Avenue N & East 68th Street

Avenue N and East 68th Street meet at a four-way crossing in Marine Park-Mill Basin-Bergen Beach, Brooklyn. Between 2021 and 2025, three police-reported crashes were recorded here, fewer than the median of seven crashes for a Brooklyn corner. The Engine 323 firehouse is 980 feet away. The nearest bus stop, E 68 St/Avenue N, is 210 feet away for the B41, B46 and B47, and six bus routes stop within a ten-minute walk. Within a five-minute walk are five public places, three of them schools, and seven places to eat.

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Avenue N & East 68th Street Nearby corners, linked

Bus

The nearest bus stop is E 68 St/Avenue N, 210 feet away, for the B41, B46 and B47.

  • 6 routes within a ten-minute walk
  1. E 68 St/Avenue N B41, B46, B47
    210 feet
    B41 B46 B47

Next buses at this stop

  1. B41 …
  2. B46 …
  3. B47 …

Live arrivals

By car

The nearest highway entrance is the ramp to the Belt Parkway westbound at Flatbush Avenue & Belt Parkway, 2.1 miles by car along the streets.

  1. 2317 Ralph Avenue Gas station
    0.3 miles
  2. 2143 Flatbush Avenue Charging for electric cars, two fast chargers
    1.2 miles

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

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

The most recent crash recorded here was in December 2022.

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 600 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 1975 and 2003.

Trees

NYC Parks records 29 trees within 330 feet; the most common is the Callery pear.

Parking on the streets meeting here

How signs are read
  • 4 signs on these blocks
  • 2 different rules

The sign wording is DOT's, as recorded in February 2025, and the sign on the street decides.

South side of Avenue N

  • No standing 2 signs NO STANDING SCHOOL DAYS 7AM-5PM

West side of East 68th Street

  • No standing 2 signs NO STANDING SCHOOL DAYS 7AM-5PM

Schools, parks and places within a walk

How places are listed

Five public places are within a five-minute walk.

  • 3 schools
  • 1 fire station
  • 1 playground

Schools and child care

  1. J.H.S. 078 Roy H. Mann School
    360 feet
  2. Success Academy Charter School - Bergen Beach School
    360 feet
  3. St Bernard Catholic Academy School
    1,220 feet

Parks, playgrounds and gardens

  1. Hickman Playground
    280 feet

Fire and police

  1. Engine 323 Fire station
    980 feet

Supermarkets

  1. Key Food Supermarket
    0.4 miles

Pharmacies

  1. CVS Pharmacy
    0.3 miles
  2. Duane Reade Pharmacy
    0.4 miles

Shopping centers

  1. Georgetowne Shopping Center Shopping center
    0.3 miles

Food stores and places to eat

Within a five-minute walk there are seven places to eat and one food store.

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 corners within a three-minute walk:

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