Avenue U & East 71st Street
Avenue U and East 71st Street meet at a four-way crossing in Marine Park-Mill Basin-Bergen Beach, Brooklyn. The corner is also named Barone Triangle by local law. Between 2021 and 2025, four police-reported crashes were recorded here, fewer than the median of seven crashes for a Brooklyn corner. Temple Sholom of Flatbush is 710 feet away. The nearest bus stop, Avenue U/E 71 St, is 50 feet away for the B3, and six bus routes stop within a ten-minute walk. Within a five-minute walk are ten public places, three of them schools, and seven places to eat.
Map
Getting there
How walks are measuredBus
The nearest bus stop is Avenue U/E 71 St, 50 feet away, for the B3.
- 6 routes within a ten-minute walk
- Avenue U/E 71 St B350 feetB3
Next buses at this stop
- B3 …
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 station0.5 miles
- 2143 Flatbush Avenue Charging for electric cars, two fast chargers1.5 miles
Safety record
How crashes are countedBetween 2021 and 2025, police reported four crashes at this corner, fewer than the median of seven crashes for a Brooklyn corner.
- 2 people injured
- 0 people killed
- 2 of those hurt, on foot
The most recent crash recorded here was in December 2025.
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
This corner is also named Barone Triangle, a co-naming enacted on September 29, 1982 (Local Law 61 of 1982).
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 1955 and 1975.
Trees
NYC Parks records 42 trees within 330 feet; the most common is the London planetree.
The Department of Records' Honorary Street Names dataset has its own note on Barone Triangle.
Parking on the streets meeting here
How signs are read- 3 signs on these blocks
- 3 different rules
The sign wording is DOT's, as recorded between November 2015 and December 2020, and the sign on the street decides.
South side of Avenue U
- No standing 1 sign NO STANDING ANYTIME
East side of East 71st Street
- No standing 1 sign NO STANDING ANYTIME
West side of East 71st Street
- No standing 1 sign NO STANDING ANYTIME
Schools, parks and places within a walk
How places are listedTen public places are within a five-minute walk.
- 3 schools
- 2 playgrounds
- 2 religious buildings
- 1 day care or pre-K site
- 1 older adult center
- 1 park
Schools and child care
- Birch Family Services - Mill Basin School810 feet
- St Bernard Catholic Academy School970 feet
- Aleph Daycare 1 Infant, toddler and preschool care, ages 0 to 5 · Pre-K1,030 feet
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- P.S. 312 Bergen Beach School1,070 feet
Parks, playgrounds and gardens
- Barone Triangle40 feet
- Bergen Beach Playground1,060 feet
- Hickman Playground1,250 feet
Houses of worship
- Temple Sholom of Flatbush House of worship710 feet
Community centers and public services
- Older adult center at 2075 East 68th Street Older adult center810 feet
Supermarkets
- Key Food Supermarket0.3 miles
Food stores and places to eat
Within a five-minute walk there are seven places to eat.
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 12 corners within a three-minute walk:
- East 71st Street & Veterans Avenue 150 feet
- Avenue U & Veterans Avenue 210 feet
- Avenue U & East 70th Street 260 feet
- Avenue U & East 72nd Street 260 feet
- East 70th Street & Veterans Avenue 470 feet
- Avenue U & East 73rd Street 520 feet
- Avenue U & East 69th Street 540 feet
- Avenue T & East 71st Street 710 feet
See every intersection along Avenue U or East 71st Street.