71st Street & Ridge Boulevard

The four-way crossing of 71st Street and Ridge Boulevard is in Bay Ridge, Brooklyn. Between 2021 and 2025, seven police-reported crashes were recorded here, the median for a Brooklyn corner. Bay Ridge Christ Church is 670 feet away. The nearest subway, Bay Ridge Av, is about eight minutes on foot, for the R. Within a five-minute walk are ten public places, three of them religious buildings, and 37 places to eat. About 2,400 homes stand within 820 feet, mostly built between 1925 and 1932, a mix of apartment buildings and smaller houses.

Safety record
2 hurt
7 police-reported crashes, 2021–2025
Nearest subway
Bay Ridge Av
0.4 miles · 8 min on foot · R
Nearest bus stop
730 feet
Bay Ridge Av/Ridge Blvd · B9, B64
Within a walk
10 places
3 religious buildings, 2 day care or pre-K sites and 3 more kinds, within five minutes

Map

Layers
71st Street & Ridge Boulevard Nearby corners, linked

Getting there

How walks are measured

Subway

The nearest subway station is Bay Ridge Av, 0.4 miles from this corner, about eight minutes on foot.

  1. Bay Ridge Av R
    0.4 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, 730 feet away, for the B9 and B64.

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

Next buses at this stop

  1. B9 …
  2. B64 …

Live arrivals

Cycling

A marked bike lane runs on Ridge Boulevard.

  • 17 bicycle racks within 820 feet
  • 3 more bike-share stations within a five-minute walk

Nearest bike-share station

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

By car

The nearest highway entrance is the ramp to the Belt Parkway southbound at Ridge Boulevard & Shore Road Drive, 0.4 miles by car along the streets.

  1. 6737 4th Avenue Gas station
    0.5 miles
  2. 6401 6th Avenue Charging for electric cars, two Level 2 chargers
    1 mile
  3. 1763 86th Street Fast charging for electric cars
    2.8 miles

Safety record

How crashes are counted

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

  • 2 people injured
  • 0 people killed
  • 2 of those hurt, on foot

The most recent crash recorded here was in March 2026.

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
71 feet above sea level

The streets

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

Homes

About 2,400 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 1932.

Trees

NYC Parks records 56 trees within 330 feet; the most common is the maidenhair tree.

Parking on the streets meeting here

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

The sign wording is DOT's, as recorded between October 2014 and August 2025, and the sign on the street decides.

North side of 71st Street

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

South side of 71st Street

  • No parking 6 signs NO PARKING TUESDAY 8:30AM-10AM
  • No parking 8 signs NO PARKING TUESDAY 9:30AM-11AM
  • No standing 2 signs NO STANDING ANYTIME
  • No standing 3 signs NO STANDING SCHOOL DAYS 7AM-4PM

East side of Ridge Boulevard

  • No parking 5 signs NO PARKING TUESDAY 9:30AM-11AM
  • No standing 1 sign NO STANDING ANYTIME
  • No standing 3 signs NO STANDING SCHOOL DAYS 7AM-4PM

West side of Ridge Boulevard

  • No parking 5 signs NO PARKING MONDAY 9:30AM-11AM
  • No standing 1 sign NO STANDING ANYTIME

Schools and places within a walk

How places are listed

Ten public places are within a five-minute walk.

  • 3 religious buildings
  • 2 day care or pre-K sites
  • 2 listed historic places
  • 2 schools
  • 1 library

Schools and child care

  1. Step Ahead Infant, toddler and preschool care, ages 0 to 5 · Pre-K
    40 feet
  2. P.S. 102 the Bayview School
    310 feet
  3. Bay One Preschool Preschool, ages 2 to 5 · Pre-K
    830 feet
Show all 4
  1. Gateway City Academy School
    1,210 feet

Libraries, museums and history

  1. Bay Ridge Library
    530 feet
  2. Houses at 216-264 Ovington Avenue Listed historic place
    600 feet
  3. Louise Terrace/Colonial Road Historic District Listed historic place
    1,280 feet

Houses of worship

  1. Bay Ridge Christ Church House of worship
    670 feet

Bank branches

  1. Citizens Bank Bank branch
    1,030 feet

Supermarkets

  1. SuperFresh Supermarket
    1,150 feet
  2. Key Food Supermarket
    0.3 miles

Food stores and places to eat

Within a five-minute walk there are 37 places to eat and 17 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 12 corners within a three-minute walk:

See every intersection along 71st 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, FDIC, NYS Agriculture and Markets and USDA, retrieved September 18 – October 6, 2026.