East 55th Street & Avenue O
East 55th Street and Avenue O meet at a four-way crossing in Flatlands, Brooklyn. Between 2021 and 2025, four police-reported crashes were recorded here, fewer than the median of seven crashes for a Brooklyn corner. The nearest bus stop, Fillmore Av/E 55 St, is 800 feet away for the B100, 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 1925 and 1955, almost all in houses of one or two.
Map
Getting there
How walks are measuredBus
The nearest bus stop is Fillmore Av/E 55 St, 800 feet away, for the B100.
- 10 routes within a ten-minute walk
- Fillmore Av/E 55 St B100800 feetB100
Next buses at this stop
- B100 …
By car
The nearest highway entrance is the ramp to the Belt Parkway westbound at Flatbush Avenue & Belt Parkway, 1.6 miles by car along the streets.
- 2255 Flatbush Avenue Gas station0.5 miles
- 2143 Flatbush Avenue Charging for electric cars, two fast chargers0.8 miles
Safety record
How crashes are countedBetween 2021 and 2025, police reported four crashes at this corner, fewer than the median of seven crashes for a Brooklyn corner.
- 6 people injured
- 0 people killed
The most recent crash recorded here was in March 2026.
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
- 10 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 1925 and 1955.
Since 2014 at least 4 new affordable homes have been completed within 820 feet.
Trees
NYC Parks records 35 trees within 330 feet; the most common is the London planetree.
Places within a walk
How places are listedOne public place is within a five-minute walk.
- 1 religious building
Supermarkets
- Key Food Supermarket0.3 miles
Pharmacies
- Walgreens Pharmacy0.5 miles
Shopping centers
- Kings Plaza Shopping Center Shopping center0.4 miles
- Mill Basin Plaza Shopping center0.4 miles
Food stores and places to eat
Within a five-minute walk there are five places to eat and two 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 of the 9 corners within a three-minute walk:
- East 54th Street & Avenue O 260 feet
- East 56th Street & Avenue O 270 feet
- East 53rd Street & Avenue O 530 feet
- East 55th Street & Mill Lane 540 feet
- East 57th Street & Avenue O 540 feet
- East 56th Street & Mill Lane 690 feet
- East 55th Street & Fillmore Avenue 780 feet
- East 52nd Street & Avenue O 800 feet
See every intersection along Avenue O or East 55th Street.