Putnam Avenue & Knickerbocker Avenue

Putnam Avenue and Knickerbocker Avenue meet at a four-way crossing in Bushwick (East), Brooklyn. Between 2021 and 2025, 23 police-reported crashes were recorded here, against a median of seven crashes for a Brooklyn corner. Borinquen Community Garden is 370 feet away, and the Engine 277/Ladder 112 firehouse is 920 feet away. The nearest subway, Myrtle-Wyckoff Avs, is about eight minutes on foot, for the L and M. Within a five-minute walk are 26 public places, 11 of them schools, and 15 places to eat.

Safety record
9 hurt
23 police-reported crashes, 2021–2025
Nearest subway
Myrtle-Wyckoff Avs
0.4 miles · 8 min on foot · L, M
Nearest bus stop
710 feet
Wilson Av/Putnam Av · B60
Within a walk
26 places
11 schools, 5 religious buildings and 7 more kinds, within five minutes

Map

Layers
Putnam Avenue & Knickerbocker Avenue Nearby corners, linked

Getting there

How walks are measured

Subway

The nearest subway station is Myrtle-Wyckoff Avs, 0.4 miles from this corner, about eight minutes on foot.

  • 2 lines at the nearest station
  1. Myrtle-Wyckoff Avs L, M
    0.4 miles
    L M

Next trains at this station

Manhattan
1 line
  1. L …
Outbound
1 line
  1. L …
Inbound
1 line
  1. M …
Middle Village
1 line
  1. M …

Also within a walk

  1. Knickerbocker Av M
    0.4 miles
    M

The MTA's permanent art catalog lists “From Earth to Sky” (2006) by Cadence Giersbach at the Myrtle-Wyckoff Avs station.

Bus

The nearest bus stop is Wilson Av/Putnam Av, 710 feet away, for the B60.

  • 13 routes within a ten-minute walk
  1. Wilson Av/Putnam Av B60
    710 feet
    B60

Next buses at this stop

  1. B60 …

Live arrivals

Cycling

A marked bike lane runs on Knickerbocker Avenue.

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

Nearest bike-share station

  1. Putnam Ave & Knickerbocker Ave 29 docks in all
    140 feet

By car

The nearest highway entrance is the ramp to the Jackie Robinson Parkway westbound at Vermont Place & J Robinson Parkway, 1.6 miles by car along the streets.

  1. 1517 Myrtle Avenue Gas station
    0.5 miles
  2. 1510 Gates Avenue Charging for electric cars, four Level 2 chargers
    0.4 miles
  3. 1074 Grand Street Fast charging for electric cars
    1.9 miles

Safety record

How crashes are counted

Between 2021 and 2025, police reported 23 crashes at this corner, more than the median of seven crashes for a Brooklyn corner.

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

The most recent crash recorded here was in April 2025.

What the city has done here

  • Leading pedestrian interval, July 2016

About this corner

Where facts come from
ZIP code
11221
Community board
Brooklyn Community Board 4
City Council district
37
Police precinct
83
Neighborhood (City Planning area)
Bushwick (East)
Elevation
51 feet above sea level

The streets

  • One travel lane
  • Two of the streets are one-way

Homes

About 1,800 homes stand within 820 feet of this corner, almost all of them in houses of one or two. The buildings holding them mostly went up between 1905 and 1928.

Trees

NYC Parks records 74 trees within 330 feet; the most common is the London planetree.

Parking on the streets meeting here

How signs are read
  • 36 signs on these blocks
  • 6 different rules

The sign wording is DOT's, as recorded between August 2017 and August 2020, and the sign on the street decides.

East side of Knickerbocker Avenue

  • No parking 6 signs NO PARKING TUESDAY FRIDAY 11AM-12:30PM

West side of Knickerbocker Avenue

  • No parking 4 signs NO PARKING MONDAY THURSDAY 11AM-12:30PM

North side of Putnam Avenue

  • No parking 12 signs NO PARKING MONDAY THURSDAY 11AM-12:30PM
  • No standing 1 sign NO STANDING ANYTIME

South side of Putnam Avenue

  • No parking 12 signs NO PARKING TUESDAY FRIDAY 11AM-12:30PM
  • No standing 1 sign NO STANDING SCHOOL DAYS 7AM-4PM

Schools, parks and places within a walk

How places are listed

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

  • 11 schools
  • 5 religious buildings
  • 3 day care or pre-K sites
  • 2 playgrounds
  • 1 community center
  • 4 other places

Schools and child care

  1. Aim High - New Life Child Devel School
    680 feet
  2. P.S. 106 Edward Everett Hale School
    690 feet
  3. The New Life Child Development Center Preschool, ages 2 to 5 · Pre-K
    720 feet
Show all 14
  1. Kreative Kare Daycare Center Preschool, ages 2 to 5 · Pre-K
    970 feet
  2. Bushwick Ascend Charter School
    1,020 feet
  3. Academy for Excellence in Leadership School
    1,170 feet
  4. The Academy of Urban Planning and Engineering School
    1,170 feet
  5. The Brooklyn School for Math and Research School
    1,170 feet
  6. The Brooklyn School for Social Justice School
    1,170 feet
  7. P.S. 151 Lyndon B. Johnson School
    1,190 feet
  8. Math, Engineering and Science Academy Charter High School
    1,260 feet
  9. Achievement First North Brooklyn Preparatory Charter School
    1,270 feet
  10. P.S. 377 Alejandrina B. de Gautier School
    1,270 feet
  11. Kreative Kare Too Nursery School Infant and toddler care, ages 0 to 2
    1,310 feet

Parks, playgrounds and gardens

  1. Bushwick Playground
    130 feet
  2. Borinquen Community Garden
    370 feet
  3. Irving Square Park
    1,090 feet
Show all 4
  1. Irving Square Park Playground
    1,170 feet

Libraries, museums and history

  1. Washington Irving Library
    1,240 feet

Houses of worship

  1. St Martin of Tours RC Church House of worship
    940 feet

Community centers and public services

  1. Ridgewood Bushwick Youth Center Community center
    1,180 feet

Fire and police

  1. Engine 277/Ladder 112 Fire station
    920 feet

Supermarkets

  1. Food Bazaar Supermarket
    0.3 miles

Other stores

  1. Dollar Tree Store
    0.4 miles

Food stores and places to eat

Within a five-minute walk there are 15 places to eat and 12 food stores.

Not on record for this corner: a designated landmark or historic district within 820 feet.

Nearby corners

The eight corners within a three-minute walk:

See every intersection along Knickerbocker Avenue or Putnam Avenue.

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.