90th Street & Gelston Avenue

The four-way crossing of 90th Street and Gelston 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. The Engine 242 firehouse is 960 feet away. The nearest subway, Bay Ridge-95 St, is about five minutes on foot, for the R. Within a five-minute walk are nine public places, three of them trade or language schools, and 22 places to eat. About 1,400 homes stand within 820 feet, mostly built between 1925 and 1940, a mix of apartment buildings and smaller houses.

Safety record
3 hurt
4 police-reported crashes, 2021–2025
Nearest subway
Bay Ridge-95 St
0.3 miles · 5 min on foot · R
Nearest bus stop
340 feet
5 Av/89 St · B63
Within a walk
9 places
3 trade or language schools, 2 day care or pre-K sites and 3 more kinds, within five minutes

Map

Layers
90th Street & Gelston Avenue Nearby corners, linked

Getting there

How walks are measured

Subway

The nearest subway station is Bay Ridge-95 St, 0.3 miles from this corner, about five minutes on foot.

  1. Bay Ridge-95 St R
    0.3 miles
    R

Next trains at this station

Manhattan
1 line
  1. R …

Also within a walk

  1. 86 St R
    0.3 miles
    R

Bus

The nearest bus stop is 5 Av/89 St, 340 feet away, for the B63.

  • 13 routes within a ten-minute walk
  1. 5 Av/89 St B63
    340 feet
    B63

Next buses at this stop

  1. B63 …

Live arrivals

Cycling

  • 6 bicycle racks within 820 feet
  • 1 more bike-share station within a five-minute walk

Nearest bike-share station

  1. 5 Ave & 88 St 16 docks in all
    790 feet

By car

The nearest highway entrance is the ramp to the Gowanus Expressway at 92nd Street & Verrazzano-Narrows Bridge, 1,110 feet by car along the streets.

  1. 579 92nd Street Gas station
    1,160 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
    1.8 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.

  • 3 people injured
  • 0 people killed
  • 3 of those hurt, on foot

The most recent crash recorded here was in January 2026.

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
80 feet above sea level

The streets

  • One travel lane
  • Two of the streets are 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 1925 and 1940.

Trees

NYC Parks records 27 trees within 330 feet; the most common is the London planetree.

Parking on the streets meeting here

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

The sign wording is DOT's, as recorded between October 2014 and June 2024, and the sign on the street decides.

North side of 90th Street

  • No parking 4 signs NO PARKING FRIDAY 11:30AM-1PM

South side of 90th Street

  • No parking 4 signs NO PARKING THURSDAY 11:30AM-1PM

East side of Gelston Avenue

  • Loading only 1 sign LOADING ONLY MONDAY-FRIDAY 8AM-6PM
  • No parking 9 signs NO PARKING THURSDAY 11:30AM-1PM

West side of Gelston Avenue

  • No parking 7 signs NO PARKING FRIDAY 11:30AM-1PM
  • No standing 3 signs NO STANDING SCHOOL DAYS 7AM-4PM

Schools and places within a walk

How places are listed

Nine public places are within a five-minute walk.

  • 3 trade or language schools
  • 2 day care or pre-K sites
  • 2 schools
  • 1 fire station
  • 1 post office

Schools and child care

  1. The Learning Experience Infant, toddler and preschool care, ages 0 to 5
    510 feet
  2. Metropolitan Learning Institute Trade or language school
    580 feet
  3. P.S./I.S. 104 the Fort Hamilton School
    580 feet
Show all 7
  1. International Bartenders School Trade or language school
    930 feet
  2. Treasure Island Preschool, ages 2 to 5 · Pre-K
    970 feet
  3. NC Nail Institute Trade or language school
    1,050 feet
  4. P.S. 264 Bay Ridge Elementary School for the Arts School
    1,250 feet

Community centers and public services

  1. Fort Hamilton Post Offices Post office
    410 feet

Fire and police

  1. Engine 242 Fire station
    960 feet

Bank branches

  1. Citibank Bank branch
    1,290 feet

Supermarkets

  1. Foodtown Supermarket
    0.4 miles
  2. Met Foodmarkets Supermarket
    0.4 miles

Pharmacies

  1. Duane Reade Pharmacy
    0.3 miles
  2. Walgreens Pharmacy
    0.5 miles

Food stores and places to eat

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

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

Nearby corners

The eight nearest of the 10 corners within a three-minute walk:

See every intersection along 90th Street or Gelston 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, NYC Parks, NYC Health, FDIC, NYS Agriculture and Markets and USDA, retrieved September 18 – October 6, 2026.