Fort Hamilton Parkway & John Warren Avenue

Fort Hamilton Parkway and John Warren Avenue meet at a six-way junction in Bay Ridge, Brooklyn. The corner is also named Lawrence “Larry” Morrish Way by local law. Between 2021 and 2025, four police-reported crashes were recorded here, fewer than the median of seven crashes for a Brooklyn corner. John Paul Jones Park is 70 feet away. The nearest subway, Bay Ridge-95 St, is about nine minutes on foot, for the R. Within a five-minute walk are five public places, three of them parks, and two places to eat.

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Fort Hamilton Parkway & John Warren Avenue Nearby corners, linked

Subway

The nearest subway station is Bay Ridge-95 St, 0.4 miles from this corner, about nine minutes on foot.

  1. Bay Ridge-95 St R
    0.4 miles
    R

Next trains at this station

Manhattan
1 line
  1. R …

Bus

The nearest bus stop is 4 Av/100 St, 830 feet away, for the B16 and B37.

  • 10 routes within a ten-minute walk
  1. 4 Av/100 St B16, B37
    830 feet
    B16 B37

Next buses at this stop

  1. B16 …
  2. B37 …

Live arrivals

Cycling

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

Nearest bike-share station

  1. 101 St & Fort Hamilton Pkwy 12 docks in all
    80 feet

By car

The nearest highway entrance is the ramp to the Gowanus Expressway at Gowanus Expressway & John Warren Avenue, 300 feet by car along the streets.

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

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

  • 1 person injured
  • 0 people killed

The most recent crash recorded here was in June 2024.

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
37 feet above sea level

This corner is also named Lawrence “Larry” Morrish Way, a co-naming enacted on January 20, 2019 (Local Law 24 of 2019).

The streets

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

Homes

About 500 homes stand within 820 feet of this corner, a mix of apartment buildings and smaller houses.

Trees

NYC Parks records 54 trees within 330 feet; the most common is the London planetree.

The Department of Records' Honorary Street Names dataset has its own note on Lawrence “Larry” Morrish Way.

Parking on the streets meeting here

How signs are read
  • 29 signs on these blocks
  • 4 different rules

The sign wording is DOT's, as recorded between May 2017 and November 2025, and the sign on the street decides.

East side of Fort Hamilton Parkway

  • No parking 1 sign NO PARKING 8AM-6PM EXCEPT SUNDAY
  • No parking 17 signs NO PARKING THURSDAY 11:30AM-1PM
  • No standing 8 signs NO STANDING ANYTIME

West side of Fort Hamilton Parkway

  • No parking 3 signs NO PARKING FRIDAY 11:30AM-1PM

Landmarks, monuments and public art

How landmarks are placed

Landmarks and historic districts

One building within 820 feet is designated by the Landmarks Preservation Commission.

Monuments and public art

The City's public art inventory lists one work near this corner, in John Paul Jones Park.

  1. John N. LaCorte Memorial wall by Albino Manca, 2004
    180 feet

Parks and places within a walk

How places are listed

Five public places are within a five-minute walk.

  • 3 parks
  • 1 monument or memorial
  • 1 older adult center

Parks, playgrounds and gardens

  1. John Paul Jones Park
    70 feet
  2. John J Carty Park
    120 feet
  3. Shore Park and Parkway Park
    830 feet

Libraries, museums and history

  1. Dover Patrol Monument Monument or memorial
    460 feet

Community centers and public services

  1. Fort Hamilton Senior Center Older adult center
    340 feet

Supermarkets

  1. Met Fresh Supermarket
    0.5 miles

Food stores and places to eat

Within a five-minute walk there are two places to eat.

Not on record for this corner: a signal or safety change.

Nearby corners

The eight nearest corners on foot, seven of them within a three-minute walk:

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