7th Avenue & Poly Place at Wainwright Drive
The four-way crossing of 7th Avenue, Poly Place and Wainwright Drive is in Fort Hamilton, Brooklyn, and is also named Former P.O.W. Peter H. Leone Way by local law. Between 2021 and 2025, 12 police-reported crashes were recorded here, against a median of seven crashes for a Brooklyn corner. In 2025, 1,363 school-zone speed camera tickets were recorded here. Dyker Beach Park is 100 feet away. The nearest bus stop, Poly Pl/7 Av, is 230 feet away for the B8, and two bus routes stop within a ten-minute walk. Within a five-minute walk are three public places.
Map
Getting there
How walks are measuredBus
The nearest bus stop is Poly Pl/7 Av, 230 feet away, for the B8.
- 2 routes within a ten-minute walk
- Poly Pl/7 Av B8230 feetB8
Next buses at this stop
- B8 …
By car
The nearest highway entrance is the ramp to the Gowanus Expressway at Gowanus Expressway & John Warren Avenue, 0.5 miles by car along the streets.
- 579 92nd Street Gas station0.6 miles
- 221 Washington Drive Charging for electric cars, two Level 2 chargers610 feet
- 1763 86th Street Fast charging for electric cars1.5 miles
Safety record
How crashes are countedBetween 2021 and 2025, police reported 12 crashes at this corner, more than the median of seven crashes for a Brooklyn corner.
- 9 people injured
- 1 person killed
The most recent crash recorded here was in March 2026.
Camera tickets
How tickets are countedIn 2025, 1,363 school-zone speed camera tickets were issued for violations recorded at this corner, the 602nd most of the 1,957 corners in the city where any were issued.
In 2026 so far, through August 27, 747 more were issued.
About this corner
Where facts come from- ZIP code
- 11209
- Community board
- Brooklyn Community Board 10
- City Council district
- 50
- Police precinct
- 68
- Neighborhood (City Planning area)
- Fort Hamilton
- Elevation
- 25 feet above sea level
This corner is also named Former P.O.W. Peter H. Leone Way, a co-naming enacted on December 21, 2004 (Local Law 63 of 2004).
The streets
- Up to four travel lanes
Homes
About 500 homes stand within 820 feet of this corner, most of them in buildings of ten homes or more. The buildings holding them mostly went up in 1953.
Trees
Six trees recorded by NYC Parks stand within 330 feet; the most common is the London planetree.
The Department of Records' Honorary Street Names dataset has its own note on Former P.O.W. Peter H. Leone Way.
Parking on the streets meeting here
How signs are read- 94 signs on these blocks
- 12 different rules
The sign wording is DOT's, as recorded between April 2024 and August 2025, and the sign on the street decides.
East side of 7th Avenue
- No parking 21 signs NO PARKING TUESDAY 11:30AM-1PM
- No standing 2 signs NO STANDING ANYTIME
West side of 7th Avenue
- No parking 11 signs NO PARKING MONDAY 11:30AM-1PM
- No standing 4 signs NO STANDING ANYTIME
- No standing 4 signs NO STANDING SCHOOL DAYS 3PM-6PM
- No standing 4 signs NO STANDING SCHOOL DAYS 7AM-6PM
North side of Poly Place
- Doctor plates only 2 signs DOCTOR LICENSE PLATES ONLY MONDAY-FRIDAY 8AM-3PM
- No standing 5 signs NO STANDING ANYTIME
- No standing 11 signs NO STANDING MIDNIGHT-6AM ALL DAYS
- No stopping 2 signs NO STOPPING ANYTIME
South side of Poly Place
- No standing 12 signs NO STANDING ANYTIME
- No standing 16 signs NO STANDING MIDNIGHT-6AM ALL DAYS
Schools, parks and places within a walk
How places are listedThree public places are within a five-minute walk.
- 1 day care or pre-K site
- 1 listed historic place
- 1 park
Schools and child care
- Brooklyn Child Care Preschool, ages 2 to 5 · Pre-K270 feet
Parks, playgrounds and gardens
- Dyker Beach Park100 feet
Libraries, museums and history
- Brooklyn VA Hospital Listed historic place870 feet
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 corners on foot, three of them within a three-minute walk:
- 7th Avenue & Poly Place 160 feet
- Grimes Road North & Wainwright Drive 490 feet
- John Warren Avenue & Wainwright Drive 770 feet
- Grimes Road North & Grimes Road West 1,000 feet
- Grimes Road West & Hamilton Manor 1,070 feet
- John Warren Avenue & McArthur Road 1,160 feet
- Grimes Road West & Hamilton Circle 1,210 feet
- Liberty Way & McArthur Road 1,270 feet
See every intersection along 7th Avenue, Poly Place or Wainwright Drive.