Avenue U & Ford Street

Avenue U and Ford Street meet at a four-way crossing in Madison, Brooklyn. Between 2021 and 2025, 11 police-reported crashes were recorded here, against a median of seven crashes for a Brooklyn corner. The Engine 321 firehouse is 1,150 feet away. The nearest bus stop, Avenue U/Ford St, is 110 feet away for the B3, and seven bus routes stop within a ten-minute walk. Within a five-minute walk are 11 public places, four of them day care or pre-K sites, and nine places to eat.

Safety record
10 hurt
11 police-reported crashes, 2021–2025
Nearest highway entrance
Belt Parkway
1.3 miles by car along the streets
Nearest bus stop
110 feet
Avenue U/Ford St · B3
Within a walk
11 places
4 day care or pre-K sites, 2 nursing homes or hospices and 4 more kinds, within five minutes

Map

Layers
Avenue U & Ford Street Nearby corners, linked

Getting there

How walks are measured

Bus

The nearest bus stop is Avenue U/Ford St, 110 feet away, for the B3.

  • 7 routes within a ten-minute walk
  1. Avenue U/Ford St B3
    110 feet
    B3

Next buses at this stop

  1. B3 …

Live arrivals

Cycling

  • 16 bicycle racks within 820 feet

By car

The nearest highway entrance is the ramp to the Belt Parkway westbound at Shore Parkway & Belt Parkway, 1.3 miles by car along the streets.

  1. 3095 Avenue U Gas station
    940 feet
  2. 2705 Nostrand Avenue Charging for electric cars, fast chargers
    1.3 miles

Safety record

How crashes are counted

Between 2021 and 2025, police reported 11 crashes at this corner, more than the median of seven crashes for a Brooklyn corner.

  • 10 people injured
  • 0 people killed
  • 4 of those hurt, on foot
  • 1 of those hurt, on a bike

The most recent crash recorded here was in July 2025.

About this corner

Where facts come from
ZIP code
11229
Community board
Brooklyn Community Board 15
City Council district
46
Police precinct
61
Neighborhood (City Planning area)
Madison
Elevation
11 feet above sea level

The streets

  • Up to two travel lanes
  • A designated truck route
  • One of the streets is one-way

Homes

About 800 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 1930 and 1950.

Trees

NYC Parks records 45 trees within 330 feet; the most common is the London planetree.

Parking on the streets meeting here

How signs are read
  • 5 signs on these blocks
  • 5 different rules
  • 2 active meters
  • 2 pay-by-cell zones

The sign wording is DOT's, as recorded between April 2016 and January 2024, and the sign on the street decides.

North side of Avenue U

  • Metered parking 1 sign 2 HOUR METERED PARKING 8AM-7PM EXCEPT SUNDAY
  • No parking 1 sign NO PARKING 7:30AM-8AM EXCEPT SUNDAY

South side of Avenue U

  • Metered parking 1 sign 2 HOUR METERED PARKING 8:30AM-7PM EXCEPT SUNDAY
  • No parking 1 sign NO PARKING 8AM-8:30AM EXCEPT SUNDAY
  • No standing 1 sign NO STANDING ANYTIME

ParkNYC pay-by-cell zones: 319815 and 321113.

Schools, parks and places within a walk

How places are listed

Eleven public places are within a five-minute walk.

  • 4 day care or pre-K sites
  • 2 nursing homes or hospices
  • 2 religious buildings
  • 1 fire station
  • 1 park
  • 1 playground

Schools and child care

  1. Big Dreams Child Care Center Infant, toddler and preschool care, ages 0 to 5
    40 feet
  2. A2z Happyland Daycare Preschool, ages 2 to 5 · Pre-K
    330 feet
  3. Bambi Day Care III School-based preschool, ages 3 to 5 · Pre-K
    650 feet
Show all 4
  1. Bambi Day Care II School-based preschool, ages 3 to 5 · Pre-K
    830 feet

Parks, playgrounds and gardens

  1. Herman Dolgon Playground
    1,240 feet
  2. Marine Park
    1,280 feet

Health care

  1. Caring Hospice Services of New York Nursing home or hospice
    240 feet
  2. The Chateau at Brooklyn Rehabilitation and Nursing Center Nursing home or hospice
    1,210 feet

Houses of worship

  1. Young Israel of Beford Bay House of worship
    650 feet

Fire and police

  1. Engine 321 Fire station
    1,150 feet

Bank branches

  1. TD Bank Bank branch
    1,040 feet
  2. Flagstar Bank Bank branch
    1,140 feet

Supermarkets

  1. Key Food Supermarket
    1,110 feet

Pharmacies

  1. Walgreens Pharmacy
    730 feet

Other stores

  1. Dollar Tree Store
    450 feet

Food stores and places to eat

Within a five-minute walk there are nine places to eat and five food stores.

Not on record for this corner: a subway entrance within a ten-minute walk, a signal or safety change and 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:

See every intersection along Avenue U or Ford Street.

Sources: NYC Technology and Innovation, NYPD, MTA, NYC DOT, NYS Environmental Conservation, NYC City Planning, US Department of Energy, NYC Parks, NYC Health, FDIC, NYS Agriculture and Markets and USDA, retrieved September 18 – October 6, 2026.