Avenue K & Bergen Avenue
Avenue K and Bergen Avenue meet at a three-way junction in Marine Park-Mill Basin-Bergen Beach, Brooklyn. The corner is also named The Dorothy Turano Plaza by local law. Between 2021 and 2025, six police-reported crashes were recorded here, fewer than the median of seven crashes for a Brooklyn corner. Paerdegat Basin Park is 140 feet away. The nearest bus stop, Ralph Av/Bergen Av, is 880 feet away for the B47, and seven bus routes stop within a ten-minute walk. Within a five-minute walk are one public place and seven places to eat.
Map
Getting there
How walks are measuredBus
The nearest bus stop is Ralph Av/Bergen Av, 880 feet away, for the B47.
- 7 routes within a ten-minute walk
- Ralph Av/Bergen Av B47880 feetB47
Next buses at this stop
- B47 …
Cycling
- 3 bicycle racks within 820 feet
By car
The nearest highway entrance is the ramp to the Belt Parkway westbound at Shore Parkway, 2.5 miles by car along the streets.
- 5828 Flatlands Avenue Gas station0.4 miles
- 5523 Glenwood Road Charging for electric cars, ten Level 2 chargers0.8 miles
- 2143 Flatbush Avenue Fast charging for electric cars1.5 miles
Safety record
How crashes are countedBetween 2021 and 2025, police reported six crashes at this corner, fewer than the median of seven crashes for a Brooklyn corner.
- 2 people injured
- 0 people killed
- 2 of those hurt, on foot
The most recent crash recorded here was in March 2025.
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
- 12 feet above sea level
This corner is also named The Dorothy Turano Plaza, a co-naming enacted on January 18, 2025 (Local Law 10 of 2025).
The streets
- Up to two travel lanes
- One of the streets is one-way
Homes
About 600 homes stand within 820 feet of this corner, a mix of apartment buildings and smaller houses. The buildings holding them mostly went up between 1970 and 2003.
Trees
NYC Parks records 62 trees within 330 feet; the most common is the Callery pear.
The Department of Records' Honorary Street Names dataset has its own note on The Dorothy Turano Plaza.
Parking on the streets meeting here
How signs are read- 22 signs on these blocks
- 3 different rules
The sign wording is DOT's, as recorded between December 2016 and March 2026, and the sign on the street decides.
East side of Bergen Avenue
- Back-in parking only 11 signs BACK IN ANGLE PARKING ONLY
- No standing 5 signs NO STANDING ANYTIME
South side of Bergen Avenue
- No standing 6 signs NO STANDING ANYTIME
Parks and places within a walk
How places are listedOne public place is within a five-minute walk.
- 1 nature area
Parks, playgrounds and gardens
- Paerdegat Basin Park Nature area140 feet
Bank branches
- TD Bank Bank branch780 feet
- Citibank Bank branch1,030 feet
Supermarkets
- Foodtown Supermarket850 feet
- Key Food Supermarket0.4 miles
Pharmacies
- Duane Reade Pharmacy0.4 miles
Shopping centers
- Georgetowne Shopping Center Shopping center710 feet
Food stores and places to eat
Within a five-minute walk there are seven places to eat and two food stores.
Not on record for this corner: a subway entrance within a ten-minute walk, a signal or safety change and a designated landmark or historic district within 820 feet.
Nearby corners
The eight nearest corners on foot, three of them within a three-minute walk:
- Avenue K & East 73rd Street 260 feet
- Avenue K & East 72nd Street 520 feet
- Avenue L & Bergen Avenue 720 feet
- Ralph Avenue & Bergen Avenue 840 feet
- Avenue J & Ralph Avenue 900 feet
- Avenue L & East 73rd Street 980 feet
- Ralph Avenue & East 72nd Street 980 feet
- Avenue K & Ralph Avenue 1,010 feet
See every intersection along Avenue K or Bergen Avenue.