72nd Street & 11th Avenue
The four-way crossing of 72nd Street and 11th Avenue is in Dyker Heights, Brooklyn, and is also named Charles J. Mauro 9/11 Memorial Way by local law. Between 2021 and 2025, two police-reported crashes were recorded here, fewer than the median of seven crashes for a Brooklyn corner. Bethany Lutheran Church is 440 feet away. The nearest bus stop, Bay Ridge Av/11 Av, is 880 feet away for the B64, and four bus routes stop within a ten-minute walk. Within a five-minute walk is one public place.
Map
Getting there
How walks are measuredBus
The nearest bus stop is Bay Ridge Av/11 Av, 880 feet away, for the B64.
- 4 routes within a ten-minute walk
- Bay Ridge Av/11 Av B64880 feetB64
Next buses at this stop
- B64 …
Cycling
A marked bike lane runs on 11th Avenue.
By car
The nearest highway entrance is the ramp to the Gowanus Expressway eastbound, 0.6 miles by car along the streets.
- 1105 60th Street Gas station0.6 miles
- 6401 6th Avenue Charging for electric cars, two Level 2 chargers1 mile
- 1763 86th Street Fast charging for electric cars1.5 miles
Safety record
How crashes are countedBetween 2021 and 2025, police reported two crashes at this corner, fewer than the median of seven crashes for a Brooklyn corner.
- 2 people injured
- 0 people killed
The most recent crash recorded here was in January 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
- 84 feet above sea level
This corner is also named Charles J. Mauro 9/11 Memorial Way, a co-naming enacted on December 21, 2004 (Local Law 63 of 2004).
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, almost all of them in houses of one or two. The buildings holding them mostly went up between 1920 and 1930.
Trees
NYC Parks records 42 trees within 330 feet; the most common is the London planetree.
The Department of Records' Honorary Street Names dataset has its own note on Charles J. Mauro 9/11 Memorial Way.
Parking on the streets meeting here
How signs are read- 31 signs on these blocks
- 4 different rules
The sign wording is DOT's, as recorded between September 2019 and March 2025, 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 72nd Street
- No parking 12 signs NO PARKING WEDNESDAY 9:30AM-11AM
South side of 72nd Street
- No parking 11 signs NO PARKING THURSDAY 9:30AM-11AM
Places within a walk
How places are listedOne public place is within a five-minute walk.
- 1 religious building
Houses of worship
- Bethany Lutheran Church House of worship440 feet
Supermarkets
- SuperFresh Supermarket0.4 miles
- Scaturro Supermarket Supermarket0.4 miles
- HLBK Supermarket Supermarket0.5 miles
Pharmacies
- Walgreens Pharmacy0.4 miles
- CVS Pharmacy0.5 miles
Food stores and places to eat
Within a five-minute walk there are three food stores.
Not on record for this corner: a subway entrance within a ten-minute walk, 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:
- 71st Street & 11th Avenue 260 feet
- 73rd Street & 11th Avenue 260 feet
- 70th Street & 11th Avenue 520 feet
- 74th Street & 11th Avenue 520 feet
- Bay Ridge Avenue & 11th Avenue 780 feet
- 72nd Street & 10th Avenue 780 feet
- 72nd Street & 12th Avenue 780 feet
- Bay Ridge Parkway & 11th Avenue 800 feet
See every intersection along 11th Avenue or 72nd Street.