Flatlands Avenue & Linwood Street
Flatlands Avenue and Linwood Street meet at a four-way crossing in East New York-New Lots, Brooklyn. Between 2021 and 2025, five police-reported crashes were recorded here, fewer than the median of seven crashes for a Brooklyn corner. Spring Creek Community School is 290 feet away. The nearest bus stop, Flatlands Av/Elton St, is 150 feet away for the B84 and Q8, and six bus routes stop within a ten-minute walk. Within a five-minute walk are four public places, two of them day care or pre-K sites, and two places to eat.
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Getting there
How walks are measuredBus
The nearest bus stop is Flatlands Av/Elton St, 150 feet away, for the B84 and Q8.
- 6 routes within a ten-minute walk
- Flatlands Av/Elton St B84, Q8150 feetB84 Q8
Next buses at this stop
- B84 …
- Q8 …
Cycling
- 15 bicycle racks within 820 feet
By car
The nearest highway entrance is the ramp to the Belt Parkway westbound at Erskine Street, 0.8 miles by car along the streets.
- 1121 Pennsylvania Avenue Gas station0.8 miles
- 1065 Elton Street Charging for electric cars, four Level 2 chargers880 feet
- 1389 Rockaway Parkway Fast charging for electric cars2 miles
Safety record
How crashes are countedBetween 2021 and 2025, police reported five crashes at this corner, fewer than the median of seven crashes for a Brooklyn corner.
- 1 person injured
- 0 people killed
The most recent crash recorded here was in August 2025.
What the city has done here
- Leading pedestrian interval, July 2021
About this corner
Where facts come from- ZIP code
- 11208
- Community board
- Brooklyn Community Board 5
- City Council district
- 42
- Police precinct
- 75
- Neighborhood (City Planning area)
- East New York-New Lots
- Elevation
- 14 feet above sea level
The streets
- Up to two travel lanes
Homes
About 600 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 2011 and 2016.
Since 2014 at least 287 new affordable homes have been completed within 820 feet.
Trees
NYC Parks records 62 trees within 330 feet; the most common is the Japanese pagoda tree.
Parking on the streets meeting here
How signs are read- 18 signs on these blocks
- 5 different rules
The sign wording is DOT's, as recorded between December 2017 and December 2021, and the sign on the street decides.
North side of Flatlands Avenue
- No parking 3 signs NO PARKING MONDAY THURSDAY MIDNIGHT-3AM
South side of Flatlands Avenue
- No parking 3 signs NO PARKING TUESDAY FRIDAY 9:30AM-11AM
East side of Linwood Street
- No parking 4 signs NO PARKING TUESDAY FRIDAY MIDNIGHT-3AM
South side of Linwood Street
- No standing 4 signs NO STANDING SCHOOL DAYS 7AM-4PM
West side of Linwood Street
- No parking 4 signs NO PARKING MONDAY THURSDAY MIDNIGHT-3AM
Schools and places within a walk
How places are listedFour public places are within a five-minute walk.
- 2 day care or pre-K sites
- 2 schools
Schools and child care
- Academy for Young Writers School290 feet
- Spring Creek Community School290 feet
- Urban Strategies Early Learn Preschool, ages 2 to 5 · Pre-K790 feet
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- Little Hearts and Stars Infant and toddler care, ages 0 to 21,290 feet
Other stores
- Family Dollar Store530 feet
Shopping centers
- Gateway Center Shopping center0.3 miles
Food stores and places to eat
Within a five-minute walk there are two places to eat and six food stores.
Not on record for this corner: a subway entrance within a ten-minute walk and a designated landmark or historic district within 820 feet.
Nearby corners
The eight nearest corners on foot, seven of them within a three-minute walk:
- Flatlands Avenue & Essex Street 260 feet
- Flatlands Avenue & Elton Street 270 feet
- Flatlands Avenue & Shepherd Avenue 520 feet
- Linwood Street & Egan Street 560 feet
- Elton Street & Locke Street 580 feet
- Linwood Street & Cozine Avenue 580 feet
- Flatlands Avenue & Berriman Street 780 feet
- Essex Street & Egan Street 830 feet
See every intersection along Flatlands Avenue or Linwood Street.