85th Street & Ridge Boulevard

The four-way crossing of 85th Street and Ridge Boulevard is in Bay Ridge, Brooklyn. Between 2021 and 2025, six police-reported crashes were recorded here, fewer than the median of seven crashes for a Brooklyn corner. D & G Kaloidis Parochial School is 150 feet away, and St Marys Antiochian Orthodox Church is 990 feet away. The nearest subway, 86 St, is about six minutes on foot, for the R. Within a five-minute walk are 12 public places, four of them schools, and 27 places to eat.

Safety record
2 hurt
6 police-reported crashes, 2021–2025
Nearest subway
86 St
0.3 miles · 6 min on foot · R
Nearest bus stop
420 feet
86 St/Ridge Blvd · B16
Within a walk
12 places
4 schools, 3 day care or pre-K sites and 3 more kinds, within five minutes

Map

Layers
85th Street & Ridge Boulevard Nearby corners, linked

Getting there

How walks are measured

Subway

The nearest subway station is 86 St, 0.3 miles from this corner, about six minutes on foot.

  1. 86 St R
    0.3 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 86 St/Ridge Blvd, 420 feet away, for the B16.

  • 10 routes within a ten-minute walk
  1. 86 St/Ridge Blvd B16
    420 feet
    B16

Next buses at this stop

  1. B16 …

Live arrivals

Cycling

A marked bike lane runs on 85th Street and Ridge Boulevard.

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

Nearest bike-share station

  1. 86 St & Ridge Blvd 16 docks in all
    400 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
    0.6 miles
  2. 8501 5th Avenue Charging for electric cars, five Level 2 chargers
    0.5 miles
  3. 1763 86th Street Fast charging for electric cars
    2.1 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.

  • 2 people injured
  • 0 people killed

The most recent crash recorded here was in June 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
61 feet above sea level

The streets

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

Homes

About 800 homes stand within 820 feet of this corner, a mix of apartment buildings and smaller houses. The buildings holding them mostly went up between 1911 and 1927.

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
  • 37 signs on these blocks
  • 10 different rules

The sign wording is DOT's, as recorded between May 2014 and June 2023, and the sign on the street decides.

North side of 85th Street

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

South side of 85th Street

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

East side of Ridge Boulevard

  • No parking 2 signs NO PARKING ANYTIME
  • No parking 5 signs NO PARKING TUESDAY 9:30AM-11AM
  • No standing 2 signs NO STANDING SCHOOL DAYS 7AM-4PM

West side of Ridge Boulevard

  • No parking 4 signs NO PARKING MONDAY 9:30AM-11AM
  • No parking 1 sign NO PARKING TUESDAY 9:30AM-11AM
  • No standing 2 signs NO STANDING SCHOOL DAYS 7AM-4PM

Schools, parks and places within a walk

How places are listed

Twelve public places are within a five-minute walk.

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

Schools and child care

  1. Dimitrios & Georgia Kaloidis Parochial School of Greek Holy Cross Chuch School-based preschool, ages 3 to 5 · Pre-K
    60 feet
  2. D & G Kaloidis Parochial School
    150 feet
  3. Adelphi Academy School
    190 feet
Show all 7
  1. P.S. 185 Walter Kassenbrock School
    590 feet
  2. Stepping Stones Preschool, ages 2 to 5 · Pre-K
    700 feet
  3. Bay Ridge Prep School
    1,070 feet
  4. Tiny Tots Playhouse Preschool, ages 2 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
    220 feet
  2. St Marys Antiochian Orthodox Church House of worship
    990 feet

Supermarkets

  1. Foodtown Supermarket
    0.5 miles

Pharmacies

  1. Duane Reade Pharmacy
    0.4 miles

Food stores and places to eat

Within a five-minute walk there are 27 places to eat and five 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 85th 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, NYS Agriculture and Markets and USDA, retrieved September 18 – October 6, 2026.