14th Avenue & 85th Street

The four-way crossing of 14th Avenue and 85th Street is in Dyker Heights, Brooklyn. Between 2021 and 2025, five police-reported crashes were recorded here, fewer than the median of seven crashes for a Brooklyn corner. Dyker Heights Post Office is 1,110 feet away. The nearest bus stop, 86 St/14 Av, is 330 feet away for the B1, B64, X28 and X38. Within a five-minute walk are seven public places, three of them day care or pre-K sites, and 11 places to eat.

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14th Avenue & 85th Street Nearby corners, linked

Bus

The nearest bus stop is 86 St/14 Av, 330 feet away, for the B1, B64, X28 and X38.

  • 4 routes within a ten-minute walk
  1. 86 St/14 Av B1, B64, X28, X38 · Shelter
    330 feet
    B1 B64 X28 X38
    Shelter

Next buses at this stop

  1. B1 …
  2. B64 …
  3. X28 …
  4. X38 …

Live arrivals

Cycling

A marked bike lane runs on 85th Street.

  • 10 bicycle racks within 820 feet

By car

The nearest highway entrance is the ramp to the Belt Parkway westbound at Bay 8th Street & Belt Parkway, 0.8 miles by car along the streets.

  1. 1414 86th Street Gas station
    550 feet
  2. 1763 86th Street Charging for electric cars, four Level 2 chargers and four fast chargers
    0.6 miles

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

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

The most recent crash recorded here was in May 2026.

About this corner

Where facts come from
ZIP code
11228
Community board
Brooklyn Community Board 10
City Council district
47 and 50 (the boundary runs through this corner)
Police precinct
62 and 68 (the boundary runs through this corner)
Neighborhood (City Planning area)
Dyker Heights
Elevation
20 feet above sea level

The streets

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

Homes

About 900 homes stand within 820 feet of this corner, almost all of them in houses of one or two. The buildings holding them mostly went up between 1930 and 1940.

Trees

NYC Parks records 41 trees within 330 feet; the most common is the London planetree.

Parking on the streets meeting here

How signs are read
  • 29 signs on these blocks
  • 6 different rules

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

East side of 14th Avenue

  • No parking 4 signs NO PARKING FRIDAY 8:30AM-10AM

West side of 14th Avenue

  • No parking 4 signs NO PARKING WEDNESDAY 8:30AM-10AM

North side of 85th Street

  • No parking 5 signs NO PARKING MONDAY 11:30AM-1PM
  • No parking 6 signs NO PARKING WEDNESDAY 8:30AM-10AM

South side of 85th Street

  • No parking 5 signs NO PARKING FRIDAY 8:30AM-10AM
  • No parking 5 signs NO PARKING TUESDAY 11:30AM-1PM

Schools, parks and places within a walk

How places are listed

Seven public places are within a five-minute walk.

  • 3 day care or pre-K sites
  • 1 park
  • 1 playground
  • 1 post office
  • 1 school

Schools and child care

  1. District 20 Pre-K Center at 1355 84th Street Pre-K center
    530 feet
  2. The Purple Crayon Preschool, ages 2 to 5
    650 feet
  3. St Bernadette Catholic Academy School
    1,120 feet
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  1. Saint Bernadette School School-based preschool, ages 3 to 5
    1,130 feet

Parks, playgrounds and gardens

  1. Dyker Beach Park
    360 feet
  2. Dyker Playground
    420 feet

Community centers and public services

  1. Dyker Heights Post Office
    1,110 feet

Supermarkets

  1. Food Dynasty Supermarket
    1,160 feet

Pharmacies

  1. Walgreens Pharmacy
    0.3 miles

Food stores and places to eat

Within a five-minute walk there are 11 places to eat and ten 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 corners within a three-minute walk:

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