Avenue U & Burnett Street
Avenue U and Burnett Street meet at a three-way junction in Sheepshead Bay-Manhattan Beach-Gerritsen Beach, Brooklyn, at the edge of Marine Park-Plumb Island. Between 2021 and 2025, 13 police-reported crashes were recorded here, against a median of seven crashes for a Brooklyn corner. Salt Marsh Nature Center in Marine Park is 1,100 feet away. The nearest bus stop, Avenue U/Burnett St, is 140 feet away for the B3, and seven bus routes stop within a ten-minute walk. Within a five-minute walk are six public places, two of them day care or pre-K sites, and seven places to eat.
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Getting there
How walks are measuredBus
The nearest bus stop is Avenue U/Burnett St, 140 feet away, for the B3.
- 7 routes within a ten-minute walk
- Avenue U/Burnett St B3140 feetB3
Next buses at this stop
- B3 …
Cycling
- 3 bicycle racks within 820 feet
By car
The nearest highway entrance is the ramp to the Belt Parkway westbound at Shore Parkway & Belt Parkway, 1.2 miles by car along the streets.
- 3095 Avenue U Gas station730 feet
- 2705 Nostrand Avenue Charging for electric cars, fast chargers1.4 miles
Safety record
How crashes are countedBetween 2021 and 2025, police reported 13 crashes at this corner, more than the median of seven crashes for a Brooklyn corner.
- 7 people injured
- 0 people killed
- 4 of those hurt, on foot
The most recent crash recorded here was in March 2026.
What the city has done here
- Accessible pedestrian signal, January 2024
- Barnes Dance all-way crossing, undated in the City's record
About this corner
Where facts come from- ZIP code
- 11229
- Community board
- Brooklyn Community Board 18
- City Council district
- 46
- Police precinct
- 61 and 63 (the boundary runs through this corner)
- Neighborhood (City Planning area)
- Sheepshead Bay-Manhattan Beach-Gerritsen Beach; the corner is on the edge of the Marine Park-Plumb Island area
- Elevation
- 11 feet above sea level
The streets
- Up to four travel lanes
- A designated truck route
- One of the streets is one-way
Homes
About 500 homes stand within 820 feet of this corner, most of them in buildings of ten homes or more. The buildings holding them mostly went up between 1940 and 1952.
Trees
NYC Parks records 100 trees within 330 feet; the most common is the pin oak.
Parking on the streets meeting here
How signs are read- 21 signs on these blocks
- 3 different rules
The sign wording is DOT's, as recorded between March 2019 and October 2023, and the sign on the street decides.
South side of Avenue U
- No parking 2 signs NO PARKING ANYTIME
- No standing 18 signs NO STANDING ANYTIME
East side of Burnett Street
- No standing 1 sign NO STANDING ANYTIME
Schools, parks and places within a walk
How places are listedSix public places are within a five-minute walk.
- 2 day care or pre-K sites
- 1 fire station
- 1 park
- 1 park feature
- 1 religious building
Schools and child care
- A2z Happyland Daycare Preschool, ages 2 to 5 · Pre-K1,150 feet
- Bambi Day Care II School-based preschool, ages 3 to 5 · Pre-K1,240 feet
Parks, playgrounds and gardens
- Marine Park120 feet
- Salt Marsh Nature Center in Marine Park Park feature1,100 feet
Fire and police
- Engine 321 Fire station620 feet
Supermarkets
- Key Food Supermarket860 feet
Pharmacies
- Walgreens Pharmacy970 feet
Other stores
- Dollar Tree Store0.3 miles
Food stores and places to eat
Within a five-minute walk there are seven places to eat and three 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 nearest corners on foot, four of them within a three-minute walk:
- Avenue U & Stuart Street 260 feet
- Avenue U & Gerritsen Avenue 540 feet
- Avenue V & Burnett Street 780 feet
- Avenue U & Brigham Street 790 feet
- Gerritsen Avenue & Knapp Street 890 feet
- Avenue U & Bragg Street 940 feet
- Avenue V & Stuart Street 1,040 feet
- Avenue T & Stuart Street 1,040 feet
See every intersection along Avenue U or Burnett Street.