76th Street & 10th Avenue
The four-way crossing of 76th Street and 10th Avenue is in Dyker Heights, Brooklyn, and is also named Peter A. Amentas Way by local law. Between 2021 and 2025, six police-reported crashes were recorded here, fewer than the median of seven crashes for a Brooklyn corner. McKinley Park is 960 feet away. The nearest bus stop, Bay Ridge Pkwy/10 Av, is 360 feet away for the B4, and four bus routes stop within a ten-minute walk. Within a five-minute walk are seven public places, two of them day care or pre-K sites.
Map
Getting there
How walks are measuredBus
The nearest bus stop is Bay Ridge Pkwy/10 Av, 360 feet away, for the B4.
- 4 routes within a ten-minute walk
- Bay Ridge Pkwy/10 Av B4360 feetB4
Next buses at this stop
- B4 …
Cycling
A marked bike lane runs on 10th Avenue.
Nearest bike-share station
- 6 Ave & 78 St 12 docks in all0.5 miles
By car
The nearest highway entrance is the ramp to the Gowanus Expressway eastbound, 0.3 miles by car along the streets.
- 8202 7th Avenue Gas station0.4 miles
- 8501 5th Avenue Charging for electric cars, five Level 2 chargers0.9 miles
- 1763 86th Street Fast charging for electric cars1.5 miles
Safety record
How crashes are countedBetween 2021 and 2025, police reported six crashes at this corner, fewer 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 2024.
What the city has done here
- Leading pedestrian interval, August 2018
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
- 87 feet above sea level
This corner is also named Peter A. Amentas Way, a co-naming enacted on March 19, 2023 (Local Law 44 of 2023).
The streets
- Up to two travel lanes
- One of the streets is one-way
Homes
About 900 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 1925 and 1930.
Trees
NYC Parks records 41 trees within 330 feet; the most common is the London planetree.
The Department of Records' Honorary Street Names dataset has its own note on Peter A. Amentas Way.
Parking on the streets meeting here
How signs are read- 31 signs on these blocks
- 7 different rules
The sign wording is DOT's, as recorded between October 2014 and May 2025, and the sign on the street decides.
East side of 10th Avenue
- No parking 4 signs NO PARKING FRIDAY 11:30AM-1PM
West side of 10th Avenue
- No parking 4 signs NO PARKING WEDNESDAY 11:30AM-1PM
- No standing 1 sign NO STANDING ANYTIME
North side of 76th Street
- No parking 6 signs NO PARKING WEDNESDAY 11:30AM-1PM
- No parking 5 signs NO PARKING WEDNESDAY 9:30AM-11AM
South side of 76th Street
- No parking 6 signs NO PARKING FRIDAY 11:30AM-1PM
- No parking 5 signs NO PARKING FRIDAY 9:30AM-11AM
Schools, parks and places within a walk
How places are listedSeven public places are within a five-minute walk.
- 2 day care or pre-K sites
- 2 religious buildings
- 2 schools
- 1 park
Schools and child care
- St. Ephraim School School-based preschool, ages 3 to 5960 feet
- District 20 Pre-K Center at 7415 Fort Hamilton Parkway Pre-K center1,060 feet
- St Ephrem Catholic Academy School1,140 feet
Show all 4
- J.H.S. 259 William McKinley School1,300 feet
Parks, playgrounds and gardens
- McKinley Park960 feet
Houses of worship
- St Ephrems Church House of worship960 feet
- Bethany Lutheran Church House of worship1,290 feet
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 nearest corners on foot, seven of them within a three-minute walk:
- 77th Street & 10th Avenue 260 feet
- Bay Ridge Parkway & 10th Avenue 280 feet
- 78th Street & 10th Avenue 520 feet
- 74th Street & 10th Avenue 560 feet
- 79th Street & 10th Avenue 780 feet
- 76th Street & 11th Avenue 780 feet
- 73rd Street & 10th Avenue 820 feet
- Fort Hamilton Parkway & 76th Street 920 feet
See every intersection along 10th Avenue or 76th Street.