East 55th Street & Clarendon Road

East 55th Street and Clarendon Road meet at a three-way junction 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. Nazareth Regional High School is 1,060 feet away, and Wyckoff House Museum is 1,300 feet away. The nearest bus stop, Kings Hwy/Clarendon Rd, is 90 feet away for the B7 and B8, and five bus routes stop within a ten-minute walk. Within a five-minute walk are ten public places, four of them schools, and four places to eat.

Safety record
3 hurt
2 police-reported crashes, 2021–2025
Nearest highway entrance
Belt Parkway
2.9 miles by car along the streets
Nearest bus stop
90 feet
Kings Hwy/Clarendon Rd · B7, B8
Within a walk
10 places
4 schools, 2 religious buildings and 4 more kinds, within five minutes

Map

Layers
East 55th Street & Clarendon Road Nearby corners, linked

Getting there

How walks are measured

Bus

The nearest bus stop is Kings Hwy/Clarendon Rd, 90 feet away, for the B7 and B8.

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

Next buses at this stop

  1. B7 …
  2. B8 …

Live arrivals

Cycling

A marked bike lane runs on Clarendon Road.

Nearest bike-share station

  1. Beverley Rd & E 49 St 22 docks in all
    0.4 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
    0.3 miles
  2. 5523 Glenwood Road Charging for electric cars, ten Level 2 chargers
    0.9 miles
  3. 1389 Rockaway Parkway Fast charging for electric cars
    1.5 miles

Safety record

How crashes are counted

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

  • 3 people injured
  • 0 people killed

The most recent crash recorded here was in February 2023.

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
22 feet above sea level

The streets

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

Homes

About 900 homes stand within 820 feet of this corner, a mix of apartment buildings and smaller houses. The buildings holding them mostly went up between 1935 and 1955.

Trees

NYC Parks records 45 trees within 330 feet; the most common is the pin oak.

Parking on the streets meeting here

How signs are read
  • 29 signs on these blocks
  • 8 different rules

The sign wording is DOT's, as recorded between February 2016 and May 2022, and the sign on the street decides.

North side of Clarendon Road

  • No parking 5 signs NO PARKING MONDAY THURSDAY 11AM-12:30PM

South side of Clarendon Road

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

East side of East 55th Street

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

West side of East 55th Street

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

East side of Kings Highway

  • No parking 4 signs NO PARKING TUESDAY FRIDAY 11AM-12:30PM
  • No standing 2 signs NO STANDING ANYTIME

West side of Kings Highway

  • No parking 8 signs NO PARKING MONDAY THURSDAY 11AM-12:30PM

Schools, parks and places within a walk

How places are listed

Ten public places are within a five-minute walk.

  • 4 schools
  • 2 religious buildings
  • 1 day care or pre-K site
  • 1 listed historic place
  • 1 museum
  • 1 playground

Schools and child care

  1. Ebenezer Preparatory School /Ebenezer Preparatory School School-based preschool, ages 3 to 5
    1,030 feet
  2. Birch Family Services - Nazareth Ctr School
    1,060 feet
  3. Ivy Hill Preparatory Charter School
    1,060 feet
Show all 5
  1. Nazareth Regional High School
    1,060 feet
  2. Ebenezer Prep School
    1,270 feet

Parks, playgrounds and gardens

  1. Harry Maze Playground
    660 feet

Libraries, museums and history

  1. Pieter Wyckoff House Listed historic place
    1,290 feet
  2. Wyckoff House Museum
    1,300 feet

Supermarkets

  1. Good Food for Less Supermarket
    0.4 miles

Other stores

  1. Dollar Tree Store
    0.4 miles

Food stores and places to eat

Within a five-minute walk there are four places to eat and one food store.

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

See every intersection along Clarendon Road or East 55th Street.

Sources: NYC Technology and Innovation, NYPD, MTA, NYC DOT, NYC City Planning, New York City's bike-share system, NYS Environmental Conservation, US Department of Energy, NYC Parks, NYC Health, NYS Agriculture and Markets and USDA, retrieved September 18 – October 6, 2026.