Liberty Avenue & Linwood Street

Liberty Avenue and Linwood Street meet at a four-way crossing in East New York (North), Brooklyn. Between 2021 and 2025, 18 police-reported crashes were recorded here, against a median of seven crashes for a Brooklyn corner. Achievement First Apollo Charter School is 370 feet away, and Vista Academy is 370 feet away. The nearest subway, Shepherd Av, is about five minutes on foot, and two subway lines stop within a ten-minute walk. Within a five-minute walk are 28 public places, 18 of them religious buildings, and six places to eat.

Safety record
9 hurt
18 police-reported crashes, 2021–2025
Nearest subway
Shepherd Av
0.3 miles · 5 min on foot · C
Nearest bus stop
740 feet
Atlantic Av/Linwood St · Q24
Within a walk
28 places
18 religious buildings, 5 schools and 3 more kinds, within five minutes

Map

Layers
Liberty Avenue & Linwood Street Nearby corners, linked

Getting there

How walks are measured

Subway

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

  • 2 lines within a ten-minute walk
  1. Shepherd Av C
    0.3 miles
    C

Next trains at this station

Manhattan
1 line
  1. C …
Outbound
1 line
  1. C …

Also within a walk

  1. Cleveland St J
    0.3 miles
    J

Bus

The nearest bus stop is Atlantic Av/Linwood St, 740 feet away, for the Q24.

  • 5 routes within a ten-minute walk
  1. Atlantic Av/Linwood St Q24
    740 feet
    Q24

Next buses at this stop

  1. Q24 …

Live arrivals

Cycling

  • 11 bicycle racks within 820 feet

Nearest bike-share station

  1. Cleveland St & Liberty Ave 12 docks in all
    490 feet

By car

The nearest highway entrance is the ramp to the Jackie Robinson Parkway eastbound at Jamaica Avenue & J Robinson Parkway, 1 mile by car along the streets.

  1. 3170 Atlantic Avenue Gas station
    0.5 miles
  2. 570 Jamaica Avenue Charging for electric cars, four Level 2 chargers
    0.8 miles
  3. 1389 Rockaway Parkway Fast charging for electric cars
    2.9 miles

Safety record

How crashes are counted

Between 2021 and 2025, police reported 18 crashes at this corner, more than the median of seven crashes for a Brooklyn corner.

  • 9 people injured
  • 0 people killed
  • 1 of those hurt, on foot

The most recent crash recorded here was in May 2026.

What the city has done here

  • Leading pedestrian interval, June 2016

About this corner

Where facts come from
ZIP code
11208
Community board
Brooklyn Community Board 5
City Council district
37
Police precinct
75
Neighborhood (City Planning area)
East New York (North)
Elevation
24 feet above sea level

The streets

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

Homes

About 1,300 homes stand within 820 feet of this corner, a mix of apartment buildings and smaller houses.

Since 2014 at least 267 new affordable homes have been completed within 820 feet.

Trees

NYC Parks records 56 trees within 330 feet; the most common is the Japanese zelkova.

Parking on the streets meeting here

How signs are read
  • 34 signs on these blocks
  • 9 different rules

The sign wording is DOT's, as recorded between November 2014 and September 2025, and the sign on the street decides.

North side of Liberty Avenue

  • No parking 5 signs NO PARKING MONDAY THURSDAY 8AM-9:30AM
  • No parking 1 sign NO PARKING MONDAY-FRIDAY 8AM-6PM
  • No standing 1 sign NO STANDING ANYTIME

South side of Liberty Avenue

  • No parking 5 signs NO PARKING TUESDAY FRIDAY 8AM-9:30AM

East side of Linwood Street

  • No parking 8 signs NO PARKING TUESDAY FRIDAY 8AM-9:30AM
  • No standing 1 sign NO STANDING ANYTIME

West side of Linwood Street

  • No parking 10 signs NO PARKING MONDAY THURSDAY 8AM-9:30AM
  • No standing 1 sign NO STANDING ANYTIME
  • No standing 2 signs NO STANDING SCHOOL DAYS 7AM-4PM

Schools, parks and places within a walk

How places are listed

Within a five-minute walk there are 28 public places.

  • 18 religious buildings
  • 5 schools
  • 3 gardens
  • 1 day care or pre-K site
  • 1 playground

Schools and child care

  1. Achievement First Apollo Charter School
    370 feet
  2. Liberty Avenue Middle School
    370 feet
  3. Vista Academy School
    370 feet
Show all 6
  1. Little Birds Day Care Center Infant, toddler and preschool care, ages 0 to 5 · Pre-K
    1,120 feet
  2. P.S. 345 Patrolman Robert Bolden School
    1,140 feet
  3. East Brooklyn Ascend Charter School
    1,150 feet

Parks, playgrounds and gardens

  1. Sperandeo Brothers Playground
    260 feet
  2. Paradise Community Garden
    960 feet
  3. Cleveland Street Vegetable Garden
    1,060 feet
Show all 4
  1. Ashford Street Abundant Garden
    1,270 feet

Houses of worship

  1. St Michaels Church House of worship
    1,140 feet

Supermarkets

  1. CTown Supermarket
    0.5 miles

Food stores and places to eat

Within a five-minute walk there are six places to eat and eight food stores.

Not on record for this corner: a designated landmark or historic district within 820 feet.

Nearby corners

The eight nearest of the 9 corners within a three-minute walk:

See every intersection along Liberty Avenue or Linwood 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, NYC Parks, NYC Health, NYS Agriculture and Markets and USDA, retrieved September 18 – October 6, 2026.