Avenue V & Bergen Avenue
Avenue V and Bergen Avenue meet at a three-way junction in Marine Park-Mill Basin-Bergen Beach, Brooklyn, at the edge of McGuire Fields. Between 2021 and 2025, one police-reported crash was recorded here, fewer than the median of seven crashes for a Brooklyn corner. Paerdegat Basin Park is 80 feet away. The nearest bus stop, Avenue U/E 71 St, is 0.4 miles away for the B3, and three bus routes stop within a ten-minute walk. Within a five-minute walk are three public places and one place to eat.
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Getting there
How walks are measuredBus
The nearest bus stop is Avenue U/E 71 St, 0.4 miles away, for the B3.
- 3 routes within a ten-minute walk
- Avenue U/E 71 St B30.4 milesB3
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, 2.4 miles by car along the streets.
- 6201 Avenue U Gas station0.9 miles
- 5523 Glenwood Road Charging for electric cars, ten Level 2 chargers1.7 miles
- 2143 Flatbush Avenue Fast charging for electric cars1.8 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.
- 1 person injured
- 0 people killed
The most recent crash recorded here was in May 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; the corner is on the edge of the McGuire Fields area
- Elevation
- 7 feet above sea level
The streets
- Up to two travel lanes
Homes
About 200 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 1955 and 1970.
Trees
NYC Parks records 120 trees within 330 feet; the most common is the swamp white oak.
Parking on the streets meeting here
How signs are read- 24 signs on these blocks
- 2 different rules
The sign wording is DOT's, as recorded in March 2026, and the sign on the street decides.
East side of Bergen Avenue
- Back-in parking only 11 signs BACK IN ANGLE PARKING ONLY
- No standing 13 signs NO STANDING ANYTIME
Parks and places within a walk
How places are listedThree public places are within a five-minute walk.
- 1 field
- 1 nature area
- 1 playground
Parks, playgrounds and gardens
- Paerdegat Basin Park Nature area80 feet
- McGuire Fields Field80 feet
- McGuire Fields Tot Lot Playground1,140 feet
Food stores and places to eat
Within a five-minute walk there is one place 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 corners on foot, four of them within a three-minute walk:
- Avenue V & Royce Street 280 feet
- Avenue V & East 74th Street 540 feet
- Avenue W & Bergen Avenue 780 feet
- Avenue V & East 73rd Street 810 feet
- Avenue U & Royce Street 1,050 feet
- Avenue W & Royce Street 1,060 feet
- Avenue V & East 72nd Street 1,070 feet
- Avenue U & East 74th Street 0.3 miles
See every intersection along Avenue V or Bergen Avenue.