7th Avenue & Bay Ridge Avenue

The three-way junction of 7th Avenue and Bay Ridge Avenue is in Bay Ridge, Brooklyn. Between 2021 and 2025, ten police-reported crashes were recorded here, against a median of seven crashes for a Brooklyn corner. Leif Ericson Park is 650 feet away. The nearest subway, 8 Av, is about eight minutes on foot, and two subway lines stop within a ten-minute walk. Within a five-minute walk are four public places, two of them religious buildings, and two places to eat. A bike lane separated from traffic runs along 7th Avenue.

Safety record
2 hurt
10 police-reported crashes, 2021–2025
Nearest subway
8 Av
0.4 miles · 8 min on foot · N
Nearest bus stop
40 feet
Bay Ridge Av/7 Av · B64
Within a walk
4 places
2 religious buildings, 1 park and 1 more kind, within five minutes

Map

Layers
7th Avenue & Bay Ridge Avenue Nearby corners, linked

Getting there

How walks are measured

Subway

The nearest subway station is 8 Av, 0.4 miles from this corner, about eight minutes on foot.

  • 2 lines within a ten-minute walk
  1. 8 Av N
    0.4 miles
    N

Next trains at this station

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

Also within a walk

  1. Bay Ridge Av R
    0.4 miles
    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 Bay Ridge Av/7 Av, 40 feet away, for the B64.

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

Next buses at this stop

  1. B64 …

Live arrivals

Cycling

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

  • 3 bicycle racks within 820 feet

Nearest bike-share station

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

By car

The nearest highway entrance is the ramp to the Gowanus Expressway westbound at 7th Avenue, 0.4 miles by car along the streets.

  1. 6423 7th Avenue Gas station
    0.4 miles
  2. 6401 6th Avenue Charging for electric cars, two Level 2 chargers
    0.5 miles
  3. 1763 86th Street Fast charging for electric cars
    2.2 miles

Safety record

How crashes are counted

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

  • 2 people injured
  • 0 people killed

The most recent crash recorded here was in August 2025.

About this corner

Where facts come from
ZIP code
11220
Community board
Brooklyn Community Board 10
City Council district
47
Police precinct
68
Neighborhood (City Planning area)
Bay Ridge
Elevation
73 feet above sea level

The streets

  • Up to three travel lanes
  • A designated truck route
  • Posted limits from 25 to 30 mph
  • Two of the streets are 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 1925 and 1931.

Trees

NYC Parks records 25 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
  • 9 different rules

The sign wording is DOT's, as recorded between December 2019 and September 2025, and the sign on the street decides.

East side of 7th Avenue

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

West side of 7th Avenue

  • No parking 5 signs NO PARKING MONDAY 11:30AM-1PM
  • No standing 2 signs NO STANDING ANYTIME

North side of Bay Ridge Avenue

  • No parking 4 signs NO PARKING MONDAY 11:30AM-1PM
  • No parking 3 signs NO PARKING WEDNESDAY 11:30AM-1PM
  • No standing 1 sign NO STANDING ANYTIME

South side of Bay Ridge Avenue

  • No parking 2 signs NO PARKING THURSDAY 11:30AM-1PM
  • No parking 3 signs NO PARKING TUESDAY 11:30AM-1PM

Schools, parks and places within a walk

How places are listed

Four public places are within a five-minute walk.

  • 2 religious buildings
  • 1 park
  • 1 school

Schools and child care

  1. Ralph A. Fabrizio School
    900 feet

Parks, playgrounds and gardens

  1. Leif Ericson Park
    650 feet

Bank branches

  1. Bank of America Bank branch
    1,310 feet

Supermarkets

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

Food stores and places to eat

Within a five-minute walk there are two 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 12 corners within a three-minute walk:

See every intersection along 7th Avenue or Bay Ridge 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.