Avenue U & East 60th Street
Avenue U and East 60th Street meet at a three-way junction in Marine Park-Mill Basin-Bergen Beach, Brooklyn. Between 2021 and 2025, three police-reported crashes were recorded here, fewer than the median of seven crashes for a Brooklyn corner. Monsignor Crawford Field is 50 feet away. The nearest bus stop, Avenue U/E 59 St, is 170 feet away for the B3 and B47, and six bus routes stop within a ten-minute walk. Within a five-minute walk are seven public places, two of them religious buildings, and five places to eat.
Map
Getting there
How walks are measuredBus
The nearest bus stop is Avenue U/E 59 St, 170 feet away, for the B3 and B47.
- 6 routes within a ten-minute walk
- Avenue U/E 59 St B3, B47170 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 station760 feet
- 2143 Flatbush Avenue Charging for electric cars, two fast chargers1 mile
Safety record
How crashes are countedBetween 2021 and 2025, police reported three crashes at this corner, fewer than the median of seven crashes for a Brooklyn corner.
- 3 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 August 2024.
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
- 10 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 42 trees within 330 feet; the most common is the London planetree.
Parking on the streets meeting here
How signs are read- 4 signs on these blocks
- 1 rule
The sign wording is DOT's, as recorded in March 2018, and the sign on the street decides.
North side of Avenue U
- No parking 4 signs NO PARKING MONDAY THURSDAY 3AM-6AM
Schools, parks and places within a walk
How places are listedSeven public places are within a five-minute walk.
- 2 religious buildings
- 2 schools
- 1 day care or pre-K site
- 1 field
- 1 public space
Schools and child care
- Talmud Torah of Crown Heights School-based preschool, ages 3 to 5 · Pre-K980 feet
- P.S. 236 Mill Basin School1,040 feet
- Crown Heights Yeshivah School1,110 feet
Parks, playgrounds and gardens
- Monsignor Crawford Field50 feet
Plazas and public spaces
- Public space at Lowe's Public space1,000 feet
Houses of worship
- Flatbush Park Jewish Center House of worship1,010 feet
Supermarkets
- Key Food Supermarket0.4 miles
Pharmacies
- Walgreens Pharmacy640 feet
Other stores
- Target Store0.5 miles
Shopping centers
- Mill Basin Plaza Shopping center570 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, six of them within a three-minute walk:
- Avenue U & East 59th Street 260 feet
- Avenue U & East 61st Street 260 feet
- Avenue U & East 58th Street 520 feet
- Avenue U & Mill Avenue 550 feet
- Avenue T & East 60th Street 780 feet
- Avenue U & East 57th Street 790 feet
- Avenue U & East 63rd Street 830 feet
- Avenue T & Ralph Avenue 880 feet
See every intersection along Avenue U or East 60th Street.