72nd Street & Ridge Boulevard

The four-way crossing of 72nd Street and Ridge Boulevard is in Bay Ridge, Brooklyn. Between 2021 and 2025, 12 police-reported crashes were recorded here, against a median of seven crashes for a Brooklyn corner. P.S. 102 the Bayview is 200 feet away. The nearest subway, Bay Ridge Av, is about nine minutes on foot, for the R. Within a five-minute walk are seven public places, two of them day care or pre-K sites, and 38 places to eat. About 2,700 homes stand within 820 feet, mostly built between 1926 and 1932, most in buildings of ten homes or more.

Safety record
4 hurt
12 police-reported crashes, 2021–2025
Nearest subway
Bay Ridge Av
0.4 miles · 9 min on foot · R
Nearest bus stop
830 feet
3 Av/72 St · B37
Within a walk
7 places
2 day care or pre-K sites, 2 religious buildings and 3 more kinds, within five minutes

Map

Layers
72nd 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 nine 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 3 Av/72 St, 830 feet away, for the B37.

  • 7 routes within a ten-minute walk
  1. 3 Av/72 St B37 · Shelter
    830 feet
    B37
    Shelter

Next buses at this stop

  1. B37 …

Live arrivals

Cycling

A marked bike lane runs on 72nd Street and Ridge Boulevard.

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

Nearest bike-share station

  1. 73 St & Ridge Blvd 16 docks in all
    280 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
    2.7 miles

Safety record

How crashes are counted

Between 2021 and 2025, police reported 12 crashes at this corner, more than the median of seven crashes for a Brooklyn corner.

  • 4 people injured
  • 0 people killed

The most recent crash recorded here was in November 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
71 feet above sea level

The streets

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

Homes

About 2,700 homes stand within 820 feet of this corner, most of them in buildings of ten homes or more. The buildings holding them mostly went up between 1926 and 1932.

Trees

NYC Parks records 61 trees within 330 feet; the most common is the London planetree.

Parking on the streets meeting here

How signs are read
  • 38 signs on these blocks
  • 9 different rules

The sign wording is DOT's, as recorded between June 2016 and June 2024, and the sign on the street decides.

North side of 72nd Street

  • No parking 5 signs NO PARKING MONDAY 8:30AM-10AM
  • No parking 5 signs NO PARKING MONDAY 9:30AM-11AM
  • No standing 3 signs NO STANDING SCHOOL DAYS 7AM-4PM

South side of 72nd Street

  • Loading only 1 sign LOADING ONLY MONDAY-FRIDAY 8AM-6PM
  • No parking 5 signs NO PARKING TUESDAY 8:30AM-10AM
  • No parking 7 signs NO PARKING TUESDAY 9:30AM-11AM

East side of Ridge Boulevard

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

West side of Ridge Boulevard

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

Schools and places within a walk

How places are listed

Seven public places are within a five-minute walk.

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

Schools and child care

  1. P.S. 102 the Bayview School
    200 feet
  2. Step Ahead Infant, toddler and preschool care, ages 0 to 5 · Pre-K
    220 feet
  3. Bay One Preschool Preschool, ages 2 to 5 · Pre-K
    990 feet

Libraries, museums and history

  1. Bay Ridge Library
    270 feet
  2. Houses at 216-264 Ovington Avenue Listed historic place
    860 feet

Houses of worship

  1. Bay Ridge Christ Church House of worship
    400 feet

Bank branches

  1. Citizens Bank Bank branch
    810 feet

Supermarkets

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

Food stores and places to eat

Within a five-minute walk there are 38 places to eat and 18 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 11 corners within a three-minute walk:

See every intersection along 72nd 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.