86th Street & Colonial Road

The four-way crossing of 86th Street and Colonial Road is in Bay Ridge, Brooklyn. Between 2021 and 2025, eight police-reported crashes were recorded here, against a median of seven crashes for a Brooklyn corner. Fort Hamilton Athletic Field is 540 feet away. The nearest subway, 86 St, is about nine minutes on foot, for the R. Within a five-minute walk are ten public places, three of them schools. About 700 homes stand within 820 feet, mostly built between 1920 and 1927, a mix of apartment buildings and smaller houses.

Safety record
8 hurt
8 police-reported crashes, 2021–2025
Nearest subway
86 St
0.5 miles · 9 min on foot · R
Nearest bus stop
100 feet
86 St/Colonial Rd · B16
Within a walk
10 places
3 schools, 2 day care or pre-K sites and 4 more kinds, within five minutes

Map

Layers
86th Street & Colonial Road Nearby corners, linked

Getting there

How walks are measured

Subway

The nearest subway station is 86 St, 0.5 miles from this corner, about nine minutes on foot.

  1. 86 St R
    0.5 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/Colonial Rd, 100 feet away, for the B16.

  • 8 routes within a ten-minute walk
  1. 86 St/Colonial Rd B16
    100 feet
    B16

Next buses at this stop

  1. B16 …

Live arrivals

Cycling

A marked bike lane runs on 86th Street and Colonial Road.

  • 3 more bike-share stations within a five-minute walk

Nearest bike-share station

  1. 86 St & Ridge Blvd 16 docks in all
    780 feet

By car

The nearest highway entrance is the ramp to the Gowanus Expressway westbound at Fort Hamilton Parkway & Gowanus Expressway, 0.9 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 eight crashes at this corner, more than the median of seven crashes for a Brooklyn corner.

  • 8 people injured
  • 0 people killed
  • 1 of those hurt, on foot

The most recent crash recorded here was in January 2026.

What the city has done here

  • Leading pedestrian interval, April 2016

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
38 feet above sea level

The streets

  • Up to four travel lanes

Homes

About 700 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 1927.

Trees

NYC Parks records 54 trees within 330 feet; the most common is the London planetree.

Parking on the streets meeting here

How signs are read
  • 30 signs on these blocks
  • 6 different rules

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

North side of 86th Street

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

South side of 86th Street

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

East side of Colonial Road

  • No parking 2 signs NO PARKING THURSDAY 8:30AM-10AM
  • No parking 2 signs NO PARKING TUESDAY 9:30AM-11AM

West side of Colonial Road

  • No parking 2 signs NO PARKING FRIDAY 8:30AM-10AM
  • No parking 3 signs NO PARKING MONDAY 9:30AM-11AM

Schools, parks and places within a walk

How places are listed

Ten public places are within a five-minute walk.

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

Schools and child care

  1. P.S. 185 Walter Kassenbrock School
    1,040 feet
  2. Dimitrios & Georgia Kaloidis Parochial School of Greek Holy Cross Chuch School-based preschool, ages 3 to 5 · Pre-K
    1,060 feet
  3. D & G Kaloidis Parochial School
    1,100 feet
Show all 5
  1. Stepping Stones Preschool, ages 2 to 5 · Pre-K
    1,150 feet
  2. Adelphi Academy School
    1,150 feet

Parks, playgrounds and gardens

  1. Russell Pedersen Playground
    390 feet
  2. Fort Hamilton Athletic Field
    540 feet
  3. Shore Park and Parkway Park
    1,290 feet

Houses of worship

  1. Holy Cross Greek Orthodox Church House of worship
    1,310 feet

Not on record for this corner: 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 86th Street or Colonial Road.

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