Linden Boulevard & East 42nd Street

Linden Boulevard and East 42nd Street meet at a four-way crossing in East Flatbush-Rugby, Brooklyn. Between 2021 and 2025, ten police-reported crashes were recorded here, against a median of seven crashes for a Brooklyn corner. In 2025, 292 school-zone speed camera tickets were recorded here. St Catherine of Genoa Church is 380 feet away. The nearest bus stop, Church Av/E 42 St, is 790 feet away for the B35, and four bus routes stop within a ten-minute walk. Within a five-minute walk are 20 public places, 14 of them religious buildings, and four places to eat.

Safety record
6 hurt
10 police-reported crashes, 2021–2025
Nearest highway entrance
Prospect Expressway
2.2 miles by car along the streets
Nearest bus stop
790 feet
Church Av/E 42 St · B35
Within a walk
20 places
14 religious buildings, 4 day care or pre-K sites and 1 more kind, within five minutes

Map

Layers
Linden Boulevard & East 42nd Street Nearby corners, linked

Getting there

How walks are measured

Bus

The nearest bus stop is Church Av/E 42 St, 790 feet away, for the B35.

  • 4 routes within a ten-minute walk
  1. Church Av/E 42 St B35
    790 feet
    B35

Next buses at this stop

  1. B35 …

Live arrivals

Cycling

  • 14 bicycle racks within 820 feet
  • 2 more bike-share stations within a five-minute walk

Nearest bike-share station

  1. Troy Ave & Linden Blvd 23 docks in all
    560 feet

By car

The nearest highway entrance is the ramp to the Prospect Expressway westbound at Prospect Avenue & Prospect Expressway, 2.2 miles by car along the streets.

  1. 3602 Snyder Avenue Gas station
    0.6 miles
  2. 581 Clarkson Avenue Charging for electric cars, four Level 2 chargers
    0.3 miles
  3. 1389 Rockaway Parkway Fast charging for electric cars
    2.2 miles

Safety record

How crashes are counted

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

  • 6 people injured
  • 0 people killed
  • 3 of those hurt, on foot

The most recent crash recorded here was in April 2026.

Camera tickets

How tickets are counted

In 2025, 292 school-zone speed camera tickets were issued for violations recorded at this corner, the 1,485th most of the 1,957 corners in the city where any were issued.

In 2026 so far, through August 27, 179 more were issued.

Every corner with speed camera tickets

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-Rugby
Elevation
45 feet above sea level

The streets

  • Up to two 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 1938.

Since 2014 at least 3 new affordable homes have been completed within 820 feet.

Trees

NYC Parks records 22 trees within 330 feet; the most common is the London planetree.

Parking on the streets meeting here

How signs are read
  • 27 signs on these blocks
  • 5 different rules

The sign wording is DOT's, as recorded between April 2019 and November 2020, and the sign on the street decides.

East side of East 42nd Street

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

West side of East 42nd Street

  • No parking 8 signs NO PARKING MONDAY THURSDAY 8AM-9:30AM
  • Truck loading only 2 signs TRUCK LOADING ONLY 8AM-6PM EXCEPT SUNDAY

North side of Linden Boulevard

  • No parking 4 signs NO PARKING TUESDAY FRIDAY 9AM-10:30AM

South side of Linden Boulevard

  • No parking 4 signs NO PARKING MONDAY THURSDAY 9AM-10:30AM

Schools and places within a walk

How places are listed

Twenty public places are within a five-minute walk.

  • 14 religious buildings
  • 4 day care or pre-K sites
  • 2 schools

Schools and child care

  1. East Flatbush Ascend Charter School
    620 feet
  2. High Definition Kids Daycare Center II Preschool, ages 2 to 5
    850 feet
  3. Gan Academy - Linden School
    860 feet
Show all 6
  1. The Friends of Crown Heights Educational Centers Preschool, ages 2 to 5 · Pre-K
    890 feet
  2. Inner Force Kids Infant, toddler and preschool care, ages 0 to 5 · Pre-K
    940 feet
  3. Innovators Prep Preschool
    1,040 feet

Houses of worship

  1. St Catherine of Genoa Church House of worship
    380 feet

Supermarkets

  1. Associated Supermarkets Supermarket
    730 feet
  2. 4003 Church Farm Market Supermarket
    1,210 feet
  3. Ideal Food Basket Supermarket
    0.5 miles

Food stores and places to eat

Within a five-minute walk there are four 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 of the 9 corners within a three-minute walk:

See every intersection along East 42nd Street or Linden Boulevard.

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