56th Street & 13th Avenue

The four-way crossing of 56th Street and 13th Avenue is in Borough Park, Brooklyn. Between 2021 and 2025, six police-reported crashes were recorded here, fewer than the median of seven crashes for a Brooklyn corner. St Frances de Chantal RC Church is 440 feet away. The nearest subway, 55 St, is about a minute on foot, and two subway lines stop within a ten-minute walk. Within a five-minute walk are 41 public places, 23 of them religious buildings, and 11 places to eat.

Safety record
2 hurt
6 police-reported crashes, 2021–2025
Nearest subway
55 St
250 feet · 1 min on foot · D
Nearest bus stop
50 feet
56 St/13 Av · B16
Within a walk
41 places
23 religious buildings, 12 day care or pre-K sites and 2 more kinds, within five minutes

Map

Layers
56th Street & 13th Avenue Nearby corners, linked

Getting there

How walks are measured

Subway

The nearest subway station is 55 St, 250 feet from this corner, about a minute on foot.

  • 2 lines within a ten-minute walk
  1. 55 St D
    250 feet
    D

Next trains at this station

Manhattan
1 line
  1. D …
Southbound
1 line
  1. D …

Also within a walk

  1. 62 St/New Utrecht Av D, N
    0.3 miles
    D N
  2. 50 St D
    0.4 miles
    D

Bus

The nearest bus stop is 56 St/13 Av, 50 feet away, for the B16.

  • 3 routes within a ten-minute walk
  1. 56 St/13 Av B16
    50 feet
    B16

Next buses at this stop

  1. B16 …

Live arrivals

Cycling

  • 59 bicycle racks within 820 feet

By car

The nearest highway entrance is the ramp to the Gowanus Expressway westbound at 7th Avenue, 1.4 miles by car along the streets.

  1. 1302 65th Street Gas station
    0.5 miles
  2. 5115 15th Avenue Charging for electric cars, six Level 2 chargers
    0.5 miles
  3. 1763 86th Street Fast charging for electric cars
    1.7 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.

  • 2 people injured
  • 0 people killed
  • 1 of those hurt, on foot

The most recent crash recorded here was in August 2025.

What the city has done here

  • Leading pedestrian interval, September 2017

About this corner

Where facts come from
ZIP code
11219
Community board
Brooklyn Community Board 12
City Council district
44
Police precinct
66
Neighborhood (City Planning area)
Borough Park
Elevation
54 feet above sea level

The streets

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

Homes

About 1,300 homes stand within 820 feet of this corner, a mix of apartment buildings and smaller houses. The buildings holding them mostly went up between 1923 and 1960.

Trees

NYC Parks records 36 trees within 330 feet; the most common is the thornless honeylocust.

Parking on the streets meeting here

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

The sign wording is DOT's, as recorded between May 2019 and August 2023, and the sign on the street decides.

East side of 13th Avenue

  • Metered parking 2 signs 2 HOUR METERED PARKING 8AM-7PM EXCEPT SUNDAY
  • Ambulances only 1 sign AMBULANCE ONLY 8AM-7PM ALL DAYS
  • No parking 2 signs NO PARKING MONDAY WEDNESDAY FRIDAY 7:30AM-8AM
  • No parking 2 signs NO PARKING THURSDAY 8:30AM-10AM

West side of 13th Avenue

  • Metered parking 2 signs 2 HOUR METERED PARKING 8:30AM-7PM EXCEPT SUNDAY
  • No parking 1 sign NO PARKING MONDAY 8:30AM-10AM
  • No parking 2 signs NO PARKING TUESDAY THURSDAY 8AM-8:30AM
  • No standing 1 sign NO STANDING SCHOOL DAYS 7AM-4PM

North side of 56th Street

  • No parking 7 signs NO PARKING MONDAY 8:30AM-10AM

South side of 56th Street

  • No parking 6 signs NO PARKING THURSDAY 8:30AM-10AM

ParkNYC pay-by-cell zones: 311985 and 320218.

Schools and places within a walk

How places are listed

Within a five-minute walk there are 41 public places.

  • 23 religious buildings
  • 12 day care or pre-K sites
  • 5 schools
  • 1 older adult center

Schools and child care

  1. Tiny Hearts Infant, toddler and preschool care, ages 0 to 5
    220 feet
  2. Guild for Exceptional Child-57th St School
    270 feet
  3. Hebrew Acad Spec Child 55th St Bklyn School
    450 feet
Show all 17
  1. Hebrew Academy for Special Children Preschool, ages 2 to 5
    480 feet
  2. Carrie Mastronardi Early Childhood Education Center Preschool, ages 2 to 5 · Pre-K
    520 feet
  3. Weehive Daycare Infant and toddler care, ages 0 to 2
    550 feet
  4. Nurtury 58 Infant, toddler and preschool care, ages 0 to 5
    590 feet
  5. B 'above Worldwide Institute Infant, toddler and preschool care, ages 0 to 5 · Pre-K
    820 feet
  6. Bnos Perel School
    900 feet
  7. Evalcare Preschool
    950 feet
  8. Talmud Torah Tiferes Bunim D'Munckacs School-based preschool, ages 3 to 5
    1,000 feet
  9. Yeshiva Chaim V ' Shulem Preschool, ages 2 to 5
    1,000 feet
  10. Yeshiva Tiferes Bunim School
    1,080 feet
  11. Torah Vyirah of Boro Park School
    1,160 feet
  12. Little Munchkins Playgroup 56 Infant, toddler and preschool care, ages 0 to 5
    1,240 feet
  13. Special Education Associates Preschool
    1,240 feet
  14. Mount Early Bloomers Preschool
    1,280 feet

Houses of worship

  1. St Frances de Chantal RC Church House of worship
    440 feet
  2. Shomrei Shabes Congregation House of worship
    750 feet
  3. Toras Chaim Congregation House of worship
    960 feet

Community centers and public services

  1. Older adult center at 5901 13th Avenue Older adult center
    900 feet

Bank branches

  1. Citibank Bank branch
    350 feet
  2. Santander Bank Bank branch
    890 feet
  3. Wells Fargo Bank branch
    1,310 feet

Food stores and places to eat

Within a five-minute walk there are 11 places to eat and 27 food stores.

Not on record for this corner: a designated landmark or historic district within 820 feet.

Nearby corners

The eight nearest of the 14 corners within a three-minute walk:

See every intersection along 13th Avenue or 56th Street.

Sources: NYC Technology and Innovation, NYPD, NYC DOT, MTA, NYS Environmental Conservation, NYC City Planning, US Department of Energy, NYC Parks, NYC Health, FDIC and NYS Agriculture and Markets, retrieved September 18 – October 6, 2026.