Colonial Road & 87th Street
Colonial Road and 87th Street meet at a four-way crossing in Bay Ridge, Brooklyn. The corner is also named Firefighter Frank J. Gasparino Memorial Way by local law. Between 2021 and 2025, two police-reported crashes were recorded here, fewer than the median of seven crashes for a Brooklyn corner. In 2025, 215 school-zone speed camera tickets were recorded here. Russell Pedersen Playground is 670 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.
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Getting there
How walks are measuredSubway
The nearest subway station is 86 St, 0.5 miles from this corner, about ten minutes on foot.
- 86 St R0.5 milesR
Next trains at this station
Manhattan
1 line- R …
Bay Ridge
1 line- 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/Colonial Rd, 340 feet away, for the B16.
- 10 routes within a ten-minute walk
- 86 St/Colonial Rd B16340 feetB16
Next buses at this stop
- B16 …
Cycling
A marked bike lane runs on Colonial Road.
- 3 more bike-share stations within a five-minute walk
Nearest bike-share station
- Colonial Rd & 89 St 12 docks in all550 feet
By car
The nearest highway entrance is the ramp to the Gowanus Expressway at 92nd Street & Verrazzano-Narrows Bridge, 0.9 miles by car along the streets.
- 9111 4th Avenue Gas station0.7 miles
- 8501 5th Avenue Charging for electric cars, five Level 2 chargers0.7 miles
- 1763 86th Street Fast charging for electric cars2.2 miles
Safety record
How crashes are countedBetween 2021 and 2025, police reported two crashes at this corner, fewer than the median of seven crashes for a Brooklyn corner.
- 2 people injured
- 0 people killed
The most recent crash recorded here was in March 2026.
Camera tickets
How tickets are countedIn 2025, 215 school-zone speed camera tickets were issued for violations recorded at this corner, the 1,604th most of the 1,957 corners in the city where any were issued.
In 2026 so far, through August 27, 153 more were issued.
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
- 40 feet above sea level
This corner is also named Firefighter Frank J. Gasparino Memorial Way, a co-naming enacted on January 17, 2026 (Local Law 48 of 2026).
The streets
- Up to two travel lanes
- One of the streets is one-way
Homes
About 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 1925 and 1927.
Trees
NYC Parks records 63 trees within 330 feet; the most common is the London planetree.
The Department of Records' Honorary Street Names dataset has its own note on Firefighter Frank J. Gasparino Memorial Way.
Parking on the streets meeting here
How signs are read- 29 signs on these blocks
- 5 different rules
The sign wording is DOT's, as recorded between July 2018 and December 2022, and the sign on the street decides.
North side of 87th Street
- No parking 10 signs NO PARKING FRIDAY 8:30AM-10AM
South side of 87th Street
- No parking 10 signs NO PARKING THURSDAY 8:30AM-10AM
East side of Colonial Road
- No parking 4 signs NO PARKING THURSDAY 8:30AM-10AM
West side of Colonial Road
- No parking 4 signs NO PARKING FRIDAY 8:30AM-10AM
- No standing 1 sign NO STANDING ANYTIME
Schools, parks and places within a walk
How places are listedFive public places are within a five-minute walk.
- 1 field
- 1 park
- 1 playground
- 1 religious building
- 1 school
Schools and child care
- P.S. 185 Walter Kassenbrock School950 feet
Parks, playgrounds and gardens
- Russell Pedersen Playground670 feet
- Fort Hamilton Athletic Field820 feet
- Shore Park and Parkway Park1,200 feet
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, six of them within a three-minute walk:
- Colonial Road & 88th Street 260 feet
- 86th Street & Colonial Road 280 feet
- Colonial Road & 89th Street 520 feet
- 85th Street & Colonial Road 610 feet
- Narrows Avenue & 87th Street 780 feet
- Ridge Boulevard & 87th Street 780 feet
- 84th Street & Colonial Road 870 feet
- 89th Street & Shore Court 930 feet
See every intersection along 87th Street or Colonial Road.