Shore Road & Colonial Road

Shore Road and Colonial Road 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. Owl's Head Park is 50 feet away. The nearest bus stop, Bay Ridge Av/Colonial Rd, is 0.3 miles away for the B9, B64, X27 and X37, and five bus routes stop within a ten-minute walk. Within a five-minute walk are four 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.

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Shore Road & Colonial Road Nearby corners, linked

Bus

The nearest bus stop is Bay Ridge Av/Colonial Rd, 0.3 miles away, for the B9, B64, X27 and X37.

  • 5 routes within a ten-minute walk
  1. Bay Ridge Av/Colonial Rd B9, B64, X27, X37
    0.3 miles
    B9 B64 X27 X37

Next buses at this stop

  1. B9 …
  2. B64 …
  3. X27 …
  4. X37 …

Live arrivals

Cycling

A bike lane separated from traffic runs on Colonial Road and Wakeman Place.

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

Nearest bike-share station

  1. Colonial Rd & Wakeman Pl 18 docks in all
    100 feet

By car

The nearest highway entrance is the ramp to the Belt Parkway southbound at Ridge Boulevard & Shore Road Drive, 940 feet by car along the streets.

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

Between 2021 and 2025, police reported eight crashes at this corner, more than the median of seven crashes for a Brooklyn corner. Nobody was hurt.

The most recent crash recorded here was in May 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
37 feet above sea level

The streets

  • Up to two travel lanes
  • Two of the streets are one-way

Homes

About 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 1940.

Trees

NYC Parks records 63 trees within 330 feet; the most common is the thornless honeylocust.

Parking on the streets meeting here

How signs are read
  • 22 signs on these blocks
  • 6 different rules

The sign wording is DOT's, as recorded between August 2017 and October 2025, and the sign on the street decides.

East side of Colonial Road

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

West side of Colonial Road

  • No parking 7 signs NO PARKING MONDAY 9:30AM-11AM
  • No standing 2 signs NO STANDING ANYTIME

North side of Wakeman Place

  • No parking 6 signs NO PARKING MONDAY 9:30AM-11AM
  • No standing 2 signs NO STANDING ANYTIME

South side of Wakeman Place

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

Parks and places within a walk

How places are listed

Four public places are within a five-minute walk.

  • 2 parks
  • 1 playground
  • 1 religious building

Parks, playgrounds and gardens

  1. Owl's Head Park
    50 feet
  2. Shore Park and Parkway Park
    70 feet
  3. Owls Head Park Playground
    400 feet

Supermarkets

  1. SuperFresh Supermarket
    0.5 miles

Food stores and places to eat

Within a five-minute walk there is one place to eat.

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

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.