Fort Hamilton Parkway & 65th Street

Fort Hamilton Parkway and 65th Street meet at a four-way crossing in Dyker Heights, Brooklyn. The corner is also named Howie Zimmerman Corner by local law. Between 2021 and 2025, 55 police-reported crashes were recorded here, against a median of seven crashes for a Brooklyn corner. Leif Ericson Park is 350 feet away. The nearest subway, Fort Hamilton Pkwy, is about four minutes on foot, for the N. Within a five-minute walk are eight public places, two of them day care or pre-K sites, and 26 places to eat.

Safety record
33 hurt
55 police-reported crashes, 2021–2025
Nearest subway
Fort Hamilton Pkwy
940 feet · 4 min on foot · N
Nearest bus stop
200 feet
Fort Hamilton Pkwy/66 St · B16
Within a walk
8 places
2 day care or pre-K sites, 2 parks and 3 more kinds, within five minutes

Map

Layers
Fort Hamilton Parkway & 65th Street Nearby corners, linked

Getting there

How walks are measured

Subway

The nearest subway station is Fort Hamilton Pkwy, 940 feet from this corner, about four minutes on foot.

  1. Fort Hamilton Pkwy N
    940 feet
    N

Next trains at this station

Manhattan
1 line
  1. N …
Coney Island
1 line
  1. N …

Also within a walk

  1. 8 Av N
    0.4 miles
    N

The MTA's permanent art catalog lists “There is Magic Underneath It All” (2019) by María Berrío at the Fort Hamilton Pkwy station.

Bus

The nearest bus stop is Fort Hamilton Pkwy/66 St, 200 feet away, for the B16.

  • 4 routes within a ten-minute walk
  1. Fort Hamilton Pkwy/66 St B16
    200 feet
    B16

Next buses at this stop

  1. B16 …

Live arrivals

Cycling

  • 11 bicycle racks within 820 feet

Nearest bike-share station

  1. 67 St & Erik Pl 25 docks in all
    0.5 miles

By car

The nearest highway entrance is the ramp to the Gowanus Expressway westbound at 7th Avenue, 0.5 miles by car along the streets.

  1. 802 65th Street Gas station
    1,150 feet
  2. 6401 6th Avenue Charging for electric cars, two Level 2 chargers
    0.6 miles
  3. 1763 86th Street Fast charging for electric cars
    1.9 miles

Safety record

How crashes are counted

Between 2021 and 2025, police reported 55 crashes at this corner, more than the median of seven crashes for a Brooklyn corner.

  • 33 people injured
  • 0 people killed
  • 5 of those hurt, on foot
  • 7 of those hurt, on a bike

The most recent crash recorded here was in March 2026.

What the city has done here

  • Leading pedestrian interval, May 2015
  • Accessible pedestrian signal, February 2024
  • Turn calming, March 2025

About this corner

Where facts come from
ZIP code
11219
Community board
Brooklyn Community Board 10
City Council district
38
Police precinct
68
Neighborhood (City Planning area)
Dyker Heights
Elevation
65 feet above sea level

This corner is also named Howie Zimmerman Corner, a co-naming enacted on May 5, 2004 (Local Law 8 of 2004).

The streets

  • Up to four travel lanes
  • A designated truck route

Homes

About 1,000 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 1931.

Trees

NYC Parks records 21 trees within 330 feet; the most common is the Japanese zelkova.

The Department of Records' Honorary Street Names dataset has its own note on Howie Zimmerman Corner.

Parking on the streets meeting here

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

The sign wording is DOT's, as recorded between April 2018 and February 2025, and the sign on the street decides.

South side of 65th Street

  • Metered parking 4 signs 2 HOUR METERED PARKING 9AM-10PM EXCEPT SUNDAY
  • No parking 1 sign NO PARKING ANYTIME
  • No parking 4 signs NO PARKING TUESDAY THURSDAY SATURDAY 7:30AM-8AM

East side of Fort Hamilton Parkway

  • Metered parking 1 sign 2 HOUR METERED PARKING MONDAY-FRIDAY 10AM-4PM
  • No parking 2 signs NO PARKING THURSDAY 11:30AM-1PM
  • No standing 1 sign NO STANDING ANYTIME
  • No standing 1 sign NO STANDING MONDAY-FRIDAY 7AM-10AM 4PM-7PM

West side of Fort Hamilton Parkway

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

Schools, parks and places within a walk

How places are listed

Eight public places are within a five-minute walk.

  • 2 day care or pre-K sites
  • 2 parks
  • 2 schools
  • 1 library
  • 1 playground

Schools and child care

  1. Okie Dokie Preschool, ages 2 to 5 · Pre-K
    520 feet
  2. The School for Future Leaders School
    820 feet
  3. P.S. 69 Vincent D. Grippo School
    940 feet
Show all 4
  1. B'Above Worldwide Institute Preschool, ages 2 to 5 · Pre-K
    1,270 feet

Parks, playgrounds and gardens

  1. Leif Ericson Park
    350 feet
  2. Leif Ericson Park Playground
    970 feet
  3. Quaker Parrot Park at the Dust Bowl Park
    1,240 feet

Libraries, museums and history

  1. McKinley Park Library
    940 feet

Bank branches

  1. Chase Bank branch
    100 feet

Supermarkets

  1. HLBK Supermarket Supermarket
    630 feet
  2. EZ Fresh Supermarket Supermarket
    710 feet
  3. Fei Long Market Supermarket
    0.3 miles

Pharmacies

  1. CVS Pharmacy
    590 feet

Food stores and places to eat

Within a five-minute walk there are 26 places to eat and 15 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 65th Street or Fort Hamilton Parkway.

Sources: NYC Technology and Innovation, NYPD, NYC DOT, MTA, New York City's bike-share system, NYS Environmental Conservation, NYC City Planning, US Department of Energy, NYC Records, NYC Parks, NYC Health, FDIC, NYS Agriculture and Markets and USDA, retrieved September 18 – October 6, 2026.