86th Street & Dahlgren Place

The four-way crossing of 86th Street and Dahlgren Place is in Bay Ridge, Brooklyn. Between 2021 and 2025, 12 police-reported crashes were recorded here, against a median of seven crashes for a Brooklyn corner. Dyker Beach Park is 700 feet away. The nearest subway, 86 St, is about seven minutes on foot, for the R. Within a five-minute walk are nine public places, two of them day care or pre-K sites, and 17 places to eat. About 1,400 homes stand within 820 feet, mostly built between 1927 and 1934, a mix of apartment buildings and smaller houses.

Safety record
6 hurt
12 police-reported crashes, 2021–2025
Nearest subway
86 St
0.4 miles · 7 min on foot · R
Nearest bus stop
70 feet
86 St/Dahlgren Pl · B1, X28, X38
Within a walk
9 places
2 day care or pre-K sites, 2 parks and 4 more kinds, within five minutes

Map

Layers
86th Street & Dahlgren Place Nearby corners, linked

Getting there

How walks are measured

Subway

The nearest subway station is 86 St, 0.4 miles from this corner, about seven 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/Dahlgren Pl, 70 feet away, for the B1, X28 and X38.

  • 10 routes within a ten-minute walk
  1. 86 St/Dahlgren Pl B1, X28, X38 · Shelter
    70 feet
    B1 X28 X38
    Shelter

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
    850 feet

By car

The nearest highway entrance is the ramp to the Gowanus Expressway westbound at Fort Hamilton Parkway & Gowanus Expressway, 0.3 miles by car along the streets.

  1. 8521 7th Avenue Gas station
    750 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 12 crashes at this corner, more than the median of seven crashes for a Brooklyn corner.

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

The most recent crash recorded here was in October 2025.

What the city has done here

  • Leading pedestrian interval, October 2018

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
85 feet above sea level

The streets

  • Up to four travel lanes
  • A designated truck route
  • Posted limits from 25 to 30 mph
  • One of the streets is one-way

Homes

About 1,400 homes stand within 820 feet of this corner, a mix of apartment buildings and smaller houses. The buildings holding them mostly went up between 1927 and 1934.

Trees

Twelve trees recorded by NYC Parks stand within 330 feet; the most common is the London planetree.

Parking on the streets meeting here

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

The sign wording is DOT's, as recorded between April 2020 and July 2025, and the sign on the street decides.

North side of 86th Street

  • Metered parking 2 signs 2 HOUR METERED PARKING 9AM-7PM EXCEPT SUNDAY
  • No parking 2 signs NO PARKING 8:30AM-9AM EXCEPT SUNDAY
  • No parking 2 signs NO PARKING MONDAY 11:30AM-1PM
  • No standing 1 sign NO STANDING ANYTIME

South side of 86th Street

  • No parking 2 signs NO PARKING TUESDAY 11:30AM-1PM

West side of Dahlgren Place

  • No standing 6 signs NO STANDING ANYTIME

ParkNYC pay-by-cell zone: 304729.

Schools, parks and places within a walk

How places are listed

Nine public places are within a five-minute walk.

  • 2 day care or pre-K sites
  • 2 parks
  • 2 trade or language schools
  • 1 dog run
  • 1 religious building
  • 1 school

Schools and child care

  1. School of Technology, Arts, and Research School
    450 feet
  2. International Bartenders School Trade or language school
    930 feet
  3. NC Nail Institute Trade or language school
    1,040 feet
Show all 5
  1. Smart Start Early Childhood Center Preschool, ages 2 to 5 · Pre-K
    1,060 feet
  2. District 20 Pre-K Center at 8501 5th Avenue Pre-K center
    1,260 feet

Parks, playgrounds and gardens

  1. Dyker Beach Park
    700 feet
  2. Dog Run in Dyker Beach Park Dog run
    870 feet
  3. Tom McDonald Triangle
    1,230 feet

Bank branches

  1. Citibank Bank branch
    1,190 feet

Supermarkets

  1. Met Foodmarkets Supermarket
    0.4 miles

Pharmacies

  1. Duane Reade Pharmacy
    0.3 miles

Food stores and places to eat

Within a five-minute walk there are 17 places to eat and five food stores.

Not on record for this corner: a designated landmark or historic district within 820 feet.

Nearby corners

The eight nearest of the 15 corners within a three-minute walk:

See every intersection along 86th Street, Dahlgren Place or Dyker Place.

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