Avenue U & East 21st Street

Avenue U and East 21st Street meet at a four-way crossing in Madison, Brooklyn. Between 2021 and 2025, six police-reported crashes were recorded here, fewer than the median of seven crashes for a Brooklyn corner. Yeshivat Ohel Torah is 910 feet away. The nearest subway, Ave U, is about six minutes on foot, for the Q. Within a five-minute walk are 12 public places, six of them religious buildings, and 22 places to eat. About 1,400 homes stand within 820 feet, mostly built between 1925 and 1946, a mix of apartment buildings and smaller houses.

Safety record
4 hurt
6 police-reported crashes, 2021–2025
Nearest subway
Ave U
0.3 miles · 6 min on foot · Q
Nearest bus stop
80 feet
Avenue U/Ocean Av · B3
Within a walk
12 places
6 religious buildings, 3 schools and 2 more kinds, within five minutes

Map

Layers
Avenue U & East 21st Street Nearby corners, linked

Getting there

How walks are measured

Subway

The nearest subway station is Ave U, 0.3 miles from this corner, about six minutes on foot.

  1. Ave U Q
    0.3 miles
    Q

Next trains at this station

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

Also within a walk

  1. Neck Rd Q
    0.5 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/Ocean Av, 80 feet away, for the B3.

  • 8 routes within a ten-minute walk
  1. Avenue U/Ocean Av B3
    80 feet
    B3

Next buses at this stop

  1. B3 …

Live arrivals

Cycling

  • 62 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, 1.3 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
    1.2 miles
  3. 2705 Nostrand Avenue Fast charging for electric cars
    1.5 miles

Safety record

How crashes are counted

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

  • 4 people injured
  • 0 people killed
  • 2 of those hurt, on a bike

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
11229
Community board
Brooklyn Community Board 15
City Council district
48
Police precinct
61
Neighborhood (City Planning area)
Madison
Elevation
13 feet above sea level

The streets

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

Homes

About 1,400 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 1946.

Trees

NYC Parks records 48 trees within 330 feet; the most common is the maidenhair tree.

Parking on the streets meeting here

How signs are read
  • 19 signs on these blocks
  • 7 different rules
  • 7 active meters
  • 4 pay-by-cell zones

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

North side of Avenue U

  • Metered parking 4 signs 2 HOUR METERED PARKING 8AM-7PM EXCEPT SUNDAY
  • No parking 4 signs NO PARKING 7:30AM-8AM 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 21st Street

  • Metered parking 1 sign 2 HOUR METERED PARKING 9AM-7PM EXCEPT SUNDAY
  • No parking 2 signs NO PARKING ANYTIME

West side of East 21st Street

  • Metered parking 2 signs 2 HOUR METERED PARKING 9AM-7PM EXCEPT SUNDAY

ParkNYC pay-by-cell zones: 303433, 311123, 315245 and 321807.

Schools and places within a walk

How places are listed

Twelve public places are within a five-minute walk.

  • 6 religious buildings
  • 3 schools
  • 2 day care or pre-K sites
  • 1 older adult center

Schools and child care

  1. Blue's Clue's DC Infant, toddler and preschool care, ages 0 to 5 · Pre-K
    600 feet
  2. Brooklyn Star Daycare Preschool, ages 2 to 5 · Pre-K
    770 feet
  3. Yeshivat Ohel Torah School
    910 feet
Show all 5
  1. St Edmund Prep High School
    950 feet
  2. P.S. 206 Joseph F Lamb School
    1,310 feet

Houses of worship

  1. Ocean Avenue Jewish Center House of worship
    760 feet

Community centers and public services

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

Bank branches

  1. Bank of America Bank branch
    70 feet
  2. Chase Bank branch
    980 feet
  3. Citizens Bank Bank branch
    1,160 feet

Supermarkets

  1. Star Market Supermarket
    850 feet
  2. NetCost Market Supermarket
    0.5 miles

Food stores and places to eat

Within a five-minute walk there are 22 places to eat and 29 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 21st 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.