Linden Boulevard & East 49th Street

Linden Boulevard and East 49th Street meet at a four-way crossing in East Flatbush-Rugby, Brooklyn. Between 2021 and 2025, 15 police-reported crashes were recorded here, against a median of seven crashes for a Brooklyn corner. Rugby Congregational Church is 1,260 feet away. The nearest bus stop, Utica Av/Linden Blvd, is 370 feet away for the B46, and three bus routes stop within a ten-minute walk. Within a five-minute walk are 17 public places, nine of them religious buildings, and 25 places to eat.

Safety record
6 hurt
15 police-reported crashes, 2021–2025
Nearest highway entrance
Prospect Expressway
2.6 miles by car along the streets
Nearest bus stop
370 feet
Utica Av/Linden Blvd · B46
Within a walk
17 places
9 religious buildings, 4 schools and 3 more kinds, within five minutes

Map

Layers
Linden Boulevard & East 49th Street Nearby corners, linked

Getting there

How walks are measured

Bus

The nearest bus stop is Utica Av/Linden Blvd, 370 feet away, for the B46.

  • 3 routes within a ten-minute walk
  1. Utica Av/Linden Blvd B46
    370 feet
    B46

Next buses at this stop

  1. B46 …

Live arrivals

Cycling

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

Nearest bike-share station

  1. E 51 St & Linden Blvd 21 docks in all
    590 feet

By car

The nearest highway entrance is the ramp to the Prospect Expressway westbound at Prospect Avenue & Prospect Expressway, 2.6 miles by car along the streets.

  1. 5802 Church Avenue Gas station
    0.6 miles
  2. 581 Clarkson Avenue Charging for electric cars, four Level 2 chargers
    0.6 miles
  3. 1389 Rockaway Parkway Fast charging for electric cars
    1.9 miles

Safety record

How crashes are counted

Between 2021 and 2025, police reported 15 crashes at this corner, more than the median of seven crashes for a Brooklyn corner.

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

The most recent crash recorded here was in April 2026.

What the city has done here

  • Leading pedestrian interval, July 2019
  • Accessible pedestrian signal, August 2026

About this corner

Where facts come from
ZIP code
11203
Community board
Brooklyn Community Board 17
City Council district
41
Police precinct
67
Neighborhood (City Planning area)
East Flatbush-Rugby
Elevation
31 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 1931.

Trees

NYC Parks records 34 trees within 330 feet; the most common are the thornless honeylocust and the goldenrain tree.

Parking on the streets meeting here

How signs are read
  • 33 signs on these blocks
  • 11 different rules
  • 2 active meters
  • 2 pay-by-cell zones

The sign wording is DOT's, as recorded between January 2017 and August 2024, and the sign on the street decides.

East side of East 49th Street

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

West side of East 49th Street

  • Metered parking 1 sign 2 HOUR METERED PARKING 9AM-7PM EXCEPT SUNDAY
  • No parking 9 signs NO PARKING MONDAY THURSDAY 9AM-10:30AM

North side of Linden Boulevard

  • Time-limited parking 1 sign 2 HOUR PARKING 8:30AM-7PM EXCEPT SUNDAY
  • No parking 1 sign NO PARKING MONDAY TUESDAY THURSDAY FRIDAY 8AM-8:30AM
  • No parking 2 signs NO PARKING TUESDAY FRIDAY 8AM-8:30AM
  • No parking 3 signs NO PARKING TUESDAY FRIDAY 9AM-10:30AM

South side of Linden Boulevard

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

ParkNYC pay-by-cell zones: 339744 and 340348.

Schools and places within a walk

How places are listed

Seventeen public places are within a five-minute walk.

  • 9 religious buildings
  • 4 schools
  • 2 day care or pre-K sites
  • 1 post office
  • 1 trade or language school

Schools and child care

  1. P.S. 135 Sheldon A. Brookner School
    450 feet
  2. Edso Dental Assistant Training Cente Trade or language school
    460 feet
  3. Battalion Christian Academy School
    690 feet
Show all 7
  1. High Definition Kids Daycare Center II Preschool, ages 2 to 5
    1,150 feet
  2. Gan Academy - Linden School
    1,170 feet
  3. Apple Tree Daycare Ac Preschool, ages 2 to 5
    1,240 feet
  4. Apple Tree Learning Center School
    1,310 feet

Houses of worship

  1. Rugby Congregational Church Listed historic place
    1,260 feet

Community centers and public services

  1. Rugby Post Office
    770 feet

Bank branches

  1. Citibank Bank branch
    1,120 feet
  2. Chase Bank branch
    1,200 feet

Supermarkets

  1. Ideal Food Basket Supermarket
    1,010 feet
  2. Associated Supermarkets Supermarket
    0.5 miles

Pharmacies

  1. Walgreens Pharmacy
    1,070 feet

Food stores and places to eat

Within a five-minute walk there are 25 places to eat and 13 food stores.

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

Nearby corners

The eight corners within a three-minute walk:

See every intersection along East 49th Street 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 Housing Preservation and Development, NYC Parks, NYC Health, FDIC, NYS Agriculture and Markets and USDA, retrieved September 18 – October 6, 2026.