Tilden Avenue & Lott Street

Tilden Avenue and Lott Street meet at a four-way crossing in East Flatbush-Erasmus, Brooklyn. Between 2021 and 2025, six police-reported crashes were recorded here, fewer than the median of seven crashes for a Brooklyn corner. M.S. 246 Walt Whitman is 820 feet away. The nearest subway, Beverly Rd, is about seven minutes on foot, for the 2 and 5. Within a five-minute walk are 21 public places, 13 of them religious buildings, and eight places to eat. About 1,900 homes stand within 820 feet, a mix of apartment buildings and smaller houses.

Safety record
4 hurt
6 police-reported crashes, 2021–2025
Nearest subway
Beverly Rd
0.4 miles · 7 min on foot · 2, 5
Nearest bus stop
520 feet
Bedford Av/Tilden Av · B49
Within a walk
21 places
13 religious buildings, 3 schools and 4 more kinds, within five minutes

Map

Layers
Tilden Avenue & Lott Street Nearby corners, linked

Getting there

How walks are measured

Subway

The nearest subway station is Beverly Rd, 0.4 miles from this corner, about seven minutes on foot.

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

Next trains at this station

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

Bus

The nearest bus stop is Bedford Av/Tilden Av, 520 feet away, for the B49.

  • 7 routes within a ten-minute walk
  1. Bedford Av/Tilden Av B49 · Shelter
    520 feet
    B49
    Shelter

Next buses at this stop

  1. B49 …

Live arrivals

Cycling

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

Nearest bike-share station

  1. Tilden Ave & Lott St 19 docks in all
    40 feet

By car

The nearest highway entrance is the ramp to the Prospect Expressway westbound at Prospect Avenue & Prospect Expressway, 1.7 miles by car along the streets.

  1. 2193 Bedford Avenue Gas station
    0.3 miles
  2. 123 Linden Boulevard Charging for electric cars, 20 Level 2 chargers
    0.6 miles
  3. 2699 Nostrand Avenue Fast charging for electric cars
    2.2 miles

Safety record

How crashes are counted

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

  • 4 people injured
  • 0 people killed
  • 1 of those hurt, on a bike

The most recent crash recorded here was in January 2026.

About this corner

Where facts come from
ZIP code
11226
Community board
Brooklyn Community Board 17
City Council district
40
Police precinct
67
Neighborhood (City Planning area)
East Flatbush-Erasmus
Elevation
36 feet above sea level

The streets

  • Up to two travel lanes
  • Two of the streets are one-way

Homes

About 1,900 homes stand within 820 feet of this corner, a mix of apartment buildings and smaller houses.

Since 2014 at least 61 new affordable homes have been completed within 820 feet.

Trees

NYC Parks records 37 trees within 330 feet; the most common are the Heritage oak and the sawtooth oak.

Parking on the streets meeting here

How signs are read
  • 31 signs on these blocks
  • 6 different rules

The sign wording is DOT's, as recorded between April 2016 and May 2026, and the sign on the street decides.

East side of Lott Street

  • No parking 7 signs NO PARKING TUESDAY FRIDAY 11AM-12:30PM

West side of Lott Street

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

North side of Tilden Avenue

  • No parking 5 signs NO PARKING MONDAY THURSDAY 11AM-12:30PM

South side of Tilden Avenue

  • No parking 2 signs NO PARKING MONDAY-FRIDAY 8AM-6PM
  • No parking 8 signs NO PARKING TUESDAY FRIDAY 11AM-12:30PM
  • No standing 1 sign NO STANDING ANYTIME

Landmarks and historic districts

One building within 820 feet is designated by the Landmarks Preservation Commission, recorded as Art Deco, and built in 1932.

  1. Sears Roebuck & Company Department Store Designated landmark
    620 feet

Schools, parks and places within a walk

How places are listed

Within a five-minute walk there are 21 public places.

  • 13 religious buildings
  • 3 schools
  • 2 day care or pre-K sites
  • 1 garden
  • 1 park
  • 1 theater or concert hall

Schools and child care

  1. M.S. 246 Walt Whitman School
    820 feet
  2. Success Academy Charter School Ditmas Park Middle School
    820 feet
  3. Brooklyn's Brightest Starz Preschool, ages 2 to 5
    860 feet
Show all 5
  1. Big Dreams Child Care Center II Infant, toddler and preschool care, ages 0 to 5
    1,070 feet
  2. P.S. 399 Stanley Eugene Clark School
    1,150 feet

Parks, playgrounds and gardens

  1. Rogers/Tilden/Veronica Place Garden
    440 feet
  2. Lott Park
    490 feet

Theaters, arts and venues

  1. Kings Theatre Theater or concert hall · listed historic place
    1,070 feet

Houses of worship

  1. Temple of Restoration House of worship
    930 feet
  2. Pentecostal Church of God Bibleway House of worship
    1,120 feet
  3. Jehovahs Witnesses Cortelyou Rd House of worship
    1,210 feet

Supermarkets

  1. Food Bazaar Supermarket
    1,170 feet
  2. Associated Supermarkets Supermarket
    0.4 miles

Other stores

  1. Dollar Tree Store
    0.5 miles

Food stores and places to eat

Within a five-minute walk there are eight places to eat and six food stores.

Not on record for this corner: a signal or safety change.

Nearby corners

The eight corners within a three-minute walk:

See every intersection along Lott Street 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, Landmarks Preservation Commission, NYC Parks, NYC Health, NYS Agriculture and Markets and USDA, retrieved September 18 – October 6, 2026.