Verrazzano-Narrows Bridge & Belt Parkway

Verrazzano-Narrows Bridge and Belt Parkway (Exit 2) meet at a four-way crossing in Bay Ridge, Brooklyn. The corner has a clean safety record in city data between 2021 and 2025. The memorial wall “John N. LaCorte” is 650 feet away. NYC Parks records 32 trees within 330 feet; the most common is the northern pin oak.

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Verrazzano-Narrows Bridge & Belt Parkway

No police-reported crashes between 2021 and 2025, against a median of seven crashes for a Brooklyn corner.

The most recent crash recorded here was in March 2016.

About this corner

Where facts come from
ZIP code
11209
Community board
Brooklyn Community Board 10
City Council district
47 and 50 (the boundary runs through this corner)
Police precinct
68
Neighborhood (City Planning area)
Bay Ridge
Elevation
172 feet above sea level

The streets

  • One travel lane
  • One of the streets is one-way

Trees

NYC Parks records 32 trees within 330 feet; the most common is the northern pin oak.

Landmarks, monuments and public art

How landmarks are placed

Landmarks and historic districts

One building within 820 feet is designated by the Landmarks Preservation Commission, and built between 1825 and 1831.

  1. Fort Hamilton Casemate Fort Designated landmark
    750 feet

Monuments and public art

The City's public art inventory lists two works near this corner, the nearest in John Paul Jones Park.

  1. John N. LaCorte Memorial wall by Albino Manca, 2004
    650 feet
  2. Dover Patrol Monument Obelisk, 1931
    650 feet

Not on record for this corner:

  • A subway entrance within a ten-minute walk
  • A bus stop 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
  • Homes within 820 feet
  • A listed public place within a five-minute walk

Sources: NYC Technology and Innovation, NYPD, NYC City Planning, Landmarks Preservation Commission, NYC Public Design Commission and NYC Parks, retrieved September 18–30, 2026.