Kings Highway & Tilden Avenue
Kings Highway and Tilden Avenue meet at a four-way crossing in East Flatbush-Rugby, Brooklyn. Between 2021 and 2025, 25 police-reported crashes were recorded here, against a median of seven crashes for a Brooklyn corner. In 2025, 4,846 school-zone speed camera tickets were recorded here. Brooklyn Science and Engineering Academy is 510 feet away. The nearest bus stop, Kings Hwy/Tilden Av, is 70 feet away for the B7, and six bus routes stop within a ten-minute walk. Within a five-minute walk are ten public places, six of them schools, and two places to eat.
Map
Getting there
How walks are measuredBus
The nearest bus stop is Kings Hwy/Tilden Av, 70 feet away, for the B7.
- 6 routes within a ten-minute walk
- Kings Hwy/Tilden Av B770 feetB7
Next buses at this stop
- B7 …
Cycling
Nearest bike-share station
- E 48 St & Tilden Ave 28 docks in all0.4 miles
By car
The nearest highway entrance is the ramp to the Jackie Robinson Parkway eastbound at Jamaica Avenue & J Robinson Parkway, 2.9 miles by car along the streets.
- 5802 Church Avenue Gas station0.3 miles
- 1235 Linden Boulevard Charging for electric cars, four Level 2 chargers0.9 miles
- 1389 Rockaway Parkway Fast charging for electric cars1.6 miles
Safety record
How crashes are countedBetween 2021 and 2025, police reported 25 crashes at this corner, more than the median of seven crashes for a Brooklyn corner.
- 17 people injured
- 0 people killed
- 3 of those hurt, on foot
The most recent crash recorded here was in February 2026.
Camera tickets
How tickets are countedIn 2025, 4,846 school-zone speed camera tickets were issued for violations recorded at this corner, the 168th most of the 1,957 corners in the city where any were issued.
In 2026 so far, through August 27, 2,812 more were issued.
| Direction on the ticket | 2025 | 2026 so far |
|---|---|---|
| Northbound on Kings Highway | 2,461 | 1,398 |
| Southbound on Kings Highway | 2,385 | 1,414 |
| Total | 4,846 | 2,812 |
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
- 28 feet above sea level
The streets
- Up to four travel lanes
Homes
About 900 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 1945.
Trees
NYC Parks records 41 trees within 330 feet; the most common is the pin oak.
Parking on the streets meeting here
How signs are read- 20 signs on these blocks
- 4 different rules
The sign wording is DOT's, as recorded between March 2021 and October 2021, and the sign on the street decides.
East side of Kings Highway
- No parking 5 signs NO PARKING TUESDAY FRIDAY 11AM-12:30PM
West side of Kings Highway
- No parking 7 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
Schools and places within a walk
How places are listedTen public places are within a five-minute walk.
- 6 schools
- 3 day care or pre-K sites
- 1 listed historic place
Schools and child care
- Brooklyn Science and Engineering Academy School510 feet
- P.S. 244 Richard R. Green School510 feet
- Cultural Academy for the Arts and Sciences School760 feet
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- It Takes a Village Academy School760 feet
- Kurt Hahn Expeditionary Learning School760 feet
- Youngermusik Preschool, ages 2 to 51,120 feet
- Flatbush SDA School1,190 feet
- Oholei Torah School-based preschool, ages 3 to 51,270 feet
- Yeled V'Yalda Early Childhood Center Preschool, ages 2 to 5 · Pre-K1,270 feet
Libraries, museums and history
- Robinson, John Roosevelt Jackie" Listed historic place890 feet
Other stores
- Dollar Tree Store0.5 miles
Food stores and places to eat
Within a five-minute walk there are two places to eat and one food store.
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 nearest of the 12 corners within a three-minute walk:
- East 55th Street & Tilden Avenue 260 feet
- East 57th Street & Tilden Avenue 280 feet
- East 54th Street & Tilden Avenue 520 feet
- East 58th Street & Tilden Avenue 540 feet
- East 56th Street & Beverley Road 680 feet
- Kings Highway & Beverley Road 700 feet
- East 56th Street & Snyder Avenue 710 feet
- Kings Highway & Snyder Avenue 740 feet
See every intersection along Kings Highway or Tilden Avenue.