Avenue U & East 70th Street
Avenue U and East 70th Street meet at a four-way crossing in Marine Park-Mill Basin-Bergen Beach, Brooklyn. Between 2021 and 2025, two police-reported crashes were recorded here, fewer than the median of seven crashes for a Brooklyn corner. St Bernard Catholic Academy is 790 feet away. The nearest bus stop, E 70 St/Veterans Av, is 180 feet away for the B41, and six bus routes stop within a ten-minute walk. Within a five-minute walk are nine public places, three of them religious buildings, and seven places to eat.
Map
Getting there
How walks are measuredBus
The nearest bus stop is E 70 St/Veterans Av, 180 feet away, for the B41.
- 6 routes within a ten-minute walk
- E 70 St/Veterans Av B41180 feetB41
Next buses at this stop
- B41 …
By car
The nearest highway entrance is the ramp to the Belt Parkway westbound at Flatbush Avenue & Belt Parkway, 2 miles by car along the streets.
- 6201 Avenue U Gas station0.4 miles
- 2143 Flatbush Avenue Charging for electric cars, two fast chargers1.4 miles
Safety record
How crashes are countedBetween 2021 and 2025, police reported two crashes at this corner, fewer than the median of seven crashes for a Brooklyn corner.
- 2 people injured
- 0 people killed
The most recent crash recorded here was in December 2022.
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
- 9 feet above sea level
The streets
- Up to two travel lanes
- One of the streets is one-way
Homes
About 700 homes stand within 820 feet of this corner, a mix of apartment buildings and smaller houses. The buildings holding them mostly went up between 1960 and 1975.
Trees
NYC Parks records 32 trees within 330 feet; the most common is the 'Green leaf' Japanese flowering cherry.
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 May 2022, and the sign on the street decides.
East side of East 70th Street
- Bus layover only 2 signs MTA BUS LAYOVER ONLY NO ENGINE IDLING MAX FINE $2000
Schools, parks and places within a walk
How places are listedNine public places are within a five-minute walk.
- 3 religious buildings
- 2 schools
- 1 day care or pre-K site
- 1 older adult center
- 1 park
- 1 playground
Schools and child care
- Birch Family Services - Mill Basin School550 feet
- Aleph Daycare 1 Infant, toddler and preschool care, ages 0 to 5 · Pre-K770 feet
- St Bernard Catholic Academy School790 feet
Parks, playgrounds and gardens
- Barone Triangle300 feet
- Hickman Playground1,110 feet
Houses of worship
- Temple Sholom of Flatbush House of worship450 feet
Community centers and public services
- Older adult center at 2075 East 68th Street Older adult center550 feet
Bank branches
- Chase Bank branch1,230 feet
Supermarkets
- Key Food Supermarket1,140 feet
Food stores and places to eat
Within a five-minute walk there are seven places to eat and one food store.
Not on record for this corner:
- A subway entrance within a ten-minute walk
- A bike route here or a bicycle rack within 820 feet
- A signal or safety change
- A designated landmark or historic district within 820 feet
Nearby corners
The eight nearest of the 11 corners within a three-minute walk:
- Avenue U & East 71st Street 260 feet
- Avenue U & East 69th Street 280 feet
- East 70th Street & Veterans Avenue 330 feet
- East 71st Street & Veterans Avenue 410 feet
- Avenue U & Veterans Avenue 470 feet
- Avenue U & East 72nd Street 520 feet
- Avenue U & East 68th Street 560 feet
- East 69th Street & Veterans Avenue 680 feet
See every intersection along Avenue U or East 70th Street.