Linden Boulevard & East 96th Street

Linden Boulevard and East 96th Street meet at a four-way crossing in East Flatbush-Remsen Village, Brooklyn. Between 2021 and 2025, 15 police-reported crashes were recorded here, against a median of seven crashes for a Brooklyn corner. East Flatbush Library is 750 feet away. The nearest bus stop, Linden Blvd/Rockaway Pkwy, is 480 feet away for the B8, and seven bus routes stop within a ten-minute walk. Within a five-minute walk are ten public places, three of them day care or pre-K sites, and eight places to eat.

Safety record
10 hurt
15 police-reported crashes, 2021–2025
Nearest highway entrance
Belt Parkway
2.4 miles by car along the streets
Nearest bus stop
480 feet
Linden Blvd/Rockaway Pkwy · B8
Within a walk
10 places
3 day care or pre-K sites, 2 religious buildings and 5 more kinds, within five minutes

Map

Layers
Linden Boulevard & East 96th Street Nearby corners, linked

Getting there

How walks are measured

Bus

The nearest bus stop is Linden Blvd/Rockaway Pkwy, 480 feet away, for the B8.

  • 7 routes within a ten-minute walk
  1. Linden Blvd/Rockaway Pkwy B8
    480 feet
    B8

Next buses at this stop

  1. B8 …

Live arrivals

Cycling

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

Nearest bike-share station

  1. Linden Blvd & Rockaway Pkwy 24 docks in all
    320 feet

By car

The nearest highway entrance is the ramp to the Belt Parkway westbound at Shore Parkway, 2.4 miles by car along the streets.

  1. 9701 Ditmas Avenue Gas station
    0.3 miles
  2. 1235 Linden Boulevard Charging for electric cars, four Level 2 chargers
    850 feet
  3. 1389 Rockaway Parkway Fast charging for electric cars
    1 mile

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.

  • 10 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 May 2026.

About this corner

Where facts come from
ZIP code
11212
Community board
Brooklyn Community Board 17
City Council district
42
Police precinct
67
Neighborhood (City Planning area)
East Flatbush-Remsen Village
Elevation
28 feet above sea level

The streets

  • Up to four travel lanes
  • 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 1920 and 1945.

Since 2014 at least 160 new affordable homes have been completed within 820 feet.

Trees

NYC Parks records 32 trees within 330 feet; the most common is the London planetree.

Parking on the streets meeting here

How signs are read
  • 21 signs on these blocks
  • 8 different rules
  • 1 active meter
  • 1 pay-by-cell zone

The sign wording is DOT's, as recorded between September 2018 and May 2025, and the sign on the street decides.

East side of East 96th Street

  • Metered parking 1 sign 2 HOUR METERED PARKING 9AM-7PM EXCEPT SUNDAY
  • No parking 5 signs NO PARKING TUESDAY FRIDAY 11:30AM-1PM

West side of East 96th Street

  • Time-limited parking 1 sign 2 HOUR PARKING 9AM-7PM EXCEPT SUNDAY
  • No parking 4 signs NO PARKING MONDAY THURSDAY 11:30AM-1PM
  • Truck loading only 2 signs TRUCK LOADING ONLY 8AM-6PM EXCEPT SUNDAY

North side of Linden Boulevard

  • No parking 4 signs NO PARKING MONDAY THURSDAY 11:30AM-1PM
  • No standing 1 sign NO STANDING FIRE ZONE

South side of Linden Boulevard

  • No parking 3 signs NO PARKING TUESDAY FRIDAY 11AM-12:30PM

ParkNYC pay-by-cell zone: 329982.

Schools, parks and places within a walk

How places are listed

Ten public places are within a five-minute walk.

  • 3 day care or pre-K sites
  • 2 religious buildings
  • 1 hospital
  • 1 library
  • 1 nursing home or hospice
  • 2 other places

Schools and child care

  1. Wonder Years Daycare Preschool, ages 2 to 5
    280 feet
  2. Making a Difference Academy School
    1,070 feet
  3. Making a Difference for the Future Preschool
    1,070 feet
Show all 4
  1. Liberty Day Care Service Infant, toddler and preschool care, ages 0 to 5
    1,210 feet

Parks, playgrounds and gardens

  1. Linden Sitting Area Park
    1,240 feet

Health care

  1. Brookdale Hospital Medical Center Hospital
    490 feet
  2. Schulman and Schachne Institute for Nursing and Rehabilitation Nursing home or hospice
    750 feet

Libraries, museums and history

  1. East Flatbush Library
    750 feet

Houses of worship

  1. Calvary Nazarene Church House of worship
    1,050 feet

Supermarkets

  1. Key Food Supermarket
    720 feet
  2. Associated Supermarkets Supermarket
    0.4 miles

Other stores

  1. Dollar Tree Store
    0.4 miles

Food stores and places to eat

Within a five-minute walk there are eight places to eat and 15 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 corners on foot, six of them within a three-minute walk:

See every intersection along East 96th Street or Linden Boulevard.

Sources: NYC Technology and Innovation, NYPD, 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.