East 2nd Street & Beverley Road

East 2nd Street and Beverley Road meet at a four-way crossing in Kensington, Brooklyn. Between 2021 and 2025, ten police-reported crashes were recorded here, against a median of seven crashes for a Brooklyn corner. P.S. 179 Kensington is 1,110 feet away. The nearest subway, Church Av, is about a minute on foot, for the F and G. Within a five-minute walk are eight public places, two of them pedestrian plazas, and 25 places to eat. About 1,600 homes stand within 820 feet, mostly built between 1920 and 1931, a mix of apartment buildings and smaller houses.

Safety record
5 hurt
10 police-reported crashes, 2021–2025
Nearest subway
Church Av
330 feet · 1 min on foot · F, G
Nearest bus stop
350 feet
Church Av/E 3 St · B35
Within a walk
8 places
2 pedestrian plazas, 2 religious buildings and 3 more kinds, within five minutes

Map

Layers
East 2nd Street & Beverley Road Nearby corners, linked

Getting there

How walks are measured

Subway

The nearest subway station is Church Av, 330 feet from this corner, about a minute on foot.

  • 2 lines at the nearest station
  1. Church Av F, G
    330 feet
    F G

Next trains at this station

Northbound
2 lines
  1. F …
  2. G …
Southbound
2 lines
  1. F …
  2. G …

Also within a walk

  1. Ditmas Av F
    0.5 miles
    F

Bus

The nearest bus stop is Church Av/E 3 St, 350 feet away, for the B35.

  • 9 routes within a ten-minute walk
  1. Church Av/E 3 St B35
    350 feet
    B35

Next buses at this stop

  1. B35 …

Live arrivals

Cycling

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

Nearest bike-share station

  1. Church Ave & McDonald Ave 29 docks in all
    320 feet

By car

The nearest highway entrance is the ramp to the Prospect Expressway westbound at 11th Avenue & 18th Street, 0.9 miles by car along the streets.

  1. 1 Cortelyou Road Gas station
    0.4 miles
  2. 581 Ocean Parkway Charging for electric cars, 13 Level 2 chargers
    1 mile
  3. 1763 86th Street Fast charging for electric cars
    2.9 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.

  • 5 people injured
  • 0 people killed
  • 4 of those hurt, on foot

The most recent crash recorded here was in February 2026.

About this corner

Where facts come from
ZIP code
11218
Community board
Brooklyn Community Board 12
City Council district
39
Police precinct
66
Neighborhood (City Planning area)
Kensington
Elevation
53 feet above sea level

The streets

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

Homes

About 1,600 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 49 trees within 330 feet; the most common is the maidenhair tree.

Parking on the streets meeting here

How signs are read
  • 5 signs on these blocks
  • 4 different rules

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

North side of Beverley Road

  • No parking 1 sign NO PARKING ANYTIME
  • No parking 1 sign NO PARKING WEDNESDAY 11:30AM-1PM

South side of Beverley Road

  • No parking 2 signs NO PARKING TUESDAY 11:30AM-1PM

East side of East 2nd Street

  • No standing 1 sign NO STANDING ANYTIME

Schools and places within a walk

How places are listed

Eight public places are within a five-minute walk.

  • 2 pedestrian plazas
  • 2 religious buildings
  • 2 schools
  • 1 day care or pre-K site
  • 1 post office

Schools and child care

  1. Yeshivat Shaare Torah Preschool School-based preschool, ages 3 to 5 · Pre-K
    1,060 feet
  2. P.S. 179 Kensington School
    1,110 feet
  3. Shaare Torah Elementary School-Girls School
    1,160 feet

Plazas and public spaces

  1. Kensington Plaza Pedestrian plaza
    140 feet
  2. Avenue C Plaza Pedestrian plaza
    1,180 feet

Houses of worship

  1. Flatbush Jewish Center House of worship
    1,060 feet

Community centers and public services

  1. Kensington Post Office Listed historic place
    450 feet

Bank branches

  1. Santander Bank Bank branch
    300 feet

Supermarkets

  1. Met Fresh Supermarket
    510 feet
  2. Foodtown Supermarket
    1,140 feet

Pharmacies

  1. Walgreens Pharmacy
    260 feet

Food stores and places to eat

Within a five-minute walk there are 25 places to eat and 32 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 9 corners within a three-minute walk:

See every intersection along Beverley Road or East 2nd 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 Parks, NYC Health, FDIC, NYS Agriculture and Markets and USDA, retrieved September 18 – October 6, 2026.