Marine Avenue & 97th Street

Marine Avenue and 97th Street meet at a three-way junction in Bay Ridge, Brooklyn. Between 2021 and 2025, one police-reported crash was recorded here, fewer than the median of seven crashes for a Brooklyn corner. Shore Park and Parkway is 810 feet away. The nearest subway, Bay Ridge-95 St, is about seven minutes on foot, for the R. Within a five-minute walk are three public places and 12 places to eat. About 2,600 homes stand within 820 feet, mostly built between 1927 and 1957, most in buildings of ten homes or more.

Safety record
Nobody hurt
1 police-reported crash, 2021–2025
Nearest subway
Bay Ridge-95 St
0.3 miles · 7 min on foot · R
Nearest bus stop
490 feet
3 Av/Marine Av · B16, B37, X27, X37
Within a walk
3 places
1 day care or pre-K site, 1 park and 1 more kind, within five minutes

Map

Layers
Marine Avenue & 97th Street Nearby corners, linked

Getting there

How walks are measured

Subway

The nearest subway station is Bay Ridge-95 St, 0.3 miles from this corner, about seven minutes on foot.

  1. Bay Ridge-95 St R
    0.3 miles
    R

Next trains at this station

Manhattan
1 line
  1. R …

Bus

The nearest bus stop is 3 Av/Marine Av, 490 feet away, for the B16, B37, X27 and X37.

  • 6 routes within a ten-minute walk
  1. 3 Av/Marine Av B16, B37, X27, X37 · Shelter
    490 feet
    B16 B37 X27 X37
    Shelter

Next buses at this stop

  1. B16 …
  2. B37 …
  3. X27 …
  4. X37 …

Live arrivals

Cycling

A signed bike route shared with traffic runs on Marine Avenue.

  • 11 bicycle racks within 820 feet, 3 of them on-street corrals
  • 2 more bike-share stations within a five-minute walk

Nearest bike-share station

  1. 96 St & Marine Ave 16 docks in all
    380 feet

By car

The nearest highway entrance is the ramp to the Belt Parkway eastbound at 4th Avenue & Shore Road, 0.4 miles by car along the streets.

  1. 9111 4th Avenue Gas station
    0.5 miles
  2. 9602 4th Avenue Charging for electric cars, four Level 2 chargers
    0.3 miles
  3. 1763 86th Street Fast charging for electric cars
    2.3 miles

Safety record

How crashes are counted

Between 2021 and 2025, police reported one crash at this corner, fewer than the median of seven crashes for a Brooklyn corner. Nobody was hurt.

The most recent crash recorded here was in March 2025.

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
58 feet above sea level

The streets

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

Homes

About 2,600 homes stand within 820 feet of this corner, most of them in buildings of ten homes or more. The buildings holding them mostly went up between 1927 and 1957.

Since 2014 at least 5 new affordable homes have been completed within 820 feet.

Trees

NYC Parks records 49 trees within 330 feet; the most common is the London planetree.

Parking on the streets meeting here

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

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

North side of 97th Street

  • No parking 7 signs NO PARKING FRIDAY 9:30AM-11AM

South side of 97th Street

  • No parking 8 signs NO PARKING THURSDAY 9:30AM-11AM

East side of Marine Avenue

  • No parking 5 signs NO PARKING THURSDAY 9:30AM-11AM
  • No standing 3 signs NO STANDING ANYTIME

West side of Marine Avenue

  • No parking 5 signs NO PARKING FRIDAY 9:30AM-11AM
  • No standing 1 sign NO STANDING ANYTIME

Landmarks and historic districts

Within 820 feet is one Individual Landmark, and two buildings in all are designated by the Landmarks Preservation Commission. They were built between 1847 and 1929.

Schools, parks and places within a walk

How places are listed

Three public places are within a five-minute walk.

  • 1 day care or pre-K site
  • 1 park
  • 1 school

Schools and child care

  1. Fontbonne Hall Academy School
    1,250 feet
  2. Stepping Stones-The Next Step Preschool, ages 2 to 5 · Pre-K
    1,260 feet

Parks, playgrounds and gardens

  1. Shore Park and Parkway Park
    810 feet

Bank branches

  1. Santander Bank Bank branch
    900 feet

Supermarkets

  1. Met Fresh Supermarket
    710 feet
  2. Foodtown Supermarket
    0.4 miles

Pharmacies

  1. Walgreens Pharmacy
    1,160 feet

Food stores and places to eat

Within a five-minute walk there are 12 places to eat and six food stores.

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

Nearby corners

The eight nearest of the 12 corners within a three-minute walk:

See every intersection along 97th Street or Marine Avenue.

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