Linden Boulevard & Caton Avenue

Linden Boulevard and Caton Avenue meet at a four-way crossing in Flatbush, Brooklyn. Between 2021 and 2025, three police-reported crashes were recorded here, fewer than the median of seven crashes for a Brooklyn corner. Flatbush Post Office is 570 feet away, and Bethanie SDA French Church is 940 feet away. The nearest subway, Church Av, is about eight minutes on foot, and four subway lines stop within a ten-minute walk. Within a five-minute walk are 15 public places, seven of them religious buildings, and 22 places to eat.

Safety record
1 hurt
3 police-reported crashes, 2021–2025
Nearest subway
Church Av
0.4 miles · 8 min on foot · B, Q
Nearest bus stop
250 feet
Bedford Av/Linden Blvd · B49
Within a walk
15 places
7 religious buildings, 2 day care or pre-K sites and 5 more kinds, within five minutes

Map

Layers
Linden Boulevard & Caton 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 eight minutes on foot.

  • 2 lines at the nearest station
  • 4 lines within a ten-minute walk
  1. Church Av B, Q
    0.4 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
    0.5 miles
    Q
  2. Church Av 2, 5
    0.5 miles
    2 5

Bus

The nearest bus stop is Bedford Av/Linden Blvd, 250 feet away, for the B49.

  • 8 routes within a ten-minute walk
  1. Bedford Av/Linden Blvd B49
    250 feet
    B49

Next buses at this stop

  1. B49 …

Live arrivals

Cycling

  • 26 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
    120 feet

By car

The nearest highway entrance is the ramp to the Prospect Expressway westbound at Prospect Avenue & Prospect Expressway, 1.3 miles by car along the streets.

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

Safety record

How crashes are counted

Between 2021 and 2025, police reported three 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 January 2026.

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
52 feet above sea level

The streets

  • Up to two travel lanes
  • A designated truck route
  • Two of the streets are one-way

Homes

About 3,800 homes stand within 820 feet of this corner, most of them in buildings of ten homes or more.

Since 2014 at least 298 new affordable homes have been completed within 820 feet.

Trees

NYC Parks records 54 trees within 330 feet; the most common is the Japanese zelkova.

Parking on the streets meeting here

How signs are read
  • 9 signs on these blocks
  • 3 different rules
  • 1 active meter
  • 1 pay-by-cell zone

The sign wording is DOT's, as recorded in November 2023, and the sign on the street decides.

Meters are posted as 2 hour passenger vehicles Monday to Saturday 9am to 7pm on Linden Boulevard (south side).

South side of Caton Avenue

  • Metered parking 1 sign 2 HOUR METERED PARKING 9AM-7PM EXCEPT SUNDAY
  • No parking 5 signs NO PARKING TUESDAY FRIDAY 8:30AM-10AM
  • No standing 3 signs NO STANDING ANYTIME

ParkNYC pay-by-cell zone: 327797.

Landmarks and historic districts

One building within 820 feet is designated by the Landmarks Preservation Commission, recorded as Rundbogenstil, and built in 1878.

  1. Flatbush District No. 1 School Designated landmark
    730 feet

Schools and places within a walk

How places are listed

Fifteen public places are within a five-minute walk.

  • 7 religious buildings
  • 2 day care or pre-K sites
  • 2 libraries
  • 1 listed historic place
  • 1 nursing home or hospice
  • 2 other places

Schools and child care

  1. Blue Star of New York Preschool, ages 2 to 5 · Pre-K
    210 feet
  2. Flatbush Ascend Charter School
    750 feet
  3. Rogers' Day Care Preschool, ages 2 to 5 · Pre-K
    1,260 feet

Health care

  1. The Monarch at Brooklyn Rehabilitation and Nursing Center Nursing home or hospice
    920 feet

Libraries, museums and history

  1. Flatbush Learning Center Library
    580 feet
  2. Flatbush Library
    590 feet
  3. New York Congregational Home for the Aged Listed historic place
    760 feet

Houses of worship

  1. Faith Assemblies of God Church House of worship
    470 feet
  2. Bethanie SDA French Church House of worship
    940 feet
  3. Goshen Temple 7 Day Adventists Church House of worship
    940 feet
Show all 4
  1. The Universal Church House of worship
    1,230 feet

Community centers and public services

  1. Flatbush Post Office Listed historic place
    570 feet

Supermarkets

  1. Ideal Food Basket Supermarket
    1,120 feet
  2. Key Food Supermarket
    0.3 miles
  3. Associated Supermarkets Supermarket
    0.3 miles

Pharmacies

  1. Duane Reade Pharmacy
    0.4 miles

Other stores

  1. Dollar Tree Store
    0.3 miles
  2. Target Store
    0.3 miles

Food stores and places to eat

Within a five-minute walk there are 22 places to eat and 18 food stores.

Not on record for this corner: a signal or safety change.

Nearby corners

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

See every intersection along Caton Avenue or Linden Boulevard.

Sources: NYC Technology and Innovation, NYPD, MTA, NYC DOT, 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, NYS Agriculture and Markets and USDA, retrieved September 18 – October 6, 2026.