7th Avenue & 8th Avenue

The four-way crossing of 7th Avenue and 8th Avenue is in Bay Ridge, Brooklyn. It has a clean safety record in city data between 2021 and 2025. McKinley Park is 70 feet away. The nearest bus stop, 8 Av/73 St, is 60 feet away for the B70, and five bus routes stop within a ten-minute walk. Within a five-minute walk are ten public places, three of them day care or pre-K sites, and seven places to eat. About 700 homes stand within 820 feet, mostly built between 1910 and 1930, almost all in houses of one or two.

Safety record
No crashes
0 police-reported crashes, 2021–2025
Nearest highway entrance
Gowanus Expressway
0.4 miles by car along the streets
Nearest bus stop
60 feet
8 Av/73 St · B70
Within a walk
10 places
3 day care or pre-K sites, 2 religious buildings and 4 more kinds, within five minutes

Map

Layers
7th Avenue & 8th Avenue Nearby corners, linked

Getting there

How walks are measured

Bus

The nearest bus stop is 8 Av/73 St, 60 feet away, for the B70.

  • 5 routes within a ten-minute walk
  1. 8 Av/73 St B70
    60 feet
    B70

Next buses at this stop

  1. B70 …

Live arrivals

Cycling

Nearest bike-share station

  1. 6 Ave & 74 St 12 docks in all
    0.3 miles

By car

The nearest highway entrance is the ramp to the Gowanus Expressway eastbound, 0.4 miles by car along the streets.

  1. 802 65th Street Gas station
    0.4 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
    1.9 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 February 2020.

About this corner

Where facts come from
ZIP code
11228
Community board
Brooklyn Community Board 10
City Council district
38
Police precinct
68
Neighborhood (City Planning area)
Bay Ridge
Elevation
72 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 700 homes stand within 820 feet of this corner, almost all of them in houses of one or two. The buildings holding them mostly went up between 1910 and 1930.

Trees

NYC Parks records 49 trees within 330 feet; the most common is the London planetree.

Parking on the streets meeting here

How signs are read
  • 42 signs on these blocks
  • 14 different rules

The sign wording is DOT's, as recorded between October 2014 and September 2024; the 12 rules shown are the first by street and side, and the sign on the street decides.

North side of 73rd Street

  • No parking 5 signs NO PARKING MONDAY 11:30AM-1PM
  • No parking 6 signs NO PARKING WEDNESDAY 11:30AM-1PM
  • No standing 2 signs NO STANDING FIRE ZONE

South side of 73rd Street

  • No parking 5 signs NO PARKING THURSDAY 11:30AM-1PM
  • No parking 5 signs NO PARKING TUESDAY 11:30AM-1PM
  • No standing 2 signs NO STANDING FIRE ZONE

East side of 7th Avenue

  • No parking 4 signs NO PARKING THURSDAY 11:30AM-1PM
  • No standing 2 signs NO STANDING ANYTIME

West side of 7th Avenue

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

East side of 8th Avenue

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

West side of 8th Avenue

  • Back-in parking only 2 signs BACK IN ANGLE PARKING ONLY

Schools, parks and places within a walk

How places are listed

Ten public places are within a five-minute walk.

  • 3 day care or pre-K sites
  • 2 religious buildings
  • 2 schools
  • 1 older adult center
  • 1 park
  • 1 playground

Schools and child care

  1. J.H.S. 259 William McKinley School
    990 feet
  2. St. Ephraim School School-based preschool, ages 3 to 5
    1,240 feet
  3. Worldtots Preschool · Pre-K
    1,240 feet
Show all 5
  1. District 20 Pre-K Center at 7415 Fort Hamilton Parkway Pre-K center
    1,270 feet
  2. Ralph A. Fabrizio School
    1,280 feet

Parks, playgrounds and gardens

  1. McKinley Park
    70 feet
  2. McKinley Park Playground
    680 feet

Houses of worship

  1. Bay Ridge United Presbyterian Church House of worship
    950 feet
  2. St Ephrems Church House of worship
    1,240 feet

Community centers and public services

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

Supermarkets

  1. HLBK Supermarket Supermarket
    0.4 miles
  2. Food Emporium Supermarket
    0.5 miles
  3. EZ Fresh Supermarket Supermarket
    0.5 miles

Pharmacies

  1. CVS Pharmacy
    0.4 miles

Food stores and places to eat

Within a five-minute walk there are seven places to eat and three food stores.

Not on record for this corner:

  • A subway entrance within a ten-minute walk
  • A bike route here or a bicycle rack within 820 feet
  • A signal or safety change
  • 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 73rd Street, 7th Avenue or 8th 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.