78th Street & 13th Avenue

The four-way crossing of 78th Street and 13th Avenue is in Dyker Heights, Brooklyn. Between 2021 and 2025, seven police-reported crashes were recorded here, the median for a Brooklyn corner. The Engine 284/Ladder 149 firehouse is 1,210 feet away. The nearest bus stop, 13 Av/77 St, is 170 feet away for the B64, and three 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 21 places to eat.

Safety record
5 hurt
7 police-reported crashes, 2021–2025
Nearest highway entrance
Gowanus Expressway
0.8 miles by car along the streets
Nearest bus stop
170 feet
13 Av/77 St · B64
Within a walk
8 places
3 day care or pre-K sites, 3 religious buildings and 2 more kinds, within five minutes

Map

Layers
78th Street & 13th Avenue Nearby corners, linked

Getting there

How walks are measured

Bus

The nearest bus stop is 13 Av/77 St, 170 feet away, for the B64.

  • 3 routes within a ten-minute walk
  1. 13 Av/77 St B64
    170 feet
    B64

Next buses at this stop

  1. B64 …

Live arrivals

Cycling

  • 26 bicycle racks within 820 feet

By car

The nearest highway entrance is the ramp to the Gowanus Expressway eastbound, 0.8 miles by car along the streets.

  1. 1414 86th Street Gas station
    0.6 miles
  2. 1763 86th Street Charging for electric cars, four Level 2 chargers and four fast chargers
    1 mile

Safety record

How crashes are counted

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

  • 5 people injured
  • 0 people killed
  • 1 of those hurt, on foot

The most recent crash recorded here was in October 2025.

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
49 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, almost all of them in houses of one or two. The buildings holding them mostly went up between 1920 and 1930.

Trees

NYC Parks records 31 trees within 330 feet.

Parking on the streets meeting here

How signs are read
  • 33 signs on these blocks
  • 7 different rules
  • 4 active meters
  • 2 pay-by-cell zones

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

East side of 13th Avenue

  • Metered parking 3 signs 2 HOUR METERED PARKING 9AM-7PM EXCEPT SUNDAY
  • No parking 3 signs NO PARKING 8:30AM-9AM EXCEPT SUNDAY

West side of 13th Avenue

  • Metered parking 3 signs 2 HOUR METERED PARKING 8:30AM-7PM EXCEPT SUNDAY
  • No parking 3 signs NO PARKING 8AM-8:30AM EXCEPT SUNDAY

North side of 78th Street

  • Carshare only 1 sign CARSHARE PARKING ONLY OTHERS NO STANDING ANYTIME
  • No parking 10 signs NO PARKING WEDNESDAY 8:30AM-10AM

South side of 78th Street

  • No parking 10 signs NO PARKING FRIDAY 8:30AM-10AM

ParkNYC pay-by-cell zones: 304529 and 309169.

Schools 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
  • 3 religious buildings
  • 1 fire station
  • 1 library

Schools and child care

  1. Thursday's Child Infant, toddler and preschool care, ages 0 to 5
    450 feet
  2. Little Hands and Feet Daycare Infant, toddler and preschool care, ages 0 to 5 · Pre-K
    1,080 feet
  3. LPBC UPK Preschool, ages 2 to 5 · Pre-K
    1,290 feet

Libraries, museums and history

  1. Dyker Library
    1,160 feet

Houses of worship

  1. Lefferts Park Baptist Church House of worship
    1,290 feet

Fire and police

  1. Engine 284/Ladder 149 Fire station
    1,210 feet

Bank branches

  1. Flagstar Bank Bank branch
    210 feet
  2. Chase Bank branch
    250 feet
  3. Citizens Bank Bank branch
    990 feet

Supermarkets

  1. SuperFresh Supermarket
    0.4 miles

Pharmacies

  1. Walgreens Pharmacy
    0.4 miles

Food stores and places to eat

Within a five-minute walk there are 21 places to eat and 12 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 corners within a three-minute walk:

See every intersection along 13th Avenue or 78th Street.

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