Bay Ridge Avenue & Bay Ridge Place

Bay Ridge Avenue and Bay Ridge Place meet at a three-way junction 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. Gateway City Academy is 380 feet away. The nearest subway, Bay Ridge Av, is about five 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 32 places to eat. About 2,100 homes stand within 820 feet, mostly built between 1915 and 1931, a mix of apartment buildings and smaller houses.

Safety record
4 hurt
8 police-reported crashes, 2021–2025
Nearest subway
Bay Ridge Av
0.3 miles · 5 min on foot · R
Nearest bus stop
140 feet
Bay Ridge Av/Ridge Blvd · B9, B64
Within a walk
10 places
3 day care or pre-K sites, 3 religious buildings and 2 more kinds, within five minutes

Map

Layers
Bay Ridge Avenue & Bay Ridge Place Nearby corners, linked

Getting there

How walks are measured

Subway

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

  1. Bay Ridge Av 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 “Strata” (2017) by Katy Fischer at the Bay Ridge Av station.

Bus

The nearest bus stop is Bay Ridge Av/Ridge Blvd, 140 feet away, for the B9 and B64.

  • 7 routes within a ten-minute walk
  1. Bay Ridge Av/Ridge Blvd B9, B64
    140 feet
    B9 B64

Next buses at this stop

  1. B9 …
  2. B64 …

Live arrivals

Cycling

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

Nearest bike-share station

  1. 70 St & Ridge Blvd 12 docks in all
    520 feet

By car

The nearest highway entrance is the ramp to the Belt Parkway southbound at Ridge Boulevard & Shore Road Drive, 0.3 miles by car along the streets.

  1. 6737 4th Avenue Gas station
    0.4 miles
  2. 6401 6th Avenue Charging for electric cars, two Level 2 chargers
    0.8 miles
  3. 1763 86th Street Fast charging for electric cars
    2.8 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.

  • 4 people injured
  • 0 people killed
  • 3 of those hurt, on foot
  • 1 of those hurt, on a bike

The most recent crash recorded here was in February 2026.

About this corner

Where facts come from
ZIP code
11220
Community board
Brooklyn Community Board 10
City Council district
47
Police precinct
68
Neighborhood (City Planning area)
Bay Ridge
Elevation
68 feet above sea level

The streets

  • Up to two travel lanes
  • One of the streets is one-way

Homes

About 2,100 homes stand within 820 feet of this corner, a mix of apartment buildings and smaller houses. The buildings holding them mostly went up between 1915 and 1931.

Trees

NYC Parks records 36 trees within 330 feet; the most common is the London planetree.

Parking on the streets meeting here

How signs are read
  • 18 signs on these blocks
  • 8 different rules
  • 2 active meters
  • 1 pay-by-cell zone

The sign wording is DOT's, as recorded between December 2018 and December 2020, and the sign on the street decides.

South side of Bay Ridge Avenue

  • Metered parking 3 signs 2 HOUR METERED PARKING 8AM-7PM EXCEPT SUNDAY
  • No parking 3 signs NO PARKING 7:30AM-8AM EXCEPT SUNDAY
  • No parking 1 sign NO PARKING TUESDAY 8:30AM-10AM
  • Truck loading only 3 signs TRUCK LOADING ONLY 6AM-10PM EXCEPT SUNDAY

East side of Bay Ridge Place

  • No parking 3 signs NO PARKING TUESDAY 8:30AM-10AM
  • No standing 1 sign NO STANDING FIRE ZONE

West side of Bay Ridge Place

  • No parking 3 signs NO PARKING MONDAY 8:30AM-10AM
  • No standing 1 sign NO STANDING FIRE ZONE

ParkNYC pay-by-cell zone: 313416.

Schools 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 listed historic place

Schools and child care

  1. Gateway City Academy School
    380 feet
  2. Guild for Exceptional Children Preschool
    490 feet
  3. Step Ahead Infant, toddler and preschool care, ages 0 to 5 · Pre-K
    880 feet
Show all 6
  1. Joanne Seminara School of Law and Medicine School
    1,110 feet
  2. P.S. 102 the Bayview School
    1,150 feet
  3. Bay One Preschool Preschool, ages 2 to 5 · Pre-K
    1,190 feet

Libraries, museums and history

  1. Houses at 216-264 Ovington Avenue Listed historic place
    650 feet

Supermarkets

  1. SuperFresh Supermarket
    310 feet
  2. Key Food Supermarket
    0.4 miles

Food stores and places to eat

Within a five-minute walk there are 32 places to eat and 16 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 corners on foot, seven of them within a three-minute walk:

See every intersection along Bay Ridge Avenue or Bay Ridge Place.

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, NYS Agriculture and Markets and USDA, retrieved September 18 – October 6, 2026.