13th Avenue & Ovington Avenue

The four-way crossing of 13th Avenue and Ovington Avenue is in Dyker Heights, Brooklyn. Between 2021 and 2025, two police-reported crashes were recorded here, fewer than the median of seven crashes for a Brooklyn corner. Norwegian Christian Home and Health Center is 470 feet away. The nearest subway, 71 St, is about eight minutes on foot, for the D. Within a five-minute walk are eight public places, five of them day care or pre-K sites, and 17 places to eat.

Safety record
1 hurt
2 police-reported crashes, 2021–2025
Nearest subway
71 St
0.4 miles · 8 min on foot · D
Nearest bus stop
240 feet
Bay Ridge Av/13 Av · B64
Within a walk
8 places
5 day care or pre-K sites, 2 schools and 1 more kind, within five minutes

Map

Layers
13th Avenue & Ovington Avenue Nearby corners, linked

Getting there

How walks are measured

Subway

The nearest subway station is 71 St, 0.4 miles from this corner, about eight minutes on foot.

  1. 71 St D
    0.4 miles
    D

Next trains at this station

Manhattan
1 line
  1. D …
Southbound
1 line
  1. D …

The MTA's permanent art catalog lists “The Flora of Bensonhurst” (2012) by Joan Linder at the 71 St station.

Bus

The nearest bus stop is Bay Ridge Av/13 Av, 240 feet away, for the B64.

  • 3 routes within a ten-minute walk
  1. Bay Ridge Av/13 Av B64
    240 feet
    B64

Next buses at this stop

  1. B64 …

Live arrivals

Cycling

  • 21 bicycle racks within 820 feet

By car

The nearest highway entrance is the ramp to the Gowanus Expressway westbound at 7th Avenue, 1 mile by car along the streets.

  1. 1302 65th Street Gas station
    1,030 feet
  2. 5115 15th Avenue Charging for electric cars, six Level 2 chargers
    1.1 miles
  3. 1763 86th Street Fast charging for electric cars
    1.3 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.

  • 1 person injured
  • 0 people killed
  • 1 of those hurt, on foot

The most recent crash recorded here was in April 2024.

About this corner

Where facts come from
ZIP code
11219
Community board
Brooklyn Community Board 10
City Council district
43
Police precinct
68
Neighborhood (City Planning area)
Dyker Heights
Elevation
57 feet above sea level

The streets

  • Up to two travel lanes
  • One of the streets is one-way

Homes

About 1,600 homes stand within 820 feet of this corner, a mix of apartment buildings and smaller houses. The buildings holding them mostly went up between 1920 and 1931.

Trees

NYC Parks records 31 trees within 330 feet; the most common is the thornless honeylocust.

Parking on the streets meeting here

How signs are read
  • 43 signs on these blocks
  • 10 different rules
  • 2 active meters
  • 2 pay-by-cell zones

The sign wording is DOT's, as recorded between April 2018 and May 2024, and the sign on the street decides.

East side of 13th Avenue

  • Metered parking 2 signs 2 HOUR METERED PARKING 8:30AM-7PM EXCEPT SUNDAY
  • No parking 5 signs NO PARKING THURSDAY 8:30AM-10AM

West side of 13th Avenue

  • Metered parking 2 signs 2 HOUR METERED PARKING 8:30AM-7PM EXCEPT SUNDAY
  • No parking 4 signs NO PARKING WEDNESDAY 8:30AM-10AM

North side of Ovington Avenue

  • No parking 2 signs NO PARKING ANYTIME
  • No parking 12 signs NO PARKING WEDNESDAY 8:30AM-10AM
  • No standing 2 signs NO STANDING ANYTIME

South side of Ovington Avenue

  • No parking 1 sign NO PARKING ANYTIME
  • No parking 11 signs NO PARKING THURSDAY 8:30AM-10AM
  • No standing 2 signs NO STANDING SCHOOL DAYS 7AM-4PM

ParkNYC pay-by-cell zones: 309017 and 310541.

Schools and places within a walk

How places are listed

Eight public places are within a five-minute walk.

  • 5 day care or pre-K sites
  • 2 schools
  • 1 nursing home or hospice

Schools and child care

  1. Worldtots Preschool, ages 2 to 5 · Pre-K
    230 feet
  2. World of Wonders Preschool, ages 2 to 5 · Pre-K
    270 feet
  3. P.S. 176 Ovington School
    590 feet
Show all 7
  1. Ring Around the Rosie Preschool Preschool, ages 2 to 5 · Pre-K
    760 feet
  2. Bay Ridge Ave. Child Care Center Infant, toddler and preschool care, ages 0 to 5
    800 feet
  3. District 20 Pre-K Center at 1258 65th Street Pre-K center
    1,010 feet
  4. The Detective Wenjian Liu School of Civics and Entrepreneurship School
    1,300 feet

Health care

  1. Norwegian Christian Home and Health Center Nursing home or hospice
    470 feet

Bank branches

  1. TD Bank Bank branch
    960 feet

Supermarkets

  1. SuperFresh Supermarket
    540 feet
  2. Key Food Supermarket
    0.4 miles

Pharmacies

  1. Walgreens Pharmacy
    510 feet

Food stores and places to eat

Within a five-minute walk there are 17 places to eat and 18 food stores.

Not on record for this corner: a signal or safety change and a designated landmark or historic district within 820 feet.

Nearby corners

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

See every intersection along 13th Avenue or Ovington 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 and USDA, retrieved September 18 – October 6, 2026.