Willoughby Avenue & Knickerbocker Avenue

Willoughby Avenue and Knickerbocker Avenue meet at a four-way crossing in Bushwick (West), Brooklyn. Between 2021 and 2025, 18 police-reported crashes were recorded here, against a median of seven crashes for a Brooklyn corner. Maria Hernandez Park is 30 feet away. The nearest subway, Jefferson St, is about seven minutes on foot, and two subway lines stop within a ten-minute walk. Within a five-minute walk are 18 public places, eight of them religious buildings, and 60 places to eat. About 2,500 homes stand within 820 feet, mostly built in 1931, a mix of apartment buildings and smaller houses.

Safety record
8 hurt
18 police-reported crashes, 2021–2025
Nearest subway
Jefferson St
0.3 miles · 7 min on foot · L
Nearest bus stop
760 feet
Wilson Av/Willoughby Av · B60
Within a walk
18 places
8 religious buildings, 6 schools and 4 more kinds, within five minutes

Map

Layers
Willoughby Avenue & Knickerbocker Avenue Nearby corners, linked

Getting there

How walks are measured

Subway

The nearest subway station is Jefferson St, 0.3 miles from this corner, about seven minutes on foot.

  • 2 lines within a ten-minute walk
  1. Jefferson St L
    0.3 miles
    L

Next trains at this station

Manhattan
1 line
  1. L …
Outbound
1 line
  1. L …

Also within a walk

  1. Knickerbocker Av M
    0.4 miles
    M
  2. DeKalb Av L
    0.4 miles
    L

Bus

The nearest bus stop is Wilson Av/Willoughby Av, 760 feet away, for the B60.

  • 8 routes within a ten-minute walk
  1. Wilson Av/Willoughby Av B60
    760 feet
    B60

Next buses at this stop

  1. B60 …

Live arrivals

Cycling

A marked bike lane runs on Knickerbocker Avenue.

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

Nearest bike-share station

  1. Suydam St & Knickerbocker Ave 27 docks in all
    300 feet

By car

The nearest highway entrance is the ramp to the Brooklyn-Queens Expressway westbound at Meeker Avenue & Graham Avenue at Brooklyn-Queens Expressway, 1.9 miles by car along the streets.

  1. 1119 Flushing Avenue Gas station
    0.4 miles
  2. 73 Starr Street Charging for electric cars, four Level 2 chargers
    1,200 feet
  3. 1074 Grand Street Fast charging for electric cars
    1.1 miles

Safety record

How crashes are counted

Between 2021 and 2025, police reported 18 crashes at this corner, more than the median of seven crashes for a Brooklyn corner.

  • 8 people injured
  • 0 people killed
  • 3 of those hurt, on foot
  • 3 of those hurt, on a bike

The most recent crash recorded here was in February 2026.

What the city has done here

  • Turn calming, September 2025

About this corner

Where facts come from
ZIP code
11237
Community board
Brooklyn Community Board 4
City Council district
34
Police precinct
83
Neighborhood (City Planning area)
Bushwick (West)
Elevation
29 feet above sea level

The streets

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

Homes

About 2,500 homes stand within 820 feet of this corner, a mix of apartment buildings and smaller houses. The buildings holding them mostly went up in 1931.

Since 2014 at least 41 new affordable homes have been completed within 820 feet.

Trees

NYC Parks records 142 trees within 330 feet; the most common are the Kentucky yellowwood and the pin oak.

Parking on the streets meeting here

How signs are read
  • 16 signs on these blocks
  • 4 different rules

The sign wording is DOT's, as recorded between October 2020 and September 2026, and the sign on the street decides.

West side of Knickerbocker Avenue

  • Metered parking 4 signs 2 HOUR METERED PARKING 8:30AM-7PM EXCEPT SUNDAY
  • No parking 4 signs NO PARKING 8AM-8:30AM EXCEPT SUNDAY

North side of Willoughby Avenue

  • No parking 4 signs NO PARKING MONDAY THURSDAY 8AM-9:30AM

South side of Willoughby Avenue

  • No parking 4 signs NO PARKING TUESDAY FRIDAY 8AM-9:30AM

Schools, parks and places within a walk

How places are listed

Eighteen public places are within a five-minute walk.

  • 8 religious buildings
  • 6 schools
  • 1 day care or pre-K site
  • 1 dog run
  • 1 park
  • 1 playground

Schools and child care

  1. Kid's Canvas Preschool, ages 2 to 5
    1,130 feet
  2. Brooklyn United Children - Wilson School
    1,210 feet
  3. P.S. 123 Suydam School
    1,280 feet
Show all 7
  1. Achievement First University Prep High School
    1,280 feet
  2. Achievement First Voyager Charter School
    1,280 feet
  3. I.S. 347 School of Humanities School
    1,280 feet
  4. I.S. 349 Math, Science & Tech. School
    1,280 feet

Parks, playgrounds and gardens

  1. Maria Hernandez Park
    30 feet
  2. Maria Hernandez Park Playground
    120 feet
  3. Dog Run in Maria Hernandez Park Dog run
    1,120 feet

Supermarkets

  1. City Fresh Market Supermarket
    380 feet
  2. Key Food Supermarket
    0.4 miles
  3. Met Fresh Supermarket
    0.4 miles

Pharmacies

  1. Walgreens Pharmacy
    970 feet

Food stores and places to eat

Within a five-minute walk there are 60 places to eat and 28 food stores.

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

Nearby corners

The eight nearest corners on foot, seven of them within a three-minute walk:

See every intersection along Knickerbocker Avenue or Willoughby 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.