Avenue U & East 37th Street
Avenue U and East 37th Street meet at a three-way junction in Marine Park-Mill Basin-Bergen Beach, Brooklyn. The corner has a clean safety record in city data between 2021 and 2025. Marine Park is 60 feet away. The nearest bus stop, Avenue U/E 37 St, is 50 feet away for the B3, and nine bus routes stop within a ten-minute walk. Within a five-minute walk are four public places and two places to eat. About 600 homes stand within 820 feet, mostly built between 1925 and 1955, almost all in houses of one or two.
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Getting there
How walks are measuredBus
The nearest bus stop is Avenue U/E 37 St, 50 feet away, for the B3.
- 9 routes within a ten-minute walk
- Avenue U/E 37 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, 1.2 miles by car along the streets.
- 3902 Avenue U Gas station730 feet
- 2143 Flatbush Avenue Charging for electric cars, two fast chargers1 mile
Safety record
How crashes are countedNo police-reported crashes between 2021 and 2025, against a median of seven crashes for a Brooklyn corner.
The most recent crash recorded here was in February 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
- One of the streets is one-way
Homes
About 600 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 1925 and 1955.
Trees
NYC Parks records 89 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
Schools, parks and places within a walk
How places are listedFour public places are within a five-minute walk.
- 1 day care or pre-K site
- 1 park
- 1 playground
- 1 religious building
Schools and child care
- Little Scholars Learning Center IV Infant, toddler and preschool care · Pre-K1,130 feet
Parks, playgrounds and gardens
- Marine Park60 feet
- Lenape Playground190 feet
Supermarkets
- Food Universe Supermarket0.4 miles
Pharmacies
- CVS Pharmacy1,110 feet
Other stores
- Target Store0.3 miles
Shopping centers
- Kings Plaza Shopping Center Shopping center0.3 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 38th Street 260 feet
- Avenue U & East 36th Street 270 feet
- Avenue U & Ryder Street 520 feet
- Avenue U & East 35th Street 540 feet
- Avenue U & Kimball Street 780 feet
- Avenue T & East 37th Street 780 feet
- Avenue U & East 34th Street 800 feet
- Avenue V & East 38th Street 1,030 feet
See every intersection along Avenue U or East 37th Street.