Avenue U & East 33rd Street
Avenue U and East 33rd Street meet at a three-way junction in Marine Park-Mill Basin-Bergen Beach, Brooklyn, at the edge of Marine Park-Plumb Island. Between 2021 and 2025, 13 police-reported crashes were recorded here, against a median of seven crashes for a Brooklyn corner. Salt Marsh Nature Center in Marine Park is 410 feet away. The nearest bus stop, Avenue U/E 33 St, is 50 feet away for the B3, and five bus routes stop within a ten-minute walk. Within a five-minute walk are three public places.
Map
Getting there
How walks are measuredBus
The nearest bus stop is Avenue U/E 33 St, 50 feet away, for the B3.
- 5 routes within a ten-minute walk
- Avenue U/E 33 St B350 feetB3
Next buses at this stop
- B3 …
By car
The nearest highway entrance is the ramp to the Belt Parkway westbound at Flatbush Avenue & Belt Parkway, 1.4 miles by car along the streets.
- 3902 Avenue U Gas station0.3 miles
- 2143 Flatbush Avenue Charging for electric cars, two fast chargers1.2 miles
Safety record
How crashes are countedBetween 2021 and 2025, police reported 13 crashes at this corner, more than the median of seven crashes for a Brooklyn corner.
- 15 people injured
- 0 people killed
- 1 of those hurt, on foot
- 1 of those hurt, on a bike
The most recent crash recorded here was in March 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 18
- City Council district
- 46
- Police precinct
- 63
- Neighborhood (City Planning area)
- Marine Park-Mill Basin-Bergen Beach; the corner is on the edge of the Marine Park-Plumb Island area
- Elevation
- 12 feet above sea level
The streets
- Up to four travel lanes
- A designated truck route
- One of the streets is one-way
Homes
About 300 homes stand within 820 feet of this corner, almost all of them in houses of one or two. The buildings holding them mostly went up between 1935 and 1950.
Trees
NYC Parks records 121 trees within 330 feet; the most common is the London planetree.
Parking on the streets meeting here
How signs are read- 14 signs on these blocks
- 3 different rules
The sign wording is DOT's, as recorded between October 2015 and December 2023, and the sign on the street decides.
North side of Avenue U
- No parking 10 signs NO PARKING ANYTIME
- No parking 2 signs NO PARKING MONDAY THURSDAY 3AM-6AM
West side of East 33rd Street
- No standing 2 signs NO STANDING ANYTIME
Parks and places within a walk
How places are listedThree public places are within a five-minute walk.
- 1 park
- 1 park feature
- 1 playground
Parks, playgrounds and gardens
- Marine Park50 feet
- Salt Marsh Nature Center in Marine Park Park feature410 feet
- Lenape Playground1,050 feet
Supermarkets
- Key Food Supermarket0.4 miles
Pharmacies
- CVS Pharmacy0.4 miles
- Walgreens Pharmacy0.4 miles
Not on record for this corner: a subway entrance within a ten-minute walk, a bike route here or a bicycle rack within 820 feet and a designated landmark or historic district within 820 feet.
Nearby corners
The eight nearest corners on foot, four of them within a three-minute walk:
- Avenue U & East 34th Street 260 feet
- Avenue U & East 35th Street 520 feet
- Avenue T & East 33rd Street 780 feet
- Avenue U & East 36th Street 790 feet
- Avenue T & East 34th Street 1,040 feet
- Avenue U & East 37th Street 1,060 feet
- Avenue T & East 35th Street 1,300 feet
- Avenue U & East 38th Street 1,320 feet
See every intersection along Avenue U or East 33rd Street.