79th Street & 11th Avenue
The four-way crossing of 79th Street and 11th Avenue is in Dyker Heights, Brooklyn, and is also named Robert F. Tipaldi 9/11 Memorial Way by local law. Between 2021 and 2025, two police-reported crashes were recorded here, fewer than the median of seven crashes for a Brooklyn corner. The Engine 284/Ladder 149 firehouse is 610 feet away. The nearest bus stop, Bay Ridge Pkwy/11 Av, is 1,150 feet away for the B4, and seven bus routes stop within a ten-minute walk. Within a five-minute walk are four public places.
Map
Getting there
How walks are measuredBus
The nearest bus stop is Bay Ridge Pkwy/11 Av, 1,150 feet away, for the B4.
- 7 routes within a ten-minute walk
- Bay Ridge Pkwy/11 Av B41,150 feetB4
Next buses at this stop
- B4 …
Cycling
A marked bike lane runs on 11th Avenue.
By car
The nearest highway entrance is the ramp to the Gowanus Expressway eastbound, 0.5 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 cars1.3 miles
Safety record
How crashes are countedBetween 2021 and 2025, police reported two crashes at this corner, fewer than the median of seven crashes for a Brooklyn corner.
- 1 person injured
- 0 people killed
The most recent crash recorded here was in September 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
- 89 feet above sea level
This corner is also named Robert F. Tipaldi 9/11 Memorial Way, a co-naming enacted on December 21, 2004 (Local Law 63 of 2004).
The streets
- Up to two travel lanes
- One of the streets is one-way
Homes
About 800 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 46 trees within 330 feet; the most common is the London planetree.
The Department of Records' Honorary Street Names dataset has its own note on Robert F. Tipaldi 9/11 Memorial Way.
Parking on the streets meeting here
How signs are read- 36 signs on these blocks
- 10 different rules
The sign wording is DOT's, as recorded between December 2020 and December 2024, and the sign on the street decides.
East side of 11th Avenue
- No parking 4 signs NO PARKING FRIDAY 9:30AM-11AM
- No standing 1 sign NO STANDING ANYTIME
West side of 11th Avenue
- No parking 4 signs NO PARKING WEDNESDAY 9:30AM-11AM
- No standing 2 signs NO STANDING ANYTIME
North side of 79th Street
- No parking 11 signs NO PARKING WEDNESDAY 9:30AM-11AM
- No standing 1 sign NO STANDING ANYTIME
- No standing 1 sign NO STANDING FIRE ZONE
South side of 79th Street
- Authorized vehicles only 1 sign AVO FIRE DEPARTMENT
- No parking 9 signs NO PARKING FRIDAY 9:30AM-11AM
- No standing 2 signs NO STANDING FIRE ZONE
Schools, parks and places within a walk
How places are listedFour public places are within a five-minute walk.
- 1 fire station
- 1 playground
- 1 religious building
- 1 school
Schools and child care
- The Madeleine Brennan School1,020 feet
Parks, playgrounds and gardens
- Patrick O'Rourke Playground590 feet
Fire and police
- Engine 284/Ladder 149 Fire station610 feet
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:
- 78th Street & 11th Avenue 260 feet
- 80th Street & 11th Avenue 260 feet
- 77th Street & 11th Avenue 520 feet
- 81st Street & 11th Avenue 520 feet
- 76th Street & 11th Avenue 780 feet
- 79th Street & 10th Avenue 780 feet
- 79th Street & 12th Avenue 780 feet
- 82nd Street & 11th Avenue 780 feet
See every intersection along 11th Avenue or 79th Street.