Pitkin Avenue & Van Sinderen Avenue

Pitkin Avenue and Van Sinderen Avenue meet at a four-way crossing in Brownsville, Brooklyn. Between 2021 and 2025, seven police-reported crashes were recorded here, the median for a Brooklyn corner. Houston Playground is 1,040 feet away. The nearest subway, Sutter Av, is about three minutes on foot, for the L. Within a five-minute walk are 12 public places, eight of them religious buildings, and four places to eat. About 300 homes stand within 820 feet, mostly built in 2016, most in buildings of ten homes or more.

Safety record
5 hurt
7 police-reported crashes, 2021–2025
Nearest subway
Sutter Av
910 feet · 3 min on foot · L
Nearest bus stop
1,040 feet
Sutter Av/Van Sinderen Av · B14
Within a walk
12 places
8 religious buildings, 2 playgrounds and 2 more kinds, within five minutes

Map

Layers
Pitkin Avenue & Van Sinderen Avenue Nearby corners, linked

Getting there

How walks are measured

Subway

The nearest subway station is Sutter Av, 910 feet from this corner, about three minutes on foot.

  1. Sutter Av L
    910 feet
    L

Next trains at this station

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

Also within a walk

  1. Atlantic Av L
    0.4 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 Sutter Av/Van Sinderen Av, 1,040 feet away, for the B14.

  • 7 routes within a ten-minute walk
  1. Sutter Av/Van Sinderen Av B14
    1,040 feet
    B14

Next buses at this stop

  1. B14 …

Live arrivals

Cycling

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

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

Nearest bike-share station

  1. Williams Ave & Pitkin Ave 12 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
    0.5 miles
  2. 492 Thomas Boyland Street Charging for electric cars, five Level 2 chargers
    0.7 miles
  3. 1389 Rockaway Parkway Fast charging for electric cars
    2.1 miles

Safety record

How crashes are counted

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

  • 5 people injured
  • 0 people killed
  • 1 of those hurt, on foot
  • 2 of those hurt, on a bike

The most recent crash recorded here was in January 2026.

About this corner

Where facts come from
ZIP code
11207
Community board
Brooklyn Community Board 5
City Council district
37
Police precinct
73 and 75 (the boundary runs through this corner)
Neighborhood (City Planning area)
Brownsville
Elevation
47 feet above sea level

The streets

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

Homes

About 300 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 in 2016.

Since 2014 at least 177 new affordable homes have been completed within 820 feet.

Trees

NYC Parks records 21 trees within 330 feet; the most common is the common hackberry.

Parking on the streets meeting here

How signs are read
  • 20 signs on these blocks
  • 7 different rules

The sign wording is DOT's, as recorded between April 2016 and December 2018, and the sign on the street decides.

North side of Pitkin Avenue

  • No parking 3 signs NO PARKING MONDAY THURSDAY 3AM-6AM
  • No parking 2 signs NO PARKING MONDAY THURSDAY 8:30AM-10AM
  • No parking 2 signs NO PARKING MONDAY-FRIDAY 7AM-5PM

South side of Pitkin Avenue

  • No parking 2 signs NO PARKING MONDAY-FRIDAY 7AM-5PM
  • No parking 2 signs NO PARKING TUESDAY FRIDAY 3AM-6AM
  • No parking 2 signs NO PARKING TUESDAY FRIDAY 8:30AM-10AM

East side of Van Sinderen Avenue

  • No parking 7 signs NO PARKING ANYTIME

Schools, parks and places within a walk

How places are listed

Twelve public places are within a five-minute walk.

  • 8 religious buildings
  • 2 playgrounds
  • 1 day care or pre-K site
  • 1 garden

Schools and child care

  1. Nat Azarow Children's Center Preschool, ages 2 to 5 · Pre-K
    1,170 feet

Parks, playgrounds and gardens

  1. Powell Playground
    700 feet
  2. TLC Sculpture Park Garden
    1,010 feet
  3. Houston Playground
    1,040 feet

Supermarkets

  1. Fine Fare Supermarket
    0.3 miles
  2. CTown Supermarket
    0.4 miles
  3. Food Bazaar Supermarket
    0.5 miles

Other stores

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

Food stores and places to eat

Within a five-minute walk there are four places to eat and five 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 Van Sinderen 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, NYCHA, NYC Housing Preservation and Development, NYC Parks, NYC Health, NYS Agriculture and Markets and USDA, retrieved September 18 – October 6, 2026.