Utica Avenue & Tilden Avenue

Utica Avenue and Tilden Avenue meet at a four-way crossing in East Flatbush-Rugby, Brooklyn. Between 2021 and 2025, 34 police-reported crashes were recorded here, against a median of seven crashes for a Brooklyn corner. In 2026, 311 red-light camera tickets were recorded here through July 26. Rugby Library is 200 feet away. The nearest bus stop, Utica Av/Tilden Av, is 40 feet away for the B46, and five bus routes stop within a ten-minute walk. Within a five-minute walk are 13 public places, six of them religious buildings, and 14 places to eat.

Safety record
30 hurt
34 police-reported crashes, 2021–2025
Nearest highway entrance
Prospect Expressway
2.9 miles by car along the streets
Nearest bus stop
40 feet
Utica Av/Tilden Av · B46
Within a walk
13 places
6 religious buildings, 3 day care or pre-K sites and 4 more kinds, within five minutes

Map

Layers
Utica Avenue & Tilden Avenue Nearby corners, linked

Getting there

How walks are measured

Bus

The nearest bus stop is Utica Av/Tilden Av, 40 feet away, for the B46.

  • 5 routes within a ten-minute walk
  1. Utica Av/Tilden Av B46
    40 feet
    B46

Next buses at this stop

  1. B46 …

Live arrivals

Utica Avenue carries a bus lane, 7am to 7pm, every day.

Cycling

  • 1 bicycle rack within 820 feet
  • 1 more bike-share station within a five-minute walk

Nearest bike-share station

  1. E 48 St & Tilden Ave 28 docks in all
    550 feet

By car

The nearest highway entrance is the ramp to the Prospect Expressway westbound at Prospect Avenue & Prospect Expressway, 2.9 miles by car along the streets.

  1. 1141 Utica Avenue Gas station
    0.3 miles
  2. 581 Clarkson Avenue Charging for electric cars, four Level 2 chargers
    1.1 miles
  3. 1389 Rockaway Parkway Fast charging for electric cars
    1.9 miles

Safety record

How crashes are counted

Between 2021 and 2025, police reported 34 crashes at this corner, more than the median of seven crashes for a Brooklyn corner.

  • 30 people injured
  • 0 people killed
  • 4 of those hurt, on foot
  • 3 of those hurt, on a bike

The most recent crash recorded here was in November 2025.

Camera tickets

How tickets are counted

In 2026 so far, through July 26, 311 red-light camera tickets were issued for violations recorded at this corner.

Red-light camera tickets by the direction of travel written on the ticket
Direction on the ticket2026 so far
Westbound on Tilden Avenue218
Eastbound on Tilden Avenue93
Total311

Every corner with red-light camera tickets

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-Rugby
Elevation
34 feet above sea level

The streets

  • Up to four travel lanes
  • A designated truck route

Homes

About 1,000 homes stand within 820 feet of this corner, a mix of apartment buildings and smaller houses. The buildings holding them mostly went up between 1920 and 1931.

Trees

NYC Parks records 24 trees within 330 feet; the most common are the 'Summer Charm' Peking lilac and the umbrella-tree.

Parking on the streets meeting here

How signs are read
  • 39 signs on these blocks
  • 14 different rules
  • 2 active meters
  • 2 pay-by-cell zones

The sign wording is DOT's, as recorded between May 2017 and November 2025; the 12 rules shown are the first by street and side, and the sign on the street decides.

North side of Tilden Avenue

  • No parking 1 sign NO PARKING ANYTIME
  • 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

East side of Utica Avenue

  • Metered parking 2 signs 2 HOUR METERED PARKING 9AM-7PM EXCEPT SUNDAY
  • No parking 1 sign NO PARKING ANYTIME
  • No parking 4 signs NO PARKING TUESDAY FRIDAY 11AM-12:30PM
  • No parking 6 signs NO PARKING TUESDAY FRIDAY MIDNIGHT-3AM
  • No standing 1 sign NO STANDING ANYTIME
  • Truck loading only 1 sign TRUCK LOADING ONLY MONDAY-FRIDAY 8AM-6PM

West side of Utica Avenue

  • Metered parking 2 signs 2 HOUR METERED PARKING 9AM-7PM EXCEPT SUNDAY
  • No parking 3 signs NO PARKING ANYTIME
  • No parking 5 signs NO PARKING MONDAY THURSDAY 11AM-12:30PM

ParkNYC pay-by-cell zones: 335836 and 339743.

Schools, parks and places within a walk

How places are listed

Thirteen public places are within a five-minute walk.

  • 6 religious buildings
  • 3 day care or pre-K sites
  • 1 fire station
  • 1 library
  • 1 listed historic place
  • 1 playground

Schools and child care

  1. Faces of the Future Early Learning Center Preschool, ages 2 to 5 · Pre-K
    540 feet
  2. Oholei Torah School-based preschool, ages 3 to 5
    1,290 feet
  3. Yeled V'Yalda Early Childhood Center Preschool, ages 2 to 5 · Pre-K
    1,290 feet

Parks, playgrounds and gardens

  1. Tilden Playground
    330 feet

Libraries, museums and history

  1. Rugby Library
    200 feet
  2. Robinson, John Roosevelt Jackie" Listed historic place
    850 feet

Houses of worship

  1. Universal Church House of worship
    390 feet
  2. Rugby Congregational Church Listed historic place
    940 feet

Fire and police

  1. Engine 310/Ladder 174 Fire station
    1,110 feet

Bank branches

  1. Chase Bank branch
    1,200 feet

Supermarkets

  1. Ideal Food Basket Supermarket
    0.3 miles

Pharmacies

  1. Walgreens Pharmacy
    0.3 miles

Other stores

  1. Dollar Tree Store
    0.4 miles

Food stores and places to eat

Within a five-minute walk there are 14 places to eat and eight 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 corners within a three-minute walk:

See every intersection along Tilden Avenue or Utica Avenue.

Sources: NYC Technology and Innovation, NYPD, NYC Finance, MTA, NYC DOT, NYC City Planning, New York City's bike-share system, NYS Environmental Conservation, US Department of Energy, NYC Parks, NYC Health, FDIC, NYS Agriculture and Markets and USDA, retrieved September 18 – October 6, 2026.