Linden Boulevard & Thomas S Boyland Street

Linden Boulevard and Thomas S Boyland Street meet at a four-way crossing in Brownsville, Brooklyn. Between 2021 and 2025, 21 police-reported crashes were recorded here, against a median of seven crashes for a Brooklyn corner. Cultural Arts Academy Charter School at Spring Creek is 460 feet away. The nearest bus stop, Linden Blvd/Thomas Boyland St, is 70 feet away for the B8, and four bus routes stop within a ten-minute walk. Within a five-minute walk are 13 public places, seven of them schools, and four places to eat.

Safety record
12 hurt
21 police-reported crashes, 2021–2025
Nearest highway entrance
Belt Parkway
2.2 miles by car along the streets
Nearest bus stop
70 feet
Linden Blvd/Thomas Boyland St · B8
Within a walk
13 places
7 schools, 3 religious buildings and 3 more kinds, within five minutes

Map

Layers
Linden Boulevard & Thomas S Boyland Street Nearby corners, linked

Getting there

How walks are measured

Bus

The nearest bus stop is Linden Blvd/Thomas Boyland St, 70 feet away, for the B8.

  • 4 routes within a ten-minute walk
  1. Linden Blvd/Thomas Boyland St B8
    70 feet
    B8

Next buses at this stop

  1. B8 …

Live arrivals

Cycling

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

Nearest bike-share station

  1. Hegeman Ave & Amboy St 23 docks in all
    800 feet

By car

The nearest highway entrance is the ramp to the Belt Parkway westbound at Shore Parkway, 2.2 miles by car along the streets.

  1. 1408 Linden Boulevard Gas station
    800 feet
  2. 1235 Linden Boulevard Charging for electric cars, four Level 2 chargers
    1,080 feet
  3. 1389 Rockaway Parkway Fast charging for electric cars
    0.8 miles

Safety record

How crashes are counted

Between 2021 and 2025, police reported 21 crashes at this corner, more than the median of seven crashes for a Brooklyn corner.

  • 12 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 April 2026.

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
17 feet above sea level

The streets

  • Up to four travel lanes

Homes

About 1,700 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 1945 and 1962.

Trees

NYC Parks records 53 trees within 330 feet; the most common is the 'Mushashino' zelkova.

Parking on the streets meeting here

How signs are read
  • 29 signs on these blocks
  • 8 different rules

The sign wording is DOT's, as recorded between March 2020 and November 2023, and the sign on the street decides.

North side of Linden Boulevard

  • No parking 7 signs NO PARKING MONDAY THURSDAY 11:30AM-1PM
  • No standing 1 sign NO STANDING ANYTIME

South side of Linden Boulevard

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

East side of Thomas S Boyland Street

  • No parking 7 signs NO PARKING TUESDAY FRIDAY 11:30AM-1PM
  • No standing 1 sign NO STANDING ANYTIME

West side of Thomas S Boyland Street

  • No parking 6 signs NO PARKING MONDAY THURSDAY 11:30AM-1PM
  • No standing 2 signs NO STANDING ANYTIME

Schools, parks and places within a walk

How places are listed

Thirteen public places are within a five-minute walk.

  • 7 schools
  • 3 religious buildings
  • 1 day care or pre-K site
  • 1 hospital
  • 1 playground

Schools and child care

  1. Cultural Arts Academy Charter School at Spring Creek School
    460 feet
  2. Making a Difference for the Future Preschool
    1,000 feet
  3. Making a Difference Academy School
    1,000 feet
Show all 8
  1. P.S. 165 Ida Posner School
    1,240 feet
  2. Brooklyn Democracy Academy School
    1,290 feet
  3. Kappa V (Knowledge and Power Preparatory Academy) School
    1,290 feet
  4. Metropolitan Diploma Plus High School
    1,290 feet
  5. Uncommon Brownsville South Charter School NYC School
    1,290 feet

Parks, playgrounds and gardens

  1. Osborn Playground
    1,120 feet

Health care

  1. Brookdale Hospital Medical Center Hospital
    910 feet

Supermarkets

  1. Associated Supermarkets Supermarket
    1,120 feet
  2. Key Food Supermarket
    0.3 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 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 Linden Boulevard or Thomas S Boyland 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 Parks, NYC Health, NYS Agriculture and Markets and USDA, retrieved September 18 – October 6, 2026.