East 65th Street & 56th Drive

East 65th Street and 56th Drive meet at a four-way crossing in Marine Park-Mill Basin-Bergen Beach, Brooklyn. Between 2021 and 2025, one police-reported crash was recorded here, fewer than the median of seven crashes for a Brooklyn corner. The nearest bus stop, 56 Dr/E 66 St, is 220 feet away for the B100 and BM1. Within a five-minute walk are one public place and one place to eat. About 700 homes stand within 820 feet, mostly built between 1960 and 1965, almost all in houses of one or two.

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East 65th Street & 56th Drive Nearby corners, linked

Bus

The nearest bus stop is 56 Dr/E 66 St, 220 feet away, for the B100 and BM1.

  • 2 routes within a ten-minute walk
  1. 56 Dr/E 66 St B100, BM1
    220 feet
    B100 BM1

Next buses at this stop

  1. B100 …
  2. BM1 …

Live arrivals

By car

The nearest highway entrance is the ramp to the Belt Parkway westbound at Flatbush Avenue & Belt Parkway, 2.3 miles by car along the streets.

  1. 6201 Avenue U Gas station
    0.8 miles
  2. 2143 Flatbush Avenue Charging for electric cars, two fast chargers
    1.9 miles

Between 2021 and 2025, police reported one crash at this corner, fewer than the median of seven crashes for a Brooklyn corner. Nobody was hurt.

The most recent crash recorded here was in April 2026.

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)
Marine Park-Mill Basin-Bergen Beach
Elevation
9 feet above sea level

The streets

  • Up to two travel lanes

Homes

About 700 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 1960 and 1965.

Trees

NYC Parks records 61 trees within 330 feet; the most common is the London planetree.

Schools and places within a walk

How places are listed

One public place is within a five-minute walk.

  • 1 day care or pre-K site

Schools and child care

  1. Mill Basin Daycare Center Pre-K
    1,170 feet

Shopping centers

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

Food stores and places to eat

Within a five-minute walk there is one place to eat.

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, seven of them within a three-minute walk:

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