Whitman Drive & 56th Drive
Whitman Drive and 56th Drive meet at a three-way junction in Marine Park-Mill Basin-Bergen Beach, Brooklyn. The corner has a clean safety record in city data between 2021 and 2025. Four Sparrow Marsh is 1,120 feet away. The nearest bus stop, E 66 St/56 Dr, is 350 feet away for the B100 and BM1. Within a five-minute walk are two public places. About 400 homes stand within 820 feet, mostly built between 1960 and 1965, almost all in houses of one or two. NYC Parks records 31 trees within 330 feet; the most common is the London planetree.
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Getting there
How walks are measuredBus
The nearest bus stop is E 66 St/56 Dr, 350 feet away, for the B100 and BM1.
- 2 routes within a ten-minute walk
- E 66 St/56 Dr B100, BM1350 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, 2.4 miles by car along the streets.
- 6201 Avenue U Gas station0.9 miles
- 2143 Flatbush Avenue Charging for electric cars, two fast chargers2 miles
Safety record
How crashes are countedNo police-reported crash has been recorded at this corner in any year the city publishes.
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 400 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 31 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-K1,190 feet
Parks, playgrounds and gardens
- Four Sparrow Marsh Nature area1,120 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, seven of them within a three-minute walk:
- 56th Drive & Arkansas Drive 260 feet
- East 66th Street & 56th Drive 270 feet
- National Drive & 56th Drive 510 feet
- East 65th Street & 56th Drive 540 feet
- East 66th Street & Riviera Drive 770 feet
- National Drive & Whitman Drive 770 feet
- East 64th Street & 56th Drive 800 feet
- National Drive & Arkansas Drive 830 feet
See every intersection along 56th Drive or Whitman Drive.