Avenue U & Veterans Avenue
Avenue U and Veterans Avenue meet at a four-way crossing in Marine Park-Mill Basin-Bergen Beach, Brooklyn. Between 2021 and 2025, one police-reported crash was recorded here, fewer than the median of seven crashes for a Brooklyn corner. St Bernard Catholic Academy is 1,080 feet away. The nearest bus stop, Avenue U/E 71 St, is 180 feet away for the B3, and six bus routes stop within a ten-minute walk. Within a five-minute walk are ten public places, three of them schools, and three places to eat.
Map
Getting there
How walks are measuredBus
The nearest bus stop is Avenue U/E 71 St, 180 feet away, for the B3.
- 6 routes within a ten-minute walk
- Avenue U/E 71 St B3180 feetB3
Next buses at this stop
- B3 …
By car
The nearest highway entrance is the ramp to the Belt Parkway westbound at Flatbush Avenue & Belt Parkway, 2 miles by car along the streets.
- 6201 Avenue U Gas station0.5 miles
- 2143 Flatbush Avenue Charging for electric cars, two fast chargers1.5 miles
Safety record
How crashes are countedBetween 2021 and 2025, police reported one crash at this corner, fewer than the median of seven crashes for a Brooklyn corner. Nobody was hurt.
The most recent crash recorded here was in July 2022.
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
The streets
- Up to two travel lanes
- 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 1965.
Trees
NYC Parks records 39 trees within 330 feet; the most common is the London planetree.
Parking on the streets meeting here
How signs are read- 1 sign on these blocks
- 1 rule
The sign wording is DOT's, as recorded in June 2020, and the sign on the street decides.
South side of Veterans Avenue
- No standing 1 sign NO STANDING ANYTIME
Schools, parks and places within a walk
How places are listedTen public places are within a five-minute walk.
- 3 schools
- 2 religious buildings
- 1 day care or pre-K site
- 1 nature area
- 1 older adult center
- 2 other places
Schools and child care
- P.S. 312 Bergen Beach School970 feet
- Birch Family Services - Mill Basin School1,030 feet
- St Bernard Catholic Academy School1,080 feet
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- Aleph Daycare 1 Infant, toddler and preschool care, ages 0 to 5 · Pre-K1,250 feet
Parks, playgrounds and gardens
- Barone Triangle110 feet
- Bergen Beach Playground1,170 feet
- Paerdegat Basin Park Nature area1,180 feet
Houses of worship
- Temple Sholom of Flatbush House of worship920 feet
Community centers and public services
- Older adult center at 2075 East 68th Street Older adult center1,030 feet
Supermarkets
- Key Food Supermarket0.3 miles
Food stores and places to eat
Within a five-minute walk there are three places to eat.
Not on record for this corner:
- A subway entrance within a ten-minute walk
- A bike route here or a bicycle rack within 820 feet
- A signal or safety change
- A designated landmark or historic district within 820 feet
Nearby corners
The eight nearest of the 9 corners within a three-minute walk:
- Avenue U & East 72nd Street 50 feet
- Avenue U & East 71st Street 210 feet
- East 71st Street & Veterans Avenue 260 feet
- Avenue U & East 73rd Street 310 feet
- Avenue U & East 70th Street 470 feet
- Avenue U & East 74th Street 570 feet
- East 70th Street & Veterans Avenue 580 feet
- Avenue U & East 69th Street 750 feet
See every intersection along Avenue U or Veterans Avenue.