East 21st Street & Beverley Road

East 21st Street and Beverley Road meet at a four-way crossing in Flatbush, Brooklyn. Between 2021 and 2025, ten police-reported crashes were recorded here, against a median of seven crashes for a Brooklyn corner. Unity East Church Center is 560 feet away. The nearest subway, Beverley Rd, is about six minutes on foot, for the Q. Within a five-minute walk are 21 public places, 13 of them religious buildings, and 22 places to eat. About 2,900 homes stand within 820 feet, mostly built between 1922 and 1941, most in buildings of ten homes or more.

Safety record
7 hurt
10 police-reported crashes, 2021–2025
Nearest subway
Beverley Rd
0.3 miles · 6 min on foot · Q
Nearest bus stop
300 feet
Ocean Av/Beverly Rd · T464
Within a walk
21 places
13 religious buildings, 2 day care or pre-K sites and 5 more kinds, within five minutes

Map

Layers
East 21st Street & Beverley Road Nearby corners, linked

Getting there

How walks are measured

Subway

The nearest subway station is Beverley Rd, 0.3 miles from this corner, about six minutes on foot.

  1. Beverley Rd Q
    0.3 miles
    Q

Next trains at this station

Manhattan
1 line
  1. Q …
Southbound
1 line
  1. Q …

Also within a walk

  1. Cortelyou Rd Q
    0.4 miles
    Q

The MTA's permanent art catalog lists “Garden Stops” (1994) by Patsy Norvell at the Beverley Rd station.

Bus

The nearest bus stop is Ocean Av/Beverly Rd, 300 feet away, for the T464.

  • 9 routes within a ten-minute walk
  1. Ocean Av/Beverly Rd T464
    300 feet
    T464

Next buses at this stop

  1. T464 …

Live arrivals

Cycling

  • 39 bicycle racks within 820 feet
  • 4 more bike-share stations within a five-minute walk

Nearest bike-share station

  1. Beverley Rd & Flatbush Ave 30 docks in all
    240 feet

By car

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

  1. 1261 Flatbush Avenue Gas station
    0.5 miles
  2. 123 Linden Boulevard Charging for electric cars, 20 Level 2 chargers
    0.8 miles
  3. 2699 Nostrand Avenue Fast charging for electric cars
    2.1 miles

Safety record

How crashes are counted

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

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

The most recent crash recorded here was in May 2026.

About this corner

Where facts come from
ZIP code
11226
Community board
Brooklyn Community Board 14
City Council district
40
Police precinct
70
Neighborhood (City Planning area)
Flatbush
Elevation
32 feet above sea level

The streets

  • Up to two travel lanes
  • One of the streets is one-way

Homes

About 2,900 homes stand within 820 feet of this corner, most of them in buildings of ten homes or more. The buildings holding them mostly went up between 1922 and 1941.

Since 2014 at least 15 new affordable homes have been completed within 820 feet.

Trees

NYC Parks records 41 trees within 330 feet; the most common is the dawn redwood.

Parking on the streets meeting here

How signs are read
  • 23 signs on these blocks
  • 7 different rules
  • 1 active meter
  • 1 pay-by-cell zone

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

North side of Beverley Road

  • Metered parking 2 signs 2 HOUR METERED PARKING 8AM-7PM EXCEPT SUNDAY
  • No parking 1 sign NO PARKING ANYTIME
  • No parking 7 signs NO PARKING MONDAY THURSDAY 11:30AM-1PM

South side of Beverley Road

  • No parking 3 signs NO PARKING TUESDAY FRIDAY 11:30AM-1PM
  • No standing 1 sign NO STANDING ANYTIME

East side of East 21st Street

  • No parking 6 signs NO PARKING TUESDAY FRIDAY 11:30AM-1PM

West side of East 21st Street

  • No parking 3 signs NO PARKING MONDAY THURSDAY 11:30AM-1PM

ParkNYC pay-by-cell zone: 333375.

Schools and places within a walk

How places are listed

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

  • 13 religious buildings
  • 2 day care or pre-K sites
  • 2 schools
  • 1 listed historic place
  • 1 older adult center
  • 2 other places

Schools and child care

  1. Starting Point Serv - St. Marks School
    160 feet
  2. St. Mark's Umc Head Start Center Preschool, ages 2 to 5 · Pre-K
    180 feet
  3. Global Health Care Training Centre,i Trade or language school
    720 feet
Show all 5
  1. B'Above Worldwide Institute Preschool, ages 2 to 5 · Pre-K
    1,020 feet
  2. P.S. 245 School
    1,230 feet

Libraries, museums and history

  1. Church of the Holy Innocents Listed historic place
    1,070 feet

Theaters, arts and venues

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

Houses of worship

  1. St Marks Church United Methodist House of worship
    180 feet
  2. Unity East Church Center House of worship
    560 feet
  3. Fernande Valme Ministries House of worship
    760 feet
Show all 6
  1. Salem Missionary Baptist Church House of worship
    810 feet
  2. Jehovahs Witnesses Cortelyou Rd House of worship
    1,230 feet
  3. Pentecostal Church of God Bibleway House of worship
    1,270 feet

Community centers and public services

  1. Older adult center at 261 East 21st Street Older adult center
    1,260 feet

Supermarkets

  1. Food Bazaar Supermarket
    830 feet
  2. Key Food Supermarket
    0.4 miles

Pharmacies

  1. Duane Reade Pharmacy
    0.4 miles

Other stores

  1. Target Store
    0.4 miles
  2. Dollar Tree Store
    0.5 miles

Food stores and places to eat

Within a five-minute walk there are 22 places to eat and 17 food stores.

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

Nearby corners

The eight nearest of the 11 corners within a three-minute walk:

See every intersection along Beverley Road or East 21st Street.

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, NYC Parks, NYC Health, NYS Agriculture and Markets and USDA, retrieved September 18 – October 6, 2026.