Pitkin Avenue & Watkins Street

Pitkin Avenue and Watkins Street meet at a four-way crossing in Brownsville, Brooklyn, at the edge of NYCHA's Glenmore Plaza development. The corner is also named Zurana Horton Way by local law. Between 2021 and 2025, 16 police-reported crashes were recorded here, against a median of seven crashes for a Brooklyn corner. In 2026, 594 red-light camera tickets were recorded here through July 26. The Battalion 44/Engine 231/Ladder 120 firehouse is 240 feet away. The nearest subway, Sutter Av, is about ten minutes on foot, for the L.

Safety record
18 hurt
16 police-reported crashes, 2021–2025
Nearest subway
Sutter Av
0.5 miles · 10 min on foot · L
Nearest bus stop
140 feet
Pitkin Av/Mother Gaston Blvd · B14
Within a walk
33 places
14 religious buildings, 4 playgrounds and 8 more kinds, within five minutes

Map

Layers
Pitkin Avenue & Watkins Street Nearby corners, linked

Getting there

How walks are measured

Subway

The nearest subway station is Sutter Av, 0.5 miles from this corner, about ten minutes on foot.

  1. Sutter Av L
    0.5 miles
    L

Next trains at this station

Manhattan
1 line
  1. L …
Canarsie
1 line
  1. 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 Pitkin Av/Mother Gaston Blvd, 140 feet away, for the B14.

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

Next buses at this stop

  1. B14 …

Live arrivals

Cycling

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

  • 33 bicycle racks within 820 feet
  • 1 more bike-share station within a five-minute walk

Nearest bike-share station

  1. Pitkin Ave & Watkins St 15 docks in all
    50 feet

By car

The nearest highway entrance is the ramp to the Jackie Robinson Parkway eastbound at Jamaica Avenue & J Robinson Parkway, 1 mile 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
    0.4 miles
  3. 1389 Rockaway Parkway Fast charging for electric cars
    1.9 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.

  • 18 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 June 2026.

What the city has done here

  • Leading pedestrian interval, January 2018

Camera tickets

How tickets are counted

In 2026 so far, through July 26, 594 red-light camera tickets were issued for violations recorded at this corner.

Every corner with red-light camera tickets

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
46 feet above sea level

This corner is also named Zurana Horton Way, a co-naming enacted on July 1, 2013 (Local Law 50 of 2013).

The streets

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

Homes

About 2,500 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 1954 and 1967.

The corner stands at the edge of NYCHA's Glenmore Plaza development.

Since 2014 at least 5 new affordable homes have been completed within 820 feet.

Trees

NYC Parks records 28 trees within 330 feet; the most common is the thornless honeylocust.

The Department of Records' Honorary Street Names dataset has its own note on Zurana Horton Way.

Parking on the streets meeting here

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

The sign wording is DOT's, as recorded between July 2015 and January 2024; the 12 rules shown are the first by street and side, and the sign on the street decides.

North side of Pitkin Avenue

  • Metered parking 2 signs 2 HOUR METERED PARKING 8AM-7PM EXCEPT SUNDAY
  • No parking 2 signs NO PARKING 7:30AM-8AM EXCEPT SUNDAY
  • No parking 2 signs NO PARKING MONDAY THURSDAY 7:30AM-8AM

South side of Pitkin Avenue

  • Metered parking 1 sign 2 HOUR METERED PARKING 8:30AM-7PM EXCEPT SUNDAY
  • No parking 1 sign NO PARKING 8AM-8:30AM EXCEPT SUNDAY
  • No parking 2 signs NO PARKING TUESDAY FRIDAY 8AM-8:30AM
  • No standing 1 sign NO STANDING ANYTIME

East side of Watkins Street

  • Authorized vehicles only 2 signs AVO FIRE DEPARTMENT
  • No parking 4 signs NO PARKING TUESDAY FRIDAY 8AM-9AM
  • No standing 2 signs NO STANDING FIRE ZONE

West side of Watkins Street

  • No parking 3 signs NO PARKING ANYTIME
  • No parking 3 signs NO PARKING MONDAY THURSDAY 11:30AM-1PM

ParkNYC pay-by-cell zones: 322961 and 331852.

Schools, parks and places within a walk

How places are listed

Within a five-minute walk there are 33 public places.

  • 14 religious buildings
  • 4 playgrounds
  • 3 community centers
  • 3 older adult centers
  • 2 day care or pre-K sites
  • 7 other places

Schools and child care

  1. Brownsville Collaborative Middle School
    410 feet
  2. P.S. 298 Dr. Betty Shabazz School
    410 feet
  3. Beanstalk Child Care Academy Infant, toddler and preschool care, ages 0 to 5
    630 feet
Show all 4
  1. Brooklyn Sky Child Care Center Preschool, ages 2 to 5
    990 feet

Parks, playgrounds and gardens

  1. Howard Playground
    520 feet
  2. Powell Playground
    950 feet
  3. Carter G. Woodson Children's Park
    1,010 feet
Show all 5
  1. Dr. Green Playground
    1,090 feet
  2. Chester Playground
    1,240 feet

Plazas and public spaces

  1. Watkins Street Plaza Pedestrian plaza
    540 feet
  2. Osborn Street Plaza Pedestrian plaza
    790 feet

Libraries, museums and history

  1. Brownsville Library
    560 feet

Houses of worship

  1. Charity Baptist Church House of worship
    270 feet

Community centers and public services

  1. Older adult center at 1777 Pitkin Avenue Older adult center
    220 feet
  2. Howard Community Center
    410 feet
  3. Seth Low Community Center
    970 feet
Show all 6
  1. Older adult center at 137 Belmont Avenue Older adult center
    970 feet
  2. Langston Hughes Community Center
    1,250 feet
  3. Older adult center at 301 Sutter Avenue Older adult center
    1,250 feet

Fire and police

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

Bank branches

  1. Chase Bank branch
    780 feet

Supermarkets

  1. Fine Fare Supermarket
    460 feet
  2. CTown Supermarket
    920 feet

Other stores

  1. Family Dollar Store
    480 feet
  2. Dollar Tree Store
    830 feet

Food stores and places to eat

Within a five-minute walk there are 27 places to eat and 23 food stores.

Not on record for this corner: 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 Watkins Street.

Sources: NYC Technology and Innovation, NYPD, NYC Finance, NYC DOT, MTA, NYC City Planning, New York City's bike-share system, NYS Environmental Conservation, US Department of Energy, NYC Records, NYCHA, NYC Housing Preservation and Development, NYC Parks, NYC Health, FDIC, NYS Agriculture and Markets and USDA, retrieved September 18 – October 6, 2026.