Avenue U & Coleman Street
Avenue U and Coleman Street meet at a four-way crossing in Marine Park-Mill Basin-Bergen Beach, Brooklyn. Between 2021 and 2025, 12 police-reported crashes were recorded here, against a median of seven crashes for a Brooklyn corner. Marine Park is 850 feet away. The nearest bus stop, Avenue U/Coleman St, is 40 feet away for the B3, and nine bus routes stop within a ten-minute walk. Within a five-minute walk are four public places and 24 places to eat. About 500 homes stand within 820 feet, mostly built between 1925 and 1965, a mix of apartment buildings and smaller houses.
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Getting there
How walks are measuredBus
The nearest bus stop is Avenue U/Coleman St, 40 feet away, for the B3.
- 9 routes within a ten-minute walk
- Avenue U/Coleman St B340 feetB3
Next buses at this stop
- B3 …
Cycling
- 10 bicycle racks within 820 feet
By car
The nearest highway entrance is the ramp to the Belt Parkway westbound at Flatbush Avenue & Belt Parkway, 1 mile by car along the streets.
- 3902 Avenue U Gas station480 feet
- 2143 Flatbush Avenue Charging for electric cars, two fast chargers0.8 miles
Safety record
How crashes are countedBetween 2021 and 2025, police reported 12 crashes at this corner, more than the median of seven crashes for a Brooklyn corner.
- 11 people injured
- 0 people killed
The most recent crash recorded here was in December 2025.
What the city has done here
- Leading pedestrian interval, May 2022
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
- 8 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, a mix of apartment buildings and smaller houses. The buildings holding them mostly went up between 1925 and 1965.
Since 2014 at least 2 new affordable homes have been completed within 820 feet.
Trees
NYC Parks records 32 trees within 330 feet; the most common is the thornless honeylocust.
Parking on the streets meeting here
How signs are read- 8 signs on these blocks
- 3 different rules
- 2 active meters
- 1 pay-by-cell zone
The sign wording is DOT's, as recorded between October 2020 and March 2021, and the sign on the street decides.
North side of Avenue U
- Metered parking 2 signs 2 HOUR METERED PARKING 9AM-7PM EXCEPT SUNDAY
- No parking 3 signs NO PARKING MONDAY THURSDAY 3AM-6AM
South side of Avenue U
- No standing 3 signs NO STANDING ANYTIME
ParkNYC pay-by-cell zone: 320475.
Schools, parks and places within a walk
How places are listedFour public places are within a five-minute walk.
- 1 day care or pre-K site
- 1 park
- 1 playground
- 1 religious building
Schools and child care
- Little Scholars Learning Center IV Infant, toddler and preschool care · Pre-K90 feet
Parks, playgrounds and gardens
- Marine Park850 feet
- Lenape Playground1,230 feet
Bank branches
- Chase Bank branch740 feet
- Capital One Bank branch1,140 feet
Supermarkets
- Food Universe Supermarket1,180 feet
Pharmacies
- CVS Pharmacy80 feet
- Walgreens Pharmacy0.4 miles
Other stores
- Target Store720 feet
Shopping centers
- Kings Plaza Shopping Center Shopping center700 feet
- Mill Basin Plaza Shopping center0.4 miles
Food stores and places to eat
Within a five-minute walk there are 24 places to eat and eight 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, seven of them within a three-minute walk:
- Avenue U & Kimball Street 260 feet
- Avenue U & Hendrickson Street 260 feet
- Avenue U & Ryder Street 520 feet
- Flatbush Avenue & Avenue U 580 feet
- Avenue T & Coleman Street 780 feet
- Avenue V & Coleman Street 780 feet
- Avenue U & East 38th Street 780 feet
- Avenue V & Hendrickson Street 1,030 feet
See every intersection along Avenue U or Coleman Street.