Linden Boulevard & Brooklyn Avenue

Linden Boulevard and Brooklyn Avenue meet at a four-way crossing in East Flatbush-Erasmus, Brooklyn. Between 2021 and 2025, 17 police-reported crashes were recorded here, against a median of seven crashes for a Brooklyn corner. Mount Zion Church of God is 450 feet away. The nearest subway, Church Av, is about nine minutes on foot, for the 2 and 5. Within a five-minute walk are nine public places, five of them religious buildings, and ten places to eat. About 1,300 homes stand within 820 feet, mostly built between 1920 and 1931, a mix of apartment buildings and smaller houses.

Safety record
15 hurt
17 police-reported crashes, 2021–2025
Nearest subway
Church Av
0.4 miles · 9 min on foot · 2, 5
Nearest bus stop
770 feet
Church Av/Brooklyn Av · B35
Within a walk
9 places
5 religious buildings, 1 college and 3 more kinds, within five minutes

Map

Layers
Linden Boulevard & Brooklyn Avenue Nearby corners, linked

Getting there

How walks are measured

Subway

The nearest subway station is Church Av, 0.4 miles from this corner, about nine minutes on foot.

  • 2 lines at the nearest station
  1. Church Av 2, 5
    0.4 miles
    2 5

Next trains at this station

Manhattan
2 lines
  1. 2 …
  2. 5 …
Flatbush
2 lines
  1. 2 …
  2. 5 …

The MTA's permanent art catalog lists “Transitions” (2001) by Louis Delsarte at the Church Av station.

Bus

The nearest bus stop is Church Av/Brooklyn Av, 770 feet away, for the B35.

  • 6 routes within a ten-minute walk
  1. Church Av/Brooklyn Av B35
    770 feet
    B35

Next buses at this stop

  1. B35 …

Live arrivals

Cycling

  • 13 bicycle racks within 820 feet
  • 3 more bike-share stations within a five-minute walk

Nearest bike-share station

  1. E 34 St & Linden Blvd 24 docks in all
    590 feet

By car

The nearest highway entrance is the ramp to the Prospect Expressway westbound at Prospect Avenue & Prospect Expressway, 1.9 miles by car along the streets.

  1. 3602 Snyder Avenue Gas station
    0.3 miles
  2. 395 Lenox Road Charging for electric cars, four Level 2 chargers
    1,320 feet
  3. 1389 Rockaway Parkway Fast charging for electric cars
    2.5 miles

Safety record

How crashes are counted

Between 2021 and 2025, police reported 17 crashes at this corner, more than the median of seven crashes for a Brooklyn corner.

  • 15 people injured
  • 0 people killed
  • 1 of those hurt, on foot
  • 1 of those hurt, on a bike

The most recent crash recorded here was in November 2025.

What the city has done here

  • Leading pedestrian interval, July 2019

About this corner

Where facts come from
ZIP code
11203
Community board
Brooklyn Community Board 17
City Council district
40
Police precinct
67
Neighborhood (City Planning area)
East Flatbush-Erasmus
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 1,300 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 1931.

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
  • 29 signs on these blocks
  • 6 different rules

The sign wording is DOT's, as recorded between May 2019 and February 2025, and the sign on the street decides.

East side of Brooklyn Avenue

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

West side of Brooklyn Avenue

  • No parking 9 signs NO PARKING MONDAY THURSDAY 8AM-9:30AM

North side of Linden Boulevard

  • No parking 4 signs NO PARKING TUESDAY FRIDAY 8AM-9:30AM

South side of Linden Boulevard

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

Schools and places within a walk

How places are listed

Nine public places are within a five-minute walk.

  • 5 religious buildings
  • 1 college
  • 1 day care or pre-K site
  • 1 hospital
  • 1 trade or language school

Schools and child care

  1. The Children's Center at SUNY Brooklyn Infant, toddler and preschool care, ages 0 to 5 · Pre-K
    660 feet
  2. SUNY Downstate Health Sciences Univ. College
    980 feet
  3. Kareful and Karefree Training School Trade or language school
    1,180 feet

Health care

  1. University Hospital of Brooklyn Hospital
    980 feet

Houses of worship

  1. Mount Zion Church of God Listed historic place
    450 feet
  2. St Catherine of Genoa Church House of worship
    1,280 feet

Supermarkets

  1. 4003 Church Farm Market Supermarket
    0.3 miles
  2. CTown Supermarket
    0.4 miles
  3. Ideal Food Basket Supermarket
    0.4 miles

Pharmacies

  1. Walgreens Pharmacy
    0.4 miles

Food stores and places to eat

Within a five-minute walk there are ten places to eat and three food stores.

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

Nearby corners

The eight corners within a three-minute walk:

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