Fort Hamilton Parkway & 66th Street

Fort Hamilton Parkway and 66th Street meet at a four-way crossing in Dyker Heights, Brooklyn. Between 2021 and 2025, 13 police-reported crashes were recorded here, against a median of seven crashes for a Brooklyn corner. McKinley Park Library is 650 feet away. The nearest subway, Fort Hamilton Pkwy, is about five minutes on foot, for the N. Within a five-minute walk are seven public places, two of them parks, and 18 places to eat. About 1,000 homes stand within 820 feet, mostly built between 1925 and 1931, a mix of apartment buildings and smaller houses.

Safety record
11 hurt
13 police-reported crashes, 2021–2025
Nearest subway
Fort Hamilton Pkwy
1,230 feet · 5 min on foot · N
Nearest bus stop
50 feet
Fort Hamilton Pkwy/66 St · B16
Within a walk
7 places
2 parks, 2 schools and 3 more kinds, within five minutes

Map

Layers
Fort Hamilton Parkway & 66th Street Nearby corners, linked

Getting there

How walks are measured

Subway

The nearest subway station is Fort Hamilton Pkwy, 1,230 feet from this corner, about five minutes on foot.

  1. Fort Hamilton Pkwy N
    1,230 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, 50 feet away, for the B16.

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

Next buses at this stop

  1. B16 …

Live arrivals

Cycling

A marked bike lane runs on 66th Street.

  • 13 bicycle racks within 820 feet

Nearest bike-share station

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

By car

The nearest highway entrance is the ramp to the Gowanus Expressway westbound at 7th Avenue, 0.4 miles by car along the streets.

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

Safety record

How crashes are counted

Between 2021 and 2025, police reported 13 crashes at this corner, more than the median of seven crashes for a Brooklyn corner.

  • 11 people injured
  • 0 people killed
  • 2 of those hurt, on foot
  • 4 of those hurt, on a bike

The most recent crash recorded here was in October 2024.

What the city has done here

  • Leading pedestrian interval, March 2022

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
69 feet above sea level

The streets

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

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 128 trees within 330 feet; the most common is the London planetree.

Parking on the streets meeting here

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

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

East side of Fort Hamilton Parkway

  • Metered parking 2 signs 2 HOUR METERED PARKING 8:30AM-7PM EXCEPT SUNDAY
  • Metered parking 1 sign 2 HOUR METERED PARKING MONDAY-FRIDAY 10AM-4PM
  • No parking 2 signs NO PARKING 8AM-8:30AM EXCEPT SUNDAY
  • 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 9AM-7PM EXCEPT SUNDAY
  • No parking 1 sign NO PARKING ANYTIME
  • No parking 1 sign NO PARKING WEDNESDAY 11:30AM-1PM
  • 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

Seven public places are within a five-minute walk.

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

Schools and child care

  1. Okie Dokie Preschool, ages 2 to 5 · Pre-K
    810 feet
  2. The School for Future Leaders School
    1,110 feet
  3. P.S. 69 Vincent D. Grippo School
    1,170 feet

Parks, playgrounds and gardens

  1. Leif Ericson Park
    60 feet
  2. Leif Ericson Park Playground
    690 feet
  3. Quaker Parrot Park at the Dust Bowl Park
    1,170 feet

Libraries, museums and history

  1. McKinley Park Library
    650 feet

Bank branches

  1. Chase Bank branch
    290 feet

Supermarkets

  1. HLBK Supermarket Supermarket
    340 feet
  2. EZ Fresh Supermarket Supermarket
    950 feet
  3. Fei Long Market Supermarket
    0.3 miles

Pharmacies

  1. CVS Pharmacy
    300 feet

Food stores and places to eat

Within a five-minute walk there are 18 places to eat and 17 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 66th Street or Fort Hamilton Parkway.

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, FDIC, NYS Agriculture and Markets and USDA, retrieved September 18 – October 6, 2026.