7th Avenue & 68th Street

The three-way junction of 7th Avenue and 68th Street (south-east) is in Bay Ridge, Brooklyn. It has a clean safety record in city data between 2021 and 2025. Bay Ridge Christian Center is 1,220 feet away. The nearest subway, 8 Av, is about seven minutes on foot, for the N. Within a five-minute walk are seven public places, two of them parks, and four places to eat. About 900 homes stand within 820 feet, mostly built between 1925 and 1931, a mix of apartment buildings and smaller houses.

Safety record
No crashes
0 police-reported crashes, 2021–2025
Nearest subway
8 Av
0.3 miles · 7 min on foot · N
Nearest bus stop
420 feet
Bay Ridge Av/7 Av · B64
Within a walk
7 places
2 parks, 2 religious buildings and 3 more kinds, within five minutes

Map

Layers
7th Avenue & 68th Street Nearby corners, linked

Getting there

How walks are measured

Subway

The nearest subway station is 8 Av, 0.3 miles from this corner, about seven minutes on foot.

  1. 8 Av N
    0.3 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 Bay Ridge Av/7 Av, 420 feet away, for the B64.

  • 6 routes within a ten-minute walk
  1. Bay Ridge Av/7 Av B64
    420 feet
    B64

Next buses at this stop

  1. B64 …

Live arrivals

Cycling

  • 10 bicycle racks within 820 feet

Nearest bike-share station

  1. 67 St & Erik Pl 25 docks in all
    1,090 feet

By car

The nearest highway entrance is the ramp to the Gowanus Expressway westbound at 7th Avenue, 920 feet by car along the streets.

  1. 6423 7th Avenue Gas station
    1,020 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
    2.3 miles

Safety record

How crashes are counted

No police-reported crashes between 2021 and 2025, against a median of seven crashes for a Brooklyn corner.

The most recent crash recorded here was in October 2018.

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)
Bay Ridge
Elevation
79 feet above sea level

The streets

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

Homes

About 900 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 34 trees within 330 feet; the most common is the London planetree.

Parking on the streets meeting here

How signs are read
  • 27 signs on these blocks
  • 8 different rules

The sign wording is DOT's, as recorded between September 2016 and September 2025, and the sign on the street decides.

North side of 68th Street

  • No parking 4 signs NO PARKING MONDAY 11:30AM-1PM
  • No parking 4 signs NO PARKING WEDNESDAY 11:30AM-1PM

South side of 68th Street

  • No parking 3 signs NO PARKING THURSDAY 11:30AM-1PM
  • No parking 4 signs NO PARKING TUESDAY 11:30AM-1PM
  • No standing 1 sign NO STANDING NOON-4PM ALL DAYS

East side of 7th Avenue

  • No parking 5 signs NO PARKING THURSDAY 11:30AM-1PM

West side of 7th Avenue

  • No parking 3 signs NO PARKING MONDAY 11:30AM-1PM
  • No standing 3 signs NO STANDING ANYTIME

Schools, parks and places within a walk

How places are listed

Seven public places are within a five-minute walk.

  • 2 parks
  • 2 religious buildings
  • 1 day care or pre-K site
  • 1 older adult center
  • 1 playground

Schools and child care

  1. Worldtots Preschool · Pre-K
    570 feet

Parks, playgrounds and gardens

  1. Leif Ericson Park
    320 feet
  2. Quaker Parrot Park at the Dust Bowl Park
    890 feet
  3. Leif Ericson Park Playground
    1,060 feet

Houses of worship

  1. Bay Ridge Christian Center House of worship
    1,220 feet

Community centers and public services

  1. Older adult center at 7201 8th Avenue Older adult center
    1,300 feet

Supermarkets

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

Pharmacies

  1. CVS Pharmacy
    0.3 miles

Food stores and places to eat

Within a five-minute walk there are four places to eat and five 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 9 corners within a three-minute walk:

See every intersection along 68th Street or 7th Avenue.

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