Nostrand Avenue & Avenue U

Nostrand Avenue and Avenue U meet at a four-way crossing in Madison, Brooklyn. Between 2021 and 2025, 19 police-reported crashes were recorded here, against a median of seven crashes for a Brooklyn corner. Young Israel of Beford Bay is 500 feet away. The nearest bus stop, Avenue U/Nostrand Av, is 30 feet away for the B3, and seven bus routes stop within a ten-minute walk. Within a five-minute walk are eight public places, three of them day care or pre-K sites, and 18 places to eat.

Safety record
15 hurt
19 police-reported crashes, 2021–2025
Nearest highway entrance
Belt Parkway
1.5 miles by car along the streets
Nearest bus stop
30 feet
Avenue U/Nostrand Av · B3
Within a walk
8 places
3 day care or pre-K sites, 2 nursing homes or hospices and 3 more kinds, within five minutes

Map

Layers
Nostrand Avenue & Avenue U Nearby corners, linked

Getting there

How walks are measured

Bus

The nearest bus stop is Avenue U/Nostrand Av, 30 feet away, for the B3.

  • 7 routes within a ten-minute walk
  1. Avenue U/Nostrand Av B3 · Shelter
    30 feet
    B3
    Shelter

Next buses at this stop

  1. B3 …

Live arrivals

Cycling

  • 41 bicycle racks within 820 feet

By car

The nearest highway entrance is the ramp to the Belt Parkway westbound at Shore Parkway & Belt Parkway, 1.5 miles by car along the streets.

  1. 3095 Avenue U Gas station
    0.4 miles
  2. 2705 Nostrand Avenue Charging for electric cars, fast chargers
    1.3 miles

Safety record

How crashes are counted

Between 2021 and 2025, police reported 19 crashes at this corner, more than the median of seven crashes for a Brooklyn corner.

  • 15 people injured
  • 0 people killed
  • 6 of those hurt, on foot
  • 2 of those hurt, on a bike

The most recent crash recorded here was in October 2025.

What the city has done here

  • Turn calming, February 2024
  • Leading pedestrian interval, June 2024

About this corner

Where facts come from
ZIP code
11229
Community board
Brooklyn Community Board 15
City Council district
46
Police precinct
61
Neighborhood (City Planning area)
Madison
Elevation
10 feet above sea level

The streets

  • Up to two travel lanes
  • A designated truck route

Homes

About 800 homes stand within 820 feet of this corner, a mix of apartment buildings and smaller houses. The buildings holding them mostly went up between 1930 and 1960.

Trees

NYC Parks records 50 trees within 330 feet; the most common is the Japanese zelkova.

Parking on the streets meeting here

How signs are read
  • 16 signs on these blocks
  • 10 different rules
  • 4 active meters
  • 3 pay-by-cell zones

The sign wording is DOT's, as recorded between December 2016 and August 2025, and the sign on the street decides.

North side of Avenue U

  • Metered parking 3 signs 2 HOUR METERED PARKING 8AM-7PM EXCEPT SUNDAY
  • No parking 3 signs NO PARKING 7:30AM-8AM EXCEPT SUNDAY

South side of Avenue U

  • Metered parking 1 sign 2 HOUR METERED PARKING 8:30AM-7PM EXCEPT SUNDAY
  • No parking 1 sign NO PARKING 8AM-8:30AM EXCEPT SUNDAY
  • No standing 2 signs NO STANDING ANYTIME

East side of Nostrand Avenue

  • No parking 2 signs NO PARKING MONDAY-FRIDAY 8AM-6PM
  • No standing 1 sign NO STANDING ANYTIME

West side of Nostrand Avenue

  • Metered parking 1 sign 2 HOUR METERED PARKING 9AM-7PM EXCEPT SUNDAY
  • No parking 1 sign NO PARKING 8AM-9AM EXCEPT SUNDAY
  • No standing 1 sign NO STANDING ANYTIME

ParkNYC pay-by-cell zones: 320377, 321679 and 323850.

Schools, parks and places within a walk

How places are listed

Eight public places are within a five-minute walk.

  • 3 day care or pre-K sites
  • 2 nursing homes or hospices
  • 1 community center
  • 1 playground
  • 1 religious building

Schools and child care

  1. Bambi Day Care III School-based preschool, ages 3 to 5 · Pre-K
    500 feet
  2. Kings Bay Y Preschool, ages 2 to 5 · Pre-K
    600 feet
  3. Big Dreams Child Care Center Infant, toddler and preschool care, ages 0 to 5
    1,100 feet

Parks, playgrounds and gardens

  1. Herman Dolgon Playground
    1,100 feet

Health care

  1. The Chateau at Brooklyn Rehabilitation and Nursing Center Nursing home or hospice
    410 feet
  2. Caring Hospice Services of New York Nursing home or hospice
    1,300 feet

Houses of worship

  1. Young Israel of Beford Bay House of worship
    500 feet

Community centers and public services

  1. Community center at Sheepshead Bay Community center
    1,040 feet

Bank branches

  1. Flagstar Bank Bank branch
    70 feet
  2. TD Bank Bank branch
    170 feet

Supermarkets

  1. Key Food Supermarket
    0.4 miles

Pharmacies

  1. Walgreens Pharmacy
    0.3 miles

Other stores

  1. Dollar Tree Store
    0.3 miles

Food stores and places to eat

Within a five-minute walk there are 18 places to eat and 15 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 of the 11 corners within a three-minute walk:

See every intersection along Avenue U or Nostrand Avenue.

Sources: NYC Technology and Innovation, NYPD, 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.