Avenue U & Van Sicklen Street

Avenue U and Van Sicklen Street meet at a four-way crossing in Gravesend (East)-Homecrest, Brooklyn. Between 2021 and 2025, four police-reported crashes were recorded here, fewer than the median of seven crashes for a Brooklyn corner. Coney Island Prep Charter High School is 940 feet away. The nearest subway, Ave U, is about two minutes on foot, and two subway lines stop within a ten-minute walk. Within a five-minute walk are ten public places, three of them religious buildings, and 22 places to eat.

Safety record
4 hurt
4 police-reported crashes, 2021–2025
Nearest subway
Ave U
530 feet · 2 min on foot · F
Nearest bus stop
50 feet
Avenue U/Van Sicklen St · B3
Within a walk
10 places
3 religious buildings, 3 schools and 4 more kinds, within five minutes

Map

Layers
Avenue U & Van Sicklen Street Nearby corners, linked

Getting there

How walks are measured

Subway

The nearest subway station is Ave U, 530 feet from this corner, about two minutes on foot.

  • 2 lines within a ten-minute walk
  1. Ave U F
    530 feet
    F

Next trains at this station

Manhattan
1 line
  1. F …
Coney Island
1 line
  1. F …

Also within a walk

  1. Ave U N
    1,110 feet
    N
  2. Kings Hwy F
    0.5 miles
    F

The MTA's permanent art catalog lists “Brooklyn Transitions” (2018) by Andrea Belag at the Ave U station.

Bus

The nearest bus stop is Avenue U/Van Sicklen St, 50 feet away, for the B3.

  • 4 routes within a ten-minute walk
  1. Avenue U/Van Sicklen St B3 · Shelter
    50 feet
    B3
    Shelter

Next buses at this stop

  1. B3 …

Live arrivals

Cycling

  • 39 bicycle racks within 820 feet

By car

The nearest highway entrance is the ramp to the Belt Parkway westbound at Shore Parkway & West 2nd Street, 1.1 miles by car along the streets.

  1. 2965 86th Street Gas station
    0.5 miles
  2. 431 Avenue P Charging for electric cars, 21 Level 2 chargers
    1 mile
  3. 3035 Cropsey Avenue Fast charging for electric cars
    1.7 miles

Safety record

How crashes are counted

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

  • 4 people injured
  • 0 people killed
  • 2 of those hurt, on a bike

The most recent crash recorded here was in May 2026.

About this corner

Where facts come from
ZIP code
11223
Community board
Brooklyn Community Board 11
City Council district
44
Police precinct
61 and 62 (the boundary runs through this corner)
Neighborhood (City Planning area)
Gravesend (East)-Homecrest
Elevation
19 feet above sea level

The streets

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

Homes

About 1,000 homes stand within 820 feet of this corner, a mix of apartment buildings and smaller houses. The buildings holding them mostly went up between 1925 and 1940.

Trees

NYC Parks records 22 trees within 330 feet; the most common is the pin oak.

Parking on the streets meeting here

How signs are read
  • 25 signs on these blocks
  • 9 different rules
  • 4 active meters
  • 4 pay-by-cell zones

The sign wording is DOT's, as recorded between September 2018 and January 2024, and the sign on the street decides.

North side of Avenue U

  • Metered parking 3 signs 2 HOUR METERED PARKING 8AM-7PM EXCEPT SUNDAY
  • No parking 3 signs NO PARKING 7:30AM-8AM EXCEPT SUNDAY

South side of Avenue U

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

East side of Van Sicklen Street

  • Metered parking 1 sign 2 HOUR METERED PARKING 9AM-7PM EXCEPT SUNDAY
  • No parking 5 signs NO PARKING WEDNESDAY 8:30AM-10AM

West side of Van Sicklen Street

  • Metered parking 2 signs 2 HOUR METERED PARKING 9AM-7PM EXCEPT SUNDAY
  • No parking 5 signs NO PARKING THURSDAY 8:30AM-10AM
  • No parking 2 signs NO PARKING TUESDAY 11:30AM-1PM

ParkNYC pay-by-cell zones: 309128, 318280, 322764 and 326226.

Landmarks and historic districts

Two buildings within 820 feet are designated by the Landmarks Preservation Commission, and built between 1700 and 1725.

  1. Gravesend Cemetery Designated landmark
    660 feet

Schools, parks and places within a walk

How places are listed

Ten public places are within a five-minute walk.

  • 3 religious buildings
  • 3 schools
  • 1 cemetery
  • 1 day care or pre-K site
  • 1 park
  • 1 post office

Schools and child care

  1. Znayka on Y Preschool, ages 2 to 5 · Pre-K
    220 feet
  2. P.S. 095 the Gravesend School
    370 feet
  3. Coney Island Prep Charter High School
    940 feet
Show all 4
  1. Yeshivat Magen Abraham School
    1,120 feet

Parks, playgrounds and gardens

  1. Lady Moody Triangle
    120 feet
  2. Old Gravesend Cemetery Listed historic place
    790 feet

Houses of worship

  1. St Simon St Jude Church House of worship
    1,090 feet

Community centers and public services

  1. Gravesend Post Office
    930 feet

Bank branches

  1. Santander Bank Bank branch
    620 feet
  2. Flagstar Bank Bank branch
    1,290 feet

Supermarkets

  1. Food Universe Supermarket
    100 feet
  2. CTown Supermarket
    0.5 miles

Food stores and places to eat

Within a five-minute walk there are 22 places to eat and 18 food stores.

Not on record for this corner: a signal or safety change.

Nearby corners

The eight nearest of the 14 corners within a three-minute walk:

See every intersection along Avenue U or Van Sicklen Street.

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