Bay Ridge Avenue & Vista Place

Bay Ridge Avenue and Vista Place meet at a three-way junction in Bay Ridge, Brooklyn. Between 2021 and 2025, one police-reported crash was recorded here, fewer than the median of seven crashes for a Brooklyn corner. Leif Ericson Park is 1,040 feet away. The nearest subway, Bay Ridge Av, is about five minutes on foot, for the R. Within a five-minute walk are seven public places, three of them religious buildings, and 27 places to eat. About 1,600 homes stand within 820 feet, mostly built between 1920 and 1931, a mix of apartment buildings and smaller houses.

Safety record
Nobody hurt
1 police-reported crash, 2021–2025
Nearest subway
Bay Ridge Av
1,280 feet · 5 min on foot · R
Nearest bus stop
290 feet
Bay Ridge Av/6 Av · B64
Within a walk
7 places
3 religious buildings, 2 schools and 2 more kinds, within five minutes

Map

Layers
Bay Ridge Avenue & Vista Place Nearby corners, linked

Getting there

How walks are measured

Subway

The nearest subway station is Bay Ridge Av, 1,280 feet from this corner, about five minutes on foot.

  1. Bay Ridge Av R
    1,280 feet
    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/6 Av, 290 feet away, for the B64.

  • 8 routes within a ten-minute walk
  1. Bay Ridge Av/6 Av B64
    290 feet
    B64

Next buses at this stop

  1. B64 …

Live arrivals

Cycling

Nearest bike-share station

  1. 68 St & 5 Ave 14 docks in all
    720 feet

By car

The nearest highway entrance is the ramp to the Gowanus Expressway westbound at 7th Avenue, 0.6 miles by car along the streets.

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

Safety record

How crashes are counted

Between 2021 and 2025, police reported one crash at this corner, fewer than the median of seven crashes for a Brooklyn corner. Nobody was hurt.

The most recent crash recorded here was in July 2024.

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
71 feet above sea level

The streets

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

Homes

About 1,600 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 1931.

Trees

NYC Parks records 48 trees within 330 feet; the most common is the London planetree.

Parking on the streets meeting here

How signs are read
  • 13 signs on these blocks
  • 6 different rules
  • 2 active meters
  • 2 pay-by-cell zones

The sign wording is DOT's, as recorded between October 2018 and January 2021, and the sign on the street decides.

Meters are posted as 2 hour passenger vehicles Monday to Saturday 9am to 7pm on Bay Ridge Avenue (south side).

North side of Bay Ridge Avenue

  • Metered parking 2 signs 2 HOUR METERED PARKING 9AM-7PM EXCEPT SUNDAY
  • No parking 5 signs NO PARKING MONDAY 11:30AM-1PM

East side of Vista Place

  • No parking 2 signs NO PARKING TUESDAY 11:30AM-1PM
  • No standing 1 sign NO STANDING FIRE ZONE

West side of Vista Place

  • No parking 2 signs NO PARKING MONDAY 11:30AM-1PM
  • No standing 1 sign NO STANDING FIRE ZONE

ParkNYC pay-by-cell zones: 304540 and 308613.

Schools, parks and places within a walk

How places are listed

Seven public places are within a five-minute walk.

  • 3 religious buildings
  • 2 schools
  • 1 park
  • 1 playground

Schools and child care

  1. Ralph A. Fabrizio School
    1,240 feet
  2. Lutheran Elem School of Bay Ridge School
    1,280 feet

Parks, playgrounds and gardens

  1. Leif Ericson Park
    1,040 feet
  2. Millennium Playground
    1,300 feet

Bank branches

  1. Bank of America Bank branch
    410 feet
  2. Capital One Bank branch
    860 feet

Supermarkets

  1. Food Emporium Supermarket
    0.4 miles
  2. SuperFresh Supermarket
    0.5 miles

Food stores and places to eat

Within a five-minute walk there are 27 places to eat and 18 food stores.

Not on record for this corner: a bike route here or a bicycle rack within 820 feet, 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 Vista 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, FDIC, NYS Agriculture and Markets and USDA, retrieved September 18 – October 6, 2026.