Avenue U & Mill Avenue

Avenue U and Mill Avenue meet at a four-way crossing in Marine Park-Mill Basin-Bergen Beach, Brooklyn. The corner is also named Frank Scollo Way by local law. Between 2021 and 2025, 24 police-reported crashes were recorded here, against a median of seven crashes for a Brooklyn corner. In 2025, 458 school-zone speed camera tickets were recorded here. In 2026, 57 red-light camera tickets were recorded here through July 26. Crown Heights Yeshivah is 560 feet away. The nearest bus stop, Mill Av/Avenue U, is 30 feet away for the B47.

Safety record
19 hurt
24 police-reported crashes, 2021–2025
Nearest highway entrance
Belt Parkway
1.5 miles by car along the streets
Nearest bus stop
30 feet
Mill Av/Avenue U · B47
Within a walk
12 places
5 religious buildings, 2 schools and 5 more kinds, within five minutes

Map

Layers
Avenue U & Mill Avenue Nearby corners, linked

Getting there

How walks are measured

Bus

The nearest bus stop is Mill Av/Avenue U, 30 feet away, for the B47.

  • 5 routes within a ten-minute walk
  1. Mill Av/Avenue U B47
    30 feet
    B47

Next buses at this stop

  1. B47 …

Live arrivals

Cycling

  • 5 bicycle racks within 820 feet

By car

The nearest highway entrance is the ramp to the Belt Parkway westbound at Flatbush Avenue & Belt Parkway, 1.5 miles by car along the streets.

  1. 6201 Avenue U Gas station
    210 feet
  2. 2143 Flatbush Avenue Charging for electric cars, two fast chargers
    1.2 miles

Safety record

How crashes are counted

Between 2021 and 2025, police reported 24 crashes at this corner, more than the median of seven crashes for a Brooklyn corner.

  • 19 people injured
  • 0 people killed
  • 9 of those hurt, on foot

The most recent crash recorded here was in May 2026.

Camera tickets

How tickets are counted

In 2026 so far, through July 26, 57 red-light camera tickets were issued for violations recorded at this corner.

In 2025, 458 school-zone speed camera tickets were issued for violations recorded at this corner, the 1,234th most of the 1,957 corners in the city where any were issued.

In 2026 so far, through August 27, 444 more were issued.

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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

This corner is also named Frank Scollo Way, a co-naming enacted on January 15, 2022 (Local Law 54 of 2022).

The streets

  • Up to four travel lanes

Homes

About 400 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 1960.

Trees

Sixteen trees recorded by NYC Parks stand within 330 feet; the most common is the London planetree.

The Department of Records' Honorary Street Names dataset has its own note on Frank Scollo Way.

Parking on the streets meeting here

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

The sign wording is DOT's, as recorded between October 2017 and March 2026, and the sign on the street decides.

North side of Avenue U

  • No parking 2 signs NO PARKING MONDAY THURSDAY 3AM-6AM

South side of Avenue U

  • No standing 13 signs NO STANDING ANYTIME

East side of Mill Avenue

  • Metered parking 3 signs 2 HOUR METERED PARKING 8AM-7PM EXCEPT SUNDAY

West side of Mill Avenue

  • Metered parking 6 signs 2 HOUR METERED PARKING 8AM-7PM EXCEPT SUNDAY
  • No standing 6 signs NO STANDING MIDNIGHT-6AM ALL DAYS

ParkNYC pay-by-cell zones: 319074 and 321690.

Schools, parks and places within a walk

How places are listed

Twelve public places are within a five-minute walk.

  • 5 religious buildings
  • 2 schools
  • 1 day care or pre-K site
  • 1 field
  • 1 park
  • 2 other places

Schools and child care

  1. Talmud Torah of Crown Heights School-based preschool, ages 3 to 5 · Pre-K
    430 feet
  2. P.S. 236 Mill Basin School
    490 feet
  3. Crown Heights Yeshivah School
    560 feet

Parks, playgrounds and gardens

  1. Monsignor Crawford Field
    600 feet
  2. Lindower Park
    940 feet
  3. Lindower Park Playground
    1,270 feet

Houses of worship

  1. Flatbush Park Jewish Center House of worship
    460 feet

Community centers and public services

  1. Lindower Park Mini Pool Swimming pool
    1,310 feet

Bank branches

  1. Chase Bank branch
    1,030 feet

Supermarkets

  1. Key Food Supermarket
    0.3 miles

Pharmacies

  1. Walgreens Pharmacy
    1,190 feet
  2. CVS Pharmacy
    0.5 miles

Shopping centers

  1. Mill Basin Plaza Shopping center
    1,120 feet
  2. Kings Plaza Shopping Center Shopping center
    0.4 miles

Food stores and places to eat

Within a five-minute walk there are 14 places to eat and two 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 corners within a three-minute walk:

See every intersection along Avenue U or Mill Avenue.

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