42nd Street & 1st Avenue

The four-way crossing of 42nd Street and 1st Avenue is in Sunset Park (West), Brooklyn. It has a clean safety record in city data between 2021 and 2025. The nearest bus stop, 3 Av/42 St, is 0.3 miles away for the B37, and three bus routes stop within a ten-minute walk. Within a five-minute walk are one public place and two places to eat. Within 820 feet are six homes. NYC Parks records 31 trees within 330 feet; the most common is the Kentucky coffeetree.

Safety record
No crashes
0 police-reported crashes, 2021–2025
Nearest highway entrance
Gowanus Expressway
1.3 miles by car along the streets
Nearest bus stop
0.3 miles
3 Av/42 St · B37
Within a walk
1 place
1 listed historic place, within five minutes

Map

Layers
42nd Street & 1st Avenue Nearby corners, linked

Getting there

How walks are measured

Bus

The nearest bus stop is 3 Av/42 St, 0.3 miles away, for the B37.

  • 3 routes within a ten-minute walk
  1. 3 Av/42 St B37
    0.3 miles
    B37

Next buses at this stop

  1. B37 …

Live arrivals

Cycling

  • 4 bicycle racks within 820 feet
  • 1 more bike-share station within a five-minute walk

Nearest bike-share station

  1. 42 St & 1 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, 1.3 miles by car along the streets.

  1. 889 3rd Avenue Gas station
    0.8 miles
  2. 533 2nd Avenue Charging for electric cars, two Level 2 chargers
    0.7 miles

Safety record

How crashes are counted

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 June 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
13 feet above sea level

The streets

  • Up to two travel lanes
  • A designated truck route
  • One of the streets is one-way

Homes

Within 820 feet of this corner are six homes. The buildings holding them mostly went up between 1922 and 1931.

Trees

NYC Parks records 31 trees within 330 feet; the most common is the Kentucky coffeetree.

Parking on the streets meeting here

How signs are read
  • 26 signs on these blocks
  • 7 different rules

The sign wording is DOT's, as recorded between July 2024 and February 2025, and the sign on the street decides.

East side of 1st Avenue

  • No parking 4 signs NO PARKING TUESDAY FRIDAY MIDNIGHT-3AM

North side of 42nd Street

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

South side of 42nd Street

  • No parking 6 signs NO PARKING TUESDAY FRIDAY MIDNIGHT-3AM
  • No standing 1 sign NO STANDING ANYTIME
  • Truck loading only 4 signs TRUCK LOADING ONLY MONDAY-FRIDAY 8AM-6PM

Places within a walk

How places are listed

One public place is within a five-minute walk.

  • 1 listed historic place

Libraries, museums and history

  1. Bush Terminal (State Register Only) Listed historic place
    1,050 feet

Supermarkets

  1. Food Universe Supermarket
    0.3 miles

Food stores and places to eat

Within a five-minute walk there are two places to eat and three food stores.

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, six of them within a three-minute walk:

See every intersection along 1st Avenue or 42nd 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.