72nd Street & Ridge Court

The three-way junction of 72nd Street and Ridge Court is in Bay Ridge, Brooklyn. Between 2021 and 2025, three police-reported crashes were recorded here, fewer than the median of seven crashes for a Brooklyn corner. Bethlehem Lutheran Church is 780 feet away, and Bay Ridge Christ Church is 1,310 feet away. The nearest subway, Bay Ridge Av, is about five minutes on foot, for the R. Within a five-minute walk are 14 public places, seven of them religious buildings, and 63 places to eat.

Safety record
Nobody hurt
3 police-reported crashes, 2021–2025
Nearest subway
Bay Ridge Av
1,270 feet · 5 min on foot · R
Nearest bus stop
320 feet
3 Av/72 St · B37
Within a walk
14 places
7 religious buildings, 3 schools and 3 more kinds, within five minutes

Map

Layers
72nd Street & Ridge Court Nearby corners, linked

Getting there

How walks are measured

Subway

The nearest subway station is Bay Ridge Av, 1,270 feet from this corner, about five minutes on foot.

  1. Bay Ridge Av R
    1,270 feet
    R

Next trains at this station

Manhattan
1 line
  1. R …
Bay Ridge
1 line
  1. R …

Also within a walk

  1. 77 St R
    0.3 miles
    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, 320 feet away, for the B37.

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

Next buses at this stop

  1. B37 …

Live arrivals

Cycling

A marked bike lane runs on 72nd Street.

  • 46 bicycle racks within 820 feet
  • 2 more bike-share stations within a five-minute walk

Nearest bike-share station

  1. 4 Ave & 72 St 14 docks in all
    510 feet

By car

The nearest highway entrance is the ramp to the Belt Parkway eastbound at 3rd Avenue & 65th Street, 0.6 miles by car along the streets.

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

Safety record

How crashes are counted

Between 2021 and 2025, police reported three crashes at this corner, fewer than the median of seven crashes for a Brooklyn corner. Nobody was hurt.

The most recent crash recorded here was in October 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
80 feet above sea level

The streets

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

Homes

About 2,200 homes stand within 820 feet of this corner, a mix of apartment buildings and smaller houses. The buildings holding them mostly went up between 1920 and 1931.

Trees

NYC Parks records 59 trees within 330 feet; the most common is the Callery pear.

Parking on the streets meeting here

How signs are read
  • 5 signs on these blocks
  • 2 different rules

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

North side of 72nd Street

  • Loading only 1 sign LOADING ONLY MONDAY-FRIDAY 8AM-6PM
  • No parking 4 signs NO PARKING MONDAY 8:30AM-10AM

Schools and places within a walk

How places are listed

Fourteen public places are within a five-minute walk.

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

Schools and child care

  1. Bay One Preschool Preschool, ages 2 to 5 · Pre-K
    480 feet
  2. P.S./I.S. 30 Mary White Ovington School
    880 feet
  3. P.S. 102 the Bayview School
    1,000 feet
Show all 5
  1. Bay Ridge Prep School 2 School
    1,170 feet
  2. Step Ahead Infant, toddler and preschool care, ages 0 to 5 · Pre-K
    1,270 feet

Libraries, museums and history

  1. Houses at 216-264 Ovington Avenue Listed historic place
    1,070 feet
  2. Bay Ridge Library
    1,290 feet

Houses of worship

  1. Bethlehem Lutheran Church House of worship
    780 feet
  2. Bay Ridge United Methodist Church Listed historic place
    1,230 feet
  3. Bay Ridge Christ Church House of worship
    1,310 feet

Bank branches

  1. Citizens Bank Bank branch
    270 feet
  2. Citibank Bank branch
    1,110 feet

Supermarkets

  1. Key Food Supermarket
    990 feet
  2. SuperFresh Supermarket
    0.3 miles
  3. Food Emporium Supermarket
    0.4 miles

Food stores and places to eat

Within a five-minute walk there are 63 places to eat and 23 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 corners within a three-minute walk:

See every intersection along 72nd Street.

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.