East 66th Street & Veterans Avenue

East 66th Street and Veterans Avenue meet at a three-way junction 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. Hickman Playground is 40 feet away. The nearest bus stop, Veterans Av/E 66 St, is 50 feet away for the B41 and BM1, and six bus routes stop within a ten-minute walk. Within a five-minute walk are 12 public places, four of them schools, and eight places to eat.

Safety record
Nobody hurt
2 police-reported crashes, 2021–2025
Nearest highway entrance
Belt Parkway
2 miles by car along the streets
Nearest bus stop
50 feet
Veterans Av/E 66 St · B41, BM1
Within a walk
12 places
4 schools, 2 day care or pre-K sites and 5 more kinds, within five minutes

Map

Layers
East 66th Street & Veterans Avenue Nearby corners, linked

Getting there

How walks are measured

Bus

The nearest bus stop is Veterans Av/E 66 St, 50 feet away, for the B41 and BM1.

  • 6 routes within a ten-minute walk
  1. Veterans Av/E 66 St B41, BM1
    50 feet
    B41 BM1

Next buses at this stop

  1. B41 …
  2. BM1 …

Live arrivals

Cycling

  • 2 bicycle racks within 820 feet

By car

The nearest highway entrance is the ramp to the Belt Parkway westbound at Flatbush Avenue & Belt Parkway, 2 miles by car along the streets.

  1. 2317 Ralph Avenue Gas station
    0.3 miles
  2. 2143 Flatbush Avenue Charging for electric cars, two fast chargers
    1.1 miles

Safety record

How crashes are counted

Between 2021 and 2025, police reported two crashes 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 July 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
11 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.

Trees

NYC Parks records 68 trees within 330 feet; the most common is the London planetree.

Parking on the streets meeting here

How signs are read
  • 3 signs on these blocks
  • 2 different rules

The sign wording is DOT's, as recorded between June 2017 and March 2025, and the sign on the street decides.

East side of East 66th Street

  • No standing 2 signs NO STANDING SCHOOL DAYS 7AM-5PM

North side of Veterans Avenue

  • No standing 1 sign NO STANDING ANYTIME

Schools, parks and places within a walk

How places are listed

Twelve public places are within a five-minute walk.

  • 4 schools
  • 2 day care or pre-K sites
  • 2 religious buildings
  • 1 fire station
  • 1 library
  • 2 other places

Schools and child care

  1. J.H.S. 078 Roy H. Mann School
    930 feet
  2. Success Academy Charter School - Bergen Beach School
    930 feet
  3. St Bernard Catholic Academy School
    980 feet
Show all 6
  1. Aleph Daycare 1 Infant, toddler and preschool care, ages 0 to 5 · Pre-K
    1,250 feet
  2. Birch Family Services - Mill Basin School
    1,270 feet
  3. Kidz Korner Day Care Preschool, ages 2 to 5
    1,310 feet

Parks, playgrounds and gardens

  1. Hickman Playground
    40 feet

Libraries, museums and history

  1. Mill Basin Library
    1,130 feet

Houses of worship

  1. Temple Sholom of Flatbush House of worship
    1,150 feet

Community centers and public services

  1. Older adult center at 2075 East 68th Street Older adult center
    1,270 feet

Fire and police

  1. Engine 323 Fire station
    870 feet

Bank branches

  1. Chase Bank branch
    1,090 feet

Supermarkets

  1. Key Food Supermarket
    0.3 miles

Pharmacies

  1. CVS Pharmacy
    0.3 miles
  2. Duane Reade Pharmacy
    0.4 miles

Shopping centers

  1. Georgetowne Shopping Center Shopping center
    0.4 miles

Food stores and places to eat

Within a five-minute walk there are eight places to eat and four food stores.

Not on record for this corner: a subway entrance within a ten-minute walk, a signal or safety change and a designated landmark or historic district within 820 feet.

Nearby corners

The eight nearest of the 13 corners within a three-minute walk:

See every intersection along East 66th Street or Veterans Avenue.

Sources: NYC Technology and Innovation, NYPD, MTA, NYC DOT, NYS Environmental Conservation, NYC City Planning, US Department of Energy, NYC Parks, NYC Health, FDIC, NYS Agriculture and Markets, USDA and NYC Finance, retrieved September 18 – October 6, 2026.