Linden Boulevard & East 54th Street

Linden Boulevard and East 54th Street meet at a four-way crossing in East Flatbush-Rugby, Brooklyn. Between 2021 and 2025, 18 police-reported crashes were recorded here, against a median of seven crashes for a Brooklyn corner. The nearest bus stop, Church Av/E 55 St, is 870 feet away for the B35, and seven bus routes stop within a ten-minute walk. Within a five-minute walk are nine public places, six of them religious buildings, and ten places to eat. About 1,500 homes stand within 820 feet, mostly built between 1920 and 1930, a mix of apartment buildings and smaller houses.

Safety record
11 hurt
18 police-reported crashes, 2021–2025
Nearest highway entrance
Jackie Robinson Parkway
2.7 miles by car along the streets
Nearest bus stop
870 feet
Church Av/E 55 St · B35
Within a walk
9 places
6 religious buildings, 2 day care or pre-K sites and 1 more kind, within five minutes

Map

Layers
Linden Boulevard & East 54th Street Nearby corners, linked

Getting there

How walks are measured

Bus

The nearest bus stop is Church Av/E 55 St, 870 feet away, for the B35.

  • 7 routes within a ten-minute walk
  1. Church Av/E 55 St B35
    870 feet
    B35

Next buses at this stop

  1. B35 …

Live arrivals

Cycling

  • 15 bicycle racks within 820 feet
  • 1 more bike-share station within a five-minute walk

Nearest bike-share station

  1. E 54 St & Linden Blvd 12 docks in all
    50 feet

By car

The nearest highway entrance is the ramp to the Jackie Robinson Parkway eastbound at Jamaica Avenue & J Robinson Parkway, 2.7 miles by car along the streets.

  1. 5802 Church Avenue Gas station
    0.4 miles
  2. 1235 Linden Boulevard Charging for electric cars, four Level 2 chargers
    0.8 miles
  3. 1389 Rockaway Parkway Fast charging for electric cars
    1.6 miles

Safety record

How crashes are counted

Between 2021 and 2025, police reported 18 crashes at this corner, more than the median of seven crashes for a Brooklyn corner.

  • 11 people injured
  • 0 people killed
  • 1 of those hurt, on foot
  • 2 of those hurt, on a bike

The most recent crash recorded here was in February 2026.

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
33 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 1920 and 1930.

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

Trees

NYC Parks records 64 trees within 330 feet; the most common is the Callery pear.

Parking on the streets meeting here

How signs are read
  • 24 signs on these blocks
  • 4 different rules

The sign wording is DOT's, as recorded between October 2020 and June 2021, and the sign on the street decides.

East side of East 54th Street

  • No parking 8 signs NO PARKING TUESDAY FRIDAY 8:30AM-10AM

West side of East 54th Street

  • No parking 8 signs NO PARKING MONDAY THURSDAY 8:30AM-10AM

North side of Linden Boulevard

  • No parking 4 signs NO PARKING TUESDAY FRIDAY 8:30AM-10AM

South side of Linden Boulevard

  • No parking 4 signs NO PARKING MONDAY THURSDAY 8:30AM-10AM

Schools and places within a walk

How places are listed

Nine public places are within a five-minute walk.

  • 6 religious buildings
  • 2 day care or pre-K sites
  • 1 trade or language school

Schools and child care

  1. Faces of the Future Early Learning Center Preschool, ages 2 to 5 · Pre-K
    640 feet
  2. Einstein Daycare Infant, toddler and preschool care, ages 0 to 5 · Pre-K
    770 feet
  3. Edso Dental Assistant Training Cente Trade or language school
    1,130 feet

Supermarkets

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

Pharmacies

  1. Walgreens Pharmacy
    0.3 miles

Other stores

  1. Dollar Tree Store
    0.4 miles

Food stores and places to eat

Within a five-minute walk there are ten places to eat and ten 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 nearest of the 9 corners within a three-minute walk:

See every intersection along East 54th 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, NYS Agriculture and Markets and USDA, retrieved September 18 – October 6, 2026.