7th Avenue & 66th Street at Gowanus Expressway

The five-way junction of 7th Avenue, 66th Street and Gowanus Expressway is in Dyker Heights, Brooklyn. Between 2021 and 2025, two police-reported crashes were recorded here, fewer than the median of seven crashes for a Brooklyn corner. Leif Ericson Park is 60 feet away. The nearest subway, 8 Av, is about four minutes on foot, for the N. Within a five-minute walk are eight public places, four of them religious buildings, and 11 places to eat. A bike lane separated from traffic runs along one of the streets meeting here.

Safety record
2 hurt
2 police-reported crashes, 2021–2025
Nearest subway
8 Av
1,170 feet · 4 min on foot · N
Nearest bus stop
820 feet
8 Av/67 St · B70
Within a walk
8 places
4 religious buildings, 2 parks and 2 more kinds, within five minutes

Map

Layers
7th Avenue & 66th Street at Gowanus Expressway Nearby corners, linked

Getting there

How walks are measured

Subway

The nearest subway station is 8 Av, 1,170 feet from this corner, about four minutes on foot.

  1. 8 Av N
    1,170 feet
    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/67 St, 820 feet away, for the B70.

  • 6 routes within a ten-minute walk
  1. 8 Av/67 St B70 · Shelter
    820 feet
    B70
    Shelter

Next buses at this stop

  1. B70 …

Live arrivals

Cycling

A bike lane separated from traffic runs on 66th Street and 7th Avenue.

  • 12 bicycle racks within 820 feet
  • 1 more bike-share station within a five-minute walk

Nearest bike-share station

  1. 67 St & Erik Pl 25 docks in all
    530 feet

By car

The nearest highway entrance is the ramp to the Gowanus Expressway westbound at 7th Avenue, 360 feet by car along the streets.

  1. 6423 7th Avenue Gas station
    470 feet
  2. 6401 6th Avenue Charging for electric cars, two Level 2 chargers
    1,250 feet
  3. 1763 86th Street Fast charging for electric cars
    2.4 miles

Safety record

How crashes are counted

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

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

The most recent crash recorded here was in December 2025.

About this corner

Where facts come from
ZIP code
11220
Community board
Brooklyn Community Board 10
City Council district
38
Police precinct
68
Neighborhood (City Planning area)
Dyker Heights
Elevation
85 feet above sea level

The streets

  • Up to two travel lanes
  • A designated truck route
  • Posted limits from 25 to 30 mph
  • Three of the streets are one-way

Homes

About 400 homes stand within 820 feet of this corner, a mix of apartment buildings and smaller houses. The buildings holding them mostly went up between 1925 and 1931.

Trees

NYC Parks records 69 trees within 330 feet; the most common is the London planetree.

Parking on the streets meeting here

How signs are read
  • 28 signs on these blocks
  • 12 different rules

The sign wording is DOT's, as recorded between December 2014 and October 2019, and the sign on the street decides.

North side of 66th Street

  • No parking 4 signs NO PARKING WEDNESDAY 11:30AM-1PM
  • No stopping 2 signs NO STOPPING ANYTIME
  • Truck loading only 1 sign TRUCK LOADING ONLY 7AM-8PM ALL DAYS

South side of 66th Street

  • Back-in parking only 3 signs BACK IN ANGLE PARKING ONLY
  • No parking 5 signs NO PARKING THURSDAY 11:30AM-1PM
  • No standing 2 signs NO STANDING ANYTIME
  • Parallel parking only 2 signs PARALLEL PARKING ONLY

East side of 7th Avenue

  • No parking 2 signs NO PARKING FRIDAY 9:30AM-11AM
  • No parking 2 signs NO PARKING THURSDAY 11:30AM-1PM
  • No standing 2 signs NO STANDING ANYTIME
  • No stopping 2 signs NO STOPPING ANYTIME

West side of 7th Avenue

  • No standing 1 sign NO STANDING ANYTIME

Schools, parks and places within a walk

How places are listed

Eight public places are within a five-minute walk.

  • 4 religious buildings
  • 2 parks
  • 1 day care or pre-K site
  • 1 playground

Schools and child care

  1. Worldtots Preschool · Pre-K
    1,120 feet

Parks, playgrounds and gardens

  1. Leif Ericson Park
    60 feet
  2. Quaker Parrot Park at the Dust Bowl Park
    330 feet
  3. Leif Ericson Park Playground
    1,160 feet

Houses of worship

  1. Bay Ridge Christian Center House of worship
    670 feet

Supermarkets

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

Pharmacies

  1. CVS Pharmacy
    0.4 miles

Food stores and places to eat

Within a five-minute walk there are 11 places to eat and four 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 of the 10 corners within a three-minute walk:

See every intersection along 66th Street, 7th Avenue or Gowanus Expressway.

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, NYS Agriculture and Markets and USDA, retrieved September 18 – October 6, 2026.