2nd Avenue & 48th Street

The four-way crossing of 2nd Avenue and 48th Street is in Sunset Park (West), Brooklyn. Between 2021 and 2025, 15 police-reported crashes were recorded here, against a median of seven crashes for a Brooklyn corner. Pena Herrera Playground is 1,190 feet away. The nearest subway, 45 St, is about nine minutes on foot, for the R. Within a five-minute walk are three public places, two of them religious buildings, and five places to eat. About 170 homes stand within 820 feet, mostly built between 1910 and 1920, almost all in houses of one or two.

Safety record
13 hurt
15 police-reported crashes, 2021–2025
Nearest subway
45 St
0.4 miles · 9 min on foot · R
Nearest bus stop
1,110 feet
3 Av/49 St · B37
Within a walk
3 places
2 religious buildings and 1 playground, within five minutes

Map

Layers
2nd Avenue & 48th Street Nearby corners, linked

Getting there

How walks are measured

Subway

The nearest subway station is 45 St, 0.4 miles from this corner, about nine minutes on foot.

  1. 45 St R
    0.4 miles
    R

Next trains at this station

Manhattan
1 line
  1. R …
Southbound
1 line
  1. R …

Also within a walk

  1. 53 St R
    0.5 miles
    R

Bus

The nearest bus stop is 3 Av/49 St, 1,110 feet away, for the B37.

  • 3 routes within a ten-minute walk
  1. 3 Av/49 St B37
    1,110 feet
    B37

Next buses at this stop

  1. B37 …

Live arrivals

Cycling

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

Nearest bike-share station

  1. 48 St & 2 Ave 19 docks in all
    50 feet

By car

The nearest highway entrance is the ramp to the Gowanus Expressway eastbound at 3rd Avenue & Connector, 0.8 miles by car along the streets.

  1. 5705 2nd Avenue Gas station
    0.5 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 15 crashes at this corner, more than the median of seven crashes for a Brooklyn corner.

  • 13 people injured
  • 0 people killed
  • 2 of those hurt, on a bike

The most recent crash recorded here was in April 2026.

About this corner

Where facts come from
ZIP code
11232
Community board
Brooklyn Community Board 7
City Council district
38
Police precinct
72
Neighborhood (City Planning area)
Sunset Park (West)
Elevation
18 feet above sea level

The streets

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

Homes

About 170 homes stand within 820 feet of this corner, almost all of them in houses of one or two. The buildings holding them mostly went up between 1910 and 1920.

Trees

NYC Parks records 21 trees within 330 feet; the most common is the thornless honeylocust.

Parking on the streets meeting here

How signs are read
  • 49 signs on these blocks
  • 18 different rules

The sign wording is DOT's, as recorded between June 2017 and November 2021; the 12 rules shown are the first by street and side, and the sign on the street decides.

East side of 2nd Avenue

  • Time-limited parking 1 sign 1 HOUR PARKING MONDAY-FRIDAY 9AM-7PM
  • No parking 4 signs NO PARKING MONDAY THURSDAY MIDNIGHT-3AM
  • No standing 1 sign NO STANDING ANYTIME
  • Truck loading only 1 sign TRUCK LOADING ONLY MONDAY-FRIDAY 7AM-1PM
  • Truck loading only 2 signs TRUCK LOADING ONLY MONDAY-FRIDAY 8AM-6PM

West side of 2nd Avenue

  • No parking 5 signs NO PARKING TUESDAY FRIDAY MIDNIGHT-3AM
  • No standing 1 sign NO STANDING ANYTIME
  • Truck loading only 2 signs TRUCK LOADING ONLY 8AM-6PM EXCEPT SUNDAY

North side of 48th Street

  • No parking 13 signs NO PARKING MONDAY THURSDAY MIDNIGHT-3AM
  • No standing 1 sign NO STANDING ANYTIME
  • No standing 2 signs NO STANDING MONDAY-FRIDAY 7AM-4PM
  • Truck loading only 2 signs TRUCK LOADING ONLY MONDAY-FRIDAY 6AM-6PM

Parks and places within a walk

How places are listed

Three public places are within a five-minute walk.

  • 2 religious buildings
  • 1 playground

Parks, playgrounds and gardens

  1. Pena Herrera Playground
    1,190 feet

Supermarkets

  1. Bravo Supermarket
    0.3 miles
  2. Food Universe Supermarket
    0.4 miles
  3. CTown Supermarket
    0.5 miles

Food stores and places to eat

Within a five-minute walk there are five places to eat and five 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 2nd Avenue or 48th Street.

Sources: NYC Technology and Innovation, NYPD, MTA, NYC DOT, New York City's bike-share system, NYS Environmental Conservation, NYC City Planning, US Department of Energy, NYC Parks, NYC Health, NYS Agriculture and Markets and USDA, retrieved September 18 – October 6, 2026.