83rd Street & 13th Avenue

The four-way crossing of 83rd Street and 13th Avenue is in Dyker Heights, Brooklyn. Between 2021 and 2025, three police-reported crashes were recorded here, fewer than the median of seven crashes for a Brooklyn corner. St Bernadette Catholic Academy is 310 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 seven public places, two of them day care or pre-K sites, and seven places to eat.

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83rd Street & 13th Avenue Nearby corners, linked

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

  • 6 bicycle racks within 820 feet

By car

The nearest highway entrance is the ramp to the Gowanus Expressway eastbound, 0.9 miles by car along the streets.

  1. 1414 86th Street Gas station
    0.3 miles
  2. 1763 86th Street Charging for electric cars, four Level 2 chargers and four fast chargers
    0.8 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 May 2026.

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)
Dyker Heights
Elevation
37 feet above sea level

The streets

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

Homes

About 900 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 1925 and 1950.

Trees

NYC Parks records 44 trees within 330 feet; the most common is the London planetree.

Parking on the streets meeting here

How signs are read
  • 38 signs on these blocks
  • 7 different rules
  • 2 active meters
  • 1 pay-by-cell zone

The sign wording is DOT's, as recorded between March 2018 and July 2025, and the sign on the street decides.

East side of 13th Avenue

  • No parking 1 sign NO PARKING ANYTIME
  • No parking 5 signs NO PARKING FRIDAY 8:30AM-10AM

West side of 13th Avenue

  • Metered parking 4 signs 2 HOUR METERED PARKING 9AM-7PM EXCEPT SUNDAY
  • No parking 4 signs NO PARKING WEDNESDAY 8:30AM-10AM

North side of 83rd Street

  • No parking 11 signs NO PARKING WEDNESDAY 8:30AM-10AM
  • No standing 2 signs NO STANDING SCHOOL DAYS 7AM-4PM

South side of 83rd Street

  • No parking 11 signs NO PARKING FRIDAY 8:30AM-10AM

ParkNYC pay-by-cell zone: 314958.

Schools, parks and places within a walk

How places are listed

Seven public places are within a five-minute walk.

  • 2 day care or pre-K sites
  • 1 library
  • 1 park
  • 1 playground
  • 1 post office
  • 1 school

Schools and child care

  1. Saint Bernadette School School-based preschool, ages 3 to 5
    180 feet
  2. St Bernadette Catholic Academy School
    310 feet
  3. District 20 Pre-K Center at 1355 84th Street Pre-K center
    700 feet

Parks, playgrounds and gardens

  1. Dyker Beach Park
    860 feet
  2. Dyker Playground
    1,290 feet

Libraries, museums and history

  1. Dyker Library
    270 feet

Community centers and public services

  1. Dyker Heights Post Office
    210 feet

Supermarkets

  1. Food Dynasty Supermarket
    0.5 miles

Food stores and places to eat

Within a five-minute walk there are seven places to eat and six 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:

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