Avenue U & East 73rd Street
Avenue U and East 73rd Street meet at a four-way crossing in Marine Park-Mill Basin-Bergen Beach, Brooklyn. Between 2021 and 2025, one police-reported crash was recorded here, fewer than the median of seven crashes for a Brooklyn corner. In 2025, 1,443 school-zone speed camera tickets were recorded here. Barone Triangle is 410 feet away. The nearest bus stop, Avenue U/E 71 St, is 490 feet away for the B3, and six bus routes stop within a ten-minute walk. Within a five-minute walk are six public places, two of them religious buildings, and three places to eat.
Map
Getting there
How walks are measuredBus
The nearest bus stop is Avenue U/E 71 St, 490 feet away, for the B3.
- 6 routes within a ten-minute walk
- Avenue U/E 71 St B3490 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 station0.6 miles
- 2143 Flatbush Avenue Charging for electric cars, two fast chargers1.5 miles
Safety record
How crashes are countedBetween 2021 and 2025, police reported one crash at this corner, fewer than the median of seven crashes for a Brooklyn corner. Nobody was hurt.
The most recent crash recorded here was in March 2021.
Camera tickets
How tickets are countedIn 2025, 1,443 school-zone speed camera tickets were issued for violations recorded at this corner, the 572nd most of the 1,957 corners in the city where any were issued.
In 2026 so far, through August 27, 648 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 two travel lanes
- One of the streets is one-way
Homes
About 600 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 1925 and 1965.
Trees
NYC Parks records 43 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 November 2024, and the sign on the street decides.
North side of Avenue U
- No standing 1 sign NO STANDING ANYTIME
Schools, parks and places within a walk
How places are listedSix public places are within a five-minute walk.
- 2 religious buildings
- 1 nature area
- 1 park
- 1 playground
- 1 school
Schools and child care
- P.S. 312 Bergen Beach School1,180 feet
Parks, playgrounds and gardens
- Barone Triangle410 feet
- Paerdegat Basin Park Nature area880 feet
- Bergen Beach Playground1,300 feet
Houses of worship
- Temple Sholom of Flatbush House of worship1,230 feet
Supermarkets
- Key Food Supermarket0.4 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 9 corners within a three-minute walk:
- Avenue U & East 74th Street 260 feet
- Avenue U & East 72nd Street 260 feet
- Avenue U & Veterans Avenue 310 feet
- Avenue U & East 71st Street 520 feet
- Avenue U & Royce Street 530 feet
- East 71st Street & Veterans Avenue 570 feet
- Avenue T & East 73rd Street 710 feet
- Avenue V & East 73rd Street 780 feet
See every intersection along Avenue U or East 73rd Street.