86th Street & Ridge Boulevard

The four-way crossing of 86th Street and Ridge Boulevard is in Bay Ridge, Brooklyn. Between 2021 and 2025, four police-reported crashes were recorded here, fewer than the median of seven crashes for a Brooklyn corner. In 2025, 374 school-zone speed camera tickets were recorded here. Adelphi Academy is 370 feet away. The nearest subway, 86 St, is about six minutes on foot, for the R. Within a five-minute walk are ten public places, three of them day care or pre-K sites, and 22 places to eat.

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

Map

Layers
86th 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, 120 feet away, for the B16.

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

Next buses at this stop

  1. B16 …

Live arrivals

Cycling

A marked bike lane runs on 86th Street and Ridge Boulevard.

  • 5 bicycle racks within 820 feet
  • 2 more bike-share stations within a five-minute walk

Nearest bike-share station

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

By car

The nearest highway entrance is the ramp to the Gowanus Expressway westbound at Fort Hamilton Parkway & Gowanus Expressway, 0.8 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 miles

Safety record

How crashes are counted

Between 2021 and 2025, police reported four 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 November 2024.

What the city has done here

  • Leading pedestrian interval, April 2016
  • Accessible pedestrian signal, March 2023

Camera tickets

How tickets are counted

In 2025, 374 school-zone speed camera tickets were issued for violations recorded at this corner, the 1,353rd most of the 1,957 corners in the city where any were issued.

In 2026 so far, through August 27, 175 more were issued.

Every corner with speed camera tickets

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
65 feet above sea level

The streets

  • Up to four travel lanes

Homes

About 1,100 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 1928.

Trees

NYC Parks records 59 trees within 330 feet.

Parking on the streets meeting here

How signs are read
  • 38 signs on these blocks
  • 10 different rules

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

North side of 86th Street

  • No parking 5 signs NO PARKING FRIDAY 8:30AM-10AM
  • No parking 7 signs NO PARKING MONDAY 8:30AM-10AM

South side of 86th Street

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

East side of Ridge Boulevard

  • No parking 2 signs NO PARKING THURSDAY 8:30AM-10AM
  • No parking 3 signs NO PARKING TUESDAY 9:30AM-11AM
  • No standing 4 signs NO STANDING SCHOOL DAYS 7AM-4PM

West side of Ridge Boulevard

  • No parking 2 signs NO PARKING FRIDAY 8:30AM-10AM
  • No parking 3 signs NO PARKING MONDAY 9:30AM-11AM
  • No standing 2 signs NO STANDING SCHOOL DAYS 7AM-4PM

Schools, parks and places within a walk

How places are listed

Ten public places are within a five-minute walk.

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

Schools and child care

  1. P.S. 185 Walter Kassenbrock School
    260 feet
  2. Dimitrios & Georgia Kaloidis Parochial School of Greek Holy Cross Chuch School-based preschool, ages 3 to 5 · Pre-K
    280 feet
  3. D & G Kaloidis Parochial School
    340 feet
Show all 6
  1. Stepping Stones Preschool, ages 2 to 5 · Pre-K
    360 feet
  2. Adelphi Academy School
    370 feet
  3. Tiny Tots Playhouse Preschool, ages 2 to 5 · Pre-K
    930 feet

Parks, playgrounds and gardens

  1. Russell Pedersen Playground
    1,170 feet

Houses of worship

  1. Holy Cross Greek Orthodox Church House of worship
    530 feet

Supermarkets

  1. Foodtown Supermarket
    0.4 miles

Pharmacies

  1. Duane Reade Pharmacy
    0.4 miles

Food stores and places to eat

Within a five-minute walk there are 22 places to eat and two food stores.

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 Ridge Boulevard.

Sources: NYC Technology and Innovation, NYPD, NYC Finance, NYC DOT, MTA, 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.