East 54th Street & Avenue O

East 54th Street and Avenue O meet at a four-way crossing in Flatlands, Brooklyn. Between 2021 and 2025, five police-reported crashes were recorded here, fewer than the median of seven crashes for a Brooklyn corner. The nearest bus stop, Avenue N/E 54 St, is 930 feet away for the B41, and ten bus routes stop within a ten-minute walk. Within a five-minute walk are one public place and five places to eat. About 800 homes stand within 820 feet, mostly built between 1920 and 1955, almost all in houses of one or two.

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East 54th Street & Avenue O Nearby corners, linked

Bus

The nearest bus stop is Avenue N/E 54 St, 930 feet away, for the B41.

  • 10 routes within a ten-minute walk
  1. Avenue N/E 54 St B41
    930 feet
    B41

Next buses at this stop

  1. B41 …

Live arrivals

Cycling

  • 1 bicycle rack within 820 feet

By car

The nearest highway entrance is the ramp to the Belt Parkway westbound at Flatbush Avenue & Belt Parkway, 1.5 miles by car along the streets.

  1. 2255 Flatbush Avenue Gas station
    0.5 miles
  2. 2143 Flatbush Avenue Charging for electric cars, two fast chargers
    0.7 miles

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

  • 5 people injured
  • 0 people killed

The most recent crash recorded here was in June 2023.

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
11 feet above sea level

The streets

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

Homes

About 800 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 1955.

Since 2014 at least 4 new affordable homes have been completed within 820 feet.

Trees

NYC Parks records 38 trees within 330 feet; the most common is the London planetree.

Parking on the streets meeting here

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

The sign wording is DOT's, as recorded between September 2017 and May 2020, and the sign on the street decides.

North side of Avenue O

  • No standing 1 sign NO STANDING ANYTIME

South side of Avenue O

  • No standing 1 sign NO STANDING ANYTIME

East side of East 54th Street

  • Metered parking 1 sign 2 HOUR METERED PARKING 9AM-7PM EXCEPT SUNDAY

West side of East 54th Street

  • Metered parking 1 sign 2 HOUR METERED PARKING 9AM-7PM EXCEPT SUNDAY

ParkNYC pay-by-cell zones: 319867 and 322598.

Places within a walk

How places are listed

One public place is within a five-minute walk.

  • 1 religious building

Supermarkets

  1. Key Food Supermarket
    0.3 miles
  2. Food Universe Supermarket
    0.5 miles

Pharmacies

  1. Walgreens Pharmacy
    0.4 miles

Shopping centers

  1. Kings Plaza Shopping Center Shopping center
    0.4 miles
  2. Mill Basin Plaza Shopping center
    0.5 miles

Food stores and places to eat

Within a five-minute walk there are five places to eat and three 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:

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