73rd Street & 10th Avenue

The four-way crossing of 73rd Street and 10th Avenue is in Dyker Heights, Brooklyn. Between 2021 and 2025, two police-reported crashes were recorded here, fewer than the median of seven crashes for a Brooklyn corner. J.H.S. 259 William McKinley is 720 feet away. The nearest bus stop, Bay Ridge Pkwy/10 Av, is 630 feet away for the B4, and four bus routes stop within a ten-minute walk. Within a five-minute walk are eight public places, three of them day care or pre-K sites, and six places to eat.

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73rd Street & 10th Avenue Nearby corners, linked

Bus

The nearest bus stop is Bay Ridge Pkwy/10 Av, 630 feet away, for the B4.

  • 4 routes within a ten-minute walk
  1. Bay Ridge Pkwy/10 Av B4
    630 feet
    B4

Next buses at this stop

  1. B4 …

Live arrivals

Cycling

A marked bike lane runs on 10th Avenue.

  • 3 bicycle racks within 820 feet

By car

The nearest highway entrance is the ramp to the Gowanus Expressway eastbound, 0.4 miles by car along the streets.

  1. 8202 7th Avenue Gas station
    0.6 miles
  2. 6401 6th Avenue Charging for electric cars, two Level 2 chargers
    0.9 miles
  3. 1763 86th Street Fast charging for electric cars
    1.6 miles

Between 2021 and 2025, police reported two 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 March 2026.

What the city has done here

  • Accessible pedestrian signal, July 2020

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
83 feet above sea level

The streets

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

Homes

About 1,100 homes stand within 820 feet of this corner, a mix of apartment buildings and smaller houses. The buildings holding them mostly went up between 1915 and 1930.

Trees

NYC Parks records 41 trees within 330 feet; the most common is the London planetree.

Parking on the streets meeting here

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

The sign wording is DOT's, as recorded between February 2019 and April 2025, and the sign on the street decides.

East side of 10th Avenue

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

West side of 10th Avenue

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

North side of 73rd Street

  • No parking 10 signs NO PARKING WEDNESDAY 9:30AM-11AM

South side of 73rd Street

  • No parking 11 signs NO PARKING THURSDAY 9:30AM-11AM
  • No standing 1 sign NO STANDING ANYTIME
  • No standing 2 signs NO STANDING SCHOOL DAYS 7AM-4PM

Schools, parks and places within a walk

How places are listed

Eight public places are within a five-minute walk.

  • 3 day care or pre-K sites
  • 2 religious buildings
  • 2 schools
  • 1 park

Schools and child care

  1. J.H.S. 259 William McKinley School
    720 feet
  2. St Ephrem Catholic Academy School
    840 feet
  3. St. Ephraim School School-based preschool, ages 3 to 5
    960 feet
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  1. District 20 Pre-K Center at 7415 Fort Hamilton Parkway Pre-K center
    1,130 feet
  2. The Learning Experience Infant, toddler and preschool care, ages 0 to 5 · Pre-K
    1,230 feet

Parks, playgrounds and gardens

  1. McKinley Park
    840 feet

Houses of worship

  1. Bethany Lutheran Church House of worship
    470 feet
  2. St Ephrems Church House of worship
    960 feet

Supermarkets

  1. HLBK Supermarket Supermarket
    0.4 miles

Pharmacies

  1. CVS Pharmacy
    0.4 miles

Food stores and places to eat

Within a five-minute walk there are six places to eat and two food stores.

Not on record for this corner: a subway entrance within a ten-minute walk and a designated landmark or historic district within 820 feet.

Nearby corners

The eight corners within a three-minute walk:

Sources: NYC Technology and Innovation, NYPD, NYC DOT, MTA, NYC City Planning, NYS Environmental Conservation, US Department of Energy, NYC Parks, NYC Health, NYS Agriculture and Markets and USDA, retrieved September 18 – October 6, 2026.