Linden Boulevard & Rockaway Avenue

Linden Boulevard and Rockaway Avenue meet at a four-way crossing in Brownsville, Brooklyn. Between 2021 and 2025, 114 police-reported crashes were recorded here, against a median of seven crashes for a Brooklyn corner. In 2025, 2,775 red-light and 8,788 school-zone speed camera tickets were recorded here. Osborn Playground is 320 feet away, and Uncommon Brownsville South Charter School NYC is 490 feet away. The nearest bus stop, Rockaway Av/Linden Blvd, is 150 feet away for the B60. Within a five-minute walk are ten public places, six of them schools, and three places to eat.

Safety record
103 hurt
114 police-reported crashes, 2021–2025
Nearest highway entrance
Belt Parkway
2 miles by car along the streets
Nearest bus stop
150 feet
Rockaway Av/Linden Blvd · B60
Within a walk
10 places
6 schools, 2 playgrounds and 2 more kinds, within five minutes

Map

Layers
Linden Boulevard & Rockaway Avenue Nearby corners, linked

Getting there

How walks are measured

Bus

The nearest bus stop is Rockaway Av/Linden Blvd, 150 feet away, for the B60.

  • 5 routes within a ten-minute walk
  1. Rockaway Av/Linden Blvd B60
    150 feet
    B60

Next buses at this stop

  1. B60 …

Live arrivals

Cycling

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

Nearest bike-share station

  1. Osborn St & Linden Blvd 12 docks in all
    580 feet

By car

The nearest highway entrance is the ramp to the Belt Parkway westbound at Shore Parkway, 2 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
    0.4 miles
  3. 1389 Rockaway Parkway Fast charging for electric cars
    0.7 miles

Safety record

How crashes are counted

Between 2021 and 2025, police reported 114 crashes at this corner, more than the median of seven crashes for a Brooklyn corner.

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

The most recent crash recorded here was in May 2026.

Camera tickets

How tickets are counted

In 2025, 2,775 red-light camera tickets were issued for violations recorded at this corner, the 73rd most of the 200 corners in the city where any were issued.

In 2026 so far, through July 26, 767 more were issued.

In 2025, 8,788 school-zone speed camera tickets were issued for violations recorded at this corner, the 76th most of the 1,957 corners in the city where any were issued.

In 2026 so far, through August 27, 4,424 more were issued.

School-zone speed camera tickets by the direction of travel written on the ticket
Direction on the ticket20252026 so far
Westbound on Linden Boulevard4,6032,232
Eastbound on Linden Boulevard4,1852,192
Total8,7884,424

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About this corner

Where facts come from
ZIP code
11212
Community board
Brooklyn Community Board 16
City Council district
42
Police precinct
73
Neighborhood (City Planning area)
Brownsville
Elevation
15 feet above sea level

The streets

  • Up to four travel lanes

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 1962.

Trees

NYC Parks records 31 trees within 330 feet; the most common is the thornless honeylocust.

Parking on the streets meeting here

How signs are read
  • 59 signs on these blocks
  • 11 different rules

The sign wording is DOT's, as recorded between September 2017 and June 2025, and the sign on the street decides.

North side of Linden Boulevard

  • No parking 9 signs NO PARKING MONDAY THURSDAY 11:30AM-1PM

South side of Linden Boulevard

  • No parking 6 signs NO PARKING TUESDAY FRIDAY 11:30AM-1PM
  • No standing 7 signs NO STANDING ANYTIME
  • Truck loading only 7 signs TRUCK LOADING ONLY MONDAY-FRIDAY 5AM-10PM

East side of Rockaway Avenue

  • No parking 3 signs NO PARKING MONDAY THURSDAY 11:30AM-1PM
  • No parking 7 signs NO PARKING TUESDAY FRIDAY MIDNIGHT-3AM
  • No standing 2 signs NO STANDING 6PM-7AM ALL DAYS
  • No standing 8 signs NO STANDING ANYTIME
  • No standing 3 signs NO STANDING SCHOOL DAYS 7AM-4PM

West side of Rockaway Avenue

  • No parking 2 signs NO PARKING MONDAY THURSDAY MIDNIGHT-3AM
  • No standing 5 signs NO STANDING ANYTIME

Schools, parks and places within a walk

How places are listed

Ten public places are within a five-minute walk.

  • 6 schools
  • 2 playgrounds
  • 1 day care or pre-K site
  • 1 religious building

Schools and child care

  1. Brooklyn Democracy Academy School
    490 feet
  2. Kappa V (Knowledge and Power Preparatory Academy) School
    490 feet
  3. Metropolitan Diploma Plus High School
    490 feet
Show all 7
  1. Uncommon Brownsville South Charter School NYC School
    490 feet
  2. Cultural Arts Academy Charter School at Spring Creek School
    520 feet
  3. Adaptive Solutions Multi Services Preschool, ages 2 to 5
    1,200 feet
  4. Adaptive Solutions- Hegeman School
    1,290 feet

Parks, playgrounds and gardens

  1. Osborn Playground
    320 feet
  2. Brownsville Playground
    1,160 feet

Supermarkets

  1. Associated Supermarkets Supermarket
    820 feet

Other stores

  1. Family Dollar Store
    0.5 miles

Food stores and places to eat

Within a five-minute walk there are three places to eat and six 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, four of them within a three-minute walk:

See every intersection along Linden Boulevard or Rockaway Avenue.

Sources: NYC Technology and Innovation, NYPD, NYC Finance, MTA, NYC DOT, New York City's bike-share system, NYS Environmental Conservation, NYC City Planning, US Department of Energy, NYC Parks, NYC Health, NYS Agriculture and Markets and USDA, retrieved September 18 – October 6, 2026.