Flatbush Avenue & Avenue U

Flatbush Avenue and Avenue U meet at a four-way crossing in Marine Park-Mill Basin-Bergen Beach, Brooklyn. Between 2021 and 2025, 133 police-reported crashes were recorded here, against a median of seven crashes for a Brooklyn corner. The city lists this corner as a Vision Zero priority intersection. In 2026, 14,418 red-light camera tickets were recorded here through July 26. Marine Park is 1,180 feet away. The nearest bus stop, Avenue U/Flatbush Av, is 100 feet away for the B3. Within a five-minute walk are four public places and 25 places to eat.

Safety record
77 hurt
133 police-reported crashes, 2021–2025
Nearest highway entrance
Belt Parkway
1 mile by car along the streets
Nearest bus stop
100 feet
Avenue U/Flatbush Av · B3
Within a walk
4 places
1 day care or pre-K site, 1 park and 2 more kinds, within five minutes

Map

Layers
Flatbush Avenue & Avenue U Nearby corners, linked

Getting there

How walks are measured

Bus

The nearest bus stop is Avenue U/Flatbush Av, 100 feet away, for the B3.

  • 9 routes within a ten-minute walk
  1. Avenue U/Flatbush Av B3
    100 feet
    B3

Next buses at this stop

  1. B3 …

Live arrivals

Cycling

  • 18 bicycle racks within 820 feet

By car

The nearest highway entrance is the ramp to the Belt Parkway westbound at Flatbush Avenue & Belt Parkway, 1 mile by car along the streets.

  1. 3902 Avenue U Gas station
    1,210 feet
  2. 2143 Flatbush Avenue Charging for electric cars, two fast chargers
    0.8 miles

Safety record

How crashes are counted

Between 2021 and 2025, police reported 133 crashes at this corner, more than the median of seven crashes for a Brooklyn corner.

  • 76 people injured
  • 1 person killed
  • 12 of those hurt, on foot
  • 1 of those hurt, on a bike

The most recent crash recorded here was in May 2026.

The city lists this corner as a Vision Zero priority intersection, a designation it applies to corners selected for attention on their injury record. It is not a record of work done.

What the city has done here

  • Accessible pedestrian signal, August 2023

Camera tickets

How tickets are counted

In 2026 so far, through July 26, 14,418 red-light camera tickets were issued for violations recorded at this corner.

Red-light camera tickets by the direction of travel written on the ticket
Direction on the ticket2026 so far
Westbound on Avenue U11,618
Northbound on Flatbush Avenue2,800
Total14,418

Every corner with red-light camera tickets

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
9 feet above sea level

Homes

About 400 homes stand within 820 feet of this corner, a mix of apartment buildings and smaller houses. The buildings holding them mostly went up between 1935 and 1960.

Trees

NYC Parks records 36 trees within 330 feet; the most common is the Japanese zelkova.

Parking on the streets meeting here

How signs are read
  • 42 signs on these blocks
  • 14 different rules
  • 1 active meter
  • 1 pay-by-cell zone

The sign wording is DOT's, as recorded between July 2020 and July 2025; the 12 rules shown are the first by street and side, and the sign on the street decides.

North side of Avenue U

  • No parking 1 sign NO PARKING MONDAY THURSDAY 3AM-6AM
  • No standing 1 sign NO STANDING 10AM-10PM ALL DAYS
  • No stopping 2 signs NO STOPPING ANYTIME

South side of Avenue U

  • For-hire vehicles only 1 sign FOR-HIRE VEHICLES ONLY
  • No standing 10 signs NO STANDING ANYTIME

East side of Flatbush Avenue

  • No standing 1 sign NO STANDING ANYTIME
  • No stopping 3 signs NO STOPPING ANYTIME
  • Truck loading only 1 sign TRUCK LOADING ONLY

West side of Flatbush Avenue

  • Metered parking 1 sign 2 HOUR METERED PARKING 9AM-7PM EXCEPT SUNDAY
  • No parking 4 signs NO PARKING 8AM-MIDNIGHT EXCEPT SUNDAY
  • No parking 5 signs NO PARKING MONDAY THURSDAY 3AM-6AM
  • No standing 9 signs NO STANDING ANYTIME

ParkNYC pay-by-cell zone: 320764.

Schools, parks and places within a walk

How places are listed

Four public places are within a five-minute walk.

  • 1 day care or pre-K site
  • 1 park
  • 1 public space
  • 1 religious building

Schools and child care

  1. Little Scholars Learning Center IV Infant, toddler and preschool care · Pre-K
    490 feet

Parks, playgrounds and gardens

  1. Marine Park
    1,180 feet

Plazas and public spaces

  1. Public space at Lowe's Public space
    1,070 feet

Bank branches

  1. Chase Bank branch
    160 feet
  2. Capital One Bank branch
    560 feet

Supermarkets

  1. Food Universe Supermarket
    610 feet

Pharmacies

  1. CVS Pharmacy
    510 feet
  2. Walgreens Pharmacy
    0.4 miles

Other stores

  1. Target Store
    140 feet

Shopping centers

  1. Kings Plaza Shopping Center Shopping center
    120 feet
  2. Mill Basin Plaza Shopping center
    0.3 miles

Food stores and places to eat

Within a five-minute walk there are 25 places to eat and eight food stores.

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

Nearby corners

The eight nearest corners on foot, five of them within a three-minute walk:

See every intersection along Avenue U or Flatbush Avenue.

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