Avenue U & East 72nd Street
Avenue U and East 72nd Street meet at a four-way crossing in Marine Park-Mill Basin-Bergen Beach, Brooklyn. The corner has a clean safety record in city data between 2021 and 2025. P.S. 312 Bergen Beach is 920 feet away. The nearest bus stop, Avenue U/E 71 St, is 230 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 three places to eat.
Map
Getting there
How walks are measuredBus
The nearest bus stop is Avenue U/E 71 St, 230 feet away, for the B3.
- 6 routes within a ten-minute walk
- Avenue U/E 71 St B3230 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, 2.1 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 countedNo police-reported crashes between 2021 and 2025, against a median of seven crashes for a Brooklyn corner.
The most recent crash recorded here was in November 2020.
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 1935 and 1965.
Trees
NYC Parks records 44 trees within 330 feet; the most common is the London planetree.
Parking on the streets meeting here
How signs are read- 1 sign on these blocks
- 1 rule
The sign wording is DOT's, as recorded in December 2020, and the sign on the street decides.
South side of Avenue U
- 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 religious buildings
- 1 day care or pre-K site
- 1 nature area
- 1 older adult center
- 2 other places
Schools and child care
- P.S. 312 Bergen Beach School920 feet
- Birch Family Services - Mill Basin School1,070 feet
- St Bernard Catholic Academy School1,130 feet
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- Aleph Daycare 1 Infant, toddler and preschool care, ages 0 to 5 · Pre-K1,290 feet
Parks, playgrounds and gardens
- Barone Triangle150 feet
- Paerdegat Basin Park Nature area1,140 feet
- Bergen Beach Playground1,210 feet
Houses of worship
- Temple Sholom of Flatbush House of worship970 feet
Community centers and public services
- Older adult center at 2075 East 68th Street Older adult center1,070 feet
Supermarkets
- Key Food Supermarket0.3 miles
Food stores and places to eat
Within a five-minute walk there are three 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 11 corners within a three-minute walk:
- Avenue U & Veterans Avenue 50 feet
- Avenue U & East 71st Street 260 feet
- Avenue U & East 73rd Street 260 feet
- East 71st Street & Veterans Avenue 310 feet
- Avenue U & East 70th Street 520 feet
- Avenue U & East 74th Street 520 feet
- East 70th Street & Veterans Avenue 620 feet
- Avenue T & East 72nd Street 710 feet
See every intersection along Avenue U or East 72nd Street.