Pitkin Avenue & Wyona Street

Pitkin Avenue and Wyona Street meet at a four-way crossing in East New York (North), Brooklyn. Between 2021 and 2025, 17 police-reported crashes were recorded here, against a median of seven crashes for a Brooklyn corner. Achievement First Apollo Middle Charter School is 350 feet away, and Achievement First East Brooklyn High School is 350 feet away. The nearest subway, Van Siclen Av, is about three minutes on foot, for the C. Within a five-minute walk are 29 public places, 16 of them religious buildings, and five places to eat.

Safety record
13 hurt
17 police-reported crashes, 2021–2025
Nearest subway
Van Siclen Av
720 feet · 3 min on foot · C
Nearest bus stop
920 feet
Pennsylvania Av/Pitkin Av · B20, B83
Within a walk
29 places
16 religious buildings, 6 schools and 5 more kinds, within five minutes

Map

Layers
Pitkin Avenue & Wyona Street Nearby corners, linked

Getting there

How walks are measured

Subway

The nearest subway station is Van Siclen Av, 720 feet from this corner, about three minutes on foot.

  1. Van Siclen Av C
    720 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, 920 feet away, for the B20 and B83.

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

Next buses at this stop

  1. B20 …
  2. B83 …

Live arrivals

Cycling

A marked bike lane runs on Pitkin Avenue.

  • 20 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. Pitkin Ave & Van Siclen Ave 18 docks in all
    800 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. 2822 Atlantic Avenue Gas station
    0.5 miles
  2. 492 Thomas Boyland Street Charging for electric cars, five Level 2 chargers
    1.2 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 17 crashes at this corner, more than the median of seven crashes for a Brooklyn corner.

  • 13 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 April 2026.

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
35 feet above sea level

The streets

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

Homes

About 1,100 homes stand within 820 feet of this corner, a mix of apartment buildings and smaller houses.

Since 2014 at least 11 new affordable homes have been completed within 820 feet.

Trees

NYC Parks records 64 trees within 330 feet; the most common is the thornless honeylocust.

Parking on the streets meeting here

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

The sign wording is DOT's, as recorded between September 2014 and April 2022, and the sign on the street decides.

North side of Pitkin Avenue

  • No parking 5 signs NO PARKING MONDAY THURSDAY 8AM-9:30AM

South side of Pitkin Avenue

  • No parking 5 signs NO PARKING TUESDAY FRIDAY 8AM-9:30AM

East side of Wyona Street

  • No parking 6 signs NO PARKING TUESDAY FRIDAY 8AM-9:30AM
  • No standing 1 sign NO STANDING ANYTIME

West side of Wyona Street

  • No parking 7 signs NO PARKING MONDAY THURSDAY 8AM-9:30AM
  • No standing 2 signs NO STANDING ANYTIME
  • No standing 2 signs NO STANDING SCHOOL DAYS 7AM-4PM

Schools, parks and places within a walk

How places are listed

Within a five-minute walk there are 29 public places.

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

Schools and child care

  1. Canarsie Children First Academy School-based preschool, ages 3 to 5 · Pre-K
    320 feet
  2. Achievement First Apollo Middle Charter School
    350 feet
  3. Achievement First East Brooklyn High School
    350 feet
Show all 7
  1. Bard High School Early College Brooklyn School
    350 feet
  2. J.H.S. 292 Margaret S. Douglas School
    350 feet
  3. P.S. 149 Danny Kaye School
    1,120 feet
  4. W. H. Maxwell Career and Technical Education High School
    1,310 feet

Parks, playgrounds and gardens

  1. Grace Playground
    310 feet
  2. East End Community Garden
    880 feet
  3. Artsy Bloom Community Garden
    980 feet
Show all 4
  1. Poppa & Momma Jones Historical Garden
    1,170 feet

Health care

  1. EMS Station 39 Ambulance station
    980 feet

Libraries, museums and history

  1. Fiorentino Plaza Listed historic place
    700 feet

Houses of worship

  1. Second Calvary Baptist Church House of worship
    930 feet
  2. Russian Orthodox Church House of worship
    960 feet
  3. E End Baptist Church House of worship
    970 feet

Supermarkets

  1. CTown Supermarket
    380 feet
  2. Shop Fair Supermarket
    680 feet

Food stores and places to eat

Within a five-minute walk there are five 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 Wyona 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.