Avenue U & East 17th Street

Avenue U and East 17th Street meet at a four-way crossing in Madison, Brooklyn. Between 2021 and 2025, 13 police-reported crashes were recorded here, against a median of seven crashes for a Brooklyn corner. Nefesh Academy is 810 feet away. The nearest subway, Ave U, is about a minute on foot, for the Q. Within a five-minute walk are six public places, four of them religious buildings, and 39 places to eat. About 1,600 homes stand within 820 feet, mostly built between 1925 and 1955, a mix of apartment buildings and smaller houses.

Safety record
6 hurt
13 police-reported crashes, 2021–2025
Nearest subway
Ave U
380 feet · 1 min on foot · Q
Nearest bus stop
190 feet
Avenue U/E 18 St · B3
Within a walk
6 places
4 religious buildings, 1 day care or pre-K site and 1 more kind, within five minutes

Map

Layers
Avenue U & East 17th Street Nearby corners, linked

Getting there

How walks are measured

Subway

The nearest subway station is Ave U, 380 feet from this corner, about a minute on foot.

  1. Ave U Q
    380 feet
    Q

Next trains at this station

Manhattan
1 line
  1. Q …
Southbound
1 line
  1. Q …

Also within a walk

  1. Neck Rd Q
    0.3 miles
    Q

The MTA's permanent art catalog lists “Brooklyn Seeds” (2011) by Jason Middlebrook at the Ave U station.

Bus

The nearest bus stop is Avenue U/E 18 St, 190 feet away, for the B3.

  • 6 routes within a ten-minute walk
  1. Avenue U/E 18 St B3 · Shelter
    190 feet
    B3
    Shelter

Next buses at this stop

  1. B3 …

Live arrivals

Cycling

  • 51 bicycle racks within 820 feet

By car

The nearest highway entrance is the ramp to the Belt Parkway westbound at Shore Parkway & East 13th Street at Belt Parkway, 1.1 miles by car along the streets.

  1. 2001 Gravesend Neck Road Gas station
    0.4 miles
  2. 2758 Coney Island Avenue Charging for electric cars, one Level 2 charger
    1 mile
  3. 2705 Nostrand Avenue Fast charging for electric cars
    1.7 miles

Safety record

How crashes are counted

Between 2021 and 2025, police reported 13 crashes at this corner, more than the median of seven crashes for a Brooklyn corner.

  • 6 people injured
  • 0 people killed
  • 1 of those hurt, on foot
  • 1 of those hurt, on a bike

The most recent crash recorded here was in January 2025.

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
48
Police precinct
61
Neighborhood (City Planning area)
Madison
Elevation
15 feet above sea level

The streets

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

Homes

About 1,600 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 1955.

Trees

NYC Parks records 56 trees within 330 feet; the most common is the pin oak.

Parking on the streets meeting here

How signs are read
  • 41 signs on these blocks
  • 11 different rules
  • 8 active meters
  • 5 pay-by-cell zones

The sign wording is DOT's, as recorded between September 2018 and July 2025, and the sign on the street decides.

North side of Avenue U

  • Metered parking 2 signs 2 HOUR METERED PARKING 10AM-7PM EXCEPT SUNDAY
  • Metered parking 2 signs 2 HOUR METERED PARKING 8AM-7PM EXCEPT SUNDAY
  • No parking 2 signs NO PARKING 7:30AM-8AM EXCEPT SUNDAY
  • Truck loading only 2 signs TRUCK LOADING ONLY 6AM-10AM EXCEPT SUNDAY

South side of Avenue U

  • Metered parking 3 signs 2 HOUR METERED PARKING 8:30AM-7PM EXCEPT SUNDAY
  • No parking 3 signs NO PARKING 8AM-8:30AM EXCEPT SUNDAY

East side of East 17th Street

  • Metered parking 3 signs 2 HOUR METERED PARKING 9AM-7PM EXCEPT SUNDAY
  • No parking 11 signs NO PARKING FRIDAY 8:30AM-10AM
  • No standing 1 sign NO STANDING SCHOOL DAYS 7AM-5PM

West side of East 17th Street

  • Metered parking 2 signs 2 HOUR METERED PARKING 9AM-7PM EXCEPT SUNDAY
  • No parking 10 signs NO PARKING THURSDAY 8:30AM-10AM

ParkNYC pay-by-cell zones: 303254, 310967, 314134, 316229 and 316488.

Schools and places within a walk

How places are listed

Six public places are within a five-minute walk.

  • 4 religious buildings
  • 1 day care or pre-K site
  • 1 school

Schools and child care

  1. Nefesh Academy School
    810 feet
  2. Nur Kids Center Preschool, ages 2 to 5
    1,100 feet

Houses of worship

  1. Ocean Avenue Jewish Center House of worship
    1,070 feet
  2. Young Israel of Avenue U House of worship
    1,280 feet

Bank branches

  1. Citizens Bank Bank branch
    20 feet
  2. Chase Bank branch
    240 feet
  3. TD Bank Bank branch
    250 feet

Supermarkets

  1. Star Market Supermarket
    320 feet
  2. NetCost Market Supermarket
    0.3 miles

Food stores and places to eat

Within a five-minute walk there are 39 places to eat and 31 food stores.

Not on record for this corner: a designated landmark or historic district within 820 feet.

Nearby corners

The eight nearest corners on foot, six of them within a three-minute walk:

See every intersection along Avenue U or East 17th Street.

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