Avenue M & East 68th Street
Avenue M and East 68th Street 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. Congregation Beit Hillel of Flatlands is 1,070 feet away. The nearest bus stop, Ralph Av/Avenue M, is 900 feet away for the B47, and five bus routes stop within a ten-minute walk. Within a five-minute walk are five public places, two of them schools, and seven places to eat.
Map
Getting there
How walks are measuredBus
The nearest bus stop is Ralph Av/Avenue M, 900 feet away, for the B47.
- 5 routes within a ten-minute walk
- Ralph Av/Avenue M B47900 feetB47
Next buses at this stop
- B47 …
Cycling
- 4 bicycle racks within 820 feet
By car
The nearest highway entrance is the ramp to the Belt Parkway westbound at Flatbush Avenue & Belt Parkway, 2.2 miles by car along the streets.
- 2317 Ralph Avenue Gas station870 feet
- 5523 Glenwood Road Charging for electric cars, ten Level 2 chargers1.2 miles
- 2143 Flatbush Avenue Fast charging for electric cars1.2 miles
Safety record
How crashes are countedNo police-reported crashes between 2021 and 2025, against a median of seven crashes for a Brooklyn corner.
The most recent crash recorded here was in December 2014.
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
- 13 feet above sea level
The streets
- Up to two travel lanes
Homes
About 800 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 1965 and 1999.
Trees
NYC Parks records 33 trees within 330 feet; the most common are the green ash and the thornless honeylocust.
Schools, parks and places within a walk
How places are listedFive public places are within a five-minute walk.
- 2 schools
- 1 older adult center
- 1 playground
- 1 religious building
Schools and child care
- J.H.S. 078 Roy H. Mann School1,110 feet
- Success Academy Charter School - Bergen Beach School1,110 feet
Parks, playgrounds and gardens
- Hickman Playground1,000 feet
Houses of worship
- Congregation Beit Hillel of Flatlands House of worship1,070 feet
Community centers and public services
- Older adult center at 2164 Ralph Avenue Older adult center1,250 feet
Bank branches
- Bank of America Bank branch890 feet
- Citizens Bank Bank branch1,280 feet
Pharmacies
- CVS Pharmacy940 feet
- Duane Reade Pharmacy1,170 feet
Shopping centers
- Georgetowne Shopping Center Shopping center820 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, seven of them within a three-minute walk:
- Avenue M & Georgetown Lane 100 feet
- Avenue M & Bergen Beach Place 100 feet
- Avenue M & East 69th Street 360 feet
- Avenue M & East 66th Street 370 feet
- Avenue M & East 65th Street 670 feet
- Avenue M & East 70th Street 730 feet
- Avenue L & East 68th Street 770 feet
- Avenue M & Ralph Avenue at East 65th Street 820 feet
See every intersection along Avenue M or East 68th Street.