Avenue U & Gerritsen Avenue

Avenue U and Gerritsen Avenue meet at a four-way crossing in Sheepshead Bay-Manhattan Beach-Gerritsen Beach, Brooklyn. Between 2021 and 2025, 44 police-reported crashes were recorded here, against a median of seven crashes for a Brooklyn corner. In 2026, 1,060 red-light camera tickets were recorded here through July 26. The Engine 321 firehouse is 210 feet away. The nearest bus stop, Avenue U/Gerritsen Av, is 60 feet away for the B3, and eight bus routes stop within a ten-minute walk. Within a five-minute walk are eight public places, three of them day care or pre-K sites, and eight places to eat.

Safety record
46 hurt
44 police-reported crashes, 2021–2025
Nearest highway entrance
Belt Parkway
1.1 miles by car along the streets
Nearest bus stop
60 feet
Avenue U/Gerritsen Av · B3
Within a walk
8 places
3 day care or pre-K sites, 1 fire station and 4 more kinds, within five minutes

Map

Layers
Avenue U & Gerritsen Avenue Nearby corners, linked

Getting there

How walks are measured

Bus

The nearest bus stop is Avenue U/Gerritsen Av, 60 feet away, for the B3.

  • 8 routes within a ten-minute walk
  1. Avenue U/Gerritsen Av B3
    60 feet
    B3

Next buses at this stop

  1. B3 …

Live arrivals

Cycling

A signed bike route shared with traffic runs on Gerritsen Avenue.

  • 14 bicycle racks within 820 feet

By car

The nearest highway entrance is the ramp to the Belt Parkway westbound at Shore Parkway & Belt Parkway, 1.1 miles by car along the streets.

  1. 3095 Avenue U Gas station
    190 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 44 crashes at this corner, more than the median of seven crashes for a Brooklyn corner.

  • 46 people injured
  • 0 people killed
  • 7 of those hurt, on foot
  • 4 of those hurt, on a bike

The most recent crash recorded here was in December 2025.

What the city has done here

  • Accessible pedestrian signal, November 2023

Camera tickets

How tickets are counted

In 2026 so far, through July 26, 1,060 red-light camera tickets were issued for violations recorded at this corner.

Red-light camera tickets by the direction of travel written on the ticket
Direction on the ticket2026 so far
Northbound on Gerritsen Avenue815
Eastbound on Avenue U245
Total1,060

Every corner with red-light camera tickets

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)
Sheepshead Bay-Manhattan Beach-Gerritsen Beach
Elevation
11 feet above sea level

The streets

  • Up to four travel lanes
  • A designated truck route

Homes

About 1,100 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 1952.

Trees

NYC Parks records 21 trees within 330 feet; the most common is the Japanese pagoda tree.

Parking on the streets meeting here

How signs are read
  • 16 signs on these blocks
  • 7 different rules
  • 1 active meter
  • 1 pay-by-cell zone

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

North side of Avenue U

  • No standing 3 signs NO STANDING ANYTIME

South side of Avenue U

  • No standing 2 signs NO STANDING ANYTIME

East side of Gerritsen Avenue

  • Metered parking 2 signs 2 HOUR METERED PARKING 9AM-7PM EXCEPT SUNDAY
  • No parking 1 sign NO PARKING 8AM-6PM EXCEPT SUNDAY
  • No parking 2 signs NO PARKING TUESDAY FRIDAY 8AM-9AM
  • No standing 3 signs NO STANDING ANYTIME

West side of Gerritsen Avenue

  • No standing 3 signs NO STANDING ANYTIME

ParkNYC pay-by-cell zone: 320678.

Schools, parks and places within a walk

How places are listed

Eight public places are within a five-minute walk.

  • 3 day care or pre-K sites
  • 1 fire station
  • 1 nursing home or hospice
  • 1 park
  • 1 religious building
  • 1 school

Schools and child care

  1. A2z Happyland Daycare Preschool, ages 2 to 5 · Pre-K
    610 feet
  2. Bambi Day Care II School-based preschool, ages 3 to 5 · Pre-K
    710 feet
  3. Big Dreams Child Care Center Infant, toddler and preschool care, ages 0 to 5
    910 feet
Show all 4
  1. Nysarc-Brooklyn Blue Feather School
    1,120 feet

Parks, playgrounds and gardens

  1. Marine Park
    330 feet

Health care

  1. Caring Hospice Services of New York Nursing home or hospice
    860 feet

Fire and police

  1. Engine 321 Fire station
    210 feet

Supermarkets

  1. Key Food Supermarket
    320 feet

Pharmacies

  1. Walgreens Pharmacy
    440 feet

Other stores

  1. Dollar Tree Store
    920 feet

Food stores and places to eat

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

Not on record for this corner: a subway entrance within a ten-minute walk and a designated landmark or historic district within 820 feet.

Nearby corners

The eight nearest of the 9 corners within a three-minute walk:

See every intersection along Avenue U or Gerritsen Avenue.

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