Ridge Boulevard & 87th Street

Ridge Boulevard and 87th Street meet at a four-way crossing in Bay Ridge, Brooklyn. Between 2021 and 2025, six police-reported crashes were recorded here, fewer than the median of seven crashes for a Brooklyn corner. P.S. 185 Walter Kassenbrock is 170 feet away. The nearest subway, 86 St, is about seven minutes on foot, for the R. Within a five-minute walk are eight public places, three of them day care or pre-K sites, and 26 places to eat. About 1,100 homes stand within 820 feet, mostly built between 1920 and 1927, a mix of apartment buildings and smaller houses.

Safety record
3 hurt
6 police-reported crashes, 2021–2025
Nearest subway
86 St
0.3 miles · 7 min on foot · R
Nearest bus stop
370 feet
86 St/Ridge Blvd · B16
Within a walk
8 places
3 day care or pre-K sites, 3 schools and 1 more kind, within five minutes

Map

Layers
Ridge Boulevard & 87th Street Nearby corners, linked

Getting there

How walks are measured

Subway

The nearest subway station is 86 St, 0.3 miles from this corner, about seven minutes on foot.

  1. 86 St R
    0.3 miles
    R

Next trains at this station

Manhattan
1 line
  1. R …
Bay Ridge
1 line
  1. R …

The MTA's permanent art catalog lists “Heydays” (2011) by Amy Bennett at the 86 St station.

Bus

The nearest bus stop is 86 St/Ridge Blvd, 370 feet away, for the B16.

  • 10 routes within a ten-minute walk
  1. 86 St/Ridge Blvd B16
    370 feet
    B16

Next buses at this stop

  1. B16 …

Live arrivals

Cycling

A marked bike lane runs on Ridge Boulevard.

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

Nearest bike-share station

  1. 86 St & Ridge Blvd 16 docks in all
    290 feet

By car

The nearest highway entrance is the ramp to the Gowanus Expressway at 92nd Street & Verrazzano-Narrows Bridge, 0.7 miles by car along the streets.

  1. 9111 4th Avenue Gas station
    0.5 miles
  2. 8501 5th Avenue Charging for electric cars, five Level 2 chargers
    0.5 miles
  3. 1763 86th Street Fast charging for electric cars
    2.1 miles

Safety record

How crashes are counted

Between 2021 and 2025, police reported six 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 April 2026.

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
67 feet above sea level

The streets

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

Homes

About 1,100 homes stand within 820 feet of this corner, a mix of apartment buildings and smaller houses. The buildings holding them mostly went up between 1920 and 1927.

Trees

NYC Parks records 64 trees within 330 feet; the most common is the London planetree.

Parking on the streets meeting here

How signs are read
  • 34 signs on these blocks
  • 9 different rules

The sign wording is DOT's, as recorded between January 2016 and March 2024, and the sign on the street decides.

North side of 87th Street

  • No parking 5 signs NO PARKING FRIDAY 8:30AM-10AM
  • No parking 5 signs NO PARKING MONDAY 8:30AM-10AM
  • No standing 2 signs NO STANDING SCHOOL DAYS 7AM-4PM

South side of 87th Street

  • No parking 5 signs NO PARKING THURSDAY 8:30AM-10AM
  • No parking 6 signs NO PARKING TUESDAY 8:30AM-10AM

East side of Ridge Boulevard

  • No parking 4 signs NO PARKING THURSDAY 8:30AM-10AM
  • No standing 2 signs NO STANDING SCHOOL DAYS 7AM-4PM

West side of Ridge Boulevard

  • Loading only 1 sign LOADING ONLY MONDAY-FRIDAY 8AM-6PM
  • No parking 4 signs NO PARKING FRIDAY 8:30AM-10AM

Schools and places within a walk

How places are listed

Eight public places are within a five-minute walk.

  • 3 day care or pre-K sites
  • 3 schools
  • 2 religious buildings

Schools and child care

  1. P.S. 185 Walter Kassenbrock School
    170 feet
  2. Dimitrios & Georgia Kaloidis Parochial School of Greek Holy Cross Chuch School-based preschool, ages 3 to 5 · Pre-K
    560 feet
  3. D & G Kaloidis Parochial School
    620 feet
Show all 6
  1. Stepping Stones Preschool, ages 2 to 5 · Pre-K
    640 feet
  2. Tiny Tots Playhouse Preschool, ages 2 to 5 · Pre-K
    640 feet
  3. Adelphi Academy School
    650 feet

Houses of worship

  1. Holy Cross Greek Orthodox Church House of worship
    810 feet

Supermarkets

  1. Foodtown Supermarket
    0.4 miles

Pharmacies

  1. Duane Reade Pharmacy
    0.4 miles

Food stores and places to eat

Within a five-minute walk there are 26 places to eat and three food stores.

Not on record for this corner: a signal or safety change and a designated landmark or historic district within 820 feet.

Nearby corners

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

See every intersection along 87th Street or Ridge Boulevard.

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 Parks, NYC Health, NYS Agriculture and Markets and USDA, retrieved September 18 – October 6, 2026.