Avenue U & East 22nd Street

Avenue U and East 22nd Street meet at a four-way crossing in Madison, Brooklyn. Between 2021 and 2025, three police-reported crashes were recorded here, fewer than the median of seven crashes for a Brooklyn corner. P.S. 206 Joseph F Lamb is 1,050 feet away. The nearest subway, Ave U, is about seven minutes on foot, for the Q. Within a five-minute walk are 13 public places, six of them religious buildings, and 20 places to eat. About 1,500 homes stand within 820 feet, mostly built between 1925 and 1950, a mix of apartment buildings and smaller houses.

Safety record
1 hurt
3 police-reported crashes, 2021–2025
Nearest subway
Ave U
0.3 miles · 7 min on foot · Q
Nearest bus stop
160 feet
Avenue U/E 23 St · B3
Within a walk
13 places
6 religious buildings, 3 schools and 3 more kinds, within five minutes

Map

Layers
Avenue U & East 22nd 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 seven 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 …

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 23 St, 160 feet away, for the B3.

  • 10 routes within a ten-minute walk
  1. Avenue U/E 23 St B3
    160 feet
    B3

Next buses at this stop

  1. B3 …

Live arrivals

Cycling

  • 58 bicycle racks within 820 feet, 2 of them on-street corrals

By car

The nearest highway entrance is the ramp to the Belt Parkway westbound at Shore Parkway & East 13th Street at Belt Parkway, 1.4 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 three crashes at this corner, fewer than the median of seven crashes for a Brooklyn corner.

  • 1 person injured
  • 0 people killed

The most recent crash recorded here was in May 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
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 1,500 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 1950.

Trees

NYC Parks records 58 trees within 330 feet; the most common are the Kentucky coffeetree and the maidenhair tree.

Parking on the streets meeting here

How signs are read
  • 20 signs on these blocks
  • 6 different rules
  • 8 active meters
  • 4 pay-by-cell zones

The sign wording is DOT's, as recorded between October 2018 and January 2024, 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 4 signs 2 HOUR METERED PARKING 8:30AM-7PM EXCEPT SUNDAY
  • No parking 4 signs NO PARKING 8AM-8:30AM EXCEPT SUNDAY

East side of East 22nd Street

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

West side of East 22nd Street

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

ParkNYC pay-by-cell zones: 315277, 315290, 318573 and 323973.

Schools, parks and places within a walk

How places are listed

Thirteen public places are within a five-minute walk.

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

Schools and child care

  1. Brooklyn Star Daycare Preschool, ages 2 to 5 · Pre-K
    510 feet
  2. Blue's Clue's DC Infant, toddler and preschool care, ages 0 to 5 · Pre-K
    860 feet
  3. P.S. 206 Joseph F Lamb School
    1,050 feet
Show all 5
  1. Yeshivat Ohel Torah School
    1,170 feet
  2. St Edmund Prep High School
    1,210 feet

Parks, playgrounds and gardens

  1. Galapo Playground
    1,200 feet

Houses of worship

  1. Ocean Avenue Jewish Center House of worship
    1,030 feet
  2. Nachlath Zion Jewish Center House of worship
    1,120 feet

Community centers and public services

  1. Older adult center at 2600 Ocean Avenue Older adult center
    1,170 feet

Bank branches

  1. Bank of America Bank branch
    330 feet
  2. Chase Bank branch
    1,240 feet

Supermarkets

  1. Star Market Supermarket
    1,110 feet

Food stores and places to eat

Within a five-minute walk there are 20 places to eat and 28 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 22nd 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.