Colonial Road & 88th Street
Colonial Road and 88th Street meet at a four-way crossing in Bay Ridge, Brooklyn. The corner is also named Tom Kane Way by local law. It has a clean safety record in city data between 2021 and 2025. Shore Park and Parkway is 1,150 feet away. The nearest bus stop, 86 St/Colonial Rd, is 600 feet away for the B16, and six bus routes stop within a ten-minute walk. Within a five-minute walk are five public places. About 1,400 homes stand within 820 feet, a mix of apartment buildings and smaller houses.
Map
Getting there
How walks are measuredBus
The nearest bus stop is 86 St/Colonial Rd, 600 feet away, for the B16.
- 6 routes within a ten-minute walk
- 86 St/Colonial Rd B16600 feetB16
Next buses at this stop
- B16 …
Cycling
A marked bike lane runs on Colonial Road.
- 1 more bike-share station within a five-minute walk
Nearest bike-share station
- Colonial Rd & 89 St 12 docks in all300 feet
By car
The nearest highway entrance is the ramp to the Gowanus Expressway at 92nd Street & Verrazzano-Narrows Bridge, 0.8 miles by car along the streets.
- 9111 4th Avenue Gas station0.6 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 countedNo police-reported crashes between 2021 and 2025, against a median of seven crashes for a Brooklyn corner.
The most recent crash recorded here was in May 2020.
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 Tom Kane Way, a co-naming enacted on December 17, 2013 (Local Law 131 of 2013).
The streets
- Up to two travel lanes
- One of the streets is one-way
Homes
About 1,400 homes stand within 820 feet of this corner, a mix of apartment buildings and smaller houses.
Trees
NYC Parks records 56 trees within 330 feet; the most common is the London planetree.
The Department of Records' Honorary Street Names dataset has its own note on Tom Kane Way.
Parking on the streets meeting here
How signs are read- 31 signs on these blocks
- 5 different rules
The sign wording is DOT's, as recorded between October 2018 and December 2020, and the sign on the street decides.
North side of 88th Street
- No parking 10 signs NO PARKING FRIDAY 8:30AM-10AM
South side of 88th Street
- No parking 11 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 5 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 day care or pre-K site
- 1 field
- 1 park
- 1 playground
- 1 school
Schools and child care
- Tiny Tots Playhouse Preschool, ages 2 to 5 · Pre-K1,160 feet
- P.S. 185 Walter Kassenbrock School1,210 feet
Parks, playgrounds and gardens
- Russell Pedersen Playground930 feet
- Fort Hamilton Athletic Field1,080 feet
- Shore Park and Parkway Park1,150 feet
Supermarkets
- Foodtown Supermarket0.5 miles
Not on record for this corner: a subway entrance within a ten-minute walk, 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:
- Colonial Road & 87th Street 260 feet
- Colonial Road & 89th Street 260 feet
- 86th Street & Colonial Road 540 feet
- 89th Street & Shore Court 670 feet
- Ridge Boulevard & 88th Street 780 feet
- Narrows Avenue & 88th Street 780 feet
- Colonial Road & 91st Street 780 feet
- 85th Street & Colonial Road 870 feet
See every intersection along 88th Street or Colonial Road.