Avenue U & Brown Street

Avenue U and Brown Street meet at a four-way crossing in Sheepshead Bay-Manhattan Beach-Gerritsen Beach, Brooklyn. Between 2021 and 2025, one police-reported crash was recorded here, fewer than the median of seven crashes for a Brooklyn corner. Young Israel of Beford Bay is 190 feet away. The nearest bus stop, Avenue U/Brown St, is 140 feet away for the B3, and seven bus routes stop within a ten-minute walk. Within a five-minute walk are nine public places, four of them day care or pre-K sites, and 14 places to eat.

Safety record
Nobody hurt
1 police-reported crash, 2021–2025
Nearest highway entrance
Belt Parkway
1.4 miles by car along the streets
Nearest bus stop
140 feet
Avenue U/Brown St · B3
Within a walk
9 places
4 day care or pre-K sites, 2 nursing homes or hospices and 2 more kinds, within five minutes

Map

Layers
Avenue U & Brown Street Nearby corners, linked

Getting there

How walks are measured

Bus

The nearest bus stop is Avenue U/Brown St, 140 feet away, for the B3.

  • 7 routes within a ten-minute walk
  1. Avenue U/Brown St B3
    140 feet
    B3

Next buses at this stop

  1. B3 …

Live arrivals

Cycling

  • 20 bicycle racks within 820 feet

By car

The nearest highway entrance is the ramp to the Belt Parkway westbound at Shore Parkway & Belt Parkway, 1.4 miles by car along the streets.

  1. 3095 Avenue U Gas station
    0.3 miles
  2. 2705 Nostrand Avenue Charging for electric cars, fast chargers
    1.3 miles

Safety record

How crashes are counted

Between 2021 and 2025, police reported one crash at this corner, fewer than the median of seven crashes for a Brooklyn corner. Nobody was hurt.

The most recent crash recorded here was in March 2026.

What the city has done here

  • Leading pedestrian interval, May 2022

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
12 feet above sea level

The streets

  • Up to two travel lanes
  • A designated truck route
  • One of the streets is one-way

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 1935 and 1963.

Trees

NYC Parks records 48 trees within 330 feet; the most common is the London planetree.

Parking on the streets meeting here

How signs are read
  • 10 signs on these blocks
  • 6 different rules
  • 2 active meters
  • 2 pay-by-cell zones

The sign wording is DOT's, as recorded between May 2019 and October 2025, and the sign on the street decides.

North side of Avenue U

  • Metered parking 1 sign 2 HOUR METERED PARKING 8AM-7PM EXCEPT SUNDAY
  • No parking 1 sign NO PARKING 7:30AM-8AM EXCEPT SUNDAY

South side of Avenue U

  • Metered parking 2 signs 2 HOUR METERED PARKING 8:30AM-7PM EXCEPT SUNDAY
  • No parking 3 signs NO PARKING 8AM-8:30AM EXCEPT SUNDAY
  • No standing 1 sign NO STANDING MONDAY-THURSDAY 3PM-7PM SUNDAY 10AM-4PM

West side of Brown Street

  • No parking 2 signs NO PARKING ANYTIME

ParkNYC pay-by-cell zones: 322624 and 323082.

Schools, parks and places within a walk

How places are listed

Nine public places are within a five-minute walk.

  • 4 day care or pre-K sites
  • 2 nursing homes or hospices
  • 2 religious buildings
  • 1 playground

Schools and child care

  1. Bambi Day Care III School-based preschool, ages 3 to 5 · Pre-K
    190 feet
  2. Big Dreams Child Care Center Infant, toddler and preschool care, ages 0 to 5
    560 feet
  3. A2z Happyland Daycare Preschool, ages 2 to 5 · Pre-K
    860 feet
Show all 4
  1. Kings Bay Y Preschool, ages 2 to 5 · Pre-K
    1,070 feet

Parks, playgrounds and gardens

  1. Herman Dolgon Playground
    840 feet

Health care

  1. The Chateau at Brooklyn Rehabilitation and Nursing Center Nursing home or hospice
    690 feet
  2. Caring Hospice Services of New York Nursing home or hospice
    750 feet

Houses of worship

  1. Young Israel of Beford Bay House of worship
    190 feet

Bank branches

  1. TD Bank Bank branch
    520 feet
  2. Flagstar Bank Bank branch
    610 feet

Supermarkets

  1. Key Food Supermarket
    0.3 miles

Pharmacies

  1. Walgreens Pharmacy
    1,250 feet

Other stores

  1. Dollar Tree Store
    960 feet

Food stores and places to eat

Within a five-minute walk there are 14 places to eat and 12 food stores.

Not on record for this corner: a subway entrance within a ten-minute walk and a designated landmark or historic district within 820 feet.

Nearby corners

The eight corners within a three-minute walk:

See every intersection along Avenue U or Brown Street.

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