East 54th Street & Tilden Avenue
East 54th Street and Tilden Avenue meet at a four-way crossing in East Flatbush-Rugby, Brooklyn. Between 2021 and 2025, two police-reported crashes were recorded here, fewer than the median of seven crashes for a Brooklyn corner. P.S. 244 Richard R. Green is 320 feet away, and Cultural Academy for the Arts and Sciences is 1,280 feet away. The nearest bus stop, Kings Hwy/Tilden Av, is 590 feet away for the B7, and six bus routes stop within a ten-minute walk. Within a five-minute walk are ten public places, five of them schools.
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Getting there
How walks are measuredBus
The nearest bus stop is Kings Hwy/Tilden Av, 590 feet away, for the B7.
- 6 routes within a ten-minute walk
- Kings Hwy/Tilden Av B7590 feetB7
Next buses at this stop
- B7 …
Cycling
Nearest bike-share station
- E 48 St & Tilden Ave 28 docks in all0.3 miles
By car
The nearest highway entrance is the ramp to the Jackie Robinson Parkway eastbound at Jamaica Avenue & J Robinson Parkway, 3 miles by car along the streets.
- 5802 Church Avenue Gas station0.4 miles
- 1235 Linden Boulevard Charging for electric cars, four Level 2 chargers1 mile
- 1389 Rockaway Parkway Fast charging for electric cars1.7 miles
Safety record
How crashes are countedBetween 2021 and 2025, police reported two crashes at this corner, fewer than the median of seven crashes for a Brooklyn corner.
- 1 person injured
- 0 people killed
- 1 of those hurt, on foot
The most recent crash recorded here was in June 2026.
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-Rugby
- Elevation
- 27 feet above sea level
The streets
- Up to two travel lanes
- One of the streets is one-way
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 1920 and 1940.
Trees
NYC Parks records 45 trees within 330 feet; the most common is the London planetree.
Parking on the streets meeting here
How signs are read- 27 signs on these blocks
- 5 different rules
The sign wording is DOT's, as recorded between October 2019 and May 2021, and the sign on the street decides.
East side of East 54th Street
- No parking 9 signs NO PARKING TUESDAY FRIDAY 11AM-12:30PM
West side of East 54th Street
- No parking 8 signs NO PARKING MONDAY THURSDAY 11AM-12:30PM
North side of Tilden Avenue
- No parking 4 signs NO PARKING MONDAY THURSDAY 11AM-12:30PM
South side of Tilden Avenue
- No parking 4 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 listedTen public places are within a five-minute walk.
- 5 schools
- 2 day care or pre-K sites
- 1 library
- 1 listed historic place
- 1 religious building
Schools and child care
- Brooklyn Science and Engineering Academy School320 feet
- P.S. 244 Richard R. Green School320 feet
- Oholei Torah School-based preschool, ages 3 to 5750 feet
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- Yeled V'Yalda Early Childhood Center Preschool, ages 2 to 5 · Pre-K750 feet
- Cultural Academy for the Arts and Sciences School1,280 feet
- It Takes a Village Academy School1,280 feet
- Kurt Hahn Expeditionary Learning School1,280 feet
Libraries, museums and history
- Robinson, John Roosevelt Jackie" Listed historic place370 feet
- Rugby Library1,280 feet
Pharmacies
- Walgreens Pharmacy0.5 miles
Not on record for this corner:
- A subway entrance within a ten-minute walk
- A bike route here or a bicycle rack within 820 feet
- A signal or safety change
- A designated landmark or historic district within 820 feet
Nearby corners
The eight corners within a three-minute walk:
- East 55th Street & Tilden Avenue 260 feet
- East 53rd Street & Tilden Avenue 270 feet
- Kings Highway & Tilden Avenue 520 feet
- East 52nd Street & Tilden Avenue 540 feet
- East 54th Street & Beverley Road 680 feet
- East 54th Street & Snyder Avenue 710 feet
- East 57th Street & Tilden Avenue 800 feet
- East 51st Street & Tilden Avenue 800 feet
See every intersection along East 54th Street or Tilden Avenue.