Ridge Boulevard & Wakeman Place

Ridge Boulevard and Wakeman Place meet at a four-way crossing in Sunset Park (West), Brooklyn. Between 2021 and 2025, 24 police-reported crashes were recorded here, against a median of seven crashes for a Brooklyn corner. In 2025, 253 school-zone speed camera tickets were recorded here. The Engine 241/Ladder 109 firehouse is 740 feet away. The nearest subway, Bay Ridge Av, is about nine minutes on foot, for the R. Within a five-minute walk are seven public places, two of them parks, and one place to eat. A bike lane separated from traffic runs along one of the streets meeting here.

Safety record
15 hurt
24 police-reported crashes, 2021–2025
Nearest subway
Bay Ridge Av
0.4 miles · 9 min on foot · R
Nearest bus stop
1,080 feet
3 Av/Senator St · B37, X27, X37
Within a walk
7 places
2 parks, 2 playgrounds and 2 more kinds, within five minutes

Map

Layers
Ridge Boulevard & Wakeman Place 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 nine 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 3 Av/Senator St, 1,080 feet away, for the B37, X27 and X37.

  • 6 routes within a ten-minute walk
  1. 3 Av/Senator St B37, X27, X37
    1,080 feet
    B37 X27 X37

Next buses at this stop

  1. B37 …
  2. X27 …
  3. X37 …

Live arrivals

Cycling

A bike lane separated from traffic runs on Ridge Boulevard and Wakeman Place.

  • 3 more bike-share stations within a five-minute walk

Nearest bike-share station

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

By car

The nearest highway entrance is the ramp to the Belt Parkway southbound at Ridge Boulevard & Shore Road Drive, 160 feet by car along the streets.

  1. 6415 3rd Avenue Gas station
    0.3 miles
  2. 140 58th Street Charging for electric cars, two Level 2 chargers
    0.7 miles

Safety record

How crashes are counted

Between 2021 and 2025, police reported 24 crashes at this corner, more than the median of seven crashes for a Brooklyn corner.

  • 15 people injured
  • 0 people killed
  • 2 of those hurt, on foot
  • 1 of those hurt, on a bike

The most recent crash recorded here was in May 2026.

Camera tickets

How tickets are counted

In 2025, 253 school-zone speed camera tickets were issued for violations recorded at this corner, the 1,542nd most of the 1,957 corners in the city where any were issued.

In 2026 so far, through August 27, 106 more were issued.

Every corner with speed camera tickets

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)
Sunset Park (West)
Elevation
58 feet above sea level

The streets

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

Homes

About 1,300 homes stand within 820 feet of this corner, a mix of apartment buildings and smaller houses.

Trees

NYC Parks records 60 trees within 330 feet; the most common is the common hackberry.

Parking on the streets meeting here

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

The sign wording is DOT's, as recorded between July 2015 and February 2025, and the sign on the street decides.

East side of Ridge Boulevard

  • No parking 6 signs NO PARKING TUESDAY 9:30AM-11AM
  • No standing 2 signs NO STANDING ANYTIME
  • No standing 4 signs NO STANDING MONDAY-FRIDAY 7AM-10AM 4PM-7PM

West side of Ridge Boulevard

  • No parking 3 signs NO PARKING MONDAY 9:30AM-11AM

North side of Wakeman Place

  • Authorized vehicles only 2 signs AVO FIRE DEPARTMENT
  • No parking 5 signs NO PARKING MONDAY 8:30AM-10AM
  • No parking 6 signs NO PARKING MONDAY 9:30AM-11AM
  • No standing 3 signs NO STANDING ANYTIME

South side of Wakeman Place

  • No parking 4 signs NO PARKING TUESDAY 8:30AM-10AM
  • No parking 2 signs NO PARKING TUESDAY 9:30AM-11AM

Parks and places within a walk

How places are listed

Seven public places are within a five-minute walk.

  • 2 parks
  • 2 playgrounds
  • 2 religious buildings
  • 1 fire station

Parks, playgrounds and gardens

  1. Shore Park and Parkway Park
    60 feet
  2. Owl's Head Park
    830 feet
  3. John Allen Payne Playground
    950 feet
Show all 4
  1. Owls Head Park Playground
    1,180 feet

Fire and police

  1. Engine 241/Ladder 109 Fire station
    740 feet

Supermarkets

  1. SuperFresh Supermarket
    0.3 miles

Food stores and places to eat

Within a five-minute walk there is one place 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 of the 13 corners within a three-minute walk:

See every intersection along Ridge Boulevard or Wakeman Place.

Sources: NYC Technology and Innovation, NYPD, NYC Finance, 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.