Myrtle Avenue & Linden Street

Myrtle Avenue and Linden Street meet at a four-way crossing in Bushwick (East), Brooklyn. Between 2021 and 2025, 24 police-reported crashes were recorded here, against a median of seven crashes for a Brooklyn corner. Wyckoff Community Center is 560 feet away. The nearest subway, Myrtle-Wyckoff Avs, is about three minutes on foot, for the L and M. Within a five-minute walk are 22 public places, six of them day care or pre-K sites, and 66 places to eat. About 2,200 homes stand within 820 feet, mostly built in 1931, a mix of apartment buildings and smaller houses.

Safety record
13 hurt
24 police-reported crashes, 2021–2025
Nearest subway
Myrtle-Wyckoff Avs
740 feet · 3 min on foot · L, M
Nearest bus stop
260 feet
Myrtle Av/Gates Av · B54
Within a walk
22 places
6 day care or pre-K sites, 5 religious buildings and 6 more kinds, within five minutes

Map

Layers
Myrtle Avenue & Linden Street Nearby corners, linked

Getting there

How walks are measured

Subway

The nearest subway station is Myrtle-Wyckoff Avs, 740 feet from this corner, about three minutes on foot.

  • 2 lines at the nearest station
  1. Myrtle-Wyckoff Avs L, M
    740 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. Knickerbocker Av M
    0.3 miles
    M
  2. Seneca Av M
    0.4 miles
    M

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 Myrtle Av/Gates Av, 260 feet away, for the B54.

  • 13 routes within a ten-minute walk
  1. Myrtle Av/Gates Av B54
    260 feet
    B54

Next buses at this stop

  1. B54 …

Live arrivals

Cycling

  • 52 bicycle racks within 820 feet
  • 5 more bike-share stations within a five-minute walk

Nearest bike-share station

  1. Myrtle Ave & Linden St 25 docks in all
    80 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
    280 feet
  2. 1510 Gates Avenue Charging for electric cars, four Level 2 chargers
    860 feet
  3. 1074 Grand Street Fast charging for electric cars
    1.7 miles

Safety record

How crashes are counted

Between 2021 and 2025, police reported 24 crashes at this corner, more than the median of seven crashes for a Brooklyn corner.

  • 13 people injured
  • 0 people killed
  • 4 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
37
Police precinct
83
Neighborhood (City Planning area)
Bushwick (East)
Elevation
56 feet above sea level

The streets

  • Up to two travel lanes
  • A designated truck route
  • One of the streets is one-way

Homes

About 2,200 homes stand within 820 feet of this corner, a mix of apartment buildings and smaller houses. The buildings holding them mostly went up in 1931.

Since 2014 at least 60 new affordable homes have been completed within 820 feet.

Trees

NYC Parks records 34 trees within 330 feet; the most common is the American elm.

Parking on the streets meeting here

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

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

North side of Linden Street

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

South side of Linden Street

  • No parking 4 signs NO PARKING TUESDAY FRIDAY 11AM-12:30PM
  • No standing 1 sign NO STANDING ANYTIME
  • Truck loading only 1 sign TRUCK LOADING ONLY 5AM-NOON EXCEPT SUNDAY

North side of Myrtle Avenue

  • No parking 5 signs NO PARKING MONDAY THURSDAY 3AM-6AM
  • No standing 4 signs NO STANDING ANYTIME

South side of Myrtle Avenue

  • No parking 8 signs NO PARKING TUESDAY FRIDAY 3AM-6AM
  • No standing 2 signs NO STANDING FRIDAY-SUNDAY 8AM-6PM

Schools, parks and places within a walk

How places are listed

Within a five-minute walk there are 22 public places.

  • 6 day care or pre-K sites
  • 5 religious buildings
  • 3 schools
  • 2 community centers
  • 2 parks
  • 4 other places

Schools and child care

  1. Kid's Canvas Infant and toddler care, ages 0 to 2
    680 feet
  2. All City Leadership Secondary School
    850 feet
  3. Kreative Kare Day Care Center Pre-K
    870 feet
Show all 10
  1. New Life Child Development Center Preschool, ages 2 to 5 · Pre-K
    940 feet
  2. New Life Day Care Center Preschool, ages 2 to 5
    940 feet
  3. Kreative Kare Too Nursery School Infant and toddler care, ages 0 to 2
    940 feet
  4. ABC Learning Center Trade or language school
    1,040 feet
  5. P.S. 116 Elizabeth L Farrell School
    1,100 feet
  6. New Life Child Development Center 3 Pre-K
    1,100 feet
  7. St Brigid Catholic Academy School
    1,250 feet

Parks, playgrounds and gardens

  1. Hope Ballfield Park
    1,090 feet
  2. Heisser Triangle
    1,180 feet

Plazas and public spaces

  1. Wyckoff Plaza Pedestrian plaza
    700 feet
  2. Venditti Square Plaza Pedestrian plaza
    1,210 feet

Libraries, museums and history

  1. Washington Irving Library
    990 feet

Houses of worship

  1. St Brigids RC Church House of worship
    810 feet

Community centers and public services

  1. Wyckoff Community Center
    560 feet
  2. Ridgewood Bushwick Youth Center Community center
    850 feet

Bank branches

  1. Capital One Bank branch
    650 feet
  2. Citibank Bank branch
    1,150 feet

Supermarkets

  1. Food Bazaar Supermarket
    1,030 feet
  2. Met Fresh Supermarket
    0.4 miles
  3. Billy's Marketplace Supermarket
    0.5 miles

Pharmacies

  1. Walgreens Pharmacy
    0.5 miles

Other stores

  1. Dollar Tree Store
    920 feet

Food stores and places to eat

Within a five-minute walk there are 66 places to eat and 29 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 13 corners within a three-minute walk:

See every intersection along Linden Street or Myrtle 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.