East 56th Street & Whitty Lane
East 56th Street and Whitty Lane meet at a three-way junction in Flatlands, Brooklyn. The corner has a clean safety record in city data between 2021 and 2025. Harry Maze Playground is 790 feet away. The nearest bus stop, Kings Hwy/Foster Av, is 740 feet away for the B7, and five bus routes stop within a ten-minute walk. Within a five-minute walk are four public places. About 400 homes stand within 820 feet, mostly built between 1940 and 1952, a mix of apartment buildings and smaller houses.
Map
Getting there
How walks are measuredBus
The nearest bus stop is Kings Hwy/Foster Av, 740 feet away, for the B7.
- 5 routes within a ten-minute walk
- Kings Hwy/Foster Av B7740 feetB7
Next buses at this stop
- B7 …
By car
- 1141 Utica Avenue Gas station0.6 miles
- 5523 Glenwood Road Charging for electric cars, ten Level 2 chargers1 mile
- 1389 Rockaway Parkway Fast charging for electric cars1.7 miles
Safety record
How crashes are countedNo police-reported crashes between 2021 and 2025, against a median of seven crashes for a Brooklyn corner.
The most recent crash recorded here was in October 2016.
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)
- Flatlands
- Elevation
- 15 feet above sea level
The streets
- Up to two travel lanes
Homes
About 400 homes stand within 820 feet of this corner, a mix of apartment buildings and smaller houses. The buildings holding them mostly went up between 1940 and 1952.
Trees
NYC Parks records 22 trees within 330 feet; the most common is the London planetree.
Schools, parks and places within a walk
How places are listedFour public places are within a five-minute walk.
- 1 day care or pre-K site
- 1 playground
- 1 religious building
- 1 school
Schools and child care
- Ebenezer Prep School1,180 feet
- Ebenezer Preparatory School /Ebenezer Preparatory School School-based preschool, ages 3 to 51,220 feet
Parks, playgrounds and gardens
- Harry Maze Playground790 feet
Houses of worship
- Bible Speaks Church of Christ House of worship940 feet
Other stores
- Dollar Tree Store0.5 miles
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 corners on foot, two of them within a three-minute walk:
- East 56th Street & Avenue D 730 feet
- Kings Highway & Foster Avenue 780 feet
- Foster Avenue & East 53rd Street 900 feet
- Avenue D & East 55th Street 1,000 feet
- East 57th Street & Avenue D 1,010 feet
- Foster Avenue & East 52nd Street 1,160 feet
- Kings Highway & Avenue D 1,240 feet
- Avenue D & East 54th Street 1,270 feet
See every intersection along East 56th Street.