4th Avenue & 14th Street

The four-way crossing of 4th Avenue and 14th Street is in Park Slope, Brooklyn. Between 2021 and 2025, 17 police-reported crashes were recorded here, against a median of seven crashes for a Brooklyn corner. P.S. 124 Silas B. Dutcher is 230 feet away. The nearest subway, Prospect Av, is about three minutes on foot, and three subway lines stop within a ten-minute walk. Within a five-minute walk are nine public places, six of them day care or pre-K sites, and 34 places to eat. About 2,700 homes stand within 820 feet, a mix of apartment buildings and smaller houses.

Safety record
11 hurt
17 police-reported crashes, 2021–2025
Nearest subway
Prospect Av
880 feet · 3 min on foot · R
Nearest bus stop
870 feet
3 Av/14 St · B37
Within a walk
9 places
6 day care or pre-K sites, 2 religious buildings and 1 more kind, within five minutes

Map

Layers
4th Avenue & 14th Street Nearby corners, linked

Getting there

How walks are measured

Subway

The nearest subway station is Prospect Av, 880 feet from this corner, about three minutes on foot.

  • 3 lines within a ten-minute walk
  1. Prospect Av R
    880 feet
    R

Next trains at this station

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

Also within a walk

  1. 4 Av-9 St F, G, R
    1,140 feet
    F G R

The MTA's permanent art catalog lists “Duration” (2017) by Monika Bravo at the Prospect Av station.

Bus

The nearest bus stop is 3 Av/14 St, 870 feet away, for the B37.

  • 6 routes within a ten-minute walk
  1. 3 Av/14 St B37
    870 feet
    B37

Next buses at this stop

  1. B37 …

Live arrivals

Cycling

A marked bike lane runs on 14th Street.

  • 23 bicycle racks within 820 feet
  • 4 more bike-share stations within a five-minute walk

Nearest bike-share station

  1. 12 St & 4 Ave 25 docks in all
    570 feet

By car

The nearest highway entrance is the ramp to the Prospect Expressway eastbound at 17th Street & Prospect Expressway, 0.4 miles by car along the streets.

  1. 668 3rd Avenue Gas station
    0.6 miles
  2. 266 13th Street Charging for electric cars, two Level 2 chargers
    1,210 feet

Safety record

How crashes are counted

Between 2021 and 2025, police reported 17 crashes at this corner, more than the median of seven crashes for a Brooklyn corner.

  • 11 people injured
  • 0 people killed
  • 6 of those hurt, on a bike

The most recent crash recorded here was in December 2025.

What the city has done here

  • Leading pedestrian interval, July 2016

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)
Park Slope
Elevation
51 feet above sea level

The streets

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

Homes

About 2,700 homes stand within 820 feet of this corner, a mix of apartment buildings and smaller houses.

Since 2014 at least 88 new affordable homes have been completed within 820 feet.

Trees

NYC Parks records 37 trees within 330 feet; the most common is the pin oak.

Parking on the streets meeting here

How signs are read
  • 40 signs on these blocks
  • 11 different rules

The sign wording is DOT's, as recorded between April 2017 and January 2026, and the sign on the street decides.

North side of 14th Street

  • No parking 6 signs NO PARKING MONDAY 8:30AM-10AM
  • No parking 6 signs NO PARKING MONDAY 9:30AM-11AM

South side of 14th Street

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

East side of 4th Avenue

  • No parking 4 signs NO PARKING THURSDAY 9AM-10:30AM
  • No standing 2 signs NO STANDING SCHOOL DAYS 7AM-4PM
  • No stopping 3 signs NO STOPPING ANYTIME

West side of 4th Avenue

  • Metered parking 1 sign 2 HOUR METERED PARKING 9AM-7PM EXCEPT SUNDAY
  • No parking 3 signs NO PARKING MONDAY 9AM-10:30AM
  • No stopping 2 signs NO STOPPING ANYTIME

Schools and places within a walk

How places are listed

Nine public places are within a five-minute walk.

  • 6 day care or pre-K sites
  • 2 religious buildings
  • 1 school

Schools and child care

  1. P.S. 124 Silas B. Dutcher School
    230 feet
  2. Family Health Centers at NYU Langone Preschool, ages 2 to 5 · Pre-K
    260 feet
  3. Honeydew Drop Playhouse Preschool, ages 2 to 5
    870 feet
Show all 7
  1. Honeydew Nook Infant and toddler care, ages 0 to 2 · Pre-K
    870 feet
  2. Giocare Preschool, ages 2 to 5 · Pre-K
    1,090 feet
  3. Park Slope Schoolhouse Child Care Center Infant, toddler and preschool care, ages 0 to 5
    1,140 feet
  4. Cuddle Avenue Daycare 2 Infant and toddler care, ages 0 to 2
    1,300 feet

Houses of worship

  1. Free Methodist Church House of worship
    620 feet

Bank branches

  1. Bank of America Bank branch
    800 feet
  2. Capital One Bank branch
    1,050 feet

Supermarkets

  1. Key Food Supermarket
    0.3 miles
  2. Foodtown Supermarket
    0.5 miles

Pharmacies

  1. Walgreens Pharmacy
    0.3 miles
  2. CVS Pharmacy
    0.5 miles

Other stores

  1. Dollar Tree Store
    0.4 miles

Food stores and places to eat

Within a five-minute walk there are 34 places to eat and 14 food stores.

Not on record for this corner: a designated landmark or historic district within 820 feet.

Nearby corners

The eight corners within a three-minute walk:

See every intersection along 14th Street or 4th Avenue.

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