Fort Hamilton Parkway & Gowanus Expressway
Fort Hamilton Parkway and Gowanus Expressway meet at a three-way junction in Dyker Heights, Brooklyn. The corner has a clean safety record in city data between 2021 and 2025. The stele “Coffey Square” is 790 feet away. The nearest bus stop, Fort Hamilton Pkwy/7 Av, is 60 feet away for the B16, and ten bus routes stop within a ten-minute walk. Within a five-minute walk are seven public places, two of them day care or pre-K sites. About 800 homes stand within 820 feet, mostly built between 1924 and 1931, a mix of apartment buildings and smaller houses.
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Getting there
How walks are measuredBus
The nearest bus stop is Fort Hamilton Pkwy/7 Av, 60 feet away, for the B16.
- 10 routes within a ten-minute walk
- Fort Hamilton Pkwy/7 Av B1660 feetB16
Next buses at this stop
- B16 …
Cycling
A signed bike route shared with traffic runs on Fort Hamilton Parkway.
Nearest bike-share station
- 6 Ave & 78 St 12 docks in all1,160 feet
By car
The nearest highway entrance is the ramp to the Gowanus Expressway eastbound, 170 feet by car along the streets.
- 8202 7th Avenue Gas station0.5 miles
- 8501 5th Avenue Charging for electric cars, five Level 2 chargers0.6 miles
- 1763 86th Street Fast charging for electric cars1.7 miles
Safety record
How crashes are countedNo police-reported crash has been recorded at this corner in any year the city publishes.
What the city has done here
- Safety Improvement Project, 2011
About this corner
Where facts come from- ZIP code
- 11209
- Community board
- Brooklyn Community Board 10
- City Council district
- 38
- Police precinct
- 68
- Neighborhood (City Planning area)
- Dyker Heights
The streets
- Up to three travel lanes
- A designated truck route
- Two of the streets are 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 1924 and 1931.
Trees
NYC Parks records 59 trees within 330 feet; the most common is the pin oak.
Monuments and public art
How landmarks are placedThe City's public art inventory lists one work near this corner, in Coffey Square.
- Coffey Square Stele, 1970790 feet
Schools, parks and places within a walk
How places are listedSeven public places are within a five-minute walk.
- 2 day care or pre-K sites
- 2 playgrounds
- 1 park
- 1 religious building
- 1 school
Schools and child care
- P.S. 127 McKinley Park School260 feet
- St. Ephraim School School-based preschool, ages 3 to 5950 feet
- District 20 Pre-K Center at 7415 Fort Hamilton Parkway Pre-K center990 feet
Parks, playgrounds and gardens
- McKinley Park90 feet
- Dan Ross Playground980 feet
- McKinley Park Playground1,090 feet
Houses of worship
- St Ephrems Church House of worship950 feet
Supermarkets
- Met Foodmarkets Supermarket0.4 miles
Food stores and places to eat
Within a five-minute walk there are three food stores.
Not on record for this corner: a subway entrance within a ten-minute walk, a parking sign or meter on the blocks meeting here and a designated landmark or historic district within 820 feet.
Nearby corners
The eight nearest of the 11 corners within a three-minute walk:
- 7th Avenue & Fort Hamilton Parkway at 78th Street 30 feet
- 7th Avenue & Fort Hamilton Parkway at Gowanus Expressway 80 feet
- Fort Hamilton Parkway & 77th Street 230 feet
- Gowanus Expressway & Gowanus Exwpy Overpass 79th Street 250 feet
- 7th Avenue & 79th Street 310 feet
- 7th Avenue & 79th Street at Gowanus Expressway 420 feet
- Fort Hamilton Parkway & 76th Street 500 feet
- 7th Avenue & Fort Hamilton Parkway at 80th Street 580 feet
See every intersection along Fort Hamilton Parkway or Gowanus Expressway.