Strickland Avenue & 56th Drive

Strickland Avenue and 56th Drive meet at a three-way junction in Marine Park-Mill Basin-Bergen Beach, Brooklyn. Between 2021 and 2025, three police-reported crashes were recorded here, fewer than the median of seven crashes for a Brooklyn corner. Lindower Park is 1,070 feet away. The nearest bus stop, 56 Dr/Strickland Av, is 140 feet away for the B100 and BM1. Within a five-minute walk are three public places and one place to eat. About 700 homes stand within 820 feet, mostly built between 1960 and 1965, a mix of apartment buildings and smaller houses.

Safety record
1 hurt
3 police-reported crashes, 2021–2025
Nearest highway entrance
Belt Parkway
2.1 miles by car along the streets
Nearest bus stop
140 feet
56 Dr/Strickland Av · B100, BM1
Within a walk
3 places
1 day care or pre-K site, 1 park and 1 more kind, within five minutes

Map

Layers
Strickland Avenue & 56th Drive Nearby corners, linked

Getting there

How walks are measured

Bus

The nearest bus stop is 56 Dr/Strickland Av, 140 feet away, for the B100 and BM1.

  • 2 routes within a ten-minute walk
  1. 56 Dr/Strickland Av B100, BM1
    140 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, 2.1 miles by car along the streets.

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

Safety record

How crashes are counted

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

  • 1 person injured
  • 0 people killed

The most recent crash recorded here was in September 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
10 feet above sea level

The streets

  • Up to three travel lanes

Homes

About 700 homes stand within 820 feet of this corner, a mix of apartment buildings and smaller houses. The buildings holding them mostly went up between 1960 and 1965.

Trees

NYC Parks records 34 trees within 330 feet; the most common is the London planetree.

Parking on the streets meeting here

How signs are read
  • 1 sign on these blocks
  • 1 rule

The sign wording is DOT's, as recorded in March 2020, and the sign on the street decides.

South side of Strickland Avenue

  • No standing 1 sign NO STANDING ANYTIME

Schools, parks 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 park
  • 1 public space

Schools and child care

  1. Basin Prep Preschool, ages 2 to 5 · Pre-K
    910 feet

Parks, playgrounds and gardens

  1. Lindower Park
    1,070 feet

Plazas and public spaces

  1. Public space at Lowe's Public space
    1,270 feet

Shopping centers

  1. Mill Basin Plaza Shopping center
    1,220 feet
  2. Kings Plaza Shopping Center Shopping center
    0.3 miles

Food stores and places to eat

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

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 designated landmark or historic district within 820 feet

Nearby corners

The eight corners within a three-minute walk:

See every intersection along 56th Drive or Strickland Avenue.

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.