70th Street & 11th Avenue

The four-way crossing of 70th Street and 11th Avenue 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. Coptic Orthodox Church of St George is 850 feet away. The nearest subway, Fort Hamilton Pkwy, is about eight minutes on foot, for the N. Within a five-minute walk are four public places, two of them day care or pre-K sites, and five places to eat.

Safety record
5 hurt
5 police-reported crashes, 2021–2025
Nearest subway
Fort Hamilton Pkwy
0.4 miles · 8 min on foot · N
Nearest bus stop
360 feet
Bay Ridge Av/11 Av · B64
Within a walk
4 places
2 day care or pre-K sites and 2 religious buildings, within five minutes

Map

Layers
70th Street & 11th Avenue Nearby corners, linked

Getting there

How walks are measured

Subway

The nearest subway station is Fort Hamilton Pkwy, 0.4 miles from this corner, about eight minutes on foot.

  1. Fort Hamilton Pkwy N
    0.4 miles
    N

Next trains at this station

Manhattan
1 line
  1. N …
Coney Island
1 line
  1. N …

The MTA's permanent art catalog lists “There is Magic Underneath It All” (2019) by María Berrío at the Fort Hamilton Pkwy station.

Bus

The nearest bus stop is Bay Ridge Av/11 Av, 360 feet away, for the B64.

  • 4 routes within a ten-minute walk
  1. Bay Ridge Av/11 Av B64
    360 feet
    B64

Next buses at this stop

  1. B64 …

Live arrivals

Cycling

A marked bike lane runs on 11th Avenue.

  • 9 bicycle racks within 820 feet

By car

The nearest highway entrance is the ramp to the Gowanus Expressway eastbound, 0.7 miles by car along the streets.

  1. 1105 60th Street Gas station
    0.5 miles
  2. 6401 6th Avenue Charging for electric cars, two Level 2 chargers
    0.9 miles
  3. 1763 86th Street Fast charging for electric cars
    1.6 miles

Safety record

How crashes are counted

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

  • 5 people injured
  • 0 people killed
  • 1 of those hurt, on a bike

The most recent crash recorded here was in December 2025.

About this corner

Where facts come from
ZIP code
11228
Community board
Brooklyn Community Board 10
City Council district
38
Police precinct
68
Neighborhood (City Planning area)
Dyker Heights
Elevation
76 feet above sea level

The streets

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

Homes

About 1,500 homes stand within 820 feet of this corner, a mix of apartment buildings and smaller houses. The buildings holding them mostly went up between 1925 and 1931.

Trees

NYC Parks records 35 trees within 330 feet; the most common is the London planetree.

Parking on the streets meeting here

How signs are read
  • 28 signs on these blocks
  • 4 different rules

The sign wording is DOT's, as recorded between May 2019 and August 2024, and the sign on the street decides.

East side of 11th Avenue

  • No parking 4 signs NO PARKING THURSDAY 9:30AM-11AM

West side of 11th Avenue

  • No parking 4 signs NO PARKING WEDNESDAY 9:30AM-11AM

North side of 70th Street

  • No parking 10 signs NO PARKING WEDNESDAY 9:30AM-11AM

South side of 70th Street

  • No parking 10 signs NO PARKING THURSDAY 9:30AM-11AM

Schools and places within a walk

How places are listed

Four public places are within a five-minute walk.

  • 2 day care or pre-K sites
  • 2 religious buildings

Schools and child care

  1. The Learning Experience Infant, toddler and preschool care, ages 0 to 5 · Pre-K
    860 feet
  2. Bay Ridge Ave. Child Care Center Infant, toddler and preschool care, ages 0 to 5
    1,220 feet

Houses of worship

  1. Bethany Lutheran Church House of worship
    740 feet
  2. Coptic Orthodox Church of St George House of worship
    850 feet

Supermarkets

  1. SuperFresh Supermarket
    0.3 miles
  2. Scaturro Supermarket Supermarket
    0.3 miles
  3. HLBK Supermarket Supermarket
    0.4 miles

Pharmacies

  1. Walgreens Pharmacy
    0.3 miles
  2. CVS Pharmacy
    0.4 miles

Food stores and places to eat

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

See every intersection along 11th Avenue or 70th Street.

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.