7th Avenue & 83rd Street
The four-way crossing of 7th Avenue and 83rd Street is in Dyker Heights, Brooklyn. It has a clean safety record in city data between 2021 and 2025. In 2025, 2,808 school-zone speed camera tickets were recorded here. Dyker Beach Park is 960 feet away. The nearest bus stop, 86 St/7 Av, is 890 feet away for the B1, X28 and X38, and 11 bus routes stop within a ten-minute walk. Within a five-minute walk are seven public places, two of them day care or pre-K sites, and five places to eat.
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Getting there
How walks are measuredBus
The nearest bus stop is 86 St/7 Av, 890 feet away, for the B1, X28 and X38.
- 11 routes within a ten-minute walk
- 86 St/7 Av B1, X28, X38890 feetB1 X28 X38
Next buses at this stop
- B1 …
- X28 …
- X38 …
Cycling
A marked bike lane runs on 7th Avenue.
- 6 bicycle racks within 820 feet
Nearest bike-share station
- Fort Hamilton Pkwy & 85 St 14 docks in all0.3 miles
By car
The nearest highway entrance is the ramp to the Gowanus Expressway eastbound, 0.3 miles by car along the streets.
- 8202 7th Avenue Gas station330 feet
- 8501 5th Avenue Charging for electric cars, five Level 2 chargers0.5 miles
- 1763 86th Street Fast charging for electric cars1.3 miles
Safety record
How crashes are countedNo 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 March 2019.
Camera tickets
How tickets are countedIn 2025, 2,808 school-zone speed camera tickets were issued for violations recorded at this corner, the 317th most of the 1,957 corners in the city where any were issued.
In 2026 so far, through August 27, 1,100 more were issued.
| Direction on the ticket | 2025 | 2026 so far |
|---|---|---|
| Northbound on 7th Avenue | 2,109 | 798 |
| Southbound on 7th Avenue | 699 | 302 |
| Total | 2,808 | 1,100 |
About this corner
Where facts come from- ZIP code
- 11228
- Community board
- Brooklyn Community Board 10
- City Council district
- 47
- Police precinct
- 68
- Neighborhood (City Planning area)
- Dyker Heights
- Elevation
- 79 feet above sea level
The streets
- Up to four travel lanes
- A designated truck route
- One of the streets is one-way
Homes
About 800 homes stand within 820 feet of this corner, a mix of apartment buildings and smaller houses. The buildings holding them mostly went up between 1921 and 1931.
Trees
NYC Parks records 33 trees within 330 feet; the most common is the London planetree.
Parking on the streets meeting here
How signs are read- 25 signs on these blocks
- 7 different rules
The sign wording is DOT's, as recorded between May 2019 and April 2022, and the sign on the street decides.
East side of 7th Avenue
- No parking 4 signs NO PARKING FRIDAY 11:30AM-1PM
- No standing 1 sign NO STANDING ANYTIME
West side of 7th Avenue
- No parking 2 signs NO PARKING THURSDAY 11:30AM-1PM
- No parking 4 signs NO PARKING WEDNESDAY 11:30AM-1PM
North side of 83rd Street
- No parking 1 sign NO PARKING ANYTIME
- No parking 7 signs NO PARKING WEDNESDAY 11:30AM-1PM
South side of 83rd Street
- No parking 6 signs NO PARKING FRIDAY 11:30AM-1PM
Monuments and public art
How landmarks are placedThe City's public art inventory lists one work near this corner, in Coffey Square.
- Coffey Square Stele, 1970630 feet
Schools, parks and places within a walk
How places are listedSeven public places are within a five-minute walk.
- 2 day care or pre-K sites
- 2 schools
- 1 dog run
- 1 park
- 1 religious building
Schools and child care
- Redeemer-St. John's Nursery School Preschool, ages 2 to 5 · Pre-K240 feet
- School of Technology, Arts, and Research School1,080 feet
- Smart Start Early Childhood Center Preschool, ages 2 to 5 · Pre-K1,190 feet
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- P.S. 127 McKinley Park School1,300 feet
Parks, playgrounds and gardens
- Dyker Beach Park960 feet
- Dog Run in Dyker Beach Park Dog run1,170 feet
Supermarkets
- Met Foodmarkets Supermarket0.5 miles
Food stores and places to eat
Within a five-minute walk there are five places to eat and three food stores.
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 nearest of the 11 corners within a three-minute walk:
- 7th Avenue & 84th Street 270 feet
- 7th Avenue & 82nd Street 290 feet
- 83rd Street & Dyker Place 310 feet
- 7th Avenue & 85th Street 550 feet
- 83rd Street & 10th Avenue 550 feet
- 7th Avenue & 81st Street 560 feet
- 84th Street & Dyker Place 580 feet
- Dyker Place & 84th Street Pedestrian Overpass 610 feet
See every intersection along 7th Avenue or 83rd Street.