East 56th Street & Avenue H

East 56th Street and Avenue H meet at a four-way crossing in Flatlands, Brooklyn, at the edge of NYCHA's Glenwood development. Between 2021 and 2025, 16 police-reported crashes were recorded here, against a median of seven crashes for a Brooklyn corner. In 2025, 340 school-zone speed camera tickets were recorded here. Paerdegat Library is 970 feet away. The nearest bus stop, Avenue H/E 56 St, is 50 feet away for the B6, B103 and BM2. Within a five-minute walk are eight public places, three of them religious buildings, and four places to eat.

Safety record
10 hurt
16 police-reported crashes, 2021–2025
Nearest highway entrance
Belt Parkway
2.5 miles by car along the streets
Nearest bus stop
50 feet
Avenue H/E 56 St · B6, B103, BM2
Within a walk
8 places
3 religious buildings, 1 library and 4 more kinds, within five minutes

Map

Layers
East 56th Street & Avenue H Nearby corners, linked

Getting there

How walks are measured

Bus

The nearest bus stop is Avenue H/E 56 St, 50 feet away, for the B6, B103 and BM2.

  • 9 routes within a ten-minute walk
  1. Avenue H/E 56 St B6, B103, BM2
    50 feet
    B6 B103 BM2

Next buses at this stop

  1. B6 …
  2. B103 …
  3. BM2 …

Live arrivals

Cycling

A marked bike lane runs on East 56th Street.

  • 3 bicycle racks within 820 feet

By car

The nearest highway entrance is the ramp to the Belt Parkway westbound at Shore Parkway, 2.5 miles by car along the streets.

  1. 5828 Flatlands Avenue Gas station
    0.3 miles
  2. 5523 Glenwood Road Charging for electric cars, ten Level 2 chargers
    990 feet
  3. 2143 Flatbush Avenue Fast charging for electric cars
    1.4 miles

Safety record

How crashes are counted

Between 2021 and 2025, police reported 16 crashes at this corner, more than the median of seven crashes for a Brooklyn corner.

  • 10 people injured
  • 0 people killed
  • 1 of those hurt, on foot
  • 2 of those hurt, on a bike

The most recent crash recorded here was in May 2026.

What the city has done here

  • Accessible pedestrian signal, March 2026

Camera tickets

How tickets are counted

In 2025, 340 school-zone speed camera tickets were issued for violations recorded at this corner, the 1,406th most of the 1,957 corners in the city where any were issued.

In 2026 so far, through August 27, 190 more were issued.

Every corner with speed camera tickets

About this corner

Where facts come from
ZIP code
11234
Community board
Brooklyn Community Board 18
City Council district
45
Police precinct
63
Neighborhood (City Planning area)
Flatlands
Elevation
16 feet above sea level

The streets

  • Up to two travel lanes

Homes

About 1,800 homes stand within 820 feet of this corner, a mix of apartment buildings and smaller houses. The buildings holding them mostly went up between 1948 and 1950.

The corner stands at the edge of NYCHA's Glenwood development.

Trees

NYC Parks records 27 trees within 330 feet; the most common is the London planetree.

Parking on the streets meeting here

How signs are read
  • 49 signs on these blocks
  • 11 different rules

The sign wording is DOT's, as recorded between January 2018 and May 2025, and the sign on the street decides.

North side of Avenue H

  • Back-in parking only 5 signs BACK IN ANGLE PARKING ONLY
  • No parking 6 signs NO PARKING MONDAY 11:30AM-1PM
  • No parking 2 signs NO PARKING MONDAY-FRIDAY 8AM-4PM
  • No standing 3 signs NO STANDING ANYTIME

South side of Avenue H

  • No parking 3 signs NO PARKING TUESDAY 11:30AM-1PM

East side of East 56th Street

  • Back-in parking only 6 signs BACK IN 90 DEG PARKING ONLY
  • No parking 6 signs NO PARKING TUESDAY 11:30AM-1PM
  • No parking 5 signs NO PARKING TUESDAY 9:30AM-11AM
  • No standing 2 signs NO STANDING ANYTIME

West side of East 56th Street

  • No parking 5 signs NO PARKING MONDAY 11:30AM-1PM
  • No parking 6 signs NO PARKING MONDAY 9:30AM-11AM

Schools, parks and places within a walk

How places are listed

Eight public places are within a five-minute walk.

  • 3 religious buildings
  • 1 library
  • 1 older adult center
  • 1 playground
  • 1 school
  • 1 swimming pool

Schools and child care

  1. P.S. 251 Paerdegat School
    1,070 feet

Parks, playgrounds and gardens

  1. Fox Playground
    320 feet

Libraries, museums and history

  1. Paerdegat Library
    970 feet

Community centers and public services

  1. Fox Playground Mini Pool Swimming pool
    360 feet
  2. Older adult center at 5701 Avenue H Older adult center
    420 feet

Supermarkets

  1. Key Food Supermarket
    0.3 miles
  2. Foodtown Supermarket
    0.4 miles

Pharmacies

  1. CVS Pharmacy
    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 five food stores.

Not on record for this corner: a subway entrance within a ten-minute walk and a designated landmark or historic district within 820 feet.

Nearby corners

The eight corners within a three-minute walk:

See every intersection along Avenue H or East 56th Street.

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