86th Street & Bay 7th Street

The three-way junction of 86th Street and Bay 7th Street is in Bath Beach, Brooklyn. Between 2021 and 2025, seven police-reported crashes were recorded here, the median for a Brooklyn corner. Dyker Playground is 410 feet away. The nearest bus stop, 86 St/14 Av, is 310 feet away for the B1, B64, X28 and X38, and five bus routes stop within a ten-minute walk. Within a five-minute walk are six public places, two of them day care or pre-K sites, and ten places to eat.

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86th Street & Bay 7th Street Nearby corners, linked

Bus

The nearest bus stop is 86 St/14 Av, 310 feet away, for the B1, B64, X28 and X38.

  • 5 routes within a ten-minute walk
  1. 86 St/14 Av B1, B64, X28, X38 · Shelter
    310 feet
    B1 B64 X28 X38
    Shelter

Next buses at this stop

  1. B1 …
  2. B64 …
  3. X28 …
  4. X38 …

Live arrivals

Cycling

  • 15 bicycle racks within 820 feet

By car

The nearest highway entrance is the ramp to the Belt Parkway westbound at Bay 8th Street & Belt Parkway, 0.7 miles by car along the streets.

  1. 1414 86th Street Gas station
    at this corner
  2. 1763 86th Street Charging for electric cars, four Level 2 chargers and four fast chargers
    0.5 miles

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

  • 2 people injured
  • 0 people killed

The most recent crash recorded here was in April 2026.

What the city has done here

  • Leading pedestrian interval, June 2020

About this corner

Where facts come from
ZIP code
11228
Community board
Brooklyn Community Board 11
City Council district
47 and 50 (the boundary runs through this corner)
Police precinct
62
Neighborhood (City Planning area)
Bath Beach
Elevation
20 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, almost all of them in houses of one or two. The buildings holding them mostly went up between 1930 and 1935.

Trees

NYC Parks records 34 trees within 330 feet; the most common is the London planetree.

Parking on the streets meeting here

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

The sign wording is DOT's, as recorded between September 2015 and February 2021, and the sign on the street decides.

South side of 86th Street

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

East side of Bay 7th Street

  • No parking 5 signs NO PARKING FRIDAY 11:30AM-1PM

West side of Bay 7th Street

  • No parking 5 signs NO PARKING WEDNESDAY 11:30AM-1PM

ParkNYC pay-by-cell zone: 318183.

Schools, parks and places within a walk

How places are listed

Six public places are within a five-minute walk.

  • 2 day care or pre-K sites
  • 1 park
  • 1 playground
  • 1 religious building
  • 1 school

Schools and child care

  1. The Purple Crayon Preschool, ages 2 to 5
    100 feet
  2. P.S. 229 Dyker School
    1,020 feet
  3. District 20 Pre-K Center at 1355 84th Street Pre-K center
    1,080 feet

Parks, playgrounds and gardens

  1. Dyker Beach Park
    340 feet
  2. Dyker Playground
    410 feet

Supermarkets

  1. Food Dynasty Supermarket
    890 feet

Pharmacies

  1. Walgreens Pharmacy
    890 feet

Food stores and places to eat

Within a five-minute walk there are ten places to eat and 11 food stores.

Not on record for this corner: a subway entrance within a ten-minute walk 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, NYC DOT, MTA, 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.