Linden Boulevard & East 57th Street

Linden Boulevard and East 57th 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. The nearest bus stop, Kings Hwy/Linden Blvd, is 570 feet away for the B7, and seven bus routes stop within a ten-minute walk. Within a five-minute walk are five public places, three of them religious buildings, and five places to eat. About 1,200 homes stand within 820 feet, mostly built between 1930 and 1950, a mix of apartment buildings and smaller houses.

Safety record
16 hurt
16 police-reported crashes, 2021–2025
Nearest highway entrance
Jackie Robinson Parkway
2.5 miles by car along the streets
Nearest bus stop
570 feet
Kings Hwy/Linden Blvd · B7
Within a walk
5 places
3 religious buildings and 2 day care or pre-K sites, within five minutes

Map

Layers
Linden Boulevard & East 57th Street Nearby corners, linked

Getting there

How walks are measured

Bus

The nearest bus stop is Kings Hwy/Linden Blvd, 570 feet away, for the B7.

  • 7 routes within a ten-minute walk
  1. Kings Hwy/Linden Blvd B7
    570 feet
    B7

Next buses at this stop

  1. B7 …

Live arrivals

Cycling

  • 1 bicycle rack within 820 feet
  • 2 more bike-share stations within a five-minute walk

Nearest bike-share station

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

By car

The nearest highway entrance is the ramp to the Jackie Robinson Parkway eastbound at Jamaica Avenue & J Robinson Parkway, 2.5 miles by car along the streets.

  1. 5802 Church Avenue Gas station
    1,110 feet
  2. 1235 Linden Boulevard Charging for electric cars, four Level 2 chargers
    0.7 miles
  3. 1389 Rockaway Parkway Fast charging for electric cars
    1.5 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 January 2026.

What the city has done here

  • Leading pedestrian interval, July 2019

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
34 feet above sea level

The streets

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

Homes

About 1,200 homes stand within 820 feet of this corner, a mix of apartment buildings and smaller houses. The buildings holding them mostly went up between 1930 and 1950.

Trees

NYC Parks records 48 trees within 330 feet; the most common is the London planetree.

Parking on the streets meeting here

How signs are read
  • 26 signs on these blocks
  • 6 different rules

The sign wording is DOT's, as recorded between November 2016 and February 2025, and the sign on the street decides.

East side of East 57th Street

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

West side of East 57th Street

  • No parking 7 signs NO PARKING MONDAY THURSDAY 8:30AM-10AM

North side of Linden Boulevard

  • No standing 3 signs NO STANDING 7AM-10AM 4PM-7PM EXCEPT SUNDAY
  • No standing 2 signs NO STANDING ANYTIME

South side of Linden Boulevard

  • No parking 4 signs NO PARKING MONDAY THURSDAY 8:30AM-10AM
  • No standing 2 signs NO STANDING ANYTIME

Schools and places within a walk

How places are listed

Five public places are within a five-minute walk.

  • 3 religious buildings
  • 2 day care or pre-K sites

Schools and child care

  1. Youngermusik Preschool, ages 2 to 5
    1,100 feet
  2. Einstein Daycare Infant, toddler and preschool care, ages 0 to 5 · Pre-K
    1,150 feet

Supermarkets

  1. Food Universe Supermarket
    780 feet
  2. Key Food Supermarket
    0.5 miles

Pharmacies

  1. Walgreens Pharmacy
    0.5 miles

Other stores

  1. Dollar Tree Store
    1,080 feet

Food stores and places to eat

Within a five-minute walk there are five places to eat and six 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 10 corners within a three-minute walk:

See every intersection along East 57th 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.