Linden Boulevard & Crescent Street

Linden Boulevard and Crescent Street meet at a four-way crossing in East New York-City Line, Brooklyn, at the edge of NYCHA's Pink development. Between 2021 and 2025, 33 police-reported crashes were recorded here, against a median of seven crashes for a Brooklyn corner. St Fortunata RC Church is 260 feet away, and Pink Community Center is 1,150 feet away. The nearest bus stop, Linden Blvd/Crescent St, is 100 feet away for the B13, B15 and B20. Within a five-minute walk are nine public places, two of them religious buildings, and three places to eat.

Safety record
15 hurt
33 police-reported crashes, 2021–2025
Nearest highway entrance
Belt Parkway
1.4 miles by car along the streets
Nearest bus stop
100 feet
Linden Blvd/Crescent St · B13, B15, B20
Within a walk
9 places
2 religious buildings, 1 community center and 6 more kinds, within five minutes

Map

Layers
Linden Boulevard & Crescent Street Nearby corners, linked

Getting there

How walks are measured

Bus

The nearest bus stop is Linden Blvd/Crescent St, 100 feet away, for the B13, B15 and B20.

  • 6 routes within a ten-minute walk
  1. Linden Blvd/Crescent St B13, B15, B20
    100 feet
    B13 B15 B20

Next buses at this stop

  1. B13 …
  2. B15 …
  3. B20 …

Live arrivals

Cycling

  • 1 bicycle rack within 820 feet

By car

The nearest highway entrance is the ramp to the Belt Parkway westbound at Erskine Street, 1.4 miles by car along the streets.

  1. 1249 Sutter Avenue Gas station
    0.4 miles
  2. 2797 Linden Boulevard Charging for electric cars, four Level 2 chargers
    0.4 miles
  3. 1389 Rockaway Parkway Fast charging for electric cars
    2.8 miles

Safety record

How crashes are counted

Between 2021 and 2025, police reported 33 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 a bike

The most recent crash recorded here was in June 2026.

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-City Line
Elevation
14 feet above sea level

The streets

  • Up to two travel lanes

Homes

About 800 homes stand within 820 feet of this corner, a mix of apartment buildings and smaller houses. The buildings holding them mostly went up between 1963 and 1965.

The corner stands at the edge of NYCHA's Pink development.

Trees

NYC Parks records 38 trees within 330 feet; the most common is the London planetree.

Parking on the streets meeting here

How signs are read
  • 22 signs on these blocks
  • 7 different rules

The sign wording is DOT's, as recorded between April 2017 and November 2023, and the sign on the street decides.

East side of Crescent Street

  • No parking 1 sign NO PARKING ANYTIME
  • No parking 4 signs NO PARKING MONDAY THURSDAY 11AM-12:30PM
  • No parking 3 signs NO PARKING TUESDAY FRIDAY 11AM-12:30PM

West side of Crescent Street

  • No parking 3 signs NO PARKING MONDAY THURSDAY 11AM-12:30PM
  • No parking 3 signs NO PARKING TUESDAY FRIDAY 11AM-12:30PM

North side of Linden Boulevard

  • No parking 3 signs NO PARKING MONDAY THURSDAY 11:30AM-1PM

South side of Linden Boulevard

  • No parking 5 signs NO PARKING TUESDAY FRIDAY 11:30AM-1PM

Schools, parks and places within a walk

How places are listed

Nine public places are within a five-minute walk.

  • 2 religious buildings
  • 1 community center
  • 1 day care or pre-K site
  • 1 fire station
  • 1 garden
  • 3 other places

Schools and child care

  1. Brooklyn Scholars Charter School
    570 feet
  2. Colony South Brooklyn Houses Preschool, ages 2 to 5 · Pre-K
    1,030 feet

Parks, playgrounds and gardens

  1. Euclid / Pine Street Block Association Garden
    780 feet
  2. Cypress Hills Playground
    1,110 feet

Houses of worship

  1. St Fortunata RC Church House of worship
    260 feet

Community centers and public services

  1. Pink Community Center
    1,150 feet
  2. Older adult center at 2702 Linden Boulevard Older adult center
    1,150 feet

Fire and police

  1. Battalion 39/Engine 225/Ladder 107 Fire station
    970 feet

Supermarkets

  1. Cherry Valley Marketplace Supermarket
    0.3 miles
  2. Food Bazaar Supermarket
    0.4 miles
  3. Fine Fare Supermarket
    0.4 miles

Food stores and places to eat

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

Not on record for this corner: a subway entrance within a ten-minute walk, a signal or safety change and a designated landmark or historic district within 820 feet.

Nearby corners

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

See every intersection along Crescent Street or Linden Boulevard.

Sources: NYC Technology and Innovation, NYPD, MTA, NYC DOT, NYS Environmental Conservation, NYC City Planning, US Department of Energy, NYCHA, NYC Parks, NYC Health, NYS Agriculture and Markets and USDA, retrieved September 18 – October 6, 2026.