New York Avenue & Tilden Avenue

New York Avenue and Tilden Avenue meet at a four-way crossing in East Flatbush-Erasmus, Brooklyn. Between 2021 and 2025, 16 police-reported crashes were recorded here, against a median of seven crashes for a Brooklyn corner. P.S. 181 Brooklyn is 520 feet away. The nearest subway, Beverly Rd, is about five minutes on foot, for the 2 and 5. Within a five-minute walk are nine public places, six of them religious buildings, and three places to eat. About 2,100 homes stand within 820 feet, mostly built between 1910 and 1931, a mix of apartment buildings and smaller houses.

Safety record
11 hurt
16 police-reported crashes, 2021–2025
Nearest subway
Beverly Rd
0.3 miles · 5 min on foot · 2, 5
Nearest bus stop
110 feet
New York Av/Tilden Av · B44
Within a walk
9 places
6 religious buildings, 2 schools and 1 more kind, within five minutes

Map

Layers
New York Avenue & Tilden Avenue Nearby corners, linked

Getting there

How walks are measured

Subway

The nearest subway station is Beverly Rd, 0.3 miles from this corner, about five minutes on foot.

  • 2 lines at the nearest station
  1. Beverly Rd 2, 5
    0.3 miles
    2 5

Next trains at this station

Manhattan
2 lines
  1. 2 …
  2. 5 …
Flatbush
2 lines
  1. 2 …
  2. 5 …

Also within a walk

  1. Church Av 2, 5
    0.4 miles
    2 5

Bus

The nearest bus stop is New York Av/Tilden Av, 110 feet away, for the B44.

  • 6 routes within a ten-minute walk
  1. New York Av/Tilden Av B44
    110 feet
    B44

Next buses at this stop

  1. B44 …

Live arrivals

Cycling

  • 4 more bike-share stations within a five-minute walk

Nearest bike-share station

  1. New York Ave & Snyder Ave 22 docks in all
    630 feet

By car

The nearest highway entrance is the ramp to the Prospect Expressway westbound at Prospect Avenue & Prospect Expressway, 2.1 miles by car along the streets.

  1. 3602 Snyder Avenue Gas station
    0.3 miles
  2. 395 Lenox Road Charging for electric cars, four Level 2 chargers
    0.5 miles
  3. 2699 Nostrand Avenue Fast charging for electric cars
    2.1 miles

Safety record

How crashes are counted

Between 2021 and 2025, police reported 16 crashes at this corner, more than the median of seven crashes for a Brooklyn corner.

  • 11 people injured
  • 0 people killed
  • 3 of those hurt, on foot
  • 1 of those hurt, on a bike

The most recent crash recorded here was in November 2025.

About this corner

Where facts come from
ZIP code
11203
Community board
Brooklyn Community Board 17
City Council district
45
Police precinct
67
Neighborhood (City Planning area)
East Flatbush-Erasmus
Elevation
43 feet above sea level

The streets

  • Up to two travel lanes

Homes

About 2,100 homes stand within 820 feet of this corner, a mix of apartment buildings and smaller houses. The buildings holding them mostly went up between 1910 and 1931.

Trees

NYC Parks records 43 trees within 330 feet; the most common is the London planetree.

Parking on the streets meeting here

How signs are read
  • 26 signs on these blocks
  • 4 different rules

The sign wording is DOT's, as recorded between July 2020 and June 2021, and the sign on the street decides.

East side of New York Avenue

  • No parking 8 signs NO PARKING MONDAY THURSDAY 11AM-12:30PM

West side of New York Avenue

  • No parking 10 signs NO PARKING TUESDAY FRIDAY 11AM-12:30PM

North side of Tilden Avenue

  • No parking 4 signs NO PARKING MONDAY THURSDAY 11AM-12:30PM

South side of Tilden Avenue

  • No parking 4 signs NO PARKING TUESDAY FRIDAY 11AM-12:30PM

Schools and places within a walk

How places are listed

Nine public places are within a five-minute walk.

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

Schools and child care

  1. P.S. 181 Brooklyn School
    520 feet
  2. Phyl's Academy Prep School
    840 feet
  3. Garden of Knowledge Day Care & Learning Center Preschool, ages 2 to 5
    1,230 feet

Supermarkets

  1. Ideal Food Basket Supermarket
    810 feet
  2. CTown Supermarket
    0.4 miles

Pharmacies

  1. Walgreens Pharmacy
    0.4 miles

Food stores and places to eat

Within a five-minute walk there are three places to eat and two food stores.

Not on record for this corner: a bike route here or a bicycle rack within 820 feet, a signal or safety change and a designated landmark or historic district within 820 feet.

Nearby corners

The eight corners within a three-minute walk:

See every intersection along New York Avenue or Tilden 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, NYS Agriculture and Markets and USDA, retrieved September 18 – October 6, 2026.