In 1889, Mr W. Abra of the Italian Bee Company, came from Parramatta to Beecroft and established a bee farm. He eventually built the first house in Malton Road. Legend has it that the suburb was named Beecroft because of Mr Abra’s bee farm, but this is incorrect.

In the 1890’s the area was subdivided and Beecroft's development began. Being a small community, many of the families who moved here intermarried. It was not unusual for their descendants to also settle in the suburb. A local once said it wasn't wise to talk about anyone on the local bus, because one of their relations would always be sitting in the seat behind!

The names of many early settlers include L. J. "Squire" Nathan, who initiated a boys club in 1915; George Sargent, of meat-pie fame; the Seale family; Andrew Fuller, the public school's first teacher; and two familiar local identities, Robert Dunn and his horse Peggy, who kept the streets swept and immaculate.

A non-official post office opened on 20 August 1895, though it wasn’t until 1923 that the Beecroft Post Office was designed by E.Henderson and built by Neil Madson as the first purpose built facility. This 1920’s period building with brick walls, hipped terracotta tile roof with boxed eaves and classical period portico on corner splay with solid round rendered columns in Tuscan style is a good example of an Inter-War period corner post office and a valuable contribution to the beauty and heritage of Beecroft.