Narrows Avenue & Mackay Place
Narrows Avenue and Mackay Place meet at a four-way crossing in Bay Ridge, Brooklyn. The corner is also named Marcel Claes Place by local law. It has a clean safety record in city data between 2021 and 2025. Ryken Educational Center is 440 feet away. The nearest bus stop, Narrows Av/Mackay Pl, is 110 feet away for the B9 and B64, and six bus routes stop within a ten-minute walk. Within a five-minute walk are seven public places, three of them parks, and three places to eat.
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Getting there
How walks are measuredBus
The nearest bus stop is Narrows Av/Mackay Pl, 110 feet away, for the B9 and B64.
- 6 routes within a ten-minute walk
- Narrows Av/Mackay Pl B9, B64110 feetB9 B64
Next buses at this stop
- B9 …
- B64 …
Cycling
- 1 bicycle rack within 820 feet
- 1 more bike-share station within a five-minute walk
Nearest bike-share station
- Colonial Rd & 71 St 14 docks in all1,020 feet
By car
The nearest highway entrance is the ramp to the Belt Parkway westbound at Shore Road & Belt Parkway, 0.5 miles by car along the streets.
- 6737 4th Avenue Gas station0.8 miles
- 6401 6th Avenue Charging for electric cars, two Level 2 chargers1.3 miles
Safety record
How crashes are countedNo police-reported crashes between 2021 and 2025, against a median of seven crashes for a Brooklyn corner.
The most recent crash recorded here was in August 2020.
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
- 24 feet above sea level
This corner is also named Marcel Claes Place, a co-naming enacted on July 20, 2024 (Local Law 81 of 2024).
The streets
- Up to two travel lanes
- One of the streets is one-way
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 1925 and 1945.
Trees
NYC Parks records 48 trees within 330 feet; the most common is the London planetree.
The Department of Records' Honorary Street Names dataset has its own note on Marcel Claes Place.
Parking on the streets meeting here
How signs are read- 32 signs on these blocks
- 7 different rules
The sign wording is DOT's, as recorded between July 2014 and January 2026, and the sign on the street decides.
North side of Mackay Place
- No parking 9 signs NO PARKING MONDAY 9:30AM-11AM
South side of Mackay Place
- No parking 2 signs NO PARKING ANYTIME
- No parking 10 signs NO PARKING TUESDAY 9:30AM-11AM
East side of Narrows Avenue
- No parking 4 signs NO PARKING TUESDAY 9:30AM-11AM
West side of Narrows Avenue
- No parking 4 signs NO PARKING MONDAY 9:30AM-11AM
- No standing 1 sign NO STANDING ANYTIME
- No standing 2 signs NO STANDING SCHOOL DAYS 7AM-4PM
Schools, parks and places within a walk
How places are listedSeven public places are within a five-minute walk.
- 3 parks
- 2 schools
- 1 listed historic place
- 1 older adult center
Schools and child care
- Ryken Educational Center School440 feet
- Xaverian High School440 feet
Parks, playgrounds and gardens
- Shore Park and Parkway Park530 feet
- Owl's Head Park920 feet
- American Veterans Memorial Pier Park1,290 feet
Libraries, museums and history
- Louise Terrace/Colonial Road Historic District Listed historic place740 feet
Community centers and public services
- Bay Ridge Center Older adult center920 feet
Supermarkets
- SuperFresh Supermarket0.5 miles
Food stores and places to eat
Within a five-minute walk there are three places to eat and two food stores.
Not on record for this corner: a subway entrance within a ten-minute walk, a signal or safety change and a designated landmark or historic district within 820 feet.
Nearby corners
The eight nearest of the 10 corners within a three-minute walk:
- 70th Street & Narrows Avenue 260 feet
- 71st Street & Narrows Avenue 270 feet
- Shore Road & Mackay Place 490 feet
- Bay Ridge Avenue & Narrows Avenue 520 feet
- 72nd Street & Narrows Avenue 520 feet
- Mackay Place & Louise Terrace 580 feet
- Colonial Road & Mackay Place 780 feet
- 73rd Street & Narrows Avenue 780 feet
See every intersection along Mackay Place or Narrows Avenue.