Avenue V & East 72nd Street
Avenue V and East 72nd Street meet at a four-way crossing in Marine Park-Mill Basin-Bergen Beach, Brooklyn. Between 2021 and 2025, two police-reported crashes were recorded here, fewer than the median of seven crashes for a Brooklyn corner. Paerdegat Basin Park is 1,150 feet away. The nearest bus stop, Avenue U/E 71 St, is 1,010 feet away for the B3, and four bus routes stop within a ten-minute walk. Within a five-minute walk are three public places and two places to eat.
Map
Getting there
How walks are measuredBus
The nearest bus stop is Avenue U/E 71 St, 1,010 feet away, for the B3.
- 4 routes within a ten-minute walk
- Avenue U/E 71 St B31,010 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, 2.2 miles by car along the streets.
- 6201 Avenue U Gas station0.7 miles
- 2143 Flatbush Avenue Charging for electric cars, two fast chargers1.6 miles
Safety record
How crashes are countedBetween 2021 and 2025, police reported two crashes at this corner, fewer than the median of seven crashes for a Brooklyn corner.
- 1 person injured
- 0 people killed
- 1 of those hurt, on foot
The most recent crash recorded here was in June 2025.
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
- 8 feet above sea level
The streets
- Up to two travel lanes
- One of the streets is one-way
Homes
About 600 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 1975.
Trees
NYC Parks records 47 trees within 330 feet; the most common is the London planetree.
Parks and places within a walk
How places are listedThree public places are within a five-minute walk.
- 1 field
- 1 nature area
- 1 park
Parks, playgrounds and gardens
- Barone Triangle930 feet
- Paerdegat Basin Park Nature area1,150 feet
- McGuire Fields Field1,150 feet
Supermarkets
- Key Food Supermarket0.5 miles
Food stores and places to eat
Within a five-minute walk there are two 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 parking sign or meter on the blocks meeting here
- A designated landmark or historic district within 820 feet
Nearby corners
The eight corners within a three-minute walk:
- Avenue V & East 71st Street 260 feet
- Avenue V & East 73rd Street 260 feet
- Avenue V & East 70th Street 520 feet
- Avenue V & East 74th Street 520 feet
- Avenue U & East 72nd Street 780 feet
- Avenue W & East 72nd Street 780 feet
- Avenue V & Royce Street 790 feet
- Avenue V & East 69th Street 800 feet
See every intersection along Avenue V or East 72nd Street.