Avenue U & East 59th Street
Avenue U and East 59th Street meet at a four-way crossing in Marine Park-Mill Basin-Bergen Beach, Brooklyn. Between 2021 and 2025, four police-reported crashes were recorded here, fewer than the median of seven crashes for a Brooklyn corner. P.S. 236 Mill Basin is 1,300 feet away. The nearest bus stop, Avenue U/E 59 St, is 100 feet away for the B3 and B47, and nine bus routes stop within a ten-minute walk. Within a five-minute walk are five public places and five places to eat.
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Getting there
How walks are measuredBus
The nearest bus stop is Avenue U/E 59 St, 100 feet away, for the B3 and B47.
- 9 routes within a ten-minute walk
- Avenue U/E 59 St B3, B47100 feetB3 B47
Next buses at this stop
- B3 …
- B47 …
Cycling
- 5 bicycle racks within 820 feet
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.
- 6201 Avenue U Gas station1,010 feet
- 2143 Flatbush Avenue Charging for electric cars, two fast chargers1 mile
Safety record
How crashes are countedBetween 2021 and 2025, police reported four crashes at this corner, fewer than the median of seven crashes for a Brooklyn corner.
- 2 people injured
- 0 people killed
- 1 of those hurt, on foot
The most recent crash recorded here was in May 2026.
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
- 11 feet above sea level
The streets
- Up to four travel lanes
- One of the streets is one-way
Homes
About 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 1955 and 1960.
Trees
NYC Parks records 54 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 January 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 listedFive public places are within a five-minute walk.
- 1 day care or pre-K site
- 1 field
- 1 public space
- 1 religious building
- 1 school
Schools and child care
- Talmud Torah of Crown Heights School-based preschool, ages 3 to 5 · Pre-K1,240 feet
- P.S. 236 Mill Basin School1,300 feet
Parks, playgrounds and gardens
- Monsignor Crawford Field70 feet
Plazas and public spaces
- Public space at Lowe's Public space740 feet
Houses of worship
- Flatbush Park Jewish Center House of worship1,270 feet
Supermarkets
- Key Food Supermarket0.4 miles
Pharmacies
- Walgreens Pharmacy380 feet
Other stores
- Target Store0.4 miles
Shopping centers
- Mill Basin Plaza Shopping center310 feet
- Kings Plaza Shopping Center Shopping center0.3 miles
Food stores and places to eat
Within a five-minute walk there are five places to eat and four food stores.
Not on record for this corner: a subway entrance within a ten-minute walk, a signal or safety change 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 60th Street 260 feet
- Avenue U & East 58th Street 260 feet
- Avenue U & East 61st Street 520 feet
- Avenue U & East 57th Street 530 feet
- Avenue T & East 59th Street 780 feet
- Avenue U & Pearson Street 800 feet
- Avenue U & Mill Avenue 810 feet
- Avenue T & East 60th Street 1,030 feet
See every intersection along Avenue U or East 59th Street.