68th Street & Ridge Boulevard

The four-way crossing of 68th Street and Ridge Boulevard is in Bay Ridge, Brooklyn. Between 2021 and 2025, 11 police-reported crashes were recorded here, against a median of seven crashes for a Brooklyn corner. Joanne Seminara School of Law and Medicine is 770 feet away. The nearest subway, Bay Ridge Av, is about six minutes on foot, for the R. Within a five-minute walk are 13 public places, four of them religious buildings, and 18 places to eat. About 1,800 homes stand within 820 feet, mostly built between 1917 and 1930, a mix of apartment buildings and smaller houses.

Safety record
8 hurt
11 police-reported crashes, 2021–2025
Nearest subway
Bay Ridge Av
0.3 miles · 6 min on foot · R
Nearest bus stop
430 feet
Bay Ridge Av/Ridge Blvd · B9, B64
Within a walk
13 places
4 religious buildings, 3 schools and 4 more kinds, within five minutes

Map

Layers
68th Street & Ridge Boulevard Nearby corners, linked

Getting there

How walks are measured

Subway

The nearest subway station is Bay Ridge Av, 0.3 miles from this corner, about six minutes on foot.

  1. Bay Ridge Av R
    0.3 miles
    R

Next trains at this station

Manhattan
1 line
  1. R …
Bay Ridge
1 line
  1. R …

The MTA's permanent art catalog lists “Strata” (2017) by Katy Fischer at the Bay Ridge Av station.

Bus

The nearest bus stop is Bay Ridge Av/Ridge Blvd, 430 feet away, for the B9 and B64.

  • 6 routes within a ten-minute walk
  1. Bay Ridge Av/Ridge Blvd B9, B64
    430 feet
    B9 B64

Next buses at this stop

  1. B9 …
  2. B64 …

Live arrivals

Cycling

A marked bike lane runs on 68th Street and Ridge Boulevard.

  • 8 bicycle racks within 820 feet
  • 2 more bike-share stations within a five-minute walk

Nearest bike-share station

  1. 70 St & Ridge Blvd 12 docks in all
    640 feet

By car

The nearest highway entrance is the ramp to the Belt Parkway southbound at Ridge Boulevard & Shore Road Drive, 980 feet by car along the streets.

  1. 6737 4th Avenue Gas station
    0.4 miles
  2. 140 58th Street Charging for electric cars, two Level 2 chargers
    0.8 miles
  3. 1763 86th Street Fast charging for electric cars
    2.9 miles

Safety record

How crashes are counted

Between 2021 and 2025, police reported 11 crashes at this corner, more than the median of seven crashes for a Brooklyn corner.

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

The most recent crash recorded here was in November 2025.

About this corner

Where facts come from
ZIP code
11220
Community board
Brooklyn Community Board 10
City Council district
47
Police precinct
68
Neighborhood (City Planning area)
Bay Ridge
Elevation
71 feet above sea level

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 1917 and 1930.

Trees

NYC Parks records 52 trees within 330 feet; the most common are the 'Millstone' Japanese pagodatree and the Japanese pagoda tree.

Parking on the streets meeting here

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

The sign wording is DOT's, as recorded between October 2014 and September 2024, and the sign on the street decides.

North side of 68th Street

  • No parking 7 signs NO PARKING MONDAY 8:30AM-10AM
  • No parking 7 signs NO PARKING MONDAY 9:30AM-11AM
  • No standing 1 sign NO STANDING ANYTIME
  • No standing 2 signs NO STANDING SCHOOL DAYS 7AM-4PM

South side of 68th Street

  • No parking 2 signs NO PARKING TUESDAY 8:30AM-10AM
  • No parking 5 signs NO PARKING TUESDAY 9:30AM-11AM

East side of Ridge Boulevard

  • Loading only 1 sign LOADING ONLY MONDAY-FRIDAY 8AM-6PM
  • No parking 5 signs NO PARKING TUESDAY 9:30AM-11AM

West side of Ridge Boulevard

  • No parking 5 signs NO PARKING MONDAY 9:30AM-11AM

Schools, parks and places within a walk

How places are listed

Thirteen public places are within a five-minute walk.

  • 4 religious buildings
  • 3 schools
  • 2 day care or pre-K sites
  • 2 parks
  • 1 listed historic place
  • 1 playground

Schools and child care

  1. Guild for Exceptional Children Preschool
    620 feet
  2. Joanne Seminara School of Law and Medicine School
    770 feet
  3. Gateway City Academy School
    790 feet
Show all 5
  1. Step Ahead Infant, toddler and preschool care, ages 0 to 5 · Pre-K
    1,050 feet
  2. P.S. 102 the Bayview School
    1,310 feet

Parks, playgrounds and gardens

  1. Owl's Head Park
    880 feet
  2. Shore Park and Parkway Park
    880 feet
  3. Owls Head Park Playground
    1,140 feet

Libraries, museums and history

  1. Houses at 216-264 Ovington Avenue Listed historic place
    1,230 feet

Supermarkets

  1. SuperFresh Supermarket
    890 feet

Food stores and places to eat

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

See every intersection along 68th Street or Ridge Boulevard.

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