Thomas S Boyland Street & East 98th Street

Thomas S Boyland Street and East 98th Street meet at a three-way junction in East Flatbush-Remsen Village, Brooklyn. Between 2021 and 2025, five police-reported crashes were recorded here, fewer than the median of seven crashes for a Brooklyn corner. Brookdale Hospital Medical Center is 1,270 feet away. The nearest bus stop, Linden Blvd/Thomas Boyland St, is 630 feet away for the B8, and five bus routes stop within a ten-minute walk. Within a five-minute walk are six public places, two of them religious buildings, and two places to eat.

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Thomas S Boyland Street & East 98th Street Nearby corners, linked

Bus

The nearest bus stop is Linden Blvd/Thomas Boyland St, 630 feet away, for the B8.

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

Next buses at this stop

  1. B8 …

Live arrivals

Cycling

  • 1 more bike-share station within a five-minute walk

Nearest bike-share station

  1. Hegeman Ave & Amboy St 23 docks in all
    1,250 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. 9701 Ditmas Avenue Gas station
    610 feet
  2. 1235 Linden Boulevard Charging for electric cars, four Level 2 chargers
    0.3 miles
  3. 1389 Rockaway Parkway Fast charging for electric cars
    0.8 miles

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

  • 5 people injured
  • 0 people killed

The most recent crash recorded here was in October 2024.

About this corner

Where facts come from
ZIP code
11236
Community board
Brooklyn Community Board 16
City Council district
42
Police precinct
67 and 73 (the boundary runs through this corner)
Neighborhood (City Planning area)
East Flatbush-Remsen Village
Elevation
19 feet above sea level

The streets

  • Up to two travel lanes

Homes

About 600 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 1960.

Trees

Twenty trees recorded by NYC Parks stand within 330 feet; the most common is the London planetree.

Parking on the streets meeting here

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

The sign wording is DOT's, as recorded between August 2017 and November 2023, and the sign on the street decides.

East side of East 98th Street

  • Time-limited parking 3 signs 1 HOUR PARKING MONDAY-FRIDAY 8AM-7PM
  • No parking 4 signs NO PARKING TUESDAY FRIDAY 11:30AM-1PM
  • No parking 3 signs NO PARKING TUESDAY FRIDAY MIDNIGHT-3AM
  • Truck loading only 2 signs TRUCK LOADING ONLY MONDAY-FRIDAY 7AM-7PM

East side of Thomas S Boyland Street

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

West side of Thomas S Boyland Street

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

Schools and places within a walk

How places are listed

Six public places are within a five-minute walk.

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

Schools and child care

  1. Making a Difference Academy School
    780 feet
  2. Making a Difference for the Future Preschool
    780 feet
  3. Cultural Arts Academy Charter School at Spring Creek School
    1,020 feet

Health care

  1. Brookdale Hospital Medical Center Hospital
    1,270 feet

Supermarkets

  1. Associated Supermarkets Supermarket
    0.3 miles
  2. Key Food Supermarket
    0.4 miles

Food stores and places to eat

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

Not on record for this corner:

  • A subway entrance within a ten-minute walk
  • A bike route here or a bicycle rack within 820 feet
  • A signal or safety change
  • A designated landmark or historic district within 820 feet

Nearby corners

The eight corners within a three-minute walk:

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.