Avenue R & Marine Parkway

Avenue R and Marine Parkway 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. In 2025, 668 school-zone speed camera tickets were recorded here. Marine Park is 830 feet away. The nearest bus stop, Avenue R/Marine Pkwy, is 50 feet away for the B2, and seven bus routes stop within a ten-minute walk. Within a five-minute walk are three public places and one place to eat.

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Avenue R & Marine Parkway Nearby corners, linked

Bus

The nearest bus stop is Avenue R/Marine Pkwy, 50 feet away, for the B2.

  • 7 routes within a ten-minute walk
  1. Avenue R/Marine Pkwy B2
    50 feet
    B2

Next buses at this stop

  1. B2 …

Live arrivals

By car

The nearest highway entrance is the ramp to the Belt Parkway westbound at Shore Parkway & Belt Parkway, 1.9 miles by car along the streets.

  1. 2791 Nostrand Avenue Gas station
    0.6 miles
  2. 2705 Nostrand Avenue Charging for electric cars, fast chargers
    0.7 miles

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

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

The most recent crash recorded here was in January 2025.

In 2025, 668 school-zone speed camera tickets were issued for violations recorded at this corner, the 1,008th most of the 1,957 corners in the city where any were issued.

In 2026 so far, through August 27, 360 more were issued.

Every corner with speed camera tickets

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
12 feet above sea level

The streets

  • Up to four travel lanes

Homes

About 800 homes stand within 820 feet of this corner, a mix of apartment buildings and smaller houses. The buildings holding them mostly went up between 1925 and 1935.

Trees

NYC Parks records 53 trees within 330 feet; the most common is the London planetree.

Parks and places within a walk

How places are listed

Three public places are within a five-minute walk.

  • 1 older adult center
  • 1 park
  • 1 playground

Parks, playgrounds and gardens

  1. Marine Park
    830 feet
  2. PS 278 Playground
    1,200 feet

Community centers and public services

  1. Older adult center at 3000 Fillmore Avenue Older adult center
    1,130 feet

Food stores and places to eat

Within a five-minute walk there is one place 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 parking sign or meter on the blocks meeting here
  • 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, NYC Finance, MTA, NYC DOT, NYS Environmental Conservation, NYC City Planning, US Department of Energy, NYC Parks, NYC Health and NYS Agriculture and Markets, retrieved September 18 – October 6, 2026.