Linden Street & St Nicholas Avenue

Linden Street and St Nicholas Avenue meet at a four-way crossing in Bushwick (West), Brooklyn. Between 2021 and 2025, 12 police-reported crashes were recorded here, against a median of seven crashes for a Brooklyn corner. St Brigids RC Church is 220 feet away. The nearest subway, Myrtle-Wyckoff Avs, is about four minutes on foot, for the L and M. Within a five-minute walk are 17 public places, four of them day care or pre-K sites, and 63 places to eat.

Safety record
8 hurt
12 police-reported crashes, 2021–2025
Nearest subway
Myrtle-Wyckoff Avs
930 feet · 4 min on foot · L, M
Nearest bus stop
280 feet
Gates Av/Saint Nicholas Av · B13
Within a walk
17 places
4 day care or pre-K sites, 4 religious buildings and 5 more kinds, within five minutes

Map

Layers
Linden Street & St Nicholas Avenue Nearby corners, linked

Getting there

How walks are measured

Subway

The nearest subway station is Myrtle-Wyckoff Avs, 930 feet from this corner, about four minutes on foot.

  • 2 lines at the nearest station
  1. Myrtle-Wyckoff Avs L, M
    930 feet
    L M

Next trains at this station

Manhattan
1 line
  1. L …
Outbound
1 line
  1. L …
Inbound
1 line
  1. M …
Middle Village
1 line
  1. M …

Also within a walk

  1. Seneca Av M
    0.3 miles
    M
  2. DeKalb Av L
    0.4 miles
    L

The MTA's permanent art catalog lists “From Earth to Sky” (2006) by Cadence Giersbach at the Myrtle-Wyckoff Avs station.

Bus

The nearest bus stop is Gates Av/Saint Nicholas Av, 280 feet away, for the B13.

  • 12 routes within a ten-minute walk
  1. Gates Av/Saint Nicholas Av B13
    280 feet
    B13

Next buses at this stop

  1. B13 …

Live arrivals

Cycling

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

Nearest bike-share station

  1. Wyckoff Ave & Gates Ave 36 docks in all
    810 feet

By car

The nearest highway entrance is the ramp to the Jackie Robinson Parkway westbound at Vermont Place & J Robinson Parkway, 1.4 miles by car along the streets.

  1. 1517 Myrtle Avenue Gas station
    0.3 miles
  2. 1510 Gates Avenue Charging for electric cars, four Level 2 chargers
    0.3 miles
  3. 66-26 Metropolitan Avenue Fast charging for electric cars
    1.6 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.

  • 8 people injured
  • 0 people killed
  • 3 of those hurt, on foot

The most recent crash recorded here was in February 2026.

About this corner

Where facts come from
ZIP code
11237
Community board
Brooklyn Community Board 4
City Council district
34 and 37 (the boundary runs through this corner)
Police precinct
83 and 104 (the boundary runs through this corner)
Neighborhood (City Planning area)
Bushwick (West)
Elevation
68 feet above sea level

The streets

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

Homes

About 2,000 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 1931.

Since 2014 at least 23 new affordable homes have been completed within 820 feet.

Trees

NYC Parks records 60 trees within 330 feet; the most common is the thornless honeylocust.

Parking on the streets meeting here

How signs are read
  • 28 signs on these blocks
  • 9 different rules

The sign wording is DOT's, as recorded between September 2018 and June 2023, and the sign on the street decides.

North side of Linden Street

  • No parking 3 signs NO PARKING MONDAY THURSDAY 11AM-12:30PM
  • No parking 4 signs NO PARKING MONDAY THURSDAY 9:30AM-11AM
  • No standing 1 sign NO STANDING ANYTIME

South side of Linden Street

  • No parking 3 signs NO PARKING TUESDAY FRIDAY 11AM-12:30PM
  • No parking 5 signs NO PARKING TUESDAY FRIDAY 9:30AM-11AM

East side of St Nicholas Avenue

  • No parking 2 signs NO PARKING ANYTIME
  • No parking 5 signs NO PARKING TUESDAY FRIDAY 8:30AM-10AM

West side of St Nicholas Avenue

  • No parking 1 sign NO PARKING ANYTIME
  • No parking 4 signs NO PARKING MONDAY THURSDAY 8:30AM-10AM

Schools and places within a walk

How places are listed

Seventeen public places are within a five-minute walk.

  • 4 day care or pre-K sites
  • 4 religious buildings
  • 3 trade or language schools
  • 2 pedestrian plazas
  • 2 schools
  • 2 other places

Schools and child care

  1. St Brigid Catholic Academy School
    280 feet
  2. New Life Child Development Center 3 Pre-K
    560 feet
  3. New Life Child Development Center Preschool, ages 2 to 5 · Pre-K
    600 feet
Show all 9
  1. New Life Day Care Center Preschool, ages 2 to 5
    600 feet
  2. Love and Care Health Career Center Trade or language school
    1,090 feet
  3. New York Career and Business School, Trade or language school
    1,090 feet
  4. Ultissima Beauty Inst-Ridgewood Trade or language school
    1,090 feet
  5. Kid's Canvas Infant and toddler care, ages 0 to 2
    1,150 feet
  6. P.S. 81q Jean Paul Richter School
    1,230 feet

Plazas and public spaces

  1. Venditti Square Plaza Pedestrian plaza
    880 feet
  2. Wyckoff Plaza Pedestrian plaza
    880 feet

Libraries, museums and history

  1. Cypress Avenue East Historic District Listed historic place
    1,270 feet

Houses of worship

  1. St Brigids RC Church House of worship
    220 feet

Community centers and public services

  1. Wyckoff Community Center
    810 feet

Bank branches

  1. Capital One Bank branch
    770 feet

Supermarkets

  1. Food Bazaar Supermarket
    380 feet
  2. Billy's Marketplace Supermarket
    0.4 miles

Other stores

  1. Dollar Tree Store
    1,220 feet

Food stores and places to eat

Within a five-minute walk there are 63 places to eat and 25 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 nearest of the 12 corners within a three-minute walk:

See every intersection along Linden Street or St Nicholas Avenue.

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, FDIC, NYS Agriculture and Markets and USDA, retrieved September 18 – October 6, 2026.