81st Street & 13th Avenue

The four-way crossing of 81st Street and 13th Avenue is in Dyker Heights, Brooklyn. Between 2021 and 2025, six police-reported crashes were recorded here, fewer than the median of seven crashes for a Brooklyn corner. Dyker Heights Post Office is 730 feet away. The nearest bus stop, 13 Av/82 St, is 170 feet away for the B64, 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 12 places to eat.

Safety record
1 hurt
6 police-reported crashes, 2021–2025
Nearest highway entrance
Gowanus Expressway
0.8 miles by car along the streets
Nearest bus stop
170 feet
13 Av/82 St · B64
Within a walk
10 places
3 day care or pre-K sites, 2 religious buildings and 4 more kinds, within five minutes

Map

Layers
81st Street & 13th Avenue Nearby corners, linked

Getting there

How walks are measured

Bus

The nearest bus stop is 13 Av/82 St, 170 feet away, for the B64.

  • 5 routes within a ten-minute walk
  1. 13 Av/82 St B64
    170 feet
    B64

Next buses at this stop

  1. B64 …

Live arrivals

Cycling

  • 12 bicycle racks within 820 feet

By car

The nearest highway entrance is the ramp to the Gowanus Expressway eastbound, 0.8 miles by car along the streets.

  1. 1414 86th Street Gas station
    0.4 miles
  2. 1763 86th Street Charging for electric cars, four Level 2 chargers and four fast chargers
    0.9 miles

Safety record

How crashes are counted

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

  • 1 person injured
  • 0 people killed
  • 1 of those hurt, on a bike

The most recent crash recorded here was in November 2025.

About this corner

Where facts come from
ZIP code
11228
Community board
Brooklyn Community Board 10
City Council district
38 and 47 (the boundary runs through this corner)
Police precinct
68
Neighborhood (City Planning area)
Dyker Heights
Elevation
42 feet above sea level

The streets

  • Up to two travel lanes
  • One of the streets is one-way

Homes

About 1,000 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 1920 and 1935.

Trees

NYC Parks records 39 trees within 330 feet; the most common are the Callery pear and the London planetree.

Parking on the streets meeting here

How signs are read
  • 31 signs on these blocks
  • 8 different rules
  • 2 active meters
  • 2 pay-by-cell zones

The sign wording is DOT's, as recorded between May 2017 and July 2024, and the sign on the street decides.

East side of 13th Avenue

  • Metered parking 2 signs 2 HOUR METERED PARKING 9AM-7PM EXCEPT SUNDAY
  • No parking 2 signs NO PARKING 8:30AM-9AM EXCEPT SUNDAY
  • No parking 1 sign NO PARKING FRIDAY 8:30AM-10AM

West side of 13th Avenue

  • Metered parking 2 signs 2 HOUR METERED PARKING 8:30AM-7PM EXCEPT SUNDAY
  • No parking 2 signs NO PARKING 8AM-8:30AM EXCEPT SUNDAY
  • No parking 2 signs NO PARKING WEDNESDAY 8:30AM-10AM

North side of 81st Street

  • No parking 10 signs NO PARKING WEDNESDAY 8:30AM-10AM

South side of 81st Street

  • No parking 10 signs NO PARKING FRIDAY 8:30AM-10AM

ParkNYC pay-by-cell zones: 307474 and 308490.

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 library
  • 1 playground
  • 1 post office

Schools and child care

  1. Saint Bernadette School School-based preschool, ages 3 to 5
    700 feet
  2. St Bernadette Catholic Academy School
    840 feet
  3. The Madeleine Brennan School
    1,060 feet
Show all 5
  1. District 20 Pre-K Center at 1355 84th Street Pre-K center
    1,220 feet
  2. Thursday's Child Infant, toddler and preschool care, ages 0 to 5
    1,230 feet

Parks, playgrounds and gardens

  1. Patrick O'Rourke Playground
    1,060 feet

Libraries, museums and history

  1. Dyker Library
    380 feet

Community centers and public services

  1. Dyker Heights Post Office
    730 feet

Bank branches

  1. Flagstar Bank Bank branch
    990 feet
  2. Chase Bank branch
    1,030 feet

Food stores and places to eat

Within a five-minute walk there are 12 places to eat and eight food stores.

Not on record for this corner: a subway entrance within a ten-minute walk, a signal or safety change and a designated landmark or historic district within 820 feet.

Nearby corners

The eight corners within a three-minute walk:

See every intersection along 13th Avenue or 81st Street.

Sources: NYC Technology and Innovation, NYPD, MTA, NYC DOT, NYS Environmental Conservation, NYC City Planning, US Department of Energy, NYC Parks, NYC Health, FDIC and NYS Agriculture and Markets, retrieved September 18 – October 6, 2026.