Avenue U & Brigham Street
Avenue U and Brigham Street meet at a four-way crossing in Sheepshead Bay-Manhattan Beach-Gerritsen Beach, Brooklyn. The corner has a clean safety record in city data between 2021 and 2025. The Engine 321 firehouse is 470 feet away. The nearest bus stop, Avenue U/Gerritsen Av, is 170 feet away for the B3, and six bus routes stop within a ten-minute walk. Within a five-minute walk are eight public places, three of them day care or pre-K sites, and eight places to eat.
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Getting there
How walks are measuredBus
The nearest bus stop is Avenue U/Gerritsen Av, 170 feet away, for the B3.
- 6 routes within a ten-minute walk
- Avenue U/Gerritsen Av B3 · Shelter170 feetB3
Next buses at this stop
- B3 …
Cycling
- 16 bicycle racks within 820 feet
By car
The nearest highway entrance is the ramp to the Belt Parkway westbound at Shore Parkway & Belt Parkway, 1.1 miles by car along the streets.
- 3094 Avenue U Gas station260 feet
- 2705 Nostrand Avenue Charging for electric cars, fast chargers1.4 miles
Safety record
How crashes are countedNo police-reported crash has been recorded at this corner in any year the city publishes.
About this corner
Where facts come from- ZIP code
- 11229
- Community board
- Brooklyn Community Board 15
- City Council district
- 46
- Police precinct
- 61
- Neighborhood (City Planning area)
- Sheepshead Bay-Manhattan Beach-Gerritsen Beach
- Elevation
- 9 feet above sea level
The streets
- Up to two travel lanes
- Two of the streets are one-way
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 1935 and 1952.
Trees
NYC Parks records 32 trees within 330 feet; the most common is the London planetree.
Schools, parks and places within a walk
How places are listedEight public places are within a five-minute walk.
- 3 day care or pre-K sites
- 1 fire station
- 1 nursing home or hospice
- 1 park
- 1 religious building
- 1 school
Schools and child care
- A2z Happyland Daycare Preschool, ages 2 to 5 · Pre-K470 feet
- Bambi Day Care II School-based preschool, ages 3 to 5 · Pre-K560 feet
- Big Dreams Child Care Center Infant, toddler and preschool care, ages 0 to 5760 feet
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- Nysarc-Brooklyn Blue Feather School1,100 feet
Parks, playgrounds and gardens
- Marine Park590 feet
Health care
- Caring Hospice Services of New York Nursing home or hospice720 feet
Fire and police
- Engine 321 Fire station470 feet
Supermarkets
- Key Food Supermarket310 feet
Pharmacies
- Walgreens Pharmacy190 feet
Other stores
- Dollar Tree Store780 feet
Food stores and places to eat
Within a five-minute walk there are eight 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
- 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 9 corners within a three-minute walk:
- Avenue U & Gerritsen Avenue 260 feet
- Avenue U & Bragg Street 260 feet
- Gerritsen Avenue & Knapp Street 330 feet
- Avenue U & Coyle Street 530 feet
- Avenue U & Stuart Street 540 feet
- Avenue V & Gerritsen Avenue 760 feet
- Avenue V & Brigham Street 770 feet
- Avenue U & Burnett Street 790 feet
See every intersection along Avenue U or Brigham Street.