Linden Boulevard & New York Avenue

Linden Boulevard and New York Avenue meet at a four-way crossing in East Flatbush-Erasmus, Brooklyn. Between 2021 and 2025, 30 police-reported crashes were recorded here, against a median of seven crashes for a Brooklyn corner. Rolph Henry Playground is 1,070 feet away. The nearest subway, Church Av, is about six minutes on foot, for the 2 and 5. Within a five-minute walk are 12 public places, five of them day care or pre-K sites, and 24 places to eat. About 2,400 homes stand within 820 feet, mostly built between 1924 and 1963, most in buildings of ten homes or more.

Safety record
23 hurt
30 police-reported crashes, 2021–2025
Nearest subway
Church Av
0.3 miles · 6 min on foot · 2, 5
Nearest bus stop
120 feet
New York Av/Linden Blvd · B44
Within a walk
12 places
5 day care or pre-K sites, 5 religious buildings and 2 more kinds, within five minutes

Map

Layers
Linden Boulevard & New York Avenue Nearby corners, linked

Getting there

How walks are measured

Subway

The nearest subway station is Church Av, 0.3 miles from this corner, about six minutes on foot.

  • 2 lines at the nearest station
  1. Church Av 2, 5
    0.3 miles
    2 5

Next trains at this station

Manhattan
2 lines
  1. 2 …
  2. 5 …
Flatbush
2 lines
  1. 2 …
  2. 5 …

Also within a walk

  1. Winthrop St 2, 5
    0.4 miles
    2 5

The MTA's permanent art catalog lists “Transitions” (2001) by Louis Delsarte at the Church Av station.

Bus

The nearest bus stop is New York Av/Linden Blvd, 120 feet away, for the B44.

  • 6 routes within a ten-minute walk
  1. New York Av/Linden Blvd B44
    120 feet
    B44

Next buses at this stop

  1. B44 …

Live arrivals

Cycling

  • 34 bicycle racks within 820 feet
  • 3 more bike-share stations within a five-minute walk

Nearest bike-share station

  1. E 34 St & Linden Blvd 24 docks in all
    310 feet

By car

The nearest highway entrance is the ramp to the Prospect Expressway westbound at Prospect Avenue & Prospect Expressway, 1.8 miles by car along the streets.

  1. 720 New York Avenue Gas station
    0.3 miles
  2. 395 Lenox Road Charging for electric cars, four Level 2 chargers
    690 feet
  3. 2699 Nostrand Avenue Fast charging for electric cars
    2.5 miles

Safety record

How crashes are counted

Between 2021 and 2025, police reported 30 crashes at this corner, more than the median of seven crashes for a Brooklyn corner.

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

The most recent crash recorded here was in April 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
40
Police precinct
67
Neighborhood (City Planning area)
East Flatbush-Erasmus
Elevation
53 feet above sea level

The streets

  • Up to four travel lanes
  • A designated truck route

Homes

About 2,400 homes stand within 820 feet of this corner, most of them in buildings of ten homes or more. The buildings holding them mostly went up between 1924 and 1963.

Since 2014 at least 144 new affordable homes have been completed within 820 feet.

Trees

NYC Parks records 42 trees within 330 feet; the most common are the 'Rustica Rubra' saucer magnolia and the dawn redwood.

Parking on the streets meeting here

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

The sign wording is DOT's, as recorded between November 2014 and October 2021, and the sign on the street decides.

North side of Linden Boulevard

  • No parking 3 signs NO PARKING TUESDAY FRIDAY 8AM-9:30AM
  • No parking 6 signs NO PARKING TUESDAY FRIDAY 9AM-10:30AM

South side of Linden Boulevard

  • No parking 2 signs NO PARKING MONDAY THURSDAY 8AM-9:30AM
  • No parking 6 signs NO PARKING MONDAY THURSDAY 9AM-10:30AM

East side of New York Avenue

  • No parking 7 signs NO PARKING MONDAY THURSDAY 8AM-9:30AM
  • No standing 1 sign NO STANDING ANYTIME

West side of New York Avenue

  • No parking 7 signs NO PARKING TUESDAY FRIDAY 8AM-9:30AM

Schools, parks and places within a walk

How places are listed

Twelve public places are within a five-minute walk.

  • 5 day care or pre-K sites
  • 5 religious buildings
  • 1 playground
  • 1 trade or language school

Schools and child care

  1. Kareful and Karefree Training School Trade or language school
    380 feet
  2. Pre-School Minds Day Care Center Preschool, ages 2 to 5 · Pre-K
    750 feet
  3. Little People's Academy Preschool, ages 2 to 5
    880 feet
Show all 6
  1. Candy Kid's Day Care Center Infant, toddler and preschool care, ages 0 to 5 · Pre-K
    890 feet
  2. Elite Early Childhood Learning Center Infant and toddler care, ages 0 to 2
    920 feet
  3. The Children's Center at SUNY Brooklyn Infant, toddler and preschool care, ages 0 to 5 · Pre-K
    1,280 feet

Parks, playgrounds and gardens

  1. Rolph Henry Playground
    1,070 feet

Houses of worship

  1. Lenox Rd Baptist Church House of worship
    1,190 feet
  2. Mount Zion Church of God Listed historic place
    1,250 feet

Supermarkets

  1. CTown Supermarket
    1,110 feet
  2. Associated Supermarkets Supermarket
    0.4 miles
  3. Key Food Supermarket
    0.5 miles

Pharmacies

  1. Walgreens Pharmacy
    0.3 miles
  2. CVS Pharmacy
    0.4 miles

Food stores and places to eat

Within a five-minute walk there are 24 places to eat and 16 food stores.

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

Nearby corners

The eight corners within a three-minute walk:

See every intersection along Linden Boulevard or New York Avenue.

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.