7th Avenue & De Russy Drive

The four-way crossing of 7th Avenue and De Russy Drive is in Bay Ridge, Brooklyn, at the edge of Dyker Beach Park. Between 2021 and 2025, three police-reported crashes were recorded here, fewer than the median of seven crashes for a Brooklyn corner. Dog Run in Dyker Beach Park is 290 feet away. The nearest bus stop, 86 St/7 Av, is 540 feet away for the B1, X28 and X38, and ten bus routes stop within a ten-minute walk. Within a five-minute walk are seven public places and five places to eat.

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7th Avenue & De Russy Drive Nearby corners, linked

Bus

The nearest bus stop is 86 St/7 Av, 540 feet away, for the B1, X28 and X38.

  • 10 routes within a ten-minute walk
  1. 86 St/7 Av B1, X28, X38 · Shelter
    540 feet
    B1 X28 X38
    Shelter

Next buses at this stop

  1. B1 …
  2. X28 …
  3. X38 …

Live arrivals

Cycling

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

  • 5 bicycle racks within 820 feet

Nearest bike-share station

  1. Fort Hamilton Pkwy & 85 St 14 docks in all
    0.4 miles

By car

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

  1. 8521 7th Avenue Gas station
    660 feet
  2. 8501 5th Avenue Charging for electric cars, five Level 2 chargers
    0.5 miles
  3. 1763 86th Street Fast charging for electric cars
    1.3 miles

Between 2021 and 2025, police reported three crashes at this corner, fewer than the median of seven crashes for a Brooklyn corner. Nobody was hurt.

The most recent crash recorded here was in December 2023.

About this corner

Where facts come from
ZIP code
11228
Community board
Brooklyn Community Board 10
City Council district
50
Police precinct
68
Neighborhood (City Planning area)
Bay Ridge; the corner is on the edge of the Dyker Beach Park area
Elevation
69 feet above sea level

The streets

  • Up to four travel lanes
  • A designated truck route
  • One of the streets is one-way

Homes

About 700 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 1950.

Trees

NYC Parks records 28 trees within 330 feet; the most common is the London planetree.

Landmarks and historic districts

Within 820 feet, the Landmarks Preservation Commission has designated four lampposts.

Schools, parks and places within a walk

How places are listed

Seven public places are within a five-minute walk.

  • 1 day care or pre-K site
  • 1 dog run
  • 1 hospital
  • 1 nursing home or hospice
  • 1 park
  • 2 other places

Schools and child care

  1. School of Technology, Arts, and Research School
    640 feet
  2. The Greek School of Plato Preschool, ages 2 to 5
    1,210 feet

Parks, playgrounds and gardens

  1. Dyker Beach Park
    70 feet
  2. Dog Run in Dyker Beach Park Dog run
    290 feet

Health care

  1. Maimonides Health Bay Ridge Emergency Department Hospital
    920 feet
  2. Hamilton Park Nursing and Rehabilitation Center Nursing home or hospice
    1,060 feet

Food stores and places to eat

Within a five-minute walk there are five places to eat and one food store.

Not on record for this corner: a subway entrance within a ten-minute walk, a signal or safety change and a parking sign or meter on the blocks meeting here.

Nearby corners

The eight nearest of the 12 corners within a three-minute walk:

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, Landmarks Preservation Commission, NYC Parks, NYC Health and NYS Agriculture and Markets, retrieved September 18 – October 6, 2026.