Avenue Y & East 69th Street
Avenue Y and East 69th Street 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. Within a five-minute walk is one public place. About 190 homes stand within 820 feet, mostly built in 1975, almost all in houses of one or two. Twenty trees recorded by NYC Parks stand within 330 feet; the most common is the red maple.
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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, 2.5 miles by car along the streets.
- 6201 Avenue U Gas station0.9 miles
- 2143 Flatbush Avenue Charging for electric cars, two fast chargers1.9 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 May 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; the corner is on the edge of the McGuire Fields area
- Elevation
- 6 feet above sea level
The streets
- Up to two travel lanes
Homes
About 190 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 in 1975.
Trees
Twenty trees recorded by NYC Parks stand within 330 feet; the most common is the red maple.
Parking on the streets meeting here
How signs are read- 7 signs on these blocks
- 1 rule
The sign wording is DOT's, as recorded in December 2024, and the sign on the street decides.
South side of Avenue Y
- No standing 7 signs NO STANDING ANYTIME
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 Field100 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 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 Y & East 70th Street 280 feet
- Avenue Y & East 71st Street 530 feet
- Avenue X & East 69th Street 580 feet
- Avenue Y & East 72nd Street 800 feet
- Avenue X & East 70th Street 850 feet
- Avenue Y & East 73rd Street 1,060 feet
- Avenue X & East 71st Street 1,110 feet
- Avenue Y & Bergen Avenue 1,320 feet
See every intersection along Avenue Y or East 69th Street.