Avenue R & Haring Street
Avenue R and Haring Street meet at a four-way crossing in Madison, Brooklyn. The corner is also named Lewis A. Fidler Way by local law. It has a clean safety record in city data between 2021 and 2025. PS 278 Playground is 1,250 feet away. The nearest bus stop, Avenue R/Gerritsen Av, is 170 feet away for the B2 and B31, and seven bus routes stop within a ten-minute walk. Within a five-minute walk are five public places, three of them religious buildings, and six places to eat.
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Getting there
How walks are measuredBus
The nearest bus stop is Avenue R/Gerritsen Av, 170 feet away, for the B2 and B31.
- 7 routes within a ten-minute walk
- Avenue R/Gerritsen Av B2, B31170 feetB2 B31
Next buses at this stop
- B2 …
- B31 …
Cycling
- 6 bicycle racks within 820 feet
By car
The nearest highway entrance is the ramp to the Belt Parkway westbound at Shore Parkway & Belt Parkway, 1.7 miles by car along the streets.
- 3095 Avenue U Gas station0.6 miles
- 2705 Nostrand Avenue Charging for electric cars, fast chargers0.8 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 November 2017.
About this corner
Where facts come from- ZIP code
- 11229
- Community board
- Brooklyn Community Board 15
- City Council district
- 46 and 48 (the boundary runs through this corner)
- Police precinct
- 61
- Neighborhood (City Planning area)
- Madison
- Elevation
- 17 feet above sea level
This corner is also named Lewis A. Fidler Way, a co-naming enacted on January 17, 2021 (Local Law 14 of 2021).
The streets
- Up to two travel lanes
- One of the streets is one-way
Homes
About 1,200 homes stand within 820 feet of this corner, a mix of apartment buildings and smaller houses. The buildings holding them mostly went up between 1930 and 1953.
Trees
NYC Parks records 34 trees within 330 feet; the most common is the thornless honeylocust.
The Department of Records' Honorary Street Names dataset has its own note on Lewis A. Fidler Way.
Parking on the streets meeting here
How signs are read- 8 signs on these blocks
- 6 different rules
- 2 active meters
- 2 pay-by-cell zones
The sign wording is DOT's, as recorded between December 2023 and May 2026, and the sign on the street decides.
North side of Avenue R
- Metered parking 1 sign 2 HOUR METERED PARKING 4PM-7PM EXCEPT SUNDAY
- Metered parking 1 sign 2 HOUR METERED PARKING 9AM-7PM EXCEPT SUNDAY
- No parking 1 sign NO PARKING TUESDAY FRIDAY 8AM-9AM
- Truck loading only 1 sign TRUCK LOADING ONLY MONDAY-FRIDAY 7AM-4PM
South side of Avenue R
- Metered parking 2 signs 2 HOUR METERED PARKING 9AM-7PM EXCEPT SUNDAY
- No parking 2 signs NO PARKING MONDAY TUESDAY THURSDAY FRIDAY 8AM-9AM
ParkNYC pay-by-cell zones: 319786 and 322718.
Parks and places within a walk
How places are listedFive public places are within a five-minute walk.
- 3 religious buildings
- 1 park
- 1 playground
Parks, playgrounds and gardens
- Marine Park1,140 feet
- PS 278 Playground1,250 feet
Houses of worship
- Good Shepherd Church House of worship1,210 feet
Food stores and places to eat
Within a five-minute walk there are six places to eat and four food stores.
Not on record for this corner: a subway entrance within a ten-minute walk, a signal or safety change and a designated landmark or historic district within 820 feet.
Nearby corners
The eight corners within a three-minute walk:
- Gerritsen Avenue & Avenue R 190 feet
- Gerritsen Avenue & Avenue R at Haring Street 280 feet
- Nostrand Avenue & Avenue R 280 feet
- Gerritsen Avenue & Brown Street 350 feet
- Avenue R & Stuart Street 560 feet
- East 29th Street & Avenue R 560 feet
- Gerritsen Avenue & Fillmore Avenue 630 feet
- Nostrand Avenue & Gerritsen Avenue 800 feet
See every intersection along Avenue R or Haring Street.