Pitkin Avenue & Strauss Street

Pitkin Avenue and Strauss Street meet at a four-way crossing in Brownsville, Brooklyn. Between 2021 and 2025, 16 police-reported crashes were recorded here, against a median of seven crashes for a Brooklyn corner. Brooklyn Ascend Charter School is 520 feet away, and Chester Playground is 1,250 feet away. The nearest bus stop, Pitkin Av/Strauss St, is 110 feet away for the B12 and B14, and eight bus routes stop within a ten-minute walk. Within a five-minute walk are 20 public places, eight of them religious buildings, and 16 places to eat.

Safety record
8 hurt
16 police-reported crashes, 2021–2025
Nearest highway entrance
Jackie Robinson Parkway
1.3 miles by car along the streets
Nearest bus stop
110 feet
Pitkin Av/Strauss St · B12, B14
Within a walk
20 places
8 religious buildings, 2 gardens and 8 more kinds, within five minutes

Map

Layers
Pitkin Avenue & Strauss Street Nearby corners, linked

Getting there

How walks are measured

Bus

The nearest bus stop is Pitkin Av/Strauss St, 110 feet away, for the B12 and B14.

  • 8 routes within a ten-minute walk
  1. Pitkin Av/Strauss St B12, B14
    110 feet
    B12 B14

Next buses at this stop

  1. B12 …
  2. B14 …

Live arrivals

Cycling

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

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

Nearest bike-share station

  1. Pitkin Ave & Grafton St 21 docks in all
    790 feet

By car

The nearest highway entrance is the ramp to the Jackie Robinson Parkway eastbound at Jamaica Avenue & J Robinson Parkway, 1.3 miles by car along the streets.

  1. 519 Howard Avenue Gas station
    0.3 miles
  2. 492 Thomas Boyland Street Charging for electric cars, five Level 2 chargers
    1,110 feet
  3. 1389 Rockaway Parkway Fast charging for electric cars
    2 miles

Safety record

How crashes are counted

Between 2021 and 2025, police reported 16 crashes at this corner, more than the median of seven crashes for a Brooklyn corner.

  • 7 people injured
  • 1 person killed
  • 2 of those hurt, on foot
  • 1 of those hurt, on a bike

The most recent crash recorded here was in October 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
41
Police precinct
73
Neighborhood (City Planning area)
Brownsville
Elevation
41 feet above sea level

The streets

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

Homes

About 1,200 homes stand within 820 feet of this corner, a mix of apartment buildings and smaller houses.

Since 2014 at least 39 new affordable homes have been completed within 820 feet.

Trees

NYC Parks records 56 trees within 330 feet; the most common is the swamp white oak.

Parking on the streets meeting here

How signs are read
  • 31 signs on these blocks
  • 10 different rules
  • 4 active meters
  • 2 pay-by-cell zones

The sign wording is DOT's, as recorded between May 2018 and January 2024, and the sign on the street decides.

North side of Pitkin Avenue

  • Metered parking 2 signs 2 HOUR METERED PARKING 8AM-7PM EXCEPT SUNDAY
  • Metered parking 1 sign 2 HOUR METERED PARKING MONDAY-FRIDAY 4PM-7PM SATURDAY 8AM-7PM
  • No parking 3 signs NO PARKING 7:30AM-8AM EXCEPT SUNDAY
  • Truck loading only 1 sign TRUCK LOADING ONLY MONDAY-FRIDAY 8AM-4PM

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

East side of Strauss Street

  • No parking 3 signs NO PARKING TUESDAY FRIDAY 8AM-9:30AM
  • No parking 6 signs NO PARKING TUESDAY FRIDAY 9AM-10:30AM

West side of Strauss Street

  • No parking 3 signs NO PARKING MONDAY THURSDAY 8AM-9:30AM
  • No parking 6 signs NO PARKING MONDAY THURSDAY 9AM-10:30AM

ParkNYC pay-by-cell zones: 329988 and 330455.

Monuments and public art

How landmarks are placed

The City's public art inventory lists one work near this corner, in Zion Park.

  1. Zion Park War Memorial Exedra by Charles Cary Rumsey, 1925
    620 feet

Schools, parks and places within a walk

How places are listed

Twenty public places are within a five-minute walk.

  • 8 religious buildings
  • 2 gardens
  • 2 parks
  • 2 schools
  • 1 community center
  • 5 other places

Schools and child care

  1. Brooklyn Ascend Charter School
    520 feet
  2. Brownsville Ascend Charter School
    520 feet
  3. Webble Wobble Achievers Infant and toddler care, ages 0 to 2
    1,270 feet

Parks, playgrounds and gardens

  1. Fred McLeod Community Garden
    130 feet
  2. Zion Triangle
    590 feet
  3. Isabahlia Community Garden
    1,120 feet
Show all 5
  1. Prospect Plaza Park
    1,140 feet
  2. Chester Playground
    1,250 feet

Plazas and public spaces

  1. Zion Triangle Plaza Pedestrian plaza
    920 feet

Libraries, museums and history

  1. Parkway Theater Listed historic place
    970 feet

Houses of worship

  1. Bethany Gospel Chapel House of worship
    1,250 feet

Community centers and public services

  1. Marcus Garvey Community Center
    850 feet
  2. Older adult center at 1440 East New York Avenue Older adult center
    1,070 feet

Supermarkets

  1. Ideal Food Basket Supermarket
    730 feet
  2. Food Bazaar Supermarket
    0.3 miles
  3. CTown Supermarket
    0.5 miles

Other stores

  1. Dollar Tree Store
    0.5 miles

Food stores and places to eat

Within a five-minute walk there are 16 places to eat and 15 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 11 corners within a three-minute walk:

See every intersection along Pitkin Avenue or Strauss 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 Public Design Commission, NYC Parks, NYC Health, NYS Agriculture and Markets and USDA, retrieved September 18 – October 6, 2026.