Linden Boulevard & East 51st Street

Linden Boulevard and East 51st Street meet at a four-way crossing in East Flatbush-Rugby, Brooklyn. Between 2021 and 2025, 16 police-reported crashes were recorded here, against a median of seven crashes for a Brooklyn corner. P.S. 135 Sheldon A. Brookner is 1,010 feet away. The nearest bus stop, Utica Av/Linden Blvd, is 380 feet away for the B46, and six bus routes stop within a ten-minute walk. Within a five-minute walk are 13 public places, eight of them religious buildings, and 23 places to eat.

Safety record
16 hurt
16 police-reported crashes, 2021–2025
Nearest highway entrance
Prospect Expressway
2.7 miles by car along the streets
Nearest bus stop
380 feet
Utica Av/Linden Blvd · B46
Within a walk
13 places
8 religious buildings, 2 schools and 3 more kinds, within five minutes

Map

Layers
Linden Boulevard & East 51st Street Nearby corners, linked

Getting there

How walks are measured

Bus

The nearest bus stop is Utica Av/Linden Blvd, 380 feet away, for the B46.

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

Next buses at this stop

  1. B46 …

Live arrivals

Cycling

  • 27 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
    50 feet

By car

The nearest highway entrance is the ramp to the Prospect Expressway westbound at Prospect Avenue & Prospect Expressway, 2.7 miles by car along the streets.

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

Safety record

How crashes are counted

Between 2021 and 2025, police reported 16 crashes at this corner, more than the median of seven crashes for a Brooklyn corner.

  • 16 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
  • Accessible pedestrian signal, July 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
30 feet above sea level

The streets

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

Homes

About 1,500 homes stand within 820 feet of this corner, a mix of apartment buildings and smaller houses. The buildings holding them mostly went up between 1925 and 1931.

Since 2014 at least 8 new affordable homes have been completed within 820 feet.

Trees

NYC Parks records 43 trees within 330 feet; the most common is the maidenhair tree.

Parking on the streets meeting here

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

The sign wording is DOT's, as recorded between September 2018 and September 2024; the 12 rules shown are the first by street and side, and the sign on the street decides.

East side of East 51st Street

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

West side of East 51st Street

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

North side of Linden Boulevard

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

South side of Linden Boulevard

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

ParkNYC pay-by-cell zones: 327097 and 330634.

Schools and places within a walk

How places are listed

Thirteen public places are within a five-minute walk.

  • 8 religious buildings
  • 2 schools
  • 1 day care or pre-K site
  • 1 post office
  • 1 trade or language school

Schools and child care

  1. Edso Dental Assistant Training Cente Trade or language school
    330 feet
  2. Faces of the Future Early Learning Center Preschool, ages 2 to 5 · Pre-K
    900 feet
  3. P.S. 135 Sheldon A. Brookner School
    1,010 feet
Show all 4
  1. Battalion Christian Academy School
    1,250 feet

Community centers and public services

  1. Rugby Post Office
    930 feet

Bank branches

  1. Capital One Bank branch
    780 feet
  2. Citibank Bank branch
    1,120 feet
  3. Chase Bank branch
    1,130 feet

Supermarkets

  1. Ideal Food Basket Supermarket
    0.3 miles
  2. Food Universe Supermarket
    0.5 miles

Pharmacies

  1. Walgreens Pharmacy
    950 feet

Food stores and places to eat

Within a five-minute walk there are 23 places to eat and 19 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 51st 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.