88th Street & Battery Avenue

The four-way crossing of 88th Street and Battery Avenue 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. School of Technology, Arts, and Research is 370 feet away. The nearest subway, 86 St, is about ten minutes on foot, for the R. Within a five-minute walk are five public places and six places to eat. About 1,100 homes stand within 820 feet, mostly built between 1926 and 1938, a mix of apartment buildings and smaller houses.

Safety record
1 hurt
4 police-reported crashes, 2021–2025
Nearest subway
86 St
0.5 miles · 10 min on foot · R
Nearest bus stop
510 feet
86 St/7 Av · B1, X28, X38
Within a walk
5 places
1 dog run, 1 nursing home or hospice and 3 more kinds, within five minutes

Map

Layers
88th Street & Battery Avenue Nearby corners, linked

Getting there

How walks are measured

Subway

The nearest subway station is 86 St, 0.5 miles from this corner, about ten 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/7 Av, 510 feet away, for the B1, X28 and X38.

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

Next buses at this stop

  1. B1 …
  2. X28 …
  3. X38 …

Live arrivals

Cycling

  • 5 bicycle racks within 820 feet

Nearest bike-share station

  1. Fort Hamilton Pkwy & 85 St 14 docks in all
    0.3 miles

By car

The nearest highway entrance is the ramp to the Gowanus Expressway eastbound at Dahlgren Place & Gowanus Expressway, 0.4 miles by car along the streets.

  1. 8521 7th Avenue Gas station
    810 feet
  2. 8501 5th Avenue Charging for electric cars, five Level 2 chargers
    0.4 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 four crashes at this corner, fewer than the median of seven crashes for a Brooklyn corner.

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

The most recent crash recorded here was in January 2026.

About this corner

Where facts come from
ZIP code
11228
Community board
Brooklyn Community Board 10
City Council district
50
Police precinct
68
Neighborhood (City Planning area)
Bay Ridge
Elevation
72 feet above sea level

The streets

  • One travel lane
  • Two of the streets are one-way

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 1926 and 1938.

Trees

NYC Parks records 30 trees within 330 feet; the most common is the London planetree.

Parking on the streets meeting here

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

The sign wording is DOT's, as recorded between November 2016 and September 2025, and the sign on the street decides.

North side of 88th Street

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

South side of 88th Street

  • No parking 5 signs NO PARKING TUESDAY 11:30AM-1PM
  • No standing 1 sign NO STANDING ANYTIME

East side of Battery Avenue

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

West side of Battery Avenue

  • No parking 6 signs NO PARKING MONDAY 11:30AM-1PM

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 nursing home or hospice
  • 1 park
  • 1 religious building
  • 1 school

Schools and child care

  1. School of Technology, Arts, and Research School
    370 feet

Parks, playgrounds and gardens

  1. Dyker Beach Park
    450 feet
  2. Dog Run in Dyker Beach Park Dog run
    530 feet

Health care

  1. Hamilton Park Nursing and Rehabilitation Center Nursing home or hospice
    1,250 feet

Pharmacies

  1. Duane Reade Pharmacy
    0.5 miles

Food stores and places to eat

Within a five-minute walk there are six places to eat and one food store.

Not on record for this corner: a signal or safety change.

Nearby corners

The eight nearest of the 12 corners within a three-minute walk:

See every intersection along 88th Street or Battery Avenue.

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