East 55th Street & Beverley Road

East 55th Street and Beverley Road meet at a four-way crossing in East Flatbush-Rugby, Brooklyn. Between 2021 and 2025, two police-reported crashes were recorded here, fewer than the median of seven crashes for a Brooklyn corner. Brooklyn Science and Engineering Academy is 620 feet away. The nearest bus stop, Kings Hwy/Beverly Rd, is 160 feet away for the B7 and B8, and five bus routes stop within a ten-minute walk. Within a five-minute walk are three public places, two of them schools, and two places to eat.

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East 55th Street & Beverley Road Nearby corners, linked

Bus

The nearest bus stop is Kings Hwy/Beverly Rd, 160 feet away, for the B7 and B8.

  • 5 routes within a ten-minute walk
  1. Kings Hwy/Beverly Rd B7, B8
    160 feet
    B7 B8

Next buses at this stop

  1. B7 …
  2. B8 …

Live arrivals

Cycling

Nearest bike-share station

  1. Beverley Rd & E 49 St 22 docks in all
    0.3 miles

By car

The nearest highway entrance is the ramp to the Belt Parkway westbound at Shore Parkway, 2.9 miles by car along the streets.

  1. 1141 Utica Avenue Gas station
    0.4 miles
  2. 5523 Glenwood Road Charging for electric cars, ten Level 2 chargers
    1 mile
  3. 1389 Rockaway Parkway Fast charging for electric cars
    1.6 miles

Between 2021 and 2025, police reported two crashes at this corner, fewer than the median of seven crashes for a Brooklyn corner. Nobody was hurt.

The most recent crash recorded here was in September 2024.

About this corner

Where facts come from
ZIP code
11203
Community board
Brooklyn Community Board 17
City Council district
45
Police precinct
67
Neighborhood (City Planning area)
East Flatbush-Rugby
Elevation
23 feet above sea level

The streets

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

Homes

About 800 homes stand within 820 feet of this corner, a mix of apartment buildings and smaller houses. The buildings holding them mostly went up between 1925 and 1950.

Trees

NYC Parks records 75 trees within 330 feet; the most common is the pin oak.

Parking on the streets meeting here

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

The sign wording is DOT's, as recorded between September 2014 and June 2021, and the sign on the street decides.

North side of Beverley Road

  • No parking 2 signs NO PARKING TUESDAY FRIDAY 11AM-12:30PM
  • No standing 1 sign NO STANDING ANYTIME

South side of Beverley Road

  • No parking 3 signs NO PARKING MONDAY THURSDAY 11AM-12:30PM

East side of East 55th Street

  • No parking 4 signs NO PARKING TUESDAY FRIDAY 11AM-12:30PM

Schools and places within a walk

How places are listed

Three public places are within a five-minute walk.

  • 2 schools
  • 1 listed historic place

Schools and child care

  1. Brooklyn Science and Engineering Academy School
    620 feet
  2. P.S. 244 Richard R. Green School
    620 feet

Libraries, museums and history

  1. Robinson, John Roosevelt Jackie" Listed historic place
    1,170 feet

Food stores and places to eat

Within a five-minute walk there are two places to eat.

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 designated landmark or historic district within 820 feet

Nearby corners

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

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 and NYS Agriculture and Markets, retrieved September 18 – October 6, 2026.