Avenue W & Bergen Avenue
Avenue W 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. McGuire Fields Tot Lot is 480 feet away. Within a five-minute walk are three public places. About 200 homes stand within 820 feet, mostly built between 1955 and 1965, almost all in houses of one or two. NYC Parks records 86 trees within 330 feet; the most common is the thornless honeylocust.
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Getting there
How walks are measuredBy car
The nearest highway entrance is the ramp to the Belt Parkway westbound at Flatbush Avenue & Belt Parkway, 2.6 miles by car along the streets.
- 6201 Avenue U Gas station1 mile
- 5523 Glenwood Road Charging for electric cars, ten Level 2 chargers1.8 miles
- 2143 Flatbush Avenue Fast charging for electric cars2 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 March 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
- 9 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 1965.
Trees
NYC Parks records 86 trees within 330 feet; the most common is the thornless honeylocust.
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
- McGuire Fields Field90 feet
- McGuire Fields Tot Lot Playground480 feet
- Paerdegat Basin Park Nature area800 feet
Not on record for this corner:
- A subway entrance within a ten-minute walk
- A bus stop 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 nearest corners on foot, four of them within a three-minute walk:
- Avenue W & Royce Street 290 feet
- Avenue W & East 74th Street 560 feet
- Avenue V & Bergen Avenue 780 feet
- Avenue W & East 73rd Street 820 feet
- Avenue X & Royce Street 1,050 feet
- Avenue V & Royce Street 1,060 feet
- Avenue W & East 72nd Street 1,080 feet
- Avenue X & East 74th Street 0.3 miles
See every intersection along Avenue W or Bergen Avenue.