Avenue U & East 2nd Street

Avenue U and East 2nd Street meet at a four-way crossing in Gravesend (East)-Homecrest, Brooklyn. Between 2021 and 2025, six police-reported crashes were recorded here, fewer than the median of seven crashes for a Brooklyn corner. Yeshivat Magen Abraham is 540 feet away. The nearest subway, Ave U, is about four minutes on foot, and two subway lines stop within a ten-minute walk. Within a five-minute walk are eight public places, three of them religious buildings, and five places to eat.

Safety record
4 hurt
6 police-reported crashes, 2021–2025
Nearest subway
Ave U
1,020 feet · 4 min on foot · F
Nearest bus stop
130 feet
Avenue U/E 2 St · B3
Within a walk
8 places
3 religious buildings, 2 parks and 3 more kinds, within five minutes

Map

Layers
Avenue U & East 2nd Street Nearby corners, linked

Getting there

How walks are measured

Subway

The nearest subway station is Ave U, 1,020 feet from this corner, about four minutes on foot.

  • 2 lines within a ten-minute walk
  1. Ave U F
    1,020 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
    0.5 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 2 St, 130 feet away, for the B3.

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

Next buses at this stop

  1. B3 …

Live arrivals

Cycling

  • 16 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
    0.6 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 six crashes at this corner, fewer than the median of seven crashes for a Brooklyn corner.

  • 4 people injured
  • 0 people killed
  • 1 of those hurt, on foot

The most recent crash recorded here was in February 2025.

What the city has done here

  • Accessible pedestrian signal, June 2020
  • Leading pedestrian interval, September 2022

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 1,100 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 1955.

Trees

NYC Parks records 51 trees within 330 feet; the most common is the London planetree.

Parking on the streets meeting here

How signs are read
  • 42 signs on these blocks
  • 12 different rules
  • 3 active meters
  • 2 pay-by-cell zones

The sign wording is DOT's, as recorded between July 2018 and January 2024, and the sign on the street decides.

North side of Avenue U

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

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 2 signs NO PARKING WEDNESDAY 11:30AM-1PM
  • No standing 1 sign NO STANDING ANYTIME

East side of East 2nd Street

  • No parking 2 signs NO PARKING ANYTIME
  • No parking 7 signs NO PARKING FRIDAY 11:30AM-1PM
  • No parking 6 signs NO PARKING THURSDAY 11:30AM-1PM

West side of East 2nd Street

  • No parking 4 signs NO PARKING THURSDAY 11:30AM-1PM
  • No parking 5 signs NO PARKING WEDNESDAY 11:30AM-1PM

ParkNYC pay-by-cell zones: 305203 and 318511.

Schools, parks and places within a walk

How places are listed

Eight public places are within a five-minute walk.

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

Schools and child care

  1. Yeshivat Magen Abraham School
    540 feet

Parks, playgrounds and gardens

  1. Gravesend Triangle
    830 feet
  2. McDonald Playground
    1,280 feet
  3. Lady Moody Triangle
    1,310 feet

Houses of worship

  1. Beth El Flatbush Congregation House of worship
    390 feet
  2. Trinity Tabernacle Gravesend Church House of worship
    990 feet

Community centers and public services

  1. Gravesend Post Office
    610 feet

Bank branches

  1. Santander Bank Bank branch
    960 feet

Supermarkets

  1. Food Universe Supermarket
    0.3 miles

Food stores and places to eat

Within a five-minute walk there are five places to eat and 11 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, seven of them within a three-minute walk:

See every intersection along Avenue U or East 2nd Street.

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