Linwood Street & Egan Street
Linwood Street and Egan Street meet at a three-way junction in Spring Creek-Starrett City, Brooklyn. Between 2021 and 2025, two police-reported crashes were recorded here, fewer than the median of seven crashes for a Brooklyn corner. Spring Creek Community School is 460 feet away. The nearest bus stop, Flatlands Av/Elton St, is 650 feet away for the B84 and Q8, and seven bus routes stop within a ten-minute walk. Within a five-minute walk are five public places, two of them day care or pre-K sites, and two places to eat.
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Getting there
How walks are measuredBus
The nearest bus stop is Flatlands Av/Elton St, 650 feet away, for the B84 and Q8.
- 7 routes within a ten-minute walk
- Flatlands Av/Elton St B84, Q8650 feetB84 Q8
Next buses at this stop
- B84 …
- Q8 …
Cycling
- 13 bicycle racks within 820 feet
By car
The nearest highway entrance is the ramp to the Belt Parkway westbound at Erskine Street, 0.7 miles by car along the streets.
- 1121 Pennsylvania Avenue Gas station0.9 miles
- 1065 Elton Street Charging for electric cars, four Level 2 chargers730 feet
- 1389 Rockaway Parkway Fast charging for electric cars2.1 miles
Safety record
How crashes are countedBetween 2021 and 2025, police reported two crashes at this corner, fewer than the median of seven crashes for a Brooklyn corner. Nobody was hurt.
The most recent crash recorded here was in November 2025.
About this corner
Where facts come from- ZIP code
- 11239
- Community board
- Brooklyn Community Board 5
- City Council district
- 42
- Police precinct
- 75
- Neighborhood (City Planning area)
- Spring Creek-Starrett City
- Elevation
- 13 feet above sea level
The streets
- Up to two travel lanes
- One of the streets is one-way
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 2009 and 2016.
Since 2014 at least 569 new affordable homes have been completed within 820 feet.
Trees
NYC Parks records 104 trees within 330 feet; the most common is the thornless honeylocust.
Parking on the streets meeting here
How signs are read- 4 signs on these blocks
- 1 rule
The sign wording is DOT's, as recorded in October 2018, and the sign on the street decides.
South side of Linwood Street
- No standing 4 signs NO STANDING SCHOOL DAYS 7AM-4PM
Schools, parks and places within a walk
How places are listedFive public places are within a five-minute walk.
- 2 day care or pre-K sites
- 2 schools
- 1 playground
Schools and child care
- Urban Strategies Early Learn Preschool, ages 2 to 5 · Pre-K310 feet
- Academy for Young Writers School460 feet
- Spring Creek Community School460 feet
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- Little Hearts and Stars Infant and toddler care, ages 0 to 2730 feet
Parks, playgrounds and gardens
- Berriman Playground1,090 feet
Other stores
- Family Dollar Store1,090 feet
Shopping centers
- Gateway Center Shopping center1,280 feet
Food stores and places to eat
Within a five-minute walk there are two places to eat and five 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, seven of them within a three-minute walk:
- Essex Street & Egan Street 260 feet
- Elton Street & Egan Street 270 feet
- Essex Street & Vandalia Avenue 520 feet
- Elton Street & Locke Street 520 feet
- Elton Street & Vandalia Avenue 530 feet
- Flatlands Avenue & Linwood Street 560 feet
- Flatlands Avenue & Essex Street 820 feet
- Flatlands Avenue & Elton Street 830 feet
See every intersection along Egan Street or Linwood Street.