Pitkin Avenue & Vermont Street

Pitkin Avenue and Vermont Street meet at a four-way crossing in East New York (North), Brooklyn. Between 2021 and 2025, 13 police-reported crashes were recorded here, against a median of seven crashes for a Brooklyn corner. Grace Playground is 50 feet away, and Bard High School Early College Brooklyn is 360 feet away. The nearest subway, Van Siclen Av, is about four minutes on foot, for the C. Within a five-minute walk are 26 public places, 14 of them religious buildings, and six places to eat.

Safety record
6 hurt
13 police-reported crashes, 2021–2025
Nearest subway
Van Siclen Av
980 feet · 4 min on foot · C
Nearest bus stop
650 feet
Pennsylvania Av/Pitkin Av · B20, B83
Within a walk
26 places
14 religious buildings, 6 schools and 5 more kinds, within five minutes

Map

Layers
Pitkin Avenue & Vermont Street Nearby corners, linked

Getting there

How walks are measured

Subway

The nearest subway station is Van Siclen Av, 980 feet from this corner, about four minutes on foot.

  1. Van Siclen Av C
    980 feet
    C

Next trains at this station

Manhattan
1 line
  1. C …
Outbound
1 line
  1. C …

Also within a walk

  1. Liberty Av C
    0.3 miles
    C

Bus

The nearest bus stop is Pennsylvania Av/Pitkin Av, 650 feet away, for the B20 and B83.

  • 7 routes within a ten-minute walk
  1. Pennsylvania Av/Pitkin Av B20, B83
    650 feet
    B20 B83

Next buses at this stop

  1. B20 …
  2. B83 …

Live arrivals

Cycling

A marked bike lane runs on Pitkin Avenue.

  • 18 bicycle racks within 820 feet, 2 of them on-street corrals
  • 1 more bike-share station within a five-minute walk

Nearest bike-share station

  1. Pennsylvania Ave & Pitkin Ave 11 docks in all
    540 feet

By car

The nearest highway entrance is the ramp to the Jackie Robinson Parkway eastbound at Jamaica Avenue & J Robinson Parkway, 0.6 miles by car along the streets.

  1. 43 Pennsylvania Avenue Gas station
    0.5 miles
  2. 492 Thomas Boyland Street Charging for electric cars, five Level 2 chargers
    1.1 miles
  3. 1389 Rockaway Parkway Fast charging for electric cars
    2.4 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.

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

The most recent crash recorded here was in November 2025.

What the city has done here

  • Leading pedestrian interval, January 2018

About this corner

Where facts come from
ZIP code
11207
Community board
Brooklyn Community Board 5
City Council district
42
Police precinct
75
Neighborhood (City Planning area)
East New York (North)
Elevation
34 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 119 new affordable homes have been completed within 820 feet.

Trees

NYC Parks records 94 trees within 330 feet; the most common is the thornless honeylocust.

Parking on the streets meeting here

How signs are read
  • 27 signs on these blocks
  • 8 different rules

The sign wording is DOT's, as recorded between June 2015 and May 2022, and the sign on the street decides.

North side of Pitkin Avenue

  • No parking 5 signs NO PARKING MONDAY THURSDAY 8AM-9:30AM
  • Truck loading only 1 sign TRUCKS LOADING ONLY MONDAY-FRIDAY 7AM-3PM

South side of Pitkin Avenue

  • Ambulances only 1 sign AMBULANCE ONLY MONDAY-FRIDAY 8AM-6PM
  • Authorized vehicles only 1 sign AUTHORIZED VEHICLES ONLY NYC HEALTH & HOSPITALS CORPORATION MONDAY-FRIDAY 8AM-6PM
  • No parking 5 signs NO PARKING TUESDAY FRIDAY 8AM-9:30AM

East side of Vermont Street

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

West side of Vermont Street

  • No parking 7 signs NO PARKING MONDAY THURSDAY 8AM-9:30AM
  • No parking 1 sign NO PARKING MONDAY-FRIDAY 8AM-6PM

Schools, parks and places within a walk

How places are listed

Within a five-minute walk there are 26 public places.

  • 14 religious buildings
  • 6 schools
  • 2 gardens
  • 1 ambulance station
  • 1 day care or pre-K site
  • 2 other places

Schools and child care

  1. Achievement First Apollo Middle Charter School
    360 feet
  2. Achievement First East Brooklyn High School
    360 feet
  3. Bard High School Early College Brooklyn School
    360 feet
Show all 7
  1. J.H.S. 292 Margaret S. Douglas School
    360 feet
  2. Canarsie Children First Academy School-based preschool, ages 3 to 5 · Pre-K
    580 feet
  3. W. H. Maxwell Career and Technical Education High School
    1,050 feet
  4. P.S. 149 Danny Kaye School
    1,200 feet

Parks, playgrounds and gardens

  1. Grace Playground
    50 feet
  2. East End Community Garden
    1,140 feet
  3. Artsy Bloom Community Garden
    1,240 feet

Health care

  1. EMS Station 39 Ambulance station
    720 feet

Libraries, museums and history

  1. Fiorentino Plaza Listed historic place
    960 feet

Houses of worship

  1. Russian Orthodox Church House of worship
    700 feet
  2. Second Calvary Baptist Church House of worship
    1,190 feet
  3. E End Baptist Church House of worship
    1,230 feet

Supermarkets

  1. CTown Supermarket
    120 feet
  2. Shop Fair Supermarket
    940 feet

Food stores and places to eat

Within a five-minute walk there are six 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 12 corners within a three-minute walk:

See every intersection along Pitkin Avenue or Vermont 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, NYC Housing Preservation and Development, NYC Parks, NYC Health, NYS Agriculture and Markets and USDA, retrieved September 18 – October 6, 2026.