Avenue U & East 74th Street
Avenue U and East 74th 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. Paerdegat Basin Park is 620 feet away. The nearest bus stop, Avenue U/E 71 St, is 750 feet away for the B3, and six bus routes stop within a ten-minute walk. Within a five-minute walk are three public places and three places to eat. About 600 homes stand within 820 feet, mostly built between 1935 and 1965, almost all in houses of one or two.
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Getting there
How walks are measuredBus
The nearest bus stop is Avenue U/E 71 St, 750 feet away, for the B3.
- 6 routes within a ten-minute walk
- Avenue U/E 71 St B3750 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, 2.2 miles by car along the streets.
- 6201 Avenue U Gas station0.6 miles
- 2143 Flatbush Avenue Charging for electric cars, two fast chargers1.6 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 June 2018.
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
- 11 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 1935 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
Parks and places within a walk
How places are listedThree public places are within a five-minute walk.
- 1 nature area
- 1 park
- 1 religious building
Parks, playgrounds and gardens
- Paerdegat Basin Park Nature area620 feet
- Barone Triangle670 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 corners on foot, seven of them within a three-minute walk:
- Avenue U & East 73rd Street 260 feet
- Avenue U & Royce Street 270 feet
- Avenue U & East 72nd Street 520 feet
- Avenue U & Veterans Avenue 570 feet
- Avenue T & East 74th Street 710 feet
- Avenue V & East 74th Street 780 feet
- Avenue U & East 71st Street 780 feet
- East 71st Street & Veterans Avenue 830 feet
See every intersection along Avenue U or East 74th Street.