Avenue U & East 19th Street

Avenue U and East 19th Street meet at a four-way crossing in Madison, Brooklyn. Between 2021 and 2025, 11 police-reported crashes were recorded here, against a median of seven crashes for a Brooklyn corner. St Edmund Elementary School is 820 feet away. The nearest subway, Ave U, is about three minutes on foot, for the Q. Within a five-minute walk are nine public places, four of them religious buildings, and 32 places to eat. About 1,500 homes stand within 820 feet, mostly built between 1926 and 1963, a mix of apartment buildings and smaller houses.

Safety record
7 hurt
11 police-reported crashes, 2021–2025
Nearest subway
Ave U
920 feet · 3 min on foot · Q
Nearest bus stop
180 feet
Avenue U/E 18 St · B3
Within a walk
9 places
4 religious buildings, 3 schools and 2 more kinds, within five minutes

Map

Layers
Avenue U & East 19th Street Nearby corners, linked

Getting there

How walks are measured

Subway

The nearest subway station is Ave U, 920 feet from this corner, about three minutes on foot.

  1. Ave U Q
    920 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
    0.4 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, 180 feet away, for the B3.

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

Next buses at this stop

  1. B3 …

Live arrivals

Cycling

  • 68 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, 1.2 miles by car along the streets.

  1. 2001 Gravesend Neck Road Gas station
    0.3 miles
  2. 1730 East 14th Street Charging for electric cars, 20 Level 2 chargers
    1 mile
  3. 2705 Nostrand Avenue Fast charging for electric cars
    1.6 miles

Safety record

How crashes are counted

Between 2021 and 2025, police reported 11 crashes at this corner, more than the median of seven crashes for a Brooklyn corner.

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

The most recent crash recorded here was in April 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
48
Police precinct
61
Neighborhood (City Planning area)
Madison
Elevation
16 feet above sea level

The streets

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

Homes

About 1,500 homes stand within 820 feet of this corner, a mix of apartment buildings and smaller houses. The buildings holding them mostly went up between 1926 and 1963.

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
  • 46 signs on these blocks
  • 10 different rules
  • 8 active meters
  • 4 pay-by-cell zones

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

North side of Avenue U

  • Metered parking 3 signs 2 HOUR METERED PARKING 8AM-7PM EXCEPT SUNDAY
  • No parking 3 signs NO PARKING 7:30AM-8AM EXCEPT SUNDAY
  • Truck loading only 2 signs TRUCK LOADING ONLY 7AM-7PM 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 19th Street

  • Metered parking 3 signs 2 HOUR METERED PARKING 9AM-7PM EXCEPT SUNDAY
  • No parking 12 signs NO PARKING FRIDAY 8:30AM-10AM
  • No standing 2 signs NO STANDING SCHOOL DAYS 7AM-4PM

West side of East 19th Street

  • Metered parking 3 signs 2 HOUR METERED PARKING 9AM-7PM EXCEPT SUNDAY
  • No parking 12 signs NO PARKING THURSDAY 8:30AM-10AM

ParkNYC pay-by-cell zones: 302958, 307256, 308130 and 310188.

Schools and places within a walk

How places are listed

Nine public places are within a five-minute walk.

  • 4 religious buildings
  • 3 schools
  • 1 day care or pre-K site
  • 1 older adult center

Schools and child care

  1. St Edmund Elementary School
    820 feet
  2. Yeshivat Ohel Torah School
    950 feet
  3. St Edmund Prep High School
    1,000 feet
Show all 4
  1. Blue's Clue's DC Infant, toddler and preschool care, ages 0 to 5 · Pre-K
    1,230 feet

Houses of worship

  1. Ocean Avenue Jewish Center House of worship
    530 feet

Community centers and public services

  1. Older adult center at 2600 Ocean Avenue Older adult center
    950 feet

Bank branches

  1. Chase Bank branch
    350 feet
  2. Citizens Bank Bank branch
    530 feet
  3. Bank of America Bank branch
    610 feet

Supermarkets

  1. Star Market Supermarket
    220 feet
  2. NetCost Market Supermarket
    0.4 miles

Food stores and places to eat

Within a five-minute walk there are 32 places to eat and 30 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 19th 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.