East 55th Street & Tilden Avenue
East 55th Street and Tilden Avenue meet at a four-way crossing in East Flatbush-Rugby, Brooklyn. Between 2021 and 2025, 14 police-reported crashes were recorded here, against a median of seven crashes for a Brooklyn corner. Brooklyn Science and Engineering Academy is 270 feet away. The nearest bus stop, Kings Hwy/Tilden Av, is 330 feet away for the B7, and seven bus routes stop within a ten-minute walk. Within a five-minute walk are eight public places, five of them schools. About 1,000 homes stand within 820 feet, mostly built between 1925 and 1945, a mix of apartment buildings and smaller houses.
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Getting there
How walks are measuredBus
The nearest bus stop is Kings Hwy/Tilden Av, 330 feet away, for the B7.
- 7 routes within a ten-minute walk
- Kings Hwy/Tilden Av B7330 feetB7
Next buses at this stop
- B7 …
Cycling
Nearest bike-share station
- E 48 St & Tilden Ave 28 docks in all0.4 miles
By car
The nearest highway entrance is the ramp to the Jackie Robinson Parkway eastbound at Jamaica Avenue & J Robinson Parkway, 2.9 miles by car along the streets.
- 5802 Church Avenue Gas station0.4 miles
- 1235 Linden Boulevard Charging for electric cars, four Level 2 chargers0.9 miles
- 1389 Rockaway Parkway Fast charging for electric cars1.6 miles
Safety record
How crashes are countedBetween 2021 and 2025, police reported 14 crashes at this corner, more than the median of seven crashes for a Brooklyn corner.
- 11 people injured
- 0 people killed
The most recent crash recorded here was in February 2026.
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
- 28 feet above sea level
The streets
- Up to two travel lanes
- One of the streets is one-way
Homes
About 1,000 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 1945.
Trees
NYC Parks records 46 trees within 330 feet; the most common is the pin oak.
Parking on the streets meeting here
How signs are read- 30 signs on these blocks
- 6 different rules
The sign wording is DOT's, as recorded between October 2017 and June 2021, and the sign on the street decides.
East side of East 55th Street
- No parking 8 signs NO PARKING TUESDAY FRIDAY 11AM-12:30PM
West side of East 55th Street
- No parking 9 signs NO PARKING MONDAY THURSDAY 11AM-12:30PM
- No standing 3 signs NO STANDING SCHOOL DAYS 7AM-4PM
North side of Tilden Avenue
- No parking 4 signs NO PARKING MONDAY THURSDAY 11AM-12:30PM
South side of Tilden Avenue
- No parking 4 signs NO PARKING TUESDAY FRIDAY 11AM-12:30PM
- No standing 2 signs NO STANDING SCHOOL DAYS 7AM-4PM
Schools and places within a walk
How places are listedEight public places are within a five-minute walk.
- 5 schools
- 2 day care or pre-K sites
- 1 listed historic place
Schools and child care
- Brooklyn Science and Engineering Academy School270 feet
- P.S. 244 Richard R. Green School270 feet
- Oholei Torah School-based preschool, ages 3 to 51,010 feet
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- Yeled V'Yalda Early Childhood Center Preschool, ages 2 to 5 · Pre-K1,010 feet
- Cultural Academy for the Arts and Sciences School1,020 feet
- It Takes a Village Academy School1,020 feet
- Kurt Hahn Expeditionary Learning School1,020 feet
Libraries, museums and history
- Robinson, John Roosevelt Jackie" Listed historic place630 feet
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 9 corners within a three-minute walk:
- East 54th Street & Tilden Avenue 260 feet
- Kings Highway & Tilden Avenue 260 feet
- East 53rd Street & Tilden Avenue 530 feet
- East 57th Street & Tilden Avenue 540 feet
- East 55th Street & Beverley Road 680 feet
- East 55th Street & Snyder Avenue 710 feet
- Kings Highway & Beverley Road 790 feet
- East 58th Street & Tilden Avenue 800 feet
See every intersection along East 55th Street or Tilden Avenue.