Avenue W & East 71st Street
Avenue W and East 71st Street 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. The nearest bus stop, Avenue U/E 71 St, is 0.3 miles away for the B3, and three bus routes stop within a ten-minute walk. About 500 homes stand within 820 feet, mostly built between 1960 and 1970, almost all in houses of one or two.
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Getting there
How walks are measuredBus
The nearest bus stop is Avenue U/E 71 St, 0.3 miles away, for the B3.
- 3 routes within a ten-minute walk
- Avenue U/E 71 St B30.3 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, 2.3 miles by car along the streets.
- 6201 Avenue U Gas station0.8 miles
- 2143 Flatbush Avenue Charging for electric cars, two fast chargers1.7 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 April 2023.
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
- 7 feet above sea level
The streets
- Up to two travel lanes
- One of the streets is one-way
Homes
About 500 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 1960 and 1970.
Trees
NYC Parks records 56 trees within 330 feet; the most common are the Callery pear and the London planetree.
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
- A listed public place within a five-minute walk
Nearby corners
The eight nearest corners on foot, seven of them within a three-minute walk:
- Avenue W & East 72nd Street 260 feet
- Avenue W & East 70th Street 260 feet
- Avenue W & East 73rd Street 520 feet
- Avenue W & East 69th Street 540 feet
- Avenue X & East 71st Street 780 feet
- Avenue W & East 74th Street 780 feet
- Avenue V & East 71st Street 780 feet
- Avenue V & East 70th Street 1,040 feet
See every intersection along Avenue W or East 71st Street.