Ridge Boulevard & Senator Street

Ridge Boulevard and Senator Street meet at a four-way crossing in Bay Ridge, Brooklyn. Between 2021 and 2025, eight police-reported crashes were recorded here, against a median of seven crashes for a Brooklyn corner. Owls Head Park Playground is 880 feet away. The nearest subway, Bay Ridge Av, is about seven minutes on foot, for the R. Within a five-minute walk are 13 public places, four of them religious buildings, and 12 places to eat. About 1,600 homes stand within 820 feet, mostly built between 1917 and 1930, a mix of apartment buildings and smaller houses.

Safety record
1 hurt
8 police-reported crashes, 2021–2025
Nearest subway
Bay Ridge Av
0.4 miles · 7 min on foot · R
Nearest bus stop
690 feet
Bay Ridge Av/Ridge Blvd · B9, B64
Within a walk
13 places
4 religious buildings, 2 day care or pre-K sites and 5 more kinds, within five minutes

Map

Layers
Ridge Boulevard & Senator Street Nearby corners, linked

Getting there

How walks are measured

Subway

The nearest subway station is Bay Ridge Av, 0.4 miles from this corner, about seven minutes on foot.

  1. Bay Ridge Av R
    0.4 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 “Strata” (2017) by Katy Fischer at the Bay Ridge Av station.

Bus

The nearest bus stop is Bay Ridge Av/Ridge Blvd, 690 feet away, for the B9 and B64.

  • 6 routes within a ten-minute walk
  1. Bay Ridge Av/Ridge Blvd B9, B64
    690 feet
    B9 B64

Next buses at this stop

  1. B9 …
  2. B64 …

Live arrivals

Cycling

A marked bike lane runs on Ridge Boulevard.

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

Nearest bike-share station

  1. Wakeman Pl & Ridge Blvd 19 docks in all
    600 feet

By car

The nearest highway entrance is the ramp to the Belt Parkway southbound at Ridge Boulevard & Shore Road Drive, 720 feet by car along the streets.

  1. 6737 4th Avenue Gas station
    0.3 miles
  2. 140 58th Street Charging for electric cars, two Level 2 chargers
    0.8 miles
  3. 1763 86th Street Fast charging for electric cars
    3 miles

Safety record

How crashes are counted

Between 2021 and 2025, police reported eight crashes at this corner, more 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 2026.

About this corner

Where facts come from
ZIP code
11220
Community board
Brooklyn Community Board 10
City Council district
47
Police precinct
68
Neighborhood (City Planning area)
Bay Ridge
Elevation
71 feet above sea level

The streets

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

Homes

About 1,600 homes stand within 820 feet of this corner, a mix of apartment buildings and smaller houses. The buildings holding them mostly went up between 1917 and 1930.

Trees

NYC Parks records 62 trees within 330 feet; the most common is the London planetree.

Parking on the streets meeting here

How signs are read
  • 38 signs on these blocks
  • 10 different rules

The sign wording is DOT's, as recorded between October 2014 and September 2024, and the sign on the street decides.

East side of Ridge Boulevard

  • Loading only 1 sign LOADING ONLY MONDAY-FRIDAY 8AM-6PM
  • No parking 5 signs NO PARKING TUESDAY 9:30AM-11AM
  • No standing 4 signs NO STANDING ANYTIME

West side of Ridge Boulevard

  • No parking 5 signs NO PARKING MONDAY 9:30AM-11AM

North side of Senator Street

  • Ambulances and ambulettes only 1 sign AMBULANCE AMBULETTE ONLY
  • No parking 5 signs NO PARKING MONDAY 8:30AM-10AM
  • No parking 5 signs NO PARKING MONDAY 9:30AM-11AM

South side of Senator Street

  • No parking 5 signs NO PARKING TUESDAY 8:30AM-10AM
  • No parking 6 signs NO PARKING TUESDAY 9:30AM-11AM
  • No standing 1 sign NO STANDING SCHOOL DAYS 7AM-4PM

Schools, parks and places within a walk

How places are listed

Thirteen public places are within a five-minute walk.

  • 4 religious buildings
  • 2 day care or pre-K sites
  • 2 parks
  • 2 schools
  • 1 fire station
  • 2 other places

Schools and child care

  1. Joanne Seminara School of Law and Medicine School
    780 feet
  2. Guild for Exceptional Children Preschool
    880 feet
  3. Gateway City Academy School
    1,050 feet
Show all 4
  1. Step Ahead Infant, toddler and preschool care, ages 0 to 5 · Pre-K
    1,310 feet

Parks, playgrounds and gardens

  1. Shore Park and Parkway Park
    620 feet
  2. Owl's Head Park
    840 feet
  3. Owls Head Park Playground
    880 feet

Libraries, museums and history

  1. Senator Street Historic District Listed historic place
    1,170 feet

Fire and police

  1. Engine 241/Ladder 109 Fire station
    1,100 feet

Supermarkets

  1. SuperFresh Supermarket
    1,150 feet

Food stores and places to eat

Within a five-minute walk there are 12 places to eat and seven 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 of the 12 corners within a three-minute walk:

See every intersection along Ridge Boulevard or Senator Street.

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.