Avenue K & East 73rd Street

Avenue K and East 73rd Street meet at a four-way crossing in Marine Park-Mill Basin-Bergen Beach, Brooklyn. Between 2021 and 2025, seven police-reported crashes were recorded here, the median for a Brooklyn corner. Paerdegat Basin Park is 400 feet away. The nearest bus stop, Ralph Av/Avenue J, is 770 feet away for the B47, and five bus routes stop within a ten-minute walk. Within a five-minute walk are two public places and seven places to eat. About 700 homes stand within 820 feet, mostly built between 1970 and 1989, a mix of apartment buildings and smaller houses.

Safety record
6 hurt
7 police-reported crashes, 2021–2025
Nearest highway entrance
Belt Parkway
2.5 miles by car along the streets
Nearest bus stop
770 feet
Ralph Av/Avenue J · B47
Within a walk
2 places
1 field and 1 nature area, within five minutes

Map

Layers
Avenue K & East 73rd Street Nearby corners, linked

Getting there

How walks are measured

Bus

The nearest bus stop is Ralph Av/Avenue J, 770 feet away, for the B47.

  • 5 routes within a ten-minute walk
  1. Ralph Av/Avenue J B47
    770 feet
    B47

Next buses at this stop

  1. B47 …

Live arrivals

Cycling

  • 7 bicycle racks within 820 feet

By car

The nearest highway entrance is the ramp to the Belt Parkway westbound at Flatbush Avenue & Belt Parkway, 2.5 miles by car along the streets.

  1. 5828 Flatlands Avenue Gas station
    0.4 miles
  2. 5523 Glenwood Road Charging for electric cars, ten Level 2 chargers
    0.8 miles
  3. 2143 Flatbush Avenue Fast charging for electric cars
    1.4 miles

Safety record

How crashes are counted

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

  • 6 people injured
  • 0 people killed
  • 1 of those hurt, on foot

The most recent crash recorded here was in December 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
11 feet above sea level

The streets

  • Up to two travel lanes
  • One of the streets is one-way

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 1970 and 1989.

Trees

NYC Parks records 58 trees within 330 feet; the most common is the Callery pear.

Parks and places within a walk

How places are listed

Two public places are within a five-minute walk.

  • 1 field
  • 1 nature area

Parks, playgrounds and gardens

  1. Paerdegat Basin Park Nature area
    400 feet
  2. Jacob Joffe Fields Field
    1,080 feet

Bank branches

  1. TD Bank Bank branch
    520 feet
  2. Citibank Bank branch
    770 feet

Supermarkets

  1. Foodtown Supermarket
    960 feet
  2. Key Food Supermarket
    0.4 miles

Pharmacies

  1. Duane Reade Pharmacy
    0.4 miles

Shopping centers

  1. Georgetowne Shopping Center Shopping center
    450 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
  • 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, six of them within a three-minute walk:

See every intersection along Avenue K or East 73rd Street.

Sources: NYC Technology and Innovation, NYPD, MTA, NYC DOT, NYS Environmental Conservation, NYC City Planning, US Department of Energy, NYC Parks, NYC Health, FDIC, NYS Agriculture and Markets, USDA and NYC Finance, retrieved September 18 – October 6, 2026.