Avenue U & Stuart Street
Avenue U and Stuart Street meet at a four-way crossing in Madison, Brooklyn. Between 2021 and 2025, 12 police-reported crashes were recorded here, against a median of seven crashes for a Brooklyn corner. Marine Park is 50 feet away. The nearest bus stop, Avenue U/Stuart St, is 50 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 seven places to eat.
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Getting there
How walks are measuredBus
The nearest bus stop is Avenue U/Stuart St, 50 feet away, for the B3.
- 8 routes within a ten-minute walk
- Avenue U/Stuart St B3 · Shelter50 feetB3
Next buses at this stop
- B3 …
Cycling
- 10 bicycle racks within 820 feet
By car
The nearest highway entrance is the ramp to the Belt Parkway westbound at Shore Parkway & Belt Parkway, 1.2 miles by car along the streets.
- 3095 Avenue U Gas station470 feet
- 2705 Nostrand Avenue Charging for electric cars, fast chargers1.3 miles
Safety record
How crashes are countedBetween 2021 and 2025, police reported 12 crashes at this corner, more than the median of seven crashes for a Brooklyn corner.
- 9 people injured
- 0 people killed
- 2 of those hurt, on a bike
The most recent crash recorded here was in May 2026.
What the city has done here
- Leading pedestrian interval, May 2022
About this corner
Where facts come from- ZIP code
- 11229
- Community board
- Brooklyn Community Board 15
- City Council district
- 46
- Police precinct
- 61 and 63 (the boundary runs through this corner)
- Neighborhood (City Planning area)
- Madison
- Elevation
- 11 feet above sea level
The streets
- Up to four travel lanes
- A designated truck route
- One of the streets is one-way
Homes
About 700 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 60 trees within 330 feet; the most common is the pin oak.
Parking on the streets meeting here
How signs are read- 19 signs on these blocks
- 5 different rules
The sign wording is DOT's, as recorded between March 2016 and December 2023, and the sign on the street decides.
North side of Avenue U
- No parking 10 signs NO PARKING ANYTIME
- No standing 3 signs NO STANDING ANYTIME
South side of Avenue U
- No parking 2 signs NO PARKING ANYTIME
- No standing 2 signs NO STANDING ANYTIME
East side of Stuart Street
- No standing 2 signs NO STANDING ANYTIME
Schools, parks and places within a walk
How places are listedEight 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
- A2z Happyland Daycare Preschool, ages 2 to 5 · Pre-K890 feet
- Bambi Day Care II School-based preschool, ages 3 to 5 · Pre-K980 feet
- Big Dreams Child Care Center Infant, toddler and preschool care, ages 0 to 51,180 feet
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- Nysarc-Brooklyn Blue Feather School1,210 feet
Parks, playgrounds and gardens
- Marine Park50 feet
Health care
- Caring Hospice Services of New York Nursing home or hospice1,150 feet
Fire and police
- Engine 321 Fire station370 feet
Supermarkets
- Key Food Supermarket600 feet
Pharmacies
- Walgreens Pharmacy720 feet
Other stores
- Dollar Tree Store1,200 feet
Food stores and places to eat
Within a five-minute walk there are seven 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 corners on foot, seven of them within a three-minute walk:
- Avenue U & Burnett Street 260 feet
- Avenue U & Gerritsen Avenue 280 feet
- Avenue U & Brigham Street 540 feet
- Gerritsen Avenue & Knapp Street 630 feet
- Avenue U & Bragg Street 690 feet
- Avenue V & Stuart Street 780 feet
- Avenue T & Stuart Street 780 feet
- Gerritsen Avenue & Bragg Street 930 feet
See every intersection along Avenue U or Stuart Street.