Brooklyn corner.

  • 8 people injured
  • 0 people killed
  • 1 of those hurt, on foot

The most recent crash recorded here was in September 2025.

About this corner

Where facts come from
ZIP code
11207
Community board
Brooklyn Community Board 5
City Council district
37
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 700 homes stand within 820 feet of this corner, a mix of apartment buildings and smaller houses.

Since 2014 at least 100 new affordable homes have been completed within 820 feet.

Trees

NYC Parks records 51 trees within 330 feet; the most common is the Japanese zelkova.

Parking on the streets meeting here

How signs are read
  • 38 signs on these blocks
  • 9 different rules

The sign wording is DOT's, as recorded between August 2016 and April 2022, and the sign on the street decides.

North side of Pitkin Avenue

  • No parking 6 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

  • No parking 5 signs NO PARKING TUESDAY FRIDAY 3AM-6AM
  • Truck loading only 3 signs TRUCK LOADING ONLY MONDAY-FRIDAY 8AM-5PM

East side of Sheffield Avenue

  • No parking 7 signs NO PARKING TUESDAY FRIDAY 3AM-6AM
  • Truck loading only 2 signs TRUCK LOADING ONLY MONDAY-FRIDAY 7AM-6PM

West side of Sheffield Avenue

  • No parking 8 signs NO PARKING MONDAY THURSDAY 3AM-6AM
  • Truck loading only 2 signs TRUCK LOADING ONLY MONDAY-FRIDAY 6AM-6PM

Schools, parks and places within a walk

How places are listed

Sixteen public places are within a five-minute walk.

  • 9 religious buildings
  • 5 schools
  • 1 ambulance station
  • 1 playground

Schools and child care

  1. W. H. Maxwell Career and Technical Education High School
    950 feet
  2. Achievement First Apollo Middle Charter School
    1,170 feet
  3. Achievement First East Brooklyn High School
    1,170 feet
Show all 5
  1. Bard High School Early College Brooklyn School
    1,170 feet
  2. J.H.S. 292 Margaret S. Douglas School
    1,170 feet

Parks, playgrounds and gardens

  1. Grace Playground
    580 feet

Health care

  1. EMS Station 39 Ambulance station
    660 feet

Houses of worship

  1. Russian Orthodox Church House of worship
    700 feet

Supermarkets

  1. CTown Supermarket
    700 feet
  2. Shop Fair Supermarket
    0.3 miles

Food stores and places to eat

Within a five-minute walk there are seven 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 Pitkin Avenue or Sheffield 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.