Avenue U & East 61st Street
Avenue U and East 61st Street meet at a three-way junction in Marine Park-Mill Basin-Bergen Beach, Brooklyn. Between 2021 and 2025, seven police-reported crashes were recorded here, the median for a Brooklyn corner. Flatbush Park Jewish Center is 750 feet away. The nearest bus stop, Avenue U/Mill Av, is 170 feet away for the B3, and five bus routes stop within a ten-minute walk. Within a five-minute walk are ten public places, four of them religious buildings, and three places to eat.
Map
Getting there
How walks are measuredBus
The nearest bus stop is Avenue U/Mill Av, 170 feet away, for the B3.
- 5 routes within a ten-minute walk
- Avenue U/Mill Av B3 · Shelter170 feetB3
Next buses at this stop
- B3 …
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, 1.5 miles by car along the streets.
- 6201 Avenue U Gas station500 feet
- 2143 Flatbush Avenue Charging for electric cars, two fast chargers1.1 miles
Safety record
How crashes are countedBetween 2021 and 2025, police reported seven crashes at this corner, the median for a Brooklyn corner.
- 2 people injured
- 0 people killed
The most recent crash recorded here was in November 2024.
What the city has done here
- Accessible pedestrian signal, April 2024
- Leading pedestrian interval, October 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 400 homes stand within 820 feet of this corner, a mix of apartment buildings and smaller houses. The buildings holding them mostly went up between 1950 and 1960.
Trees
NYC Parks records 24 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 2026, 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 listedTen public places are within a five-minute walk.
- 4 religious buildings
- 2 schools
- 1 day care or pre-K site
- 1 field
- 1 park
- 1 public space
Schools and child care
- Talmud Torah of Crown Heights School-based preschool, ages 3 to 5 · Pre-K720 feet
- P.S. 236 Mill Basin School780 feet
- Crown Heights Yeshivah School850 feet
Parks, playgrounds and gardens
- Monsignor Crawford Field310 feet
- Lindower Park1,220 feet
Plazas and public spaces
- Public space at Lowe's Public space1,270 feet
Houses of worship
- Flatbush Park Jewish Center House of worship750 feet
Supermarkets
- Key Food Supermarket0.3 miles
Pharmacies
- Walgreens Pharmacy900 feet
- CVS Pharmacy0.5 miles
Shopping centers
- Mill Basin Plaza Shopping center830 feet
- Kings Plaza Shopping Center Shopping center0.4 miles
Food stores and places to eat
Within a five-minute walk there are three places to eat and three food stores.
Not on record for this corner: a subway entrance within a ten-minute walk 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 60th Street 260 feet
- Avenue U & Mill Avenue 290 feet
- Avenue U & East 59th Street 520 feet
- Avenue U & East 63rd Street 570 feet
- Avenue U & East 58th Street 780 feet
- Avenue T & East 61st Street 780 feet
- Avenue U & East 64th Street 830 feet
- Avenue T & Ralph Avenue 940 feet
See every intersection along Avenue U or East 61st Street.