Avenue N & East 72nd Street

Avenue N and East 72nd Street meet at a three-way junction 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. Bergen Beach Playground is 780 feet away. The nearest bus stop, E 68 St/Avenue N, is 1,290 feet away for the B41, B46 and B47, and five bus routes stop within a ten-minute walk. Within a five-minute walk are three public places. About 900 homes stand within 820 feet, mostly built between 1970 and 2003, a mix of apartment buildings and smaller houses.

Safety record
4 hurt
7 police-reported crashes, 2021–2025
Nearest highway entrance
Belt Parkway
2.3 miles by car along the streets
Nearest bus stop
1,290 feet
E 68 St/Avenue N · B41, B46, B47
Within a walk
3 places
1 nature area, 1 playground and 1 more kind, within five minutes

Map

Layers
Avenue N & East 72nd Street Nearby corners, linked

Getting there

How walks are measured

Bus

The nearest bus stop is E 68 St/Avenue N, 1,290 feet away, for the B41, B46 and B47.

  • 5 routes within a ten-minute walk
  1. E 68 St/Avenue N B41, B46, B47
    1,290 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, 2.3 miles by car along the streets.

  1. 2317 Ralph Avenue Gas station
    0.5 miles
  2. 5523 Glenwood Road Charging for electric cars, ten Level 2 chargers
    1.3 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.

  • 4 people injured
  • 0 people killed
  • 2 of those hurt, on foot

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

The streets

  • Up to two travel lanes

Homes

About 900 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 21 trees within 330 feet; the most common is the 'Not Green Leaf' Norway maple.

Schools, parks and places within a walk

How places are listed

Three public places are within a five-minute walk.

  • 1 nature area
  • 1 playground
  • 1 school

Schools and child care

  1. P.S. 312 Bergen Beach School
    1,020 feet

Parks, playgrounds and gardens

  1. Bergen Beach Playground
    780 feet
  2. Paerdegat Basin Park Nature area
    940 feet

Shopping centers

  1. Georgetowne Shopping Center Shopping center
    0.3 miles

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 parking sign or meter on the blocks meeting here
  • A designated landmark or historic district within 820 feet

Nearby corners

The eight nearest of the 10 corners within a three-minute walk:

See every intersection along Avenue N or East 72nd Street.

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