Brooklyn Avenue & Tilden Avenue

Brooklyn Avenue and Tilden Avenue meet at a four-way crossing in East Flatbush-Farragut, Brooklyn, at the edge of Holy Cross Cemetery. Between 2021 and 2025, 14 police-reported crashes were recorded here, against a median of seven crashes for a Brooklyn corner. Phyl's Academy Prep School is 150 feet away. The nearest subway, Beverly Rd, is about eight minutes on foot, for the 2 and 5. Within a five-minute walk are eight public places, six of them religious buildings. About 1,100 homes stand within 820 feet, mostly built between 1925 and 1957, a mix of apartment buildings and smaller houses.

Safety record
11 hurt
14 police-reported crashes, 2021–2025
Nearest subway
Beverly Rd
0.4 miles · 8 min on foot · 2, 5
Nearest bus stop
900 feet
New York Av/Tilden Av · B44
Within a walk
8 places
6 religious buildings and 2 schools, within five minutes

Map

Layers
Brooklyn Avenue & Tilden Avenue Nearby corners, linked

Getting there

How walks are measured

Subway

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

  • 2 lines at the nearest station
  1. Beverly Rd 2, 5
    0.4 miles
    2 5

Next trains at this station

Manhattan
2 lines
  1. 2 …
  2. 5 …
Flatbush
2 lines
  1. 2 …
  2. 5 …

Bus

The nearest bus stop is New York Av/Tilden Av, 900 feet away, for the B44.

  • 5 routes within a ten-minute walk
  1. New York Av/Tilden Av B44
    900 feet
    B44

Next buses at this stop

  1. B44 …

Live arrivals

Cycling

  • 2 more bike-share stations within a five-minute walk

Nearest bike-share station

  1. Brooklyn Ave & Tilden Ave 24 docks in all
    60 feet

By car

The nearest highway entrance is the ramp to the Prospect Expressway westbound at Prospect Avenue & Prospect Expressway, 2.2 miles by car along the streets.

  1. 3602 Snyder Avenue Gas station
    730 feet
  2. 395 Lenox Road Charging for electric cars, four Level 2 chargers
    0.7 miles
  3. 2699 Nostrand Avenue Fast charging for electric cars
    2.3 miles

Safety record

How crashes are counted

Between 2021 and 2025, police reported 14 crashes at this corner, more than the median of seven crashes for a Brooklyn corner.

  • 11 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 November 2025.

About this corner

Where facts come from
ZIP code
11203
Community board
Brooklyn Community Board 17
City Council district
45
Police precinct
67
Neighborhood (City Planning area)
East Flatbush-Farragut; the corner is on the edge of the Holy Cross Cemetery area
Elevation
42 feet above sea level

The streets

  • Up to two travel lanes

Homes

About 1,100 homes stand within 820 feet of this corner, a mix of apartment buildings and smaller houses. The buildings holding them mostly went up between 1925 and 1957.

Trees

NYC Parks records 33 trees within 330 feet; the most common is the thornless honeylocust.

Parking on the streets meeting here

How signs are read
  • 34 signs on these blocks
  • 8 different rules

The sign wording is DOT's, as recorded between September 2015 and July 2023, and the sign on the street decides.

East side of Brooklyn Avenue

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

West side of Brooklyn Avenue

  • No parking 10 signs NO PARKING MONDAY THURSDAY 11AM-12:30PM
  • No standing 2 signs NO STANDING ANYTIME

North side of Tilden Avenue

  • No parking 2 signs NO PARKING ANYTIME
  • No parking 2 signs NO PARKING MONDAY THURSDAY 11AM-12:30PM

South side of Tilden Avenue

  • No parking 2 signs NO PARKING ANYTIME
  • No parking 3 signs NO PARKING TUESDAY FRIDAY 11AM-12:30PM
  • No standing 2 signs NO STANDING SCHOOL DAYS 7AM-4PM

Schools and places within a walk

How places are listed

Eight public places are within a five-minute walk.

  • 6 religious buildings
  • 2 schools

Schools and child care

  1. Phyl's Academy Prep School
    150 feet
  2. P.S. 181 Brooklyn School
    1,080 feet

Supermarkets

  1. Ideal Food Basket Supermarket
    140 feet
  2. 4003 Church Farm Market Supermarket
    0.5 miles

Food stores and places to eat

Within a five-minute walk there is one food store.

Not on record for this corner: a bike route here or a bicycle rack within 820 feet, a signal or safety change and a designated landmark or historic district within 820 feet.

Nearby corners

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

See every intersection along Brooklyn Avenue or Tilden Avenue.

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