Fort Hamilton Parkway & 92nd Street

Fort Hamilton Parkway and 92nd Street meet at a four-way crossing in Bay Ridge, Brooklyn. The corner is also named Donna and Michele Blanchard Plaza by local law. Between 2021 and 2025, 25 police-reported crashes were recorded here, against a median of seven crashes for a Brooklyn corner. P.S./I.S. 104 the Fort Hamilton School is 610 feet away. The nearest subway, Bay Ridge-95 St, is about four minutes on foot, for the R. Within a five-minute walk are seven public places, two of them day care or pre-K sites, and 14 places to eat.

Safety record
20 hurt
25 police-reported crashes, 2021–2025
Nearest subway
Bay Ridge-95 St
1,080 feet · 4 min on foot · R
Nearest bus stop
50 feet
92 St/Gatling Pl · B8, B70, S53, S79 SBS +1
Within a walk
7 places
2 day care or pre-K sites, 2 parks and 3 more kinds, within five minutes

Map

Layers
Fort Hamilton Parkway & 92nd Street Nearby corners, linked

Getting there

How walks are measured

Subway

The nearest subway station is Bay Ridge-95 St, 1,080 feet from this corner, about four minutes on foot.

  1. Bay Ridge-95 St R
    1,080 feet
    R

Next trains at this station

Manhattan
1 line
  1. R …

Also within a walk

  1. 86 St R
    0.5 miles
    R

Bus

The nearest bus stop is 92 St/Gatling Pl, 50 feet away, for the B8, B70, S53, S79 SBS and S93.

  • 13 routes within a ten-minute walk
  1. 92 St/Gatling Pl B8, B70, S53, S79 SBS +1 · Shelter
    50 feet
    B8 B70 S53 S79 SBS S93
    Shelter

Next buses at this stop

  1. B8 …
  2. B70 …
  3. S53 …
  4. S79 SBS …
  5. S93 …

Live arrivals

Cycling

A marked bike lane runs on Fort Hamilton Parkway.

  • 2 bicycle racks within 820 feet
  • 1 more bike-share station within a five-minute walk

Nearest bike-share station

  1. Fort Hamilton Pkwy & 92 St 16 docks in all
    70 feet

By car

The nearest highway entrance is the ramp to the Gowanus Expressway at 92nd Street & Verrazzano-Narrows Bridge, 250 feet by car along the streets.

  1. 579 92nd Street Gas station
    310 feet
  2. 9602 4th Avenue Charging for electric cars, four Level 2 chargers
    0.4 miles
  3. 1763 86th Street Fast charging for electric cars
    1.7 miles

Safety record

How crashes are counted

Between 2021 and 2025, police reported 25 crashes at this corner, more than the median of seven crashes for a Brooklyn corner.

  • 20 people injured
  • 0 people killed
  • 11 of those hurt, on foot
  • 1 of those hurt, on a bike

The most recent crash recorded here was in May 2026.

What the city has done here

  • Leading pedestrian interval, April 2015
  • Accessible pedestrian signal, May 2019

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
66 feet above sea level

This corner is also named Donna and Michele Blanchard Plaza, a co-naming enacted on December 26, 2001 (Local Law 71 of 2001).

The streets

  • Up to four travel lanes
  • A designated truck route

Homes

About 1,400 homes stand within 820 feet of this corner, a mix of apartment buildings and smaller houses. The buildings holding them mostly went up between 1926 and 1953.

Trees

NYC Parks records 36 trees within 330 feet; the most common is the 'Exclamation' London planetree.

The Department of Records' Honorary Street Names dataset has its own note on Donna and Michele Blanchard Plaza.

Parking on the streets meeting here

How signs are read
  • 46 signs on these blocks
  • 8 different rules

The sign wording is DOT's, as recorded between April 2024 and November 2025, and the sign on the street decides.

East side of Fort Hamilton Parkway

  • Metered parking 1 sign 2 HOUR METERED PARKING 9AM-7PM EXCEPT SUNDAY
  • Loading only 1 sign LOADING ONLY MONDAY-FRIDAY 8AM-6PM
  • No parking 1 sign NO PARKING 8AM-6PM EXCEPT SUNDAY
  • No parking 21 signs NO PARKING THURSDAY 11:30AM-1PM
  • No standing 9 signs NO STANDING ANYTIME

West side of Fort Hamilton Parkway

  • Metered parking 3 signs 2 HOUR METERED PARKING 9AM-7PM EXCEPT SUNDAY
  • Loading only 1 sign LOADING ONLY MONDAY-FRIDAY 8AM-6PM
  • No parking 9 signs NO PARKING FRIDAY 11:30AM-1PM

Schools, parks and places within a walk

How places are listed

Seven public places are within a five-minute walk.

  • 2 day care or pre-K sites
  • 2 parks
  • 1 fire station
  • 1 post office
  • 1 school

Schools and child care

  1. P.S./I.S. 104 the Fort Hamilton School
    610 feet
  2. The Greek School of Plato Preschool, ages 2 to 5
    1,160 feet
  3. District 20 Pre-K Center at 369 93rd Street Pre-K center
    1,250 feet

Parks, playgrounds and gardens

  1. John J Carty Park
    730 feet
  2. Fort Hamilton Triangle
    1,230 feet

Community centers and public services

  1. Fort Hamilton Post Offices Post office
    1,270 feet

Fire and police

  1. Engine 242 Fire station
    710 feet

Supermarkets

  1. Foodtown Supermarket
    0.3 miles
  2. Met Fresh Supermarket
    0.5 miles

Pharmacies

  1. Walgreens Pharmacy
    0.4 miles
  2. Duane Reade Pharmacy
    0.5 miles

Food stores and places to eat

Within a five-minute walk there are 14 places to eat and three food stores.

Not on record for this corner: a designated landmark or historic district within 820 feet.

Nearby corners

The eight nearest of the 10 corners within a three-minute walk:

See every intersection along 92nd 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 Records, NYC Parks, NYC Health, NYS Agriculture and Markets and USDA, retrieved September 18 – October 6, 2026.