7th Avenue & 61st Street

The four-way crossing of 7th Avenue and 61st Street is in Sunset Park (Central), Brooklyn. Between 2021 and 2025, 15 police-reported crashes were recorded here, against a median of seven crashes for a Brooklyn corner. Bay Ridge Christian Center is 700 feet away. The nearest subway, 8 Av, is about a minute on foot, and two subway lines stop within a ten-minute walk. Within a five-minute walk are 17 public places, nine of them religious buildings, and 69 places to eat.

Safety record
7 hurt
15 police-reported crashes, 2021–2025
Nearest subway
8 Av
340 feet · 1 min on foot · N
Nearest bus stop
340 feet
60 St/7 Av · B9
Within a walk
17 places
9 religious buildings, 5 day care or pre-K sites and 2 more kinds, within five minutes

Map

Layers
7th Avenue & 61st Street Nearby corners, linked

Getting there

How walks are measured

Subway

The nearest subway station is 8 Av, 340 feet from this corner, about a minute on foot.

  • 2 lines within a ten-minute walk
  1. 8 Av N
    340 feet
    N

Next trains at this station

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

Also within a walk

  1. Fort Hamilton Pkwy N
    0.4 miles
    N
  2. 59 St N, R
    0.5 miles
    N R

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 60 St/7 Av, 340 feet away, for the B9.

  • 5 routes within a ten-minute walk
  1. 60 St/7 Av B9 · Shelter · Countdown sign
    340 feet
    B9
    Shelter · Countdown sign

Next buses at this stop

  1. B9 …

Live arrivals

Cycling

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

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

Nearest bike-share station

  1. 7 Ave & 62 St 30 docks in all
    310 feet

By car

The nearest highway entrance is the ramp to the Gowanus Expressway westbound at 7th Avenue, 0.3 miles by car along the streets.

  1. 6418 7th Avenue Gas station
    1,040 feet
  2. 6401 6th Avenue Charging for electric cars, two Level 2 chargers
    0.3 miles
  3. 1763 86th Street Fast charging for electric cars
    2.5 miles

Safety record

How crashes are counted

Between 2021 and 2025, police reported 15 crashes at this corner, more than the median of seven crashes for a Brooklyn corner.

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

The most recent crash recorded here was in May 2026.

About this corner

Where facts come from
ZIP code
11220
Community board
Brooklyn Community Board 7
City Council district
38 and 43 (the boundary runs through this corner)
Police precinct
72
Neighborhood (City Planning area)
Sunset Park (Central)
Elevation
76 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 1925.

Trees

NYC Parks records 29 trees within 330 feet; the most common is the thornless honeylocust.

Parking on the streets meeting here

How signs are read
  • 59 signs on these blocks
  • 19 different rules
  • 5 active meters
  • 4 pay-by-cell zones

The sign wording is DOT's, as recorded between November 2020 and September 2022; the 12 rules shown are the first by street and side, and the sign on the street decides.

Meters are posted as 2 hour passenger vehicles Monday to Saturday 8am to 7pm on 7th Avenue (west side).

North side of 61st Street

  • Metered parking 1 sign 2 HOUR METERED PARKING 9:30AM-7PM EXCEPT SUNDAY
  • Ambulances and ambulettes only 1 sign AMBULANCE AMBULETTE ONLY 9AM-5PM ALL DAYS
  • No parking 1 sign NO PARKING 9AM-9:30AM EXCEPT SUNDAY
  • No parking 12 signs NO PARKING THURSDAY 11:30AM-1PM
  • No standing 1 sign NO STANDING HOTEL LOADING ZONE

South side of 61st Street

  • Metered parking 1 sign 2 HOUR METERED PARKING 9AM-7PM EXCEPT SUNDAY
  • No parking 1 sign NO PARKING 8:30AM-9AM EXCEPT SUNDAY
  • No parking 10 signs NO PARKING FRIDAY 11:30AM-1PM

East side of 7th Avenue

  • Metered parking 3 signs 2 HOUR METERED PARKING 8AM-7PM EXCEPT SUNDAY
  • Ambulances only 1 sign AMBULANCE ONLY
  • No parking 1 sign NO PARKING 7AM-7PM ALL DAYS
  • No parking 9 signs NO PARKING THURSDAY 11:30AM-1PM

ParkNYC pay-by-cell zones: 310129, 331125, 336409 and 336410.

Schools and places within a walk

How places are listed

Seventeen public places are within a five-minute walk.

  • 9 religious buildings
  • 5 day care or pre-K sites
  • 2 trade or language schools
  • 1 school

Schools and child care

  1. Brooklyn Chinese-American Association Preschool, ages 2 to 5 · Pre-K
    700 feet
  2. Happy Dragon of New York Preschool, ages 2 to 5 · Pre-K
    760 feet
  3. Happy Dragon - Brooklyn School
    800 feet
Show all 8
  1. Long Xing Day Care Center Preschool, ages 2 to 5 · Pre-K
    1,010 feet
  2. Stuart School of Career Technology Trade or language school
    1,200 feet
  3. Apex Training Alliance Trade or language school
    1,240 feet
  4. Brooklyn Elite Center Preschool, ages 2 to 5 · Pre-K
    1,250 feet
  5. Sunset Park Early Childhood Development Center Preschool, ages 2 to 5
    1,280 feet

Houses of worship

  1. Bay Ridge Christian Center House of worship
    700 feet
  2. Iglesia Emmanuel Piedra Viva Iglesia Church House of worship
    1,150 feet

Bank branches

  1. TD Bank Bank branch
    780 feet

Supermarkets

  1. Fei Long Market Supermarket
    0.3 miles
  2. CTown Supermarket
    0.4 miles
  3. EZ Fresh Supermarket Supermarket
    0.4 miles

Food stores and places to eat

Within a five-minute walk there are 69 places to eat and 12 food stores.

Not on record for this corner: a signal or safety change 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:

See every intersection along 61st Street or 7th Avenue.

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