Road test at Beverly Road, Brooklyn

The Beverly Road road test site is in East Flatbush, Brooklyn (ZIP 11203), on Schenectady Avenue beside Holy Cross Cemetery. Tests here run on a tight grid of residential blocks east of Schenectady: narrow one-way side streets, short blocks with all-way stops, speed bumps by a playground, and no expressways, cobblestones or industrial streets nearby.

How the Beverly Road road test works

The line-up on Schenectady Avenue

Test cars line up on the west curb of Schenectady Avenue, along the cemetery's green iron fence, between Tilden Avenue and Beverly Road. They face south toward the traffic light at Beverly Road, and the curb is signed "NYS Road Test Only, Monday-Friday 8AM-5PM." Join the end of the line and wait in the car.

Meeting your instructor here? The B46 bus stops at Utica Avenue and Beverly Road, a few minutes' walk east.

Check-in and the examiner

Arrive up to 15 minutes early: if you are late, the examiner may not be able to test you. Tests can be canceled or moved for bad weather or road construction, so check the DMV's cancellations and closings page before you leave.

The examiner reviews your documents and photographs you, your papers and the car (in our experience, a couple of minutes), then rides in the front passenger seat. Bring only your accompanying licensed driver (with our car, that is your Coreway instructor) and no other passengers. No recording is allowed, so switch off dash cams.

Bring your physical photo learner permit, the original MV-278 (no copies; valid for one year) unless you have an MV-285 on file or took the online pre-licensing course, the MV-262 if you are under 18, and glasses if your permit requires them. Full requirements are on our Brooklyn road test page.

The drive and your result

The drive usually takes about 10-20 minutes. Tests often start with a left turn at the light onto Beverly Road and end back at that same light, where you turn onto Schenectady Avenue and pull over where the examiner says. Your result is posted online after 6 p.m. the same day. Here is how to check your DMV road test results.

Beverly Road road test route: the streets

Tests here usually stay on a loop of about four blocks between Schenectady Avenue and Utica Avenue. The examiner chooses the route on the day, so treat these as streets where you may be sent, not a fixed route. A small surprise: the street-name plates spell it "Beverley Rd."

Maneuvers on the Beverly Road road test

The DMV requires at least three left and three right turns, a controlled intersection (such as a light or STOP sign), an uncontrolled one, parallel parking and a three-point turn. At Beverly Road they usually look like this:

• Leaving the curb. Mirror, signal and a look over your left shoulder before moving into the single southbound lane; the DMV scores "uses mirror only/fails to check blind spot." Time the pull-out with the light cycle instead of forcing it.
• Left turn at a light. Schenectady Ave onto Beverly Rd. With oncoming cars or pedestrians, move up beside the double yellow line (not onto it) and wait near the center. If the light changes while you are in the intersection, finish the turn.
• No sign on your side. If you are sent along Tilden Ave past E 48th St, you keep going without stopping (only E 48th has a STOP sign), but cars may edge out from behind parked cars. Ease off and scan.
• Parallel parking. Often behind a parked car on one-way E 49th St between Tilden Ave and Clarendon Rd, sometimes on E 48th St. Look through the rear window while backing and finish within one foot of the curb, without extra corrections. During street cleaning (11AM-12:30PM on Mondays, Tuesdays, Thursdays and Fridays) one side of the block may be empty.
• Three-point turn. Often on Tilden Ave along the playground fence, starting from the curb or from beside a parked car. Check both directions before each move.
• Right turns at lights. E 49th onto Clarendon, Clarendon onto E 48th, Tilden onto E 49th and, at the end, Beverly onto Schenectady: on green only, tight to the right.

Road signs near the Beverly Road test site

• STOP with an ALL WAY plate (Beverly Rd at E 48th and E 49th St; eastbound drivers get a STOP AHEAD sign before E 49th): one full stop at the line, then go in order of arrival. If two cars arrive together, yield to the one on your right.
• STOP with no plate (E 48th St at Tilden Ave): Tilden traffic does not stop. Stop, creep forward, stop again where you can see, then go.
• ONE WAY arrows (E 48th and E 49th St): E 48th St runs north, E 49th St south. Know which before the examiner says "next left."
• SPEED BUMP with a 15 MPH advisory plate (E 48th and E 49th St by Tilden Playground): slow down before the bump, don't brake on top of it, and watch for children.
• CITY SPEED LIMIT 25, PHOTO ENFORCED (Clarendon Rd at E 49th St): 25 mph is the NYC limit unless posted otherwise. On the narrow one-way blocks our instructors coach 15-20 mph.
• SCHOOL SPEED LIMIT 15 (E 48th and E 49th St between Clarendon Rd and Avenue D, south of the usual loop): if you are sent that way, keep to the posted school limit.
• Traffic lights at T-intersections (Schenectady Ave at Beverly Rd and at Tilden Ave): westbound traffic must turn here, yielding to people in the crosswalk.
• Painted bike lanes (Clarendon Rd): check your mirror and blind spot for cyclists before turning right.

Citywide rules apply too: no turn on red in New York City unless a sign allows it; stop and stay stopped for pedestrians in a crosswalk without a working signal; signal at least 100 feet before turning, which on these short blocks means by mid-block.

Common mistakes at Beverly Road

• Forcing the pull-out instead of waiting for a real gap.
• Waiting for the first left behind the crosswalk instead of near the center.
• Rolling through the all-way stops, or stopping twice at them.
• Treating the STOP sign at E 48th and Tilden as an all-way and pulling out in front of Tilden traffic.
• Taking the playground speed bumps too fast.
• Turning right on red at Clarendon Rd, Tilden Ave or the final light.

How Coreway prepares you for the Beverly Road road test

We train what this site asks for, on streets outside the test area.

• Lessons on similar streets. The blocks around our office at 590B New York Ave, about 1.2 miles northwest of the site, mix narrow one-way streets, traffic lights, all-way and two-way stops, speed bumps and two-way streets for three-point turns. Book 45-minute driving lessons or a lesson package.
• Drills for this site: the left turn at a T-intersection light, all-way versus plain STOP signs, speed bumps, parallel parking on a one-way street and three-point turns from the curb or beside a parked car.
• A practice run of the test on your lessons, checked against the same five categories the DMV examiner scores, from leaving the curb to vehicle control.
• A document check before test day. Need an MV-278? Take our 5-hour course in Brooklyn.
• A car that meets DMV requirements: our Toyota Corolla. Order a car for your road test in Brooklyn; your instructor meets you at our office or on Schenectady Ave and acts as your accompanying driver.
• A warm-up lesson in the same car right before your test ("Driving lesson (45 min) and Car for road test"), held outside the test area. The examiner scores "unfamiliar with controls," so you get to know the wipers, defroster and lights first.

No practice in the Beverly Road test area

Practicing on the test streets around Beverly Road is not allowed. New York DMV regulations bar learner-permit holders from driving in a road test area except to take their road test (15 NYCRR §4.1) and bar driving instructors from giving lessons there (15 NYCRR §76.16(c)). The DMV also says plainly that practice driving is not allowed at road test sites. So we never give lessons on Beverly Rd, E 48th St, E 49th St, Tilden Ave, Clarendon Rd or Schenectady Ave around the site. The rule covers you as a permit holder too, so don't rehearse the route with a friend or relative. We practice the same maneuvers on comparable streets elsewhere and come to the site only on test day.