70th Street & Louise Terrace

The three-way junction of 70th Street and Louise Terrace is in Bay Ridge, Brooklyn. It has a clean safety record in city data between 2021 and 2025. Owl's Head Park is 890 feet away. The nearest bus stop, Bay Ridge Av/Colonial Rd, is 520 feet away for the B9, B64, X27 and X37, and six bus routes stop within a ten-minute walk. Within a five-minute walk are seven public places, two of them schools, and three places to eat. About 1,300 homes stand within 820 feet, mostly built between 1925 and 1931, a mix of apartment buildings and smaller houses.

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70th Street & Louise Terrace Nearby corners, linked

Bus

The nearest bus stop is Bay Ridge Av/Colonial Rd, 520 feet away, for the B9, B64, X27 and X37.

  • 6 routes within a ten-minute walk
  1. Bay Ridge Av/Colonial Rd B9, B64, X27, X37
    520 feet
    B9 B64 X27 X37

Next buses at this stop

  1. B9 …
  2. B64 …
  3. X27 …
  4. X37 …

Live arrivals

Cycling

  • 2 more bike-share stations within a five-minute walk

Nearest bike-share station

  1. Colonial Rd & 71 St 14 docks in all
    680 feet

By car

The nearest highway entrance is the ramp to the Belt Parkway southbound at Ridge Boulevard & Shore Road Drive, 0.5 miles by car along the streets.

  1. 6737 4th Avenue Gas station
    0.6 miles
  2. 6401 6th Avenue Charging for electric cars, two Level 2 chargers
    1.1 miles

No police-reported crash has been recorded at this corner in any year the city publishes.

About this corner

Where facts come from
ZIP code
11209
Community board
Brooklyn Community Board 10
City Council district
47
Police precinct
68
Neighborhood (City Planning area)
Bay Ridge
Elevation
40 feet above sea level

The streets

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

Homes

About 1,300 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 58 trees within 330 feet; the most common is the London planetree.

Parking on the streets meeting here

How signs are read
  • 11 signs on these blocks
  • 3 different rules

The sign wording is DOT's, as recorded between April 2018 and August 2020, and the sign on the street decides.

South side of 70th Street

  • No parking 7 signs NO PARKING TUESDAY 9:30AM-11AM

East side of Louise Terrace

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

West side of Louise Terrace

  • No parking 2 signs NO PARKING MONDAY 9:30AM-11AM

Schools, parks and places within a walk

How places are listed

Seven public places are within a five-minute walk.

  • 2 schools
  • 1 listed historic place
  • 1 older adult center
  • 1 park
  • 1 playground
  • 1 religious building

Schools and child care

  1. Ryken Educational Center School
    1,270 feet
  2. Xaverian High School
    1,270 feet

Parks, playgrounds and gardens

  1. Owl's Head Park
    890 feet
  2. Owls Head Park Playground
    1,150 feet

Libraries, museums and history

  1. Louise Terrace/Colonial Road Historic District Listed historic place
    160 feet

Community centers and public services

  1. Bay Ridge Center Older adult center
    1,260 feet

Supermarkets

  1. SuperFresh Supermarket
    0.3 miles

Food stores and places to eat

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

Not on record for this corner:

  • A subway entrance within a ten-minute walk
  • A bike route here or a bicycle rack within 820 feet
  • A signal or safety change
  • A designated landmark or historic district within 820 feet

Nearby corners

The eight nearest of the 10 corners within a three-minute walk:

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