Poly Place & Battery Avenue
Poly Place and Battery Avenue meet at a four-way crossing in Bay Ridge, Brooklyn. Between 2021 and 2025, four police-reported crashes were recorded here, fewer than the median of seven crashes for a Brooklyn corner. The nearest bus stop, Poly Pl/7 Av, is 0.3 miles away for the B8, and two bus routes stop within a ten-minute walk. About 500 homes stand within 820 feet, mostly built in 1953, most in buildings of ten homes or more.
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Getting there
How walks are measuredBus
The nearest bus stop is Poly Pl/7 Av, 0.3 miles away, for the B8.
- 2 routes within a ten-minute walk
- Poly Pl/7 Av B80.3 milesB8
Next buses at this stop
- B8 …
By car
The nearest highway entrance is the ramp to the Gowanus Expressway eastbound at Dahlgren Place & Gowanus Expressway, 0.5 miles by car along the streets.
- 579 92nd Street Gas station0.5 miles
- 221 Washington Drive Charging for electric cars, two Level 2 chargers800 feet
- 1763 86th Street Fast charging for electric cars1.7 miles
Safety record
How crashes are countedBetween 2021 and 2025, police reported four crashes at this corner, fewer than the median of seven crashes for a Brooklyn corner.
- 3 people injured
- 0 people killed
The most recent crash recorded here was in July 2024.
About this corner
Where facts come from- ZIP code
- 11209
- Community board
- Brooklyn Community Board 10
- City Council district
- 50
- Police precinct
- 68
- Neighborhood (City Planning area)
- Bay Ridge
- Elevation
- 27 feet above sea level
The streets
- One travel lane
Homes
About 500 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 in 1953.
Not on record for this corner:
- A subway entrance within a ten-minute walk
- A bike route here or a bicycle rack within 820 feet
- A signal or safety change
- A parking sign or meter on the blocks meeting here
- A designated landmark or historic district within 820 feet
- A listed public place within a five-minute walk
Nearby corners
The eight nearest corners on foot, three of them within a three-minute walk:
- Grimes Road West & Hamilton Circle 110 feet
- Grimes Road West & Hamilton Manor 250 feet
- Grimes Road North & Grimes Road West 320 feet
- Grimes Road North & Wainwright Drive 830 feet
- Battery Avenue & Fort Hill Place 1,030 feet
- John Warren Avenue & Wainwright Drive 1,120 feet
- 7th Avenue & Poly Place at Wainwright Drive 1,320 feet
- Dahlgren Place & Fort Hill Place 0.3 miles
See every intersection along Battery Avenue, Hamilton Circle or Poly Place.