7th Avenue & 55th Street

The four-way crossing of 7th Avenue and 55th Street is in Sunset Park (Central), Brooklyn. Between 2021 and 2025, 16 police-reported crashes were recorded here, against a median of seven crashes for a Brooklyn corner. The city lists this corner as a Vision Zero priority intersection. Bay Ridge Post Office is 90 feet away. The nearest subway, 8 Av, is about seven minutes on foot, for the N. Within a five-minute walk are 13 public places, five of them day care or pre-K sites, and 78 places to eat.

Safety record
9 hurt
16 police-reported crashes, 2021–2025
Nearest subway
8 Av
0.4 miles · 7 min on foot · N
Nearest bus stop
880 feet
8 Av/55 St · B70
Within a walk
13 places
5 day care or pre-K sites, 4 religious buildings and 4 more kinds, within five minutes

Map

Layers
7th Avenue & 55th Street Nearby corners, linked

Getting there

How walks are measured

Subway

The nearest subway station is 8 Av, 0.4 miles from this corner, about seven minutes on foot.

  1. 8 Av N
    0.4 miles
    N

Next trains at this station

Manhattan
1 line
  1. N …
Coney Island
1 line
  1. N …

The MTA's permanent art catalog lists “MADE WITH LOVE” (2019) by Olalekan Jeyifous at the 8 Av station.

Bus

The nearest bus stop is 8 Av/55 St, 880 feet away, for the B70.

  • 4 routes within a ten-minute walk
  1. 8 Av/55 St B70
    880 feet
    B70

Next buses at this stop

  1. B70 …

Live arrivals

Cycling

A signed bike route shared with traffic runs on 7th Avenue.

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

Nearest bike-share station

  1. 55 St & 7 Ave 25 docks in all
    40 feet

By car

The nearest highway entrance is the ramp to the Gowanus Expressway westbound at 7th Avenue, 0.6 miles by car along the streets.

  1. 6418 7th Avenue Gas station
    0.5 miles
  2. 6401 6th Avenue Charging for electric cars, two Level 2 chargers
    0.6 miles
  3. 1763 86th Street Fast charging for electric cars
    2.6 miles

Safety record

How crashes are counted

Between 2021 and 2025, police reported 16 crashes at this corner, more than the median of seven crashes for a Brooklyn corner.

  • 9 people injured
  • 0 people killed
  • 1 of those hurt, on foot
  • 1 of those hurt, on a bike

The most recent crash recorded here was in November 2025.

The city lists this corner as a Vision Zero priority intersection, a designation it applies to corners selected for attention on their injury record. It is not a record of work done.

What the city has done here

  • Turn calming, July 2020
  • Safety Improvement Project, 2022
  • Leading pedestrian interval, January 2024

About this corner

Where facts come from
ZIP code
11220
Community board
Brooklyn Community Board 7
City Council district
43
Police precinct
72
Neighborhood (City Planning area)
Sunset Park (Central)
Elevation
111 feet above sea level

The streets

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

Homes

About 2,100 homes stand within 820 feet of this corner, a mix of apartment buildings and smaller houses. The buildings holding them mostly went up between 1910 and 1929.

Trees

NYC Parks records 52 trees within 330 feet; the most common is the northern red oak.

Parking on the streets meeting here

How signs are read
  • 43 signs on these blocks
  • 12 different rules
  • 5 active meters
  • 3 pay-by-cell zones

The sign wording is DOT's, as recorded between August 2015 and January 2024, and the sign on the street decides.

North side of 55th Street

  • No parking 10 signs NO PARKING THURSDAY 11:30AM-1PM
  • No standing 1 sign NO STANDING ANYTIME

South side of 55th Street

  • Metered parking 1 sign 2 HOUR METERED PARKING 9AM-7PM EXCEPT SUNDAY
  • Authorized vehicles only 1 sign AUTHORIZED VEHICLES ONLY US POSTAL SERVICE
  • No parking 1 sign NO PARKING 8:30AM-9AM EXCEPT SUNDAY
  • No parking 9 signs NO PARKING FRIDAY 11:30AM-1PM
  • No standing 1 sign NO STANDING ANYTIME

East side of 7th Avenue

  • Metered parking 4 signs 2 HOUR METERED PARKING 8AM-7PM EXCEPT SUNDAY
  • Authorized vehicles only 1 sign AUTHORIZED VEHICLES ONLY US POSTAL SERVICE
  • No parking 4 signs NO PARKING THURSDAY 11:30AM-1PM

West side of 7th Avenue

  • Metered parking 5 signs 2 HOUR METERED PARKING 8AM-7PM EXCEPT SUNDAY
  • No parking 5 signs NO PARKING FRIDAY 11:30AM-1PM

ParkNYC pay-by-cell zones: 304217, 304218 and 310868.

Schools, parks and places within a walk

How places are listed

Thirteen public places are within a five-minute walk.

  • 5 day care or pre-K sites
  • 4 religious buildings
  • 1 ambulance station
  • 1 playground
  • 1 post office
  • 1 school

Schools and child care

  1. Brooklyn Elite Center Preschool, ages 2 to 5 · Pre-K
    710 feet
  2. Happy Dragon of New York Preschool, ages 2 to 5 · Pre-K
    830 feet
  3. Happy Dragon - Brooklyn School
    910 feet
Show all 6
  1. Worldtots Preschool, ages 2 to 5 · Pre-K
    1,000 feet
  2. Athena Scholars Preschool, ages 2 to 5 · Pre-K
    1,210 feet
  3. Brooklyn Chinese-American Association Preschool, ages 2 to 5 · Pre-K
    1,230 feet

Parks, playgrounds and gardens

  1. Rainbow Playground
    670 feet

Health care

  1. EMS Station 40 Ambulance station
    1,270 feet

Houses of worship

  1. Iglesia Emmanuel Piedra Viva Iglesia Church House of worship
    510 feet

Community centers and public services

  1. Bay Ridge Post Office
    90 feet

Bank branches

  1. Chase Bank branch
    900 feet
  2. Bank of America Bank branch
    1,020 feet

Supermarkets

  1. Pioneer Supermarkets Supermarket
    0.4 miles
  2. City Fresh Market Supermarket
    0.4 miles
  3. CTown Supermarket
    0.5 miles

Food stores and places to eat

Within a five-minute walk there are 78 places to eat and 33 food stores.

Not on record for this corner: a designated landmark or historic district within 820 feet.

Nearby corners

The eight corners within a three-minute walk:

See every intersection along 55th Street or 7th Avenue.

Sources: NYC Technology and Innovation, NYPD, NYC DOT, MTA, NYC City Planning, New York City's bike-share system, NYS Environmental Conservation, US Department of Energy, NYC Housing Preservation and Development, NYC Parks, NYC Health, FDIC, NYS Agriculture and Markets and USDA, retrieved September 18 – October 6, 2026.