Avenue U & East 1st Street

Avenue U and East 1st Street meet at a four-way crossing in Gravesend (East)-Homecrest, Brooklyn. Between 2021 and 2025, two police-reported crashes were recorded here, fewer than the median of seven crashes for a Brooklyn corner. In 2025, 160 school-zone speed camera tickets were recorded here. McDonald Playground is 1,020 feet away. The nearest subway, Ave U, is about three minutes on foot, and two subway lines stop within a ten-minute walk. Within a five-minute walk are nine public places, four of them religious buildings, and nine places to eat.

Safety record
Nobody hurt
2 police-reported crashes, 2021–2025
Nearest subway
Ave U
760 feet · 3 min on foot · F
Nearest bus stop
110 feet
Avenue U/E 1 St · B3
Within a walk
9 places
4 religious buildings, 2 parks and 3 more kinds, within five minutes

Map

Layers
Avenue U & East 1st Street Nearby corners, linked

Getting there

How walks are measured

Subway

The nearest subway station is Ave U, 760 feet from this corner, about three minutes on foot.

  • 2 lines within a ten-minute walk
  1. Ave U F
    760 feet
    F

Next trains at this station

Manhattan
1 line
  1. F …
Coney Island
1 line
  1. F …

Also within a walk

  1. Kings Hwy F
    0.4 miles
    F
  2. Ave U N
    0.4 miles
    N

The MTA's permanent art catalog lists “Brooklyn Transitions” (2018) by Andrea Belag at the Ave U station.

Bus

The nearest bus stop is Avenue U/E 1 St, 110 feet away, for the B3.

  • 2 routes within a ten-minute walk
  1. Avenue U/E 1 St B3
    110 feet
    B3

Next buses at this stop

  1. B3 …

Live arrivals

Cycling

  • 23 bicycle racks within 820 feet

By car

The nearest highway entrance is the ramp to the Belt Parkway westbound at Shore Parkway & West 2nd Street, 1.1 miles by car along the streets.

  1. 2317 Coney Island Avenue Gas station
    0.7 miles
  2. 431 Avenue P Charging for electric cars, 21 Level 2 chargers
    0.9 miles
  3. 3035 Cropsey Avenue Fast charging for electric cars
    2 miles

Safety record

How crashes are counted

Between 2021 and 2025, police reported two crashes 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 April 2023.

Camera tickets

How tickets are counted

In 2025, 160 school-zone speed camera tickets were issued for violations recorded at this corner, the 1,681st most of the 1,957 corners in the city where any were issued.

In 2026 so far, through August 27, 207 more were issued.

Every corner with speed camera tickets

About this corner

Where facts come from
ZIP code
11223
Community board
Brooklyn Community Board 15
City Council district
44
Police precinct
61
Neighborhood (City Planning area)
Gravesend (East)-Homecrest
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 1,000 homes stand within 820 feet of this corner, a mix of apartment buildings and smaller houses. The buildings holding them mostly went up between 1930 and 1960.

Trees

NYC Parks records 52 trees within 330 feet; the most common is the London planetree.

Parking on the streets meeting here

How signs are read
  • 36 signs on these blocks
  • 14 different rules
  • 2 active meters
  • 1 pay-by-cell zone

The sign wording is DOT's, as recorded between December 2015 and July 2024; the 12 rules shown are the first by street and side, and the sign on the street decides.

North side of Avenue U

  • Metered parking 4 signs 2 HOUR METERED PARKING 8AM-7PM EXCEPT SUNDAY
  • Metered parking 1 sign 2 HOUR METERED PARKING MONDAY-FRIDAY 5PM-7PM SATURDAY 8AM-7PM
  • No parking 4 signs NO PARKING 7:30AM-8AM EXCEPT SUNDAY
  • No standing 1 sign NO STANDING MONDAY-FRIDAY 7AM-5PM

South side of Avenue U

  • Metered parking 2 signs 2 HOUR METERED PARKING 8:30AM-7PM EXCEPT SUNDAY
  • No parking 2 signs NO PARKING 8AM-8:30AM EXCEPT SUNDAY
  • No parking 1 sign NO PARKING ANYTIME
  • No parking 2 signs NO PARKING WEDNESDAY 11:30AM-1PM

East side of East 1st Street

  • No parking 5 signs NO PARKING FRIDAY 11:30AM-1PM
  • No parking 3 signs NO PARKING THURSDAY 11:30AM-1PM
  • No standing 1 sign NO STANDING ANYTIME

West side of East 1st Street

  • No parking 5 signs NO PARKING THURSDAY 11:30AM-1PM

ParkNYC pay-by-cell zone: 304473.

Schools, parks and places within a walk

How places are listed

Nine public places are within a five-minute walk.

  • 4 religious buildings
  • 2 parks
  • 1 playground
  • 1 post office
  • 1 school

Schools and child care

  1. Yeshivat Magen Abraham School
    280 feet

Parks, playgrounds and gardens

  1. McDonald Playground
    1,020 feet
  2. Lady Moody Triangle
    1,050 feet
  3. Gravesend Triangle
    1,090 feet

Houses of worship

  1. Beth El Flatbush Congregation House of worship
    660 feet
  2. Trinity Tabernacle Gravesend Church House of worship
    730 feet

Community centers and public services

  1. Gravesend Post Office
    350 feet

Bank branches

  1. Santander Bank Bank branch
    700 feet

Supermarkets

  1. Food Universe Supermarket
    0.3 miles

Food stores and places to eat

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

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

Nearby corners

The eight nearest of the 9 corners within a three-minute walk:

See every intersection along Avenue U or East 1st Street.

Sources: NYC Technology and Innovation, NYPD, NYC Finance, MTA, NYC DOT, 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.