Linden Boulevard & Malta Street at De Witt Avenue

Linden Boulevard, Malta Street and De Witt Avenue meet at a five-way junction in East New York-New Lots, Brooklyn. Between 2021 and 2025, 12 police-reported crashes were recorded here, against a median of seven crashes for a Brooklyn corner. Prophecy Garden is 860 feet away. The nearest subway, New Lots Av, is about eight minutes on foot, for the L. Within a five-minute walk are nine public places, seven of them religious buildings, and four places to eat. About 500 homes stand within 820 feet, a mix of apartment buildings and smaller houses.

Safety record
5 hurt
12 police-reported crashes, 2021–2025
Nearest subway
New Lots Av
0.4 miles · 8 min on foot · L
Nearest bus stop
1,240 feet
Pennsylvania Av/Linden Blvd · B20
Within a walk
9 places
7 religious buildings, 1 garden and 1 more kind, within five minutes

Map

Layers
Linden Boulevard & Malta Street at De Witt Avenue Nearby corners, linked

Getting there

How walks are measured

Subway

The nearest subway station is New Lots Av, 0.4 miles from this corner, about eight minutes on foot.

  1. New Lots Av L
    0.4 miles
    L

Next trains at this station

Manhattan
1 line
  1. L …
Canarsie
1 line
  1. L …

The MTA's permanent art catalog lists “16 Windows” (2007) by Eugenie Tung at the New Lots Av station.

Bus

The nearest bus stop is Pennsylvania Av/Linden Blvd, 1,240 feet away, for the B20.

  • 7 routes within a ten-minute walk
  1. Pennsylvania Av/Linden Blvd B20
    1,240 feet
    B20

Next buses at this stop

  1. B20 …

Live arrivals

Cycling

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

Nearest bike-share station

  1. Sheffield Ave & Linden Blvd 12 docks in all
    1,040 feet

By car

The nearest highway entrance is the ramp to the Belt Parkway westbound at Pennsylvania Avenue, 1.4 miles by car along the streets.

  1. 1868 Linden Boulevard Gas station
    470 feet
  2. 1235 Linden Boulevard Charging for electric cars, four Level 2 chargers
    1.1 miles
  3. 1389 Rockaway Parkway Fast charging for electric cars
    1.2 miles

Safety record

How crashes are counted

Between 2021 and 2025, police reported 12 crashes at this corner, more than the median of seven crashes for a Brooklyn corner.

  • 5 people injured
  • 0 people killed
  • 1 of those hurt, on a bike

The most recent crash recorded here was in October 2025.

About this corner

Where facts come from
ZIP code
11207
Community board
Brooklyn Community Board 5
City Council district
42
Police precinct
75
Neighborhood (City Planning area)
East New York-New Lots
Elevation
12 feet above sea level

The streets

  • Up to two travel lanes
  • One of the streets is one-way

Homes

About 500 homes stand within 820 feet of this corner, a mix of apartment buildings and smaller houses.

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

Trees

NYC Parks records 26 trees within 330 feet; the most common is the thornless honeylocust.

Parking on the streets meeting here

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

The sign wording is DOT's, as recorded between August 2016 and January 2024, and the sign on the street decides.

North side of Linden Boulevard

  • No parking 4 signs NO PARKING MONDAY THURSDAY 11:30AM-1PM

South side of Linden Boulevard

  • No parking 4 signs NO PARKING TUESDAY FRIDAY 11:30AM-1PM
  • No standing 2 signs NO STANDING ANYTIME

East side of Malta Street

  • No parking 6 signs NO PARKING TUESDAY FRIDAY 11:30AM-1PM
  • No standing 1 sign NO STANDING ANYTIME

West side of Malta Street

  • No parking 6 signs NO PARKING MONDAY THURSDAY 11:30AM-1PM
  • No standing 1 sign NO STANDING ANYTIME

Parks and places within a walk

How places are listed

Nine public places are within a five-minute walk.

  • 7 religious buildings
  • 1 garden
  • 1 park

Parks, playgrounds and gardens

  1. Prophecy Garden
    860 feet
  2. Breukelen Ballfields Park
    940 feet

Supermarkets

  1. Bravo Supermarket
    0.4 miles

Other stores

  1. Dollar Tree Store
    0.5 miles
  2. Family Dollar Store
    0.5 miles

Food stores and places to eat

Within a five-minute walk there are four places to eat and eight food stores.

Not on record for this corner: a signal or safety change and a designated landmark or historic district within 820 feet.

Nearby corners

The eight corners within a three-minute walk:

See every intersection along De Witt Avenue, Linden Boulevard or Malta Street.

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.