List of Brooklyn avenues, 1–28

This article covers the numbered north-south avenues in the New York City borough of Brooklyn. Apart from the portion of 3rd through 7th Avenues beyond 86th Street, all run approximately 40 degrees west of south, but by local custom are called north-south. With Brooklyn streets, 1-101 they form a street grid. Major avenues have their own linked articles while minor streets are discussed below. Unless specified all avenues have two-lanes for two-way traffic.

Streets
Avenue North-end South-end Length # of lanes Traffic direction Additional notes Image
1st Avenue 39th Street 58th Street 2 North-south Rail tracks are embedded along the center of the avenue for most of its length.
2nd Avenue Dead-end north of 5th Street 64th Street 2 North-south Exists in two sections; 5th Street to Hamilton Avenue and 28th to 64th streets.
3rd Avenue Flatbush Avenue Shore Road 2-10 North-south Serves as the service road for the Gowanus Expressway between Prospect Avenue and 65th Street.
4th Avenue Flatbush Avenue Shore Road 4-6 North-south The BMT Fourth Avenue Line runs underneath.
5th Avenue Atlantic Avenue 4th Avenue 2 North-south The B63 runs the entire length of the avenue.
6th Avenue Atlantic Avenue Fort Hamilton Parkway 1-2 Varies Exists in three segments, separated by subway yard and Sunset Park.
7th Avenue Flatbush Avenue Cropsey Avenue 2-5 North-south Exists in three segments. Serves as the service road for the Gowanus Expressway from 65th to 79th streets.
8th Avenue Flatbush Avenue 73rd Street 2 North-South Exists in two segments. The B70 runs along the avenue from Bay Ridge Avenue to 39th Street.
9th Avenue Flatbush Avenue Bay Ridge Parkway 2-3 North-South Exists in four segments.
10th Avenue Prospect Park Southwest 86th Street 2 North-South Exists in three segments.
11th Avenue 45th Street 86th Street 2 North-South
12th Avenue Dahill Road 86th Street 2 Varies Exists in two segments.
13th Avenue 36th Street 86th Street 2 North-South The B64 bus runs along the avenue from 86th Street to Bay Ridge Avenue. Bay Ridge-bound B16 buses run along the avenue from 37th Street to 57th Street.