National Drive & 56th Drive
National Drive 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. Four Sparrow Marsh is 600 feet away. The nearest bus stop, E 66 St/56 Dr, is 860 feet away for the B100 and BM1. Within a five-minute walk are two public places. About 110 homes stand within 820 feet, mostly built between 1965 and 1970, almost all in houses of one or two.
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Getting there
How walks are measuredBus
The nearest bus stop is E 66 St/56 Dr, 860 feet away, for the B100 and BM1.
- 2 routes within a ten-minute walk
- E 66 St/56 Dr B100, BM1860 feetB100 BM1
Next buses at this stop
- B100 …
- BM1 …
By car
The nearest highway entrance is the ramp to the Belt Parkway westbound at Flatbush Avenue & Belt Parkway, 2.5 miles by car along the streets.
- 6201 Avenue U Gas station1 mile
- 2143 Flatbush Avenue Charging for electric cars, two fast chargers2.1 miles
Safety record
How crashes are countedBetween 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 February 2024.
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
- 11 feet above sea level
The streets
- Up to two travel lanes
Homes
About 110 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 1965 and 1970.
Trees
NYC Parks records 32 trees within 330 feet; the most common is the London planetree.
Schools, parks and places within a walk
How places are listedTwo public places are within a five-minute walk.
- 1 day care or pre-K site
- 1 nature area
Schools and child care
- Mill Basin Daycare Center Pre-K1,290 feet
Parks, playgrounds and gardens
- Four Sparrow Marsh Nature area600 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 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, four of them within a three-minute walk:
- 56th Drive & Arkansas Drive 250 feet
- Whitman Drive & 56th Drive 510 feet
- National Drive & Arkansas Drive 530 feet
- East 66th Street & 56th Drive 780 feet
- National Drive & Whitman Drive 870 feet
- East 65th Street & 56th Drive 1,050 feet
- East 66th Street & National Drive 1,190 feet
- East 66th Street & Riviera Drive 1,290 feet
See every intersection along 56th Drive or National Drive.