Avenue U & East 63rd Street
Avenue U and East 63rd Street meet at a four-way crossing in Marine Park-Mill Basin-Bergen Beach, Brooklyn. The corner is also named Rabbi Dr. David S. Halpern Way by local law. Between 2021 and 2025, six police-reported crashes were recorded here, fewer than the median of seven crashes for a Brooklyn corner. P.S. 236 Mill Basin is 210 feet away. The nearest bus stop, Mill Av/Avenue U, is 310 feet away for the B47. Within a five-minute walk are 11 public places, five of them religious buildings, and ten places to eat.
Map
Getting there
How walks are measuredBus
The nearest bus stop is Mill Av/Avenue U, 310 feet away, for the B47.
- 5 routes within a ten-minute walk
- Mill Av/Avenue U B47310 feetB47
Next buses at this stop
- 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, 1.6 miles by car along the streets.
- 6201 Avenue U Gas station290 feet
- 2143 Flatbush Avenue Charging for electric cars, two fast chargers1.2 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.
- 6 people injured
- 0 people killed
The most recent crash recorded here was in December 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
This corner is also named Rabbi Dr. David S. Halpern Way, a co-naming enacted on August 13, 2025 (Local Law 121 of 2025).
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, almost all of them in houses of one or two. The buildings holding them mostly went up between 1930 and 1960.
Trees
NYC Parks records 34 trees within 330 feet; the most common is the London planetree.
The Department of Records' Honorary Street Names dataset has its own note on Rabbi Dr. David S. Halpern Way.
Parking on the streets meeting here
How signs are read- 10 signs on these blocks
- 5 different rules
The sign wording is DOT's, as recorded between March 2014 and June 2025, and the sign on the street decides.
North side of Avenue U
- No parking 2 signs NO PARKING ANYTIME
- No standing 2 signs NO STANDING SCHOOL DAYS 8AM-6PM
South side of Avenue U
- No standing 2 signs NO STANDING SCHOOL DAYS 7AM-4PM
East side of East 63rd Street
- No standing 3 signs NO STANDING SCHOOL DAYS 7AM-4PM
West side of East 63rd Street
- Truck loading only 1 sign TRUCK LOADING ONLY MONDAY-FRIDAY 7AM-NOON
Schools, parks and places within a walk
How places are listedEleven public places are within a five-minute walk.
- 5 religious buildings
- 2 day care or pre-K sites
- 2 schools
- 1 field
- 1 park
Schools and child care
- Talmud Torah of Crown Heights School-based preschool, ages 3 to 5 · Pre-K150 feet
- P.S. 236 Mill Basin School210 feet
- Crown Heights Yeshivah School280 feet
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- Aleph Daycare 1 Infant, toddler and preschool care, ages 0 to 5 · Pre-K1,100 feet
Parks, playgrounds and gardens
- Monsignor Crawford Field880 feet
- Lindower Park1,160 feet
Houses of worship
- Flatbush Park Jewish Center House of worship190 feet
Bank branches
- Chase Bank branch750 feet
Supermarkets
- Key Food Supermarket1,240 feet
Pharmacies
- Walgreens Pharmacy0.3 miles
- CVS Pharmacy0.5 miles
Shopping centers
- Mill Basin Plaza Shopping center0.3 miles
- Kings Plaza Shopping Center Shopping center0.5 miles
Food stores and places to eat
Within a five-minute walk there are ten places to eat and three 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 64th Street 260 feet
- Avenue U & Mill Avenue 280 feet
- Avenue U & East 65th Street 520 feet
- Avenue U & East 61st Street 570 feet
- Strickland Avenue & East 63rd Street 770 feet
- Avenue T & East 63rd Street 780 feet
- Avenue U & East 66th Street 780 feet
- Avenue U & East 60th Street 830 feet
See every intersection along Avenue U or East 63rd Street.