Bay Ridge Avenue & Ridge Boulevard

Bay Ridge Avenue and Ridge Boulevard meet at a four-way crossing in Bay Ridge, Brooklyn. Between 2021 and 2025, ten police-reported crashes were recorded here, against a median of seven crashes for a Brooklyn corner. Bay Ridge Library is 1,180 feet away. The nearest subway, Bay Ridge Av, is about six minutes on foot, for the R. Within a five-minute walk are 12 public places, three of them religious buildings, and 26 places to eat. About 1,800 homes stand within 820 feet, mostly built between 1917 and 1931, a mix of apartment buildings and smaller houses.

Safety record
10 hurt
10 police-reported crashes, 2021–2025
Nearest subway
Bay Ridge Av
0.3 miles · 6 min on foot · R
Nearest bus stop
110 feet
Bay Ridge Av/Ridge Blvd · B9, B64
Within a walk
12 places
3 religious buildings, 3 schools and 4 more kinds, within five minutes

Map

Layers
Bay Ridge Avenue & Ridge Boulevard 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 six 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, 110 feet away, for the B9 and B64.

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

Next buses at this stop

  1. B9 …
  2. B64 …

Live arrivals

Cycling

A marked bike lane runs on Ridge Boulevard.

  • 15 bicycle racks within 820 feet
  • 4 more bike-share stations within a five-minute walk

Nearest bike-share station

  1. 70 St & Ridge Blvd 12 docks in all
    290 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
    0.9 miles
  3. 1763 86th Street Fast charging for electric cars
    2.9 miles

Safety record

How crashes are counted

Between 2021 and 2025, police reported ten crashes at this corner, more than the median of seven crashes for a Brooklyn corner.

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

The most recent crash recorded here was in January 2026.

What the city has done here

  • Leading pedestrian interval, April 2021

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
64 feet above sea level

The streets

  • Up to two travel lanes

Homes

About 1,800 homes stand within 820 feet of this corner, a mix of apartment buildings and smaller houses. The buildings holding them mostly went up between 1917 and 1931.

Trees

NYC Parks records 43 trees within 330 feet; the most common is the London planetree.

Parking on the streets meeting here

How signs are read
  • 36 signs on these blocks
  • 12 different rules

The sign wording is DOT's, as recorded between May 2019 and February 2025, and the sign on the street decides.

North side of Bay Ridge Avenue

  • No parking 1 sign NO PARKING ANYTIME
  • No parking 4 signs NO PARKING MONDAY 8:30AM-10AM
  • No parking 5 signs NO PARKING MONDAY 9:30AM-11AM
  • No standing 3 signs NO STANDING ANYTIME
  • No standing 2 signs NO STANDING SCHOOL DAYS 7AM-5PM

South side of Bay Ridge Avenue

  • No parking 1 sign NO PARKING TUESDAY 8:30AM-10AM
  • No parking 5 signs NO PARKING TUESDAY 9:30AM-11AM

East side of Ridge Boulevard

  • No parking 6 signs NO PARKING TUESDAY 9:30AM-11AM
  • No standing 2 signs NO STANDING ANYTIME

West side of Ridge Boulevard

  • Loading only 1 sign LOADING ONLY MONDAY-FRIDAY 8AM-6PM
  • No parking 5 signs NO PARKING MONDAY 9:30AM-11AM
  • No standing 1 sign NO STANDING ANYTIME

Schools, parks and places within a walk

How places are listed

Twelve public places are within a five-minute walk.

  • 3 religious buildings
  • 3 schools
  • 2 day care or pre-K sites
  • 2 parks
  • 1 library
  • 1 listed historic place

Schools and child care

  1. Gateway City Academy School
    610 feet
  2. Step Ahead Infant, toddler and preschool care, ages 0 to 5 · Pre-K
    700 feet
  3. Guild for Exceptional Children Preschool
    720 feet
Show all 5
  1. P.S. 102 the Bayview School
    960 feet
  2. Joanne Seminara School of Law and Medicine School
    1,130 feet

Parks, playgrounds and gardens

  1. Owl's Head Park
    1,230 feet
  2. Shore Park and Parkway Park
    1,230 feet

Libraries, museums and history

  1. Houses at 216-264 Ovington Avenue Listed historic place
    880 feet
  2. Bay Ridge Library
    1,180 feet

Supermarkets

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

Food stores and places to eat

Within a five-minute walk there are 26 places to eat and 13 food stores.

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

Nearby corners

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

See every intersection along Bay Ridge Avenue or Ridge Boulevard.

Sources: NYC Technology and Innovation, NYPD, 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.