Avenue U & East 36th Street
Avenue U and East 36th Street meet at a three-way junction in Marine Park-Mill Basin-Bergen Beach, Brooklyn. Between 2021 and 2025, six police-reported crashes were recorded here, fewer than the median of seven crashes for a Brooklyn corner. Lenape Playground is 260 feet away. The nearest bus stop, Avenue U/E 37 St, is 190 feet away for the B3, and nine bus routes stop within a ten-minute walk. Within a five-minute walk are three public places and two places to eat.
Map
Getting there
How walks are measuredBus
The nearest bus stop is Avenue U/E 37 St, 190 feet away, for the B3.
- 9 routes within a ten-minute walk
- Avenue U/E 37 St B3190 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, 1.3 miles by car along the streets.
- 3902 Avenue U Gas station1,000 feet
- 2143 Flatbush Avenue Charging for electric cars, two fast chargers1.1 miles
Safety record
How crashes are countedBetween 2021 and 2025, police reported six 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
- 11234
- Community board
- Brooklyn Community Board 18
- City Council district
- 46
- Police precinct
- 63
- Neighborhood (City Planning area)
- Marine Park-Mill Basin-Bergen Beach
- Elevation
- 8 feet above sea level
The streets
- Up to four travel lanes
- A designated truck route
Homes
About 500 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 1930 and 1950.
Trees
NYC Parks records 83 trees within 330 feet; the most common is the London planetree.
Parking on the streets meeting here
How signs are read- 3 signs on these blocks
- 1 rule
The sign wording is DOT's, as recorded in December 2020, and the sign on the street decides.
North side of Avenue U
- No parking 3 signs NO PARKING MONDAY THURSDAY 3AM-6AM
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 Park80 feet
- Lenape Playground260 feet
- Salt Marsh Nature Center in Marine Park Park feature1,200 feet
Supermarkets
- Food Universe Supermarket0.5 miles
Pharmacies
- CVS Pharmacy0.3 miles
Other stores
- Target Store0.4 miles
Shopping centers
- Kings Plaza Shopping Center Shopping center0.4 miles
Food stores and places to eat
Within a five-minute walk there are two places to eat and one food store.
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, seven of them within a three-minute walk:
- Avenue U & East 37th Street 270 feet
- Avenue U & East 35th Street 270 feet
- Avenue U & East 38th Street 520 feet
- Avenue U & East 34th Street 530 feet
- Avenue T & East 36th Street 780 feet
- Avenue U & Ryder Street 790 feet
- Avenue U & East 33rd Street 790 feet
- Avenue U & Kimball Street 1,050 feet
See every intersection along Avenue U or East 36th Street.