Avenue W & East 72nd Street
Avenue W and East 72nd Street meet at a four-way crossing in Marine Park-Mill Basin-Bergen Beach, Brooklyn. The corner has a clean safety record in city data between 2021 and 2025. McGuire Fields is 1,160 feet away. 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. Within a five-minute walk is one public place. About 500 homes stand within 820 feet, mostly built between 1955 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 chargers1.8 miles
Safety record
How crashes are countedNo police-reported crashes between 2021 and 2025, against a median of seven crashes for a Brooklyn corner.
The most recent crash recorded here was in July 2019.
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 1955 and 1970.
Trees
NYC Parks records 51 trees within 330 feet; the most common is the Callery pear.
Parks and places within a walk
How places are listedOne public place is within a five-minute walk.
- 1 field
Parks, playgrounds and gardens
- McGuire Fields Field1,160 feet
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 W & East 71st Street 260 feet
- Avenue W & East 73rd Street 260 feet
- Avenue W & East 70th Street 520 feet
- Avenue W & East 74th Street 520 feet
- Avenue V & East 72nd Street 780 feet
- Avenue X & East 72nd Street 780 feet
- Avenue W & Royce Street 790 feet
- Avenue W & East 69th Street 800 feet
See every intersection along Avenue W or East 72nd Street.