Avenue M & East 72nd Street
Avenue M and East 72nd Street meet at a four-way crossing in Marine Park-Mill Basin-Bergen Beach, Brooklyn. The corner has a clean safety record in city data between 2021 and 2025. Paerdegat Basin Park is 670 feet away. The nearest bus stop, E 68 St/Avenue N, is 0.4 miles away for the B41, B46 and B47, and five bus routes stop within a ten-minute walk. Within a five-minute walk is one public place. About 1,100 homes stand within 820 feet, mostly built between 1970 and 1975, a mix of apartment buildings and smaller houses.
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Getting there
How walks are measuredBus
The nearest bus stop is E 68 St/Avenue N, 0.4 miles away, for the B41, B46 and B47.
- 5 routes within a ten-minute walk
- E 68 St/Avenue N B41, B46, B470.4 milesB41 B46 B47
Next buses at this stop
- B41 …
- B46 …
- B47 …
By car
The nearest highway entrance is the ramp to the Belt Parkway westbound at Flatbush Avenue & Belt Parkway, 2.4 miles by car along the streets.
- 2317 Ralph Avenue Gas station0.4 miles
- 5523 Glenwood Road Charging for electric cars, ten Level 2 chargers1.1 miles
- 2143 Flatbush Avenue Fast charging for electric cars1.4 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 2019.
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
- 10 feet above sea level
The streets
- Up to two travel lanes
Homes
About 1,100 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 1975.
Trees
NYC Parks records 51 trees within 330 feet; the most common is the London planetree.
Parking on the streets meeting here
How signs are read- 1 sign on these blocks
- 1 rule
The sign wording is DOT's, as recorded in August 2017, and the sign on the street decides.
West side of East 72nd Street
- No standing 1 sign 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 area670 feet
Supermarkets
- Foodtown Supermarket0.5 miles
Pharmacies
- CVS Pharmacy0.4 miles
- Duane Reade Pharmacy0.4 miles
Shopping centers
- Georgetowne Shopping Center Shopping center1,020 feet
Food stores and places to eat
Within a five-minute walk there are two food stores.
Not on record for this corner:
- A subway entrance within a ten-minute walk
- A bike route here or a bicycle rack within 820 feet
- A signal or safety change
- 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:
- East 72nd Street & Bergen Court 270 feet
- Avenue M & East 73rd Street 330 feet
- Avenue M & East 70th Street 420 feet
- East 72nd Street & Royce Place 530 feet
- Avenue M & Bergen Avenue 600 feet
- Avenue M & East 69th Street 780 feet
- Avenue N & East 72nd Street 790 feet
- Avenue L & East 72nd Street 820 feet
See every intersection along Avenue M or East 72nd Street.