Bedford Avenue & Linden Boulevard

Bedford Avenue and Linden Boulevard meet at a five-way junction in Flatbush, Brooklyn. The corner is also named Darius Elijah Roache Way by local law. Between 2021 and 2025, 34 police-reported crashes were recorded here, against a median of seven crashes for a Brooklyn corner. Flatbush Ascend Charter School is 590 feet away. The nearest subway, Church Av, is about eight minutes on foot, and four subway lines stop within a ten-minute walk. Within a five-minute walk are 17 public places, nine of them religious buildings, and 26 places to eat.

Safety record
35 hurt
34 police-reported crashes, 2021–2025
Nearest subway
Church Av
0.4 miles · 8 min on foot · B, Q
Nearest bus stop
120 feet
Bedford Av/Linden Blvd · B49
Within a walk
17 places
9 religious buildings, 2 day care or pre-K sites and 5 more kinds, within five minutes

Map

Layers
Bedford Avenue & Linden Boulevard Nearby corners, linked

Getting there

How walks are measured

Subway

The nearest subway station is Church Av, 0.4 miles from this corner, about eight minutes on foot.

  • 2 lines at the nearest station
  • 4 lines within a ten-minute walk
  1. Church Av B, Q
    0.4 miles
    B Q

Next trains at this station

Manhattan
2 lines
  1. B …
  2. Q …
Southbound
2 lines
  1. B …
  2. Q …

Also within a walk

  1. Church Av 2, 5
    0.4 miles
    2 5
  2. Parkside Av Q
    0.5 miles
    Q

Bus

The nearest bus stop is Bedford Av/Linden Blvd, 120 feet away, for the B49.

  • 9 routes within a ten-minute walk
  1. Bedford Av/Linden Blvd B49
    120 feet
    B49

Next buses at this stop

  1. B49 …

Live arrivals

Cycling

A marked bike lane runs on Bedford Avenue.

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

Nearest bike-share station

  1. Caton Ave & Bedford Ave 22 docks in all
    70 feet

By car

The nearest highway entrance is the ramp to the Prospect Expressway westbound at Prospect Avenue & Prospect Expressway, 1.3 miles by car along the streets.

  1. 2193 Bedford Avenue Gas station
    800 feet
  2. 123 Linden Boulevard Charging for electric cars, 20 Level 2 chargers
    570 feet
  3. 2699 Nostrand Avenue Fast charging for electric cars
    2.5 miles

Safety record

How crashes are counted

Between 2021 and 2025, police reported 34 crashes at this corner, more than the median of seven crashes for a Brooklyn corner.

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

The most recent crash recorded here was in May 2026.

What the city has done here

  • Leading pedestrian interval, October 2019
  • Turn calming, April 2021

About this corner

Where facts come from
ZIP code
11226
Community board
Brooklyn Community Board 14
City Council district
40
Police precinct
67 and 70 (the boundary runs through this corner)
Neighborhood (City Planning area)
Flatbush
Elevation
53 feet above sea level

This corner is also named Darius Elijah Roache Way, a co-naming enacted on July 23, 2023 (Local Law 110 of 2023).

The streets

  • Up to four travel lanes
  • A designated truck route
  • Two of the streets are one-way

Homes

About 4,000 homes stand within 820 feet of this corner, most of them in buildings of ten homes or more.

Since 2014 at least 310 new affordable homes have been completed within 820 feet.

Trees

NYC Parks records 52 trees within 330 feet; the most common is the Japanese zelkova.

The Department of Records' Honorary Street Names dataset has its own note on Darius Elijah Roache Way.

Parking on the streets meeting here

How signs are read
  • 68 signs on these blocks
  • 17 different rules
  • 1 active meter
  • 1 pay-by-cell zone

The sign wording is DOT's, as recorded between November 2016 and November 2023; the 12 rules shown are the first by street and side, and the sign on the street decides.

Meters are posted as 2 hour passenger vehicles Monday to Saturday 9am to 7pm on Linden Boulevard (south side).

East side of Bedford Avenue

  • No parking 6 signs NO PARKING TUESDAY FRIDAY 9AM-10:30AM

West side of Bedford Avenue

  • No parking 6 signs NO PARKING MONDAY THURSDAY 9AM-10:30AM

North side of Caton Avenue

  • Metered parking 2 signs 2 HOUR METERED PARKING 9AM-7PM EXCEPT SUNDAY
  • No parking 6 signs NO PARKING MONDAY THURSDAY 8:30AM-10AM
  • No standing 4 signs NO STANDING ANYTIME

South side of Caton Avenue

  • Metered parking 1 sign 2 HOUR METERED PARKING 9AM-7PM EXCEPT SUNDAY
  • No parking 5 signs NO PARKING TUESDAY FRIDAY 8:30AM-10AM
  • No standing 5 signs NO STANDING ANYTIME

North side of Linden Boulevard

  • Loading only 1 sign LOADING ONLY MONDAY-FRIDAY 7AM-7PM
  • No parking 6 signs NO PARKING MONDAY THURSDAY 8:30AM-10AM
  • No parking 7 signs NO PARKING TUESDAY FRIDAY 9AM-10:30AM
  • No standing 2 signs NO STANDING ANYTIME

ParkNYC pay-by-cell zone: 327797.

Landmarks and historic districts

One building within 820 feet is designated by the Landmarks Preservation Commission, recorded as Rundbogenstil, and built in 1878.

  1. Flatbush District No. 1 School Designated landmark
    740 feet

Schools and places within a walk

How places are listed

Seventeen public places are within a five-minute walk.

  • 9 religious buildings
  • 2 day care or pre-K sites
  • 2 libraries
  • 1 listed historic place
  • 1 nursing home or hospice
  • 2 other places

Schools and child care

  1. Blue Star of New York Preschool, ages 2 to 5 · Pre-K
    270 feet
  2. Flatbush Ascend Charter School
    590 feet
  3. Rogers' Day Care Preschool, ages 2 to 5 · Pre-K
    1,100 feet

Health care

  1. The Monarch at Brooklyn Rehabilitation and Nursing Center Nursing home or hospice
    770 feet

Libraries, museums and history

  1. New York Congregational Home for the Aged Listed historic place
    610 feet
  2. Flatbush Learning Center Library
    730 feet
  3. Flatbush Library
    740 feet

Houses of worship

  1. Faith Assemblies of God Church House of worship
    470 feet
  2. Bethanie SDA French Church House of worship
    790 feet
  3. Goshen Temple 7 Day Adventists Church House of worship
    790 feet
Show all 4
  1. The Universal Church House of worship
    1,070 feet

Community centers and public services

  1. Flatbush Post Office Listed historic place
    610 feet

Supermarkets

  1. Ideal Food Basket Supermarket
    970 feet
  2. Key Food Supermarket
    0.3 miles
  3. Associated Supermarkets Supermarket
    0.3 miles

Pharmacies

  1. Duane Reade Pharmacy
    0.4 miles
  2. Walgreens Pharmacy
    0.5 miles

Other stores

  1. Dollar Tree Store
    1,210 feet
  2. Target Store
    0.3 miles

Food stores and places to eat

Within a five-minute walk there are 26 places to eat and 17 food stores.

Nearby corners

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

See every intersection along Bedford Avenue, Caton Avenue or Linden Boulevard.

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 Records, NYC Housing Preservation and Development, Landmarks Preservation Commission, NYC Parks, NYC Health, NYS Agriculture and Markets and USDA, retrieved September 18 – October 6, 2026.