Avenue U & East 65th Street
Avenue U and East 65th Street meet at a four-way crossing 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. In 2025, 536 school-zone speed camera tickets were recorded here. Crown Heights Yeshivah is 590 feet away. The nearest bus stop, Avenue U/E 64 St, is 230 feet away for the B3 and B100, and six bus routes stop within a ten-minute walk. Within a five-minute walk are 12 public places, six of them religious buildings, and seven places to eat.
Map
Getting there
How walks are measuredBus
The nearest bus stop is Avenue U/E 64 St, 230 feet away, for the B3 and B100.
- 6 routes within a ten-minute walk
- Avenue U/E 64 St B3, B100230 feetB3 B100
Next buses at this stop
- B3 …
- B100 …
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, 1.7 miles by car along the streets.
- 6201 Avenue U Gas station810 feet
- 2143 Flatbush Avenue Charging for electric cars, two fast chargers1.3 miles
Safety record
How crashes are countedBetween 2021 and 2025, police reported seven crashes at this corner, the median for a Brooklyn corner.
- 4 people injured
- 0 people killed
- 1 of those hurt, on foot
The most recent crash recorded here was in June 2025.
Camera tickets
How tickets are countedIn 2025, 536 school-zone speed camera tickets were issued for violations recorded at this corner, the 1,149th most of the 1,957 corners in the city where any were issued.
In 2026 so far, through August 27, 222 more were issued.
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, 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 40 trees within 330 feet; the most common is the London planetree.
Parking on the streets meeting here
How signs are read- 2 signs on these blocks
- 1 rule
The sign wording is DOT's, as recorded in April 2020, and the sign on the street decides.
North side of Avenue U
- Ambulettes only 2 signs AMBULETTE ONLY MONDAY-FRIDAY 9AM-8PM
Schools and places within a walk
How places are listedTwelve public places are within a five-minute walk.
- 6 religious buildings
- 3 schools
- 2 day care or pre-K sites
- 1 older adult center
Schools and child care
- Talmud Torah of Crown Heights School-based preschool, ages 3 to 5 · Pre-K370 feet
- Aleph Daycare 1 Infant, toddler and preschool care, ages 0 to 5 · Pre-K580 feet
- Crown Heights Yeshivah School590 feet
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- P.S. 236 Mill Basin School590 feet
- Birch Family Services - Mill Basin School970 feet
Houses of worship
- Flatbush Park Jewish Center House of worship380 feet
- Temple Sholom of Flatbush House of worship950 feet
Community centers and public services
- Older adult center at 2075 East 68th Street Older adult center970 feet
Bank branches
- Chase Bank branch230 feet
Supermarkets
- Key Food Supermarket720 feet
Pharmacies
- Walgreens Pharmacy0.4 miles
- CVS Pharmacy0.5 miles
Shopping centers
- Mill Basin Plaza Shopping center0.4 miles
Food stores and places to eat
Within a five-minute walk there are seven 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 corners within a three-minute walk:
- Avenue U & East 64th Street 260 feet
- Avenue U & East 66th Street 270 feet
- Avenue U & East 67th Street 520 feet
- Avenue U & East 63rd Street 520 feet
- East 65th Street & Strickland Avenue 770 feet
- Avenue T & East 65th Street 780 feet
- Avenue U & East 68th Street 790 feet
- Avenue U & Mill Avenue 800 feet
See every intersection along Avenue U or East 65th Street.