7th Avenue & Fort Hamilton Parkway at 82nd Street

The four-way crossing of 7th Avenue, Fort Hamilton Parkway and 82nd Street is in Bay Ridge, Brooklyn. Between 2021 and 2025, three police-reported crashes were recorded here, fewer than the median of seven crashes for a Brooklyn corner. Dan Ross Playground is 40 feet away. The nearest subway, 86 St, is about nine minutes on foot, for the R. Within a five-minute walk are five public places, two of them day care or pre-K sites, and eight places to eat.

Safety record
1 hurt
3 police-reported crashes, 2021–2025
Nearest subway
86 St
0.5 miles · 9 min on foot · R
Nearest bus stop
170 feet
7 Av Service Rd South/81 St · B16, B70
Within a walk
5 places
2 day care or pre-K sites, 2 parks and 1 more kind, within five minutes

Map

Layers
7th Avenue & Fort Hamilton Parkway at 82nd Street Nearby corners, linked

Getting there

How walks are measured

Subway

The nearest subway station is 86 St, 0.5 miles from this corner, about nine minutes on foot.

  1. 86 St R
    0.5 miles
    R

Next trains at this station

Manhattan
1 line
  1. R …
Bay Ridge
1 line
  1. R …

The MTA's permanent art catalog lists “Heydays” (2011) by Amy Bennett at the 86 St station.

Bus

The nearest bus stop is 7 Av Service Rd South/81 St, 170 feet away, for the B16 and B70.

  • 11 routes within a ten-minute walk
  1. 7 Av Service Rd South/81 St B16, B70
    170 feet
    B16 B70

Next buses at this stop

  1. B16 …
  2. B70 …

Live arrivals

Cycling

A marked bike lane runs on 7th Avenue and Fort Hamilton Parkway.

  • 1 bicycle rack within 820 feet

Nearest bike-share station

  1. Fort Hamilton Pkwy & 85 St 14 docks in all
    840 feet

By car

The nearest highway entrance is the ramp to the Gowanus Expressway westbound at Fort Hamilton Parkway & Gowanus Expressway, 490 feet by car along the streets.

  1. 8202 7th Avenue Gas station
    0.3 miles
  2. 8501 5th Avenue Charging for electric cars, five Level 2 chargers
    0.4 miles
  3. 1763 86th Street Fast charging for electric cars
    1.7 miles

Safety record

How crashes are counted

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

  • 1 person injured
  • 0 people killed

The most recent crash recorded here was in October 2025.

About this corner

Where facts come from
ZIP code
11209
Community board
Brooklyn Community Board 10
City Council district
47
Police precinct
68
Neighborhood (City Planning area)
Bay Ridge
Elevation
81 feet above sea level

The streets

  • One travel lane
  • A designated truck route
  • Three of the streets are one-way

Homes

About 1,300 homes stand within 820 feet of this corner, a mix of apartment buildings and smaller houses. The buildings holding them mostly went up between 1922 and 1928.

Trees

NYC Parks records 48 trees within 330 feet; the most common is the London planetree.

Parking on the streets meeting here

How signs are read
  • 74 signs on these blocks
  • 15 different rules

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

East side of 7th Avenue

  • Back-in parking only 5 signs BACK IN ANGLE PARKING ONLY
  • No parking 14 signs NO PARKING FRIDAY 11:30AM-1PM
  • No standing 7 signs NO STANDING ANYTIME

West side of 7th Avenue

  • No parking 4 signs NO PARKING THURSDAY 11:30AM-1PM
  • No parking 5 signs NO PARKING WEDNESDAY 11:30AM-1PM
  • No standing 6 signs NO STANDING ANYTIME

North side of 82nd Street

  • No parking 3 signs NO PARKING THURSDAY 11:30AM-1PM
  • No parking 7 signs NO PARKING WEDNESDAY 11:30AM-1PM

South side of 82nd Street

  • No parking 9 signs NO PARKING FRIDAY 11:30AM-1PM

East side of Fort Hamilton Parkway

  • No standing 2 signs NO STANDING ANYTIME

West side of Fort Hamilton Parkway

  • Loading only 1 sign LOADING ONLY MONDAY-FRIDAY 8AM-6PM
  • No parking 2 signs NO PARKING THURSDAY 11:30AM-1PM

Monuments and public art

How landmarks are placed

The City's public art inventory lists one work near this corner, in Coffey Square.

  1. Coffey Square Stele, 1970
    520 feet

Schools, parks and places within a walk

How places are listed

Five public places are within a five-minute walk.

  • 2 day care or pre-K sites
  • 2 parks
  • 1 playground

Schools and child care

  1. Smart Start Early Childhood Center Preschool, ages 2 to 5 · Pre-K
    580 feet
  2. Ms. Jenn's Little Achievers II Preschool, ages 2 to 5
    1,280 feet

Parks, playgrounds and gardens

  1. Dan Ross Playground
    40 feet
  2. Tom McDonald Triangle
    320 feet
  3. McKinley Park
    1,290 feet

Bank branches

  1. TD Bank Bank branch
    1,150 feet

Supermarkets

  1. Met Foodmarkets Supermarket
    1,140 feet

Pharmacies

  1. Duane Reade Pharmacy
    0.4 miles

Food stores and places to eat

Within a five-minute walk there are eight places to eat and seven 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, 82nd Street or Fort Hamilton Parkway.

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 Public Design Commission, NYC Parks, NYC Health, FDIC, NYS Agriculture and Markets and USDA, retrieved September 18 – October 6, 2026.