14th Avenue & Ovington Avenue

The four-way crossing of 14th Avenue and Ovington Avenue is in Dyker Heights, Brooklyn, and is also named Elaine Cillo 9/11 Memorial Way by local law. Between 2021 and 2025, 21 police-reported crashes were recorded here, against a median of seven crashes for a Brooklyn corner. Norwegian Christian Home and Health Center is 1,250 feet away. The nearest subway, 71 St, is about five minutes on foot, and two subway lines stop within a ten-minute walk. Within a five-minute walk are five public places, three of them day care or pre-K sites, and 15 places to eat.

Safety record
19 hurt
21 police-reported crashes, 2021–2025
Nearest subway
71 St
1,320 feet · 5 min on foot · D
Nearest bus stop
1,020 feet
Bay Ridge Av/13 Av · B64
Within a walk
5 places
3 day care or pre-K sites, 1 nursing home or hospice and 1 more kind, within five minutes

Map

Layers
14th Avenue & Ovington Avenue Nearby corners, linked

Getting there

How walks are measured

Subway

The nearest subway station is 71 St, 1,320 feet from this corner, about five minutes on foot.

  • 2 lines within a ten-minute walk
  1. 71 St D
    1,320 feet
    D

Next trains at this station

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

Also within a walk

  1. 62 St/New Utrecht Av D, N
    0.4 miles
    D N

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, 1,020 feet away, for the B64.

  • 3 routes within a ten-minute walk
  1. Bay Ridge Av/13 Av B64
    1,020 feet
    B64

Next buses at this stop

  1. B64 …

Live arrivals

Cycling

  • 6 bicycle racks within 820 feet

By car

The nearest highway entrance is the ramp to the Gowanus Expressway westbound at 7th Avenue, 1.2 miles by car along the streets.

  1. 1302 65th Street Gas station
    0.3 miles
  2. 5115 15th Avenue Charging for electric cars, six Level 2 chargers
    1 mile
  3. 1763 86th Street Fast charging for electric cars
    1.2 miles

Safety record

How crashes are counted

Between 2021 and 2025, police reported 21 crashes at this corner, more than the median of seven crashes for a Brooklyn corner.

  • 19 people injured
  • 0 people killed
  • 2 of those hurt, on foot
  • 1 of those hurt, on a bike

The most recent crash recorded here was in May 2026.

About this corner

Where facts come from
ZIP code
11219
Community board
Brooklyn Community Board 10
City Council district
43
Police precinct
62 and 68 (the boundary runs through this corner)
Neighborhood (City Planning area)
Dyker Heights
Elevation
43 feet above sea level

This corner is also named Elaine Cillo 9/11 Memorial Way, a co-naming enacted on May 5, 2004 (Local Law 8 of 2004).

The streets

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

Homes

About 1,800 homes stand within 820 feet of this corner, a mix of apartment buildings and smaller houses. The buildings holding them mostly went up between 1920 and 1931.

Trees

NYC Parks records 36 trees within 330 feet; the most common is the thornless honeylocust.

The Department of Records' Honorary Street Names dataset has its own note on Elaine Cillo 9/11 Memorial Way.

Parking on the streets meeting here

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

The sign wording is DOT's, as recorded between December 2015 and May 2024, and the sign on the street decides.

East side of 14th Avenue

  • No parking 4 signs NO PARKING THURSDAY 8:30AM-10AM
  • No standing 1 sign NO STANDING ANYTIME

West side of 14th Avenue

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

North side of Ovington Avenue

  • No parking 1 sign NO PARKING ANYTIME
  • No parking 4 signs NO PARKING THURSDAY 11:30AM-1PM
  • No parking 5 signs NO PARKING WEDNESDAY 8:30AM-10AM

South side of Ovington Avenue

  • No parking 1 sign NO PARKING ANYTIME
  • No parking 4 signs NO PARKING FRIDAY 11:30AM-1PM
  • No parking 5 signs NO PARKING THURSDAY 8:30AM-10AM

Schools and places within a walk

How places are listed

Five public places are within a five-minute walk.

  • 3 day care or pre-K sites
  • 1 nursing home or hospice
  • 1 older adult center

Schools and child care

  1. B'Above Worldwide Institute Preschool, ages 2 to 5 · Pre-K
    620 feet
  2. Worldtots Preschool, ages 2 to 5 · Pre-K
    1,010 feet
  3. World of Wonders Preschool, ages 2 to 5 · Pre-K
    1,050 feet

Health care

  1. Norwegian Christian Home and Health Center Nursing home or hospice
    1,250 feet

Community centers and public services

  1. Older adult center at 6915 15th Avenue Older adult center
    1,260 feet

Supermarkets

  1. SuperFresh Supermarket
    0.3 miles
  2. Key Food Supermarket
    0.3 miles

Pharmacies

  1. Walgreens Pharmacy
    1,290 feet

Food stores and places to eat

Within a five-minute walk there are 15 places to eat and 19 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 14th Avenue or Ovington Avenue.

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