86th Street & Battery Avenue

The three-way junction of 86th Street and Battery Avenue is in Bay Ridge, Brooklyn. Between 2021 and 2025, ten police-reported crashes were recorded here, against a median of seven crashes for a Brooklyn corner. School of Technology, Arts, and Research is 140 feet away. The nearest subway, 86 St, is about nine minutes on foot, for the R. Within a five-minute walk are five public places and 11 places to eat. About 1,000 homes stand within 820 feet, mostly built between 1925 and 1931, a mix of apartment buildings and smaller houses.

Safety record
11 hurt
10 police-reported crashes, 2021–2025
Nearest subway
86 St
0.4 miles · 9 min on foot · R
Nearest bus stop
140 feet
86 St/7 Av · B1, X28, X38
Within a walk
5 places
1 dog run, 1 park and 3 more kinds, within five minutes

Map

Layers
86th Street & Battery Avenue Nearby corners, linked

Getting there

How walks are measured

Subway

The nearest subway station is 86 St, 0.4 miles from this corner, about nine 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 86 St/7 Av, 140 feet away, for the B1, X28 and X38.

  • 10 routes within a ten-minute walk
  1. 86 St/7 Av B1, X28, X38
    140 feet
    B1 X28 X38

Next buses at this stop

  1. B1 …
  2. X28 …
  3. X38 …

Live arrivals

Cycling

  • 6 bicycle racks within 820 feet

Nearest bike-share station

  1. Fort Hamilton Pkwy & 85 St 14 docks in all
    1,150 feet

By car

The nearest highway entrance is the ramp to the Gowanus Expressway westbound at Fort Hamilton Parkway & Gowanus Expressway, 0.4 miles by car along the streets.

  1. 8521 7th Avenue Gas station
    440 feet
  2. 8501 5th Avenue Charging for electric cars, five Level 2 chargers
    0.3 miles
  3. 1763 86th Street Fast charging for electric cars
    1.3 miles

Safety record

How crashes are counted

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

  • 11 people injured
  • 0 people killed
  • 1 of those hurt, on foot
  • 3 of those hurt, on a bike

The most recent crash recorded here was in February 2026.

What the city has done here

  • Leading pedestrian interval, September 2019
  • Accessible pedestrian signal, September 2019

About this corner

Where facts come from
ZIP code
11228
Community board
Brooklyn Community Board 10
City Council district
47 and 50 (the boundary runs through this corner)
Police precinct
68
Neighborhood (City Planning area)
Bay Ridge
Elevation
81 feet above sea level

The streets

  • Up to four travel lanes
  • A designated truck route
  • One of the streets is one-way

Homes

About 1,000 homes stand within 820 feet of this corner, a mix of apartment buildings and smaller houses. The buildings holding them mostly went up between 1925 and 1931.

Trees

NYC Parks records 32 trees within 330 feet; the most common is the cherry plum.

Parking on the streets meeting here

How signs are read
  • 14 signs on these blocks
  • 5 different rules
  • 1 active meter
  • 1 pay-by-cell zone

The sign wording is DOT's, as recorded between September 2014 and September 2025, and the sign on the street decides.

Meters are posted as 2 hour passenger vehicles Monday to Saturday 9am to 7pm on 86th Street (north side).

South side of 86th Street

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

East side of Battery Avenue

  • No parking 3 signs NO PARKING TUESDAY 11:30AM-1PM
  • No standing 2 signs NO STANDING SCHOOL DAYS 7AM-4PM

West side of Battery Avenue

  • No parking 3 signs NO PARKING MONDAY 11:30AM-1PM

ParkNYC pay-by-cell zone: 304729.

Landmarks and historic districts

Within 820 feet, the Landmarks Preservation Commission has designated four lampposts.

Schools, parks and places within a walk

How places are listed

Five public places are within a five-minute walk.

  • 1 dog run
  • 1 park
  • 1 religious building
  • 1 school
  • 1 trade or language school

Schools and child care

  1. School of Technology, Arts, and Research School
    140 feet
  2. International Bartenders School Trade or language school
    1,240 feet

Parks, playgrounds and gardens

  1. Dyker Beach Park
    390 feet
  2. Dog Run in Dyker Beach Park Dog run
    560 feet

Supermarkets

  1. Met Foodmarkets 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 11 places to eat and five food stores.

Nearby corners

The eight nearest of the 17 corners within a three-minute walk:

See every intersection along 86th Street or Battery Avenue.

Sources: NYC Technology and Innovation, NYPD, NYC DOT, MTA, New York City's bike-share system, NYS Environmental Conservation, NYC City Planning, US Department of Energy, Landmarks Preservation Commission, NYC Parks, NYC Health, NYS Agriculture and Markets and USDA, retrieved September 18 – October 6, 2026.