Bushwick Avenue & Linden Street

Bushwick Avenue and Linden Street meet at a four-way crossing in Bushwick (East), Brooklyn. The corner lies on the edge of the Linden Street Historic District. Between 2021 and 2025, 29 police-reported crashes were recorded here, against a median of seven crashes for a Brooklyn corner. Calvary & St Cyprians Church is 580 feet away, and Bushwick United Methodist Church is 1,150 feet away. The nearest subway, Gates Av, is about three minutes on foot, for the J and Z. Within a five-minute walk are 19 public places, 12 of them religious buildings, and seven places to eat.

Safety record
19 hurt
29 police-reported crashes, 2021–2025
Nearest subway
Gates Av
730 feet · 3 min on foot · J, Z
Nearest bus stop
360 feet
Gates Av/Bushwick Av · B52
Within a walk
19 places
12 religious buildings, 2 gardens and 4 more kinds, within five minutes

Map

Layers
Bushwick Avenue & Linden Street Nearby corners, linked

Getting there

How walks are measured

Subway

The nearest subway station is Gates Av, 730 feet from this corner, about three minutes on foot.

  • 2 lines at the nearest station
  1. Gates Av J, Z
    730 feet
    J Z

Next trains at this station

Outbound
2 lines
  1. J …
  2. Z …
Manhattan
2 lines
  1. J …
  2. Z …

Also within a walk

  1. Kosciuszko St J
    0.5 miles
    J

The MTA's permanent art catalog lists “Dream Train” (2002) by Chris Wade Robinson at the Gates Av station.

Bus

The nearest bus stop is Gates Av/Bushwick Av, 360 feet away, for the B52.

  • 7 routes within a ten-minute walk
  1. Gates Av/Bushwick Av B52
    360 feet
    B52

Next buses at this stop

  1. B52 …

Live arrivals

Cycling

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

Nearest bike-share station

  1. Bushwick Ave & Linden St 29 docks in all
    40 feet

By car

The nearest highway entrance is the ramp to the Jackie Robinson Parkway eastbound at Jamaica Avenue & J Robinson Parkway, 1.6 miles by car along the streets.

  1. 8 Malcolm X Boulevard Gas station
    0.7 miles
  2. 824 Lexington Avenue Charging for electric cars, four Level 2 chargers
    0.3 miles
  3. 28-17 42nd Road Fast charging for electric cars
    1.8 miles

Safety record

How crashes are counted

Between 2021 and 2025, police reported 29 crashes at this corner, more than the median of seven crashes for a Brooklyn corner.

  • 19 people injured
  • 0 people killed
  • 5 of those hurt, on foot

The most recent crash recorded here was in December 2025.

What the city has done here

  • Leading pedestrian interval, June 2022

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
55 feet above sea level

The streets

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

Homes

About 2,300 homes stand within 820 feet of this corner, a mix of apartment buildings and smaller houses.

Since 2014 at least 113 new affordable homes have been completed within 820 feet.

Trees

NYC Parks records 65 trees within 330 feet; the most common is the thornless honeylocust.

Parking on the streets meeting here

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

The sign wording is DOT's, as recorded between May 2019 and October 2024, and the sign on the street decides.

East side of Bushwick Avenue

  • No standing 4 signs NO STANDING MONDAY-FRIDAY 7AM-10AM

West side of Bushwick Avenue

  • No standing 6 signs NO STANDING MONDAY-FRIDAY 4PM-7PM

North side of Linden Street

  • No parking 7 signs NO PARKING MONDAY THURSDAY 9AM-10:30AM

South side of Linden Street

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

Landmarks and historic districts

The corner stands at the edge of the Linden Street Historic District.

Within 820 feet are two Individual Landmarks, and 35 buildings in all are designated by the Landmarks Preservation Commission, recorded most often as Romanesque Revival. They were mostly built between 1888 and 1896.

  1. Ridgewood Masonic Temple Designated landmark
    340 feet

Schools, parks and places within a walk

How places are listed

Nineteen public places are within a five-minute walk.

  • 12 religious buildings
  • 2 gardens
  • 2 older adult centers
  • 1 day care or pre-K site
  • 1 fire station
  • 1 school

Schools and child care

  1. Early Life Preschool, ages 2 to 5 · Pre-K
    610 feet
  2. P.S. 075 Mayda Cortiella School
    900 feet

Parks, playgrounds and gardens

  1. Concerned Citizens of Grove Street Community Garden
    360 feet
  2. Good Life Garden
    650 feet

Houses of worship

  1. Calvary & St Cyprians Church House of worship
    580 feet
  2. Bushwick United Methodist Church Listed historic place
    1,150 feet

Community centers and public services

  1. Older adult center at 1175 Gates Avenue Older adult center
    520 feet
  2. Older adult center at 85 Palmetto Street Older adult center
    1,010 feet

Fire and police

  1. Battalion 37/Engine 222 Fire station
    1,290 feet

Bank branches

  1. Santander Bank Bank branch
    750 feet
  2. Wells Fargo Bank branch
    750 feet

Supermarkets

  1. Foodtown Supermarket
    1,000 feet
  2. CTown Supermarket
    0.3 miles

Pharmacies

  1. Walgreens Pharmacy
    980 feet

Other stores

  1. Family Dollar Store
    890 feet

Food stores and places to eat

Within a five-minute walk there are seven places to eat and 11 food stores.

Nearby corners

The eight nearest of the 12 corners within a three-minute walk:

See every intersection along Bushwick Avenue or Linden Street.

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