Flatbush Avenue & Linden Boulevard

Flatbush Avenue and Linden Boulevard meet at a three-way junction in Flatbush, Brooklyn. Between 2021 and 2025, 15 police-reported crashes were recorded here, against a median of seven crashes for a Brooklyn corner. Flatbush Learning Center is 340 feet away. The nearest subway, Church Av, is about five minutes on foot, for the B and Q. Within a five-minute walk are eight public places, three of them religious buildings, and 40 places to eat. About 4,100 homes stand within 820 feet, mostly built between 1927 and 1949, most in buildings of ten homes or more.

Safety record
7 hurt
15 police-reported crashes, 2021–2025
Nearest subway
Church Av
0.3 miles · 5 min on foot · B, Q
Nearest bus stop
200 feet
Flatbush Av/Caton Av · B41
Within a walk
8 places
3 religious buildings, 2 libraries and 3 more kinds, within five minutes

Map

Layers
Flatbush Avenue & Linden Boulevard Nearby corners, linked

Getting there

How walks are measured

Subway

The nearest subway station is Church Av, 0.3 miles from this corner, about five minutes on foot.

  • 2 lines at the nearest station
  1. Church Av B, Q
    0.3 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. Parkside Av Q
    0.3 miles
    Q

Bus

The nearest bus stop is Flatbush Av/Caton Av, 200 feet away, for the B41.

  • 7 routes within a ten-minute walk
  1. Flatbush Av/Caton Av B41
    200 feet
    B41

Next buses at this stop

  1. B41 …

Live arrivals

Cycling

  • 43 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
    840 feet

By car

The nearest highway entrance is the ramp to the Prospect Expressway westbound at Prospect Avenue & Prospect Expressway, 1.1 miles by car along the streets.

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

Safety record

How crashes are counted

Between 2021 and 2025, police reported 15 crashes at this corner, more than the median of seven crashes for a Brooklyn corner.

  • 7 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 September 2025.

What the city has done here

  • Accessible pedestrian signal, August 2024
  • Barnes Dance all-way crossing, undated in the City's record

About this corner

Where facts come from
ZIP code
11226
Community board
Brooklyn Community Board 14
City Council district
40
Police precinct
70
Neighborhood (City Planning area)
Flatbush
Elevation
51 feet above sea level

The streets

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

Homes

About 4,100 homes stand within 820 feet of this corner, most of them in buildings of ten homes or more. The buildings holding them mostly went up between 1927 and 1949.

Since 2014 at least 332 new affordable homes have been completed within 820 feet.

Trees

NYC Parks records 32 trees within 330 feet; the most common is the American basswood.

Parking on the streets meeting here

How signs are read
  • 33 signs on these blocks
  • 8 different rules
  • 5 active meters
  • 3 pay-by-cell zones

The sign wording is DOT's, as recorded between November 2016 and September 2024, and the sign on the street decides.

Meters are posted as 2 hour passenger vehicles Monday to Saturday 8am to 7pm on Flatbush Avenue (west side).

East side of Flatbush Avenue

  • Metered parking 6 signs 2 HOUR METERED PARKING MONDAY-FRIDAY 10AM-7PM SATURDAY 8AM-7PM
  • No parking 6 signs NO PARKING TUESDAY THURSDAY SATURDAY 3AM-6AM
  • No standing 6 signs NO STANDING MONDAY-FRIDAY 7AM-10AM

North side of Linden Boulevard

  • No parking 6 signs NO PARKING MONDAY THURSDAY 8:30AM-10AM
  • No standing 1 sign NO STANDING ANYTIME

South side of Linden Boulevard

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

ParkNYC pay-by-cell zones: 309552, 314318 and 327797.

Landmarks and historic districts

One building within 820 feet is designated by the Landmarks Preservation Commission, recorded as Federal, and built between 1793 and 1798.

  1. Flatbush Dutch Reformed Church Designated landmark
    740 feet

Schools and places within a walk

How places are listed

Eight public places are within a five-minute walk.

  • 3 religious buildings
  • 2 libraries
  • 1 day care or pre-K site
  • 1 listed historic place
  • 1 post office

Schools and child care

  1. Blue Star of New York Preschool, ages 2 to 5 · Pre-K
    930 feet

Libraries, museums and history

  1. Flatbush Learning Center Library
    340 feet
  2. Flatbush Library
    350 feet
  3. Flatbush Dutch Reformed Church Complex Listed historic place
    1,050 feet

Houses of worship

  1. Faith Assemblies of God Church House of worship
    1,120 feet

Community centers and public services

  1. Flatbush Post Office Listed historic place
    1,100 feet

Bank branches

  1. Chase Bank branch
    610 feet
  2. Citibank Bank branch
    760 feet
  3. Santander Bank Bank branch
    780 feet

Supermarkets

  1. Key Food Supermarket
    670 feet
  2. Ideal Food Basket Supermarket
    0.3 miles
  3. Food Bazaar Supermarket
    0.4 miles

Pharmacies

  1. Duane Reade Pharmacy
    1,270 feet

Other stores

  1. Dollar Tree Store
    900 feet
  2. Target Store
    1,010 feet

Food stores and places to eat

Within a five-minute walk there are 40 places to eat and 19 food stores.

Nearby corners

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

See every intersection along Flatbush Avenue or Linden Boulevard.

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.