83rd Street & Ridge Boulevard

The four-way crossing of 83rd Street and Ridge Boulevard 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. Adelphi Academy is 710 feet away. The nearest subway, 86 St, is about eight minutes on foot, for the R. Within a five-minute walk are 13 public places, four of them religious buildings, and 13 places to eat. About 500 homes stand within 820 feet, mostly built between 1920 and 1930, a mix of apartment buildings and smaller houses.

Safety record
1 hurt
3 police-reported crashes, 2021–2025
Nearest subway
86 St
0.4 miles · 8 min on foot · R
Nearest bus stop
850 feet
3 Av/83 St · B37
Within a walk
13 places
4 religious buildings, 4 schools and 3 more kinds, within five minutes

Map

Layers
83rd Street & Ridge Boulevard Nearby corners, linked

Getting there

How walks are measured

Subway

The nearest subway station is 86 St, 0.4 miles from this corner, about eight minutes on foot.

  1. 86 St R
    0.4 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 3 Av/83 St, 850 feet away, for the B37.

  • 8 routes within a ten-minute walk
  1. 3 Av/83 St B37
    850 feet
    B37

Next buses at this stop

  1. B37 …

Live arrivals

Cycling

A marked bike lane runs on Ridge Boulevard.

  • 4 bicycle racks within 820 feet
  • 3 more bike-share stations within a five-minute walk

Nearest bike-share station

  1. Ridge Blvd & 82 St 12 docks in all
    300 feet

By car

The nearest highway entrance is the ramp to the Gowanus Expressway westbound at Fort Hamilton Parkway & Gowanus Expressway, 0.7 miles by car along the streets.

  1. 9111 4th Avenue Gas station
    0.7 miles
  2. 8501 5th Avenue Charging for electric cars, five Level 2 chargers
    0.6 miles
  3. 1763 86th Street Fast charging for electric cars
    2.2 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 February 2022.

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
55 feet above sea level

The streets

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

Homes

About 500 homes stand within 820 feet of this corner, a mix of apartment buildings and smaller houses. The buildings holding them mostly went up between 1920 and 1930.

Trees

NYC Parks records 46 trees within 330 feet; the most common is the London planetree.

Parking on the streets meeting here

How signs are read
  • 31 signs on these blocks
  • 7 different rules

The sign wording is DOT's, as recorded between July 2014 and February 2019, and the sign on the street decides.

North side of 83rd Street

  • No parking 5 signs NO PARKING MONDAY 8:30AM-10AM
  • No parking 6 signs NO PARKING MONDAY 9:30AM-11AM

South side of 83rd Street

  • No parking 5 signs NO PARKING TUESDAY 8:30AM-10AM
  • No parking 6 signs NO PARKING TUESDAY 9:30AM-11AM

East side of Ridge Boulevard

  • No parking 4 signs NO PARKING TUESDAY 9:30AM-11AM
  • No standing 1 sign NO STANDING ANYTIME

West side of Ridge Boulevard

  • No parking 4 signs NO PARKING MONDAY 9:30AM-11AM

Schools, parks and places within a walk

How places are listed

Thirteen public places are within a five-minute walk.

  • 4 religious buildings
  • 4 schools
  • 3 day care or pre-K sites
  • 1 field
  • 1 playground

Schools and child care

  1. Bay Ridge Prep School
    540 feet
  2. Dimitrios & Georgia Kaloidis Parochial School of Greek Holy Cross Chuch School-based preschool, ages 3 to 5 · Pre-K
    580 feet
  3. D & G Kaloidis Parochial School
    670 feet
Show all 7
  1. Adelphi Academy School
    710 feet
  2. P.S. 185 Walter Kassenbrock School
    1,110 feet
  3. Stepping Stones Preschool, ages 2 to 5 · Pre-K
    1,210 feet
  4. Saint Anselm Catholic Academy School-based preschool, ages 3 to 5 · Pre-K
    1,260 feet

Parks, playgrounds and gardens

  1. Russell Pedersen Playground
    840 feet
  2. Fort Hamilton Athletic Field
    990 feet

Houses of worship

  1. Holy Cross Greek Orthodox Church House of worship
    350 feet
  2. St Marys Antiochian Orthodox Church House of worship
    470 feet
  3. Union Church of Bay Ridge Listed historic place
    900 feet

Food stores and places to eat

Within a five-minute walk there are 13 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 corners on foot, seven of them within a three-minute walk:

See every intersection along 83rd Street or Ridge Boulevard.

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