Avenue M & East 55th Street
Avenue M and East 55th Street meet at a four-way crossing in Flatlands, Brooklyn. Between 2021 and 2025, six police-reported crashes were recorded here, fewer than the median of seven crashes for a Brooklyn corner. P.S. 203 Floyd Bennett School is 1,000 feet away. The nearest bus stop, Avenue N/E 55 St, is 970 feet away for the B41, and six bus routes stop within a ten-minute walk. Within a five-minute walk are four public places, three of them religious buildings, and eight places to eat.
Map
Getting there
How walks are measuredBus
The nearest bus stop is Avenue N/E 55 St, 970 feet away, for the B41.
- 6 routes within a ten-minute walk
- Avenue N/E 55 St B41970 feetB41
Next buses at this stop
- B41 …
By car
The nearest highway entrance is the ramp to the Belt Parkway westbound at Flatbush Avenue & Belt Parkway, 1.9 miles by car along the streets.
- 1982 Utica Avenue Gas station0.4 miles
- 2143 Flatbush Avenue Charging for electric cars, two fast chargers0.8 miles
Safety record
How crashes are countedBetween 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
The most recent crash recorded here was in October 2024.
About this corner
Where facts come from- ZIP code
- 11234
- Community board
- Brooklyn Community Board 18
- City Council district
- 46
- Police precinct
- 63
- Neighborhood (City Planning area)
- Flatlands
- Elevation
- 14 feet above sea level
The streets
- Up to two travel lanes
- Two of the streets are one-way
Homes
About 900 homes stand within 820 feet of this corner, almost all of them in houses of one or two. The buildings holding them mostly went up between 1920 and 1950.
Trees
NYC Parks records 26 trees within 330 feet; the most common is the London planetree.
Schools and places within a walk
How places are listedFour public places are within a five-minute walk.
- 3 religious buildings
- 1 school
Schools and child care
- P.S. 203 Floyd Bennett School1,000 feet
Houses of worship
- Mary Queen Heaven Church House of worship420 feet
Supermarkets
- Key Food Supermarket0.3 miles
Pharmacies
- CVS Pharmacy0.3 miles
- Duane Reade Pharmacy0.3 miles
Other stores
- Family Dollar Store0.4 miles
Shopping centers
- Georgetowne Shopping Center Shopping center0.4 miles
Food stores and places to eat
Within a five-minute walk there are eight 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 parking sign or meter on the blocks meeting here
- A designated landmark or historic district within 820 feet
Nearby corners
The eight nearest corners on foot, seven of them within a three-minute walk:
- Avenue M & East 54th Street 260 feet
- Avenue M & East 56th Street 270 feet
- Avenue M & East 53rd Street 530 feet
- Avenue M & East 57th Street 540 feet
- Avenue M & East 52nd Street 800 feet
- Avenue M & East 58th Street 800 feet
- Avenue L & East 55th Street 810 feet
- Avenue N & East 55th Street 880 feet
See every intersection along Avenue M or East 55th Street.