East 59th Street & Mill Lane

East 59th Street and Mill Lane meet at a three-way junction in Flatlands, Brooklyn. The corner has a clean safety record in city data between 2021 and 2025. The Engine 323 firehouse is 1,120 feet away. The nearest bus stop, Ralph Av/Mill Av, is 320 feet away for the B47, and six bus routes stop within a ten-minute walk. Within a five-minute walk are three public places and 18 places to eat. About 600 homes stand within 820 feet, mostly built between 1925 and 1955, almost all in houses of one or two.

Safety record
No crashes
0 police-reported crashes, 2021–2025
Nearest highway entrance
Belt Parkway
1.7 miles by car along the streets
Nearest bus stop
320 feet
Ralph Av/Mill Av · B47
Within a walk
3 places
1 day care or pre-K site, 1 fire station and 1 more kind, within five minutes

Map

Layers
East 59th Street & Mill Lane Nearby corners, linked

Getting there

How walks are measured

Bus

The nearest bus stop is Ralph Av/Mill Av, 320 feet away, for the B47.

  • 6 routes within a ten-minute walk
  1. Ralph Av/Mill Av B47
    320 feet
    B47

Next buses at this stop

  1. B47 …

Live arrivals

Cycling

  • 24 bicycle racks within 820 feet

By car

The nearest highway entrance is the ramp to the Belt Parkway westbound at Flatbush Avenue & Belt Parkway, 1.7 miles by car along the streets.

  1. 2317 Ralph Avenue Gas station
    0.3 miles
  2. 2143 Flatbush Avenue Charging for electric cars, two fast chargers
    1 mile

Safety record

How crashes are counted

No 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 July 2018.

About this corner

Where facts come from
ZIP code
11234
Community board
Brooklyn Community Board 18
City Council district
46
Police precinct
63
Neighborhood (City Planning area)
Flatlands
Elevation
10 feet above sea level

The streets

  • One travel lane
  • One of the streets is one-way

Homes

About 600 homes stand within 820 feet of this corner, almost all of them in houses of one or two. The buildings holding them mostly went up between 1925 and 1955.

Trees

Twelve trees recorded by NYC Parks stand within 330 feet; the most common is the London planetree.

Parking on the streets meeting here

How signs are read
  • 1 active meter
  • 1 pay-by-cell zone

Meters on the blocks meeting at this corner are posted as 2 hour passenger vehicles Monday to Saturday 9am to 7pm on East 59th Street (east side).

ParkNYC pay-by-cell zone: 319143.

Schools and places within a walk

How places are listed

Three public places are within a five-minute walk.

  • 1 day care or pre-K site
  • 1 fire station
  • 1 library

Schools and child care

  1. Kidz Korner Day Care Preschool, ages 2 to 5
    380 feet

Libraries, museums and history

  1. Mill Basin Library
    830 feet

Fire and police

  1. Engine 323 Fire station
    1,120 feet

Bank branches

  1. Chase Bank branch
    560 feet

Supermarkets

  1. Key Food Supermarket
    0.4 miles

Pharmacies

  1. CVS Pharmacy
    1,250 feet
  2. Duane Reade Pharmacy
    0.3 miles
  3. Walgreens Pharmacy
    0.4 miles

Shopping centers

  1. Mill Basin Plaza Shopping center
    0.4 miles
  2. Georgetowne Shopping Center Shopping center
    0.5 miles

Food stores and places to eat

Within a five-minute walk there are 18 places to eat and seven food stores.

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 10 corners within a three-minute walk:

See every intersection along East 59th Street or Mill Lane.

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