4th Avenue & 10th Street

The four-way crossing of 4th Avenue and 10th Street is in Carroll Gardens-Cobble Hill-Gowanus-Red Hook, Brooklyn. Between 2021 and 2025, 22 police-reported crashes were recorded here, against a median of seven crashes for a Brooklyn corner. Van Brunt Post Office is 570 feet away, and the Engine 239 firehouse is 1,010 feet away. The nearest subway, 4 Av-9 St, is about a minute on foot, for the F, G and R. Within a five-minute walk are 11 public places, three of them religious buildings, and 40 places to eat.

Safety record
10 hurt
22 police-reported crashes, 2021–2025
Nearest subway
4 Av-9 St
100 feet · 1 min on foot · F, G, R
Nearest bus stop
70 feet
4 Av/10 St · B103
Within a walk
11 places
3 religious buildings, 2 day care or pre-K sites and 4 more kinds, within five minutes

Map

Layers
4th Avenue & 10th Street Nearby corners, linked

Getting there

How walks are measured

Subway

The nearest subway station is 4 Av-9 St, 100 feet from this corner, about a minute on foot.

  • 3 lines at the nearest station
  1. 4 Av-9 St F, G, R
    100 feet
    F G R

Next trains at this station

Northbound
2 lines
  1. F …
  2. G …
Southbound
3 lines
  1. F …
  2. G …
  3. R …
Manhattan
1 line
  1. R …

Also within a walk

  1. Prospect Av R
    0.4 miles
    R
  2. 7 Av F, G
    0.5 miles
    F G

Bus

The nearest bus stop is 4 Av/10 St, 70 feet away, for the B103.

  • 6 routes within a ten-minute walk
  1. 4 Av/10 St B103 · Countdown sign
    70 feet
    B103
    Countdown sign

Next buses at this stop

  1. B103 …

Live arrivals

Cycling

  • 52 bicycle racks within 820 feet, 3 of them on-street corrals
  • 2 more bike-share stations within a five-minute walk

Nearest bike-share station

  1. 4 Ave & 9 St 31 docks in all
    320 feet

By car

The nearest highway entrance is the ramp to the Prospect Expressway eastbound at 17th Street & Prospect Expressway, 0.6 miles by car along the streets.

  1. 668 3rd Avenue Gas station
    0.8 miles
  2. 266 13th Street Charging for electric cars, two Level 2 chargers
    0.3 miles

Safety record

How crashes are counted

Between 2021 and 2025, police reported 22 crashes at this corner, more than the median of seven crashes for a Brooklyn corner.

  • 10 people injured
  • 0 people killed
  • 1 of those hurt, on foot
  • 6 of those hurt, on a bike

The most recent crash recorded here was in June 2026.

What the city has done here

  • Leading pedestrian interval, June 2020

About this corner

Where facts come from
ZIP code
11215
Community board
Brooklyn Community Board 6
City Council district
38
Police precinct
78
Neighborhood (City Planning area)
Carroll Gardens-Cobble Hill-Gowanus-Red Hook
Elevation
41 feet above sea level

The streets

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

Homes

About 2,200 homes stand within 820 feet of this corner, a mix of apartment buildings and smaller houses.

Since 2014 at least 66 new affordable homes have been completed within 820 feet.

Trees

NYC Parks records 42 trees within 330 feet; the most common is the thornless honeylocust.

Parking on the streets meeting here

How signs are read
  • 48 signs on these blocks
  • 15 different rules
  • 4 active meters
  • 3 pay-by-cell zones

The sign wording is DOT's, as recorded between June 2017 and December 2023; the 12 rules shown are the first by street and side, and the sign on the street decides.

Meters are posted as 2 hour passenger vehicles Monday to Saturday 9am to 7pm on 4th Avenue (west side).

North side of 10th Street

  • Metered parking 2 signs 2 HOUR METERED PARKING 9:30AM-7PM EXCEPT SUNDAY
  • No parking 2 signs NO PARKING 9AM-9:30AM EXCEPT SUNDAY
  • No parking 5 signs NO PARKING MONDAY 8:30AM-10AM
  • No parking 6 signs NO PARKING MONDAY 9:30AM-11AM
  • No standing 1 sign NO STANDING ANYTIME

South side of 10th Street

  • No parking 5 signs NO PARKING THURSDAY 8:30AM-10AM
  • No parking 6 signs NO PARKING THURSDAY 9:30AM-11AM
  • No standing 1 sign NO STANDING ANYTIME
  • Truck loading only 1 sign TRUCK LOADING ONLY MONDAY THURSDAY 10PM-3AM

East side of 4th Avenue

  • Metered parking 4 signs 2 HOUR METERED PARKING 9AM-7PM EXCEPT SUNDAY
  • No parking 4 signs NO PARKING THURSDAY 9AM-10:30AM
  • No stopping 4 signs NO STOPPING ANYTIME

ParkNYC pay-by-cell zones: 311596, 312493 and 338133.

Landmarks and historic districts

One building within 820 feet is designated by the Landmarks Preservation Commission, recorded as French Second Empire, and built between 1856 and 1857.

Schools and places within a walk

How places are listed

Eleven public places are within a five-minute walk.

  • 3 religious buildings
  • 2 day care or pre-K sites
  • 2 listed historic places
  • 2 schools
  • 1 fire station
  • 1 post office

Schools and child care

  1. The Maurice Sendak Community School
    660 feet
  2. P.S. 124 Silas B. Dutcher School
    950 feet
  3. Let's Play and Learn Preschool, ages 2 to 5 · Pre-K
    1,180 feet
Show all 4
  1. Family Health Centers at NYU Langone Preschool, ages 2 to 5 · Pre-K
    1,300 feet

Libraries, museums and history

  1. 4th Avenue Station (IND) Listed historic place
    360 feet
  2. William B. Cronyn House Listed historic place
    730 feet

Houses of worship

  1. St Thomas Aquinas Church Park Slope House of worship
    360 feet

Community centers and public services

  1. Van Brunt Post Office
    570 feet

Fire and police

  1. Engine 239 Fire station
    1,010 feet

Bank branches

  1. Santander Bank Bank branch
    860 feet
  2. Chase Bank branch
    1,070 feet

Supermarkets

  1. Foodtown Supermarket
    0.3 miles
  2. Whole Foods Market Supermarket
    0.5 miles

Pharmacies

  1. Walgreens Pharmacy
    770 feet
  2. CVS Pharmacy
    0.3 miles

Food stores and places to eat

Within a five-minute walk there are 40 places to eat and 14 food stores.

Nearby corners

The eight corners within a three-minute walk:

See every intersection along 10th Street or 4th Avenue.

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