72nd Street & Colonial Road

The four-way crossing of 72nd Street and Colonial Road is in Bay Ridge, Brooklyn. Between 2021 and 2025, four police-reported crashes were recorded here, fewer than the median of seven crashes for a Brooklyn corner. P.S. 102 the Bayview is 980 feet away. The nearest bus stop, Bay Ridge Av/Colonial Rd, is 1,060 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 six public places, two of them religious buildings, and one place to eat.

Safety record
3 hurt
4 police-reported crashes, 2021–2025
Nearest highway entrance
Belt Parkway
0.6 miles by car along the streets
Nearest bus stop
1,060 feet
Bay Ridge Av/Colonial Rd · B9, B64, X27, X37
Within a walk
6 places
2 religious buildings, 1 day care or pre-K site and 3 more kinds, within five minutes

Map

Layers
72nd Street & Colonial Road Nearby corners, linked

Getting there

How walks are measured

Bus

The nearest bus stop is Bay Ridge Av/Colonial Rd, 1,060 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
    1,060 feet
    B9 B64 X27 X37

Next buses at this stop

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

Live arrivals

Cycling

A marked bike lane runs on 72nd Street and Colonial Road.

  • 1 bicycle rack within 820 feet
  • 1 more bike-share station within a five-minute walk

Nearest bike-share station

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

By car

The nearest highway entrance is the ramp to the Belt Parkway southbound at Ridge Boulevard & Shore Road Drive, 0.6 miles by car along the streets.

  1. 6737 4th Avenue Gas station
    0.7 miles
  2. 6401 6th Avenue Charging for electric cars, two Level 2 chargers
    1.1 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 four crashes at this corner, fewer than the median of seven crashes for a Brooklyn corner.

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

The most recent crash recorded here was in February 2025.

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
42 feet above sea level

The streets

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

Homes

About 2,000 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 1937.

Trees

NYC Parks records 66 trees within 330 feet; the most common is the London planetree.

Parking on the streets meeting here

How signs are read
  • 33 signs on these blocks
  • 6 different rules

The sign wording is DOT's, as recorded between August 2020 and November 2025, and the sign on the street decides.

North side of 72nd Street

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

South side of 72nd Street

  • Loading only 1 sign LOADING ONLY MONDAY-FRIDAY 8AM-6PM
  • No parking 12 signs NO PARKING TUESDAY 9:30AM-11AM

East side of Colonial Road

  • No parking 4 signs NO PARKING TUESDAY 9:30AM-11AM
  • No standing 1 sign NO STANDING ANYTIME

West side of Colonial Road

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

Schools and places within a walk

How places are listed

Six public places are within a five-minute walk.

  • 2 religious buildings
  • 1 day care or pre-K site
  • 1 library
  • 1 listed historic place
  • 1 school

Schools and child care

  1. P.S. 102 the Bayview School
    980 feet
  2. Step Ahead Infant, toddler and preschool care, ages 0 to 5 · Pre-K
    1,000 feet

Libraries, museums and history

  1. Louise Terrace/Colonial Road Historic District Listed historic place
    760 feet
  2. Bay Ridge Library
    1,050 feet

Houses of worship

  1. Bay Ridge Christ Church House of worship
    1,180 feet

Supermarkets

  1. SuperFresh Supermarket
    0.4 miles
  2. Key Food Supermarket
    0.4 miles

Food stores and places to eat

Within a five-minute walk there is one place to eat and four 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 nearest of the 11 corners within a three-minute walk:

See every intersection along 72nd Street or Colonial Road.

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.