4th Avenue & 15th Street

The four-way crossing of 4th Avenue and 15th Street is in Carroll Gardens-Cobble Hill-Gowanus-Red Hook, Brooklyn. Between 2021 and 2025, 26 police-reported crashes were recorded here, against a median of seven crashes for a Brooklyn corner. Free Methodist Church is 360 feet away. The nearest subway, Prospect Av, is about two minutes on foot, and three subway lines stop within a ten-minute walk. Within a five-minute walk are 11 public places, six of them day care or pre-K sites, and 34 places to eat. About 2,500 homes stand within 820 feet, a mix of apartment buildings and smaller houses.

Safety record
13 hurt
26 police-reported crashes, 2021–2025
Nearest subway
Prospect Av
620 feet · 2 min on foot · R
Nearest bus stop
880 feet
5 Av/15 St · B63
Within a walk
11 places
6 day care or pre-K sites, 3 religious buildings and 2 more kinds, within five minutes

Map

Layers
4th Avenue & 15th Street Nearby corners, linked

Getting there

How walks are measured

Subway

The nearest subway station is Prospect Av, 620 feet from this corner, about two minutes on foot.

  • 3 lines within a ten-minute walk
  1. Prospect Av R
    620 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
    0.3 miles
    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 5 Av/15 St, 880 feet away, for the B63.

  • 6 routes within a ten-minute walk
  1. 5 Av/15 St B63 · Shelter
    880 feet
    B63
    Shelter

Next buses at this stop

  1. B63 …

Live arrivals

Cycling

A marked bike lane runs on 15th Street.

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

Nearest bike-share station

  1. 16 St & 4 Ave 30 docks in all
    330 feet

By car

The nearest highway entrance is the ramp to the Prospect Expressway eastbound at 17th Street & Prospect Expressway, 1,120 feet by car along the streets.

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

Safety record

How crashes are counted

Between 2021 and 2025, police reported 26 crashes at this corner, more than the median of seven crashes for a Brooklyn corner.

  • 13 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 December 2025.

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
72 and 78 (the boundary runs through this corner)
Neighborhood (City Planning area)
Carroll Gardens-Cobble Hill-Gowanus-Red Hook
Elevation
52 feet above sea level

The streets

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

Homes

About 2,500 homes stand within 820 feet of this corner, a mix of apartment buildings and smaller houses.

Since 2014 at least 100 new affordable homes have been completed within 820 feet.

Trees

NYC Parks records 43 trees within 330 feet; the most common are the 'Princeton' American elm and the Japanese zelkova.

Parking on the streets meeting here

How signs are read
  • 37 signs on these blocks
  • 12 different rules

The sign wording is DOT's, as recorded between January 2015 and March 2024, and the sign on the street decides.

North side of 15th Street

  • No parking 6 signs NO PARKING MONDAY 11:30AM-1PM
  • No parking 7 signs NO PARKING THURSDAY 8:30AM-10AM

South side of 15th Street

  • Metered parking 1 sign 2 HOUR METERED PARKING 9AM-7PM EXCEPT SUNDAY
  • No parking 3 signs NO PARKING FRIDAY 8:30AM-10AM
  • No parking 1 sign NO PARKING MONDAY WEDNESDAY FRIDAY 8:30AM-9AM
  • No parking 6 signs NO PARKING WEDNESDAY 11:30AM-1PM

East side of 4th Avenue

  • No parking 2 signs NO PARKING THURSDAY 9AM-10:30AM
  • No parking 2 signs NO PARKING WEDNESDAY 11:30AM-1PM
  • No stopping 3 signs NO STOPPING ANYTIME

West side of 4th Avenue

  • No parking 2 signs NO PARKING MONDAY 11:30AM-1PM
  • No parking 2 signs NO PARKING MONDAY 9AM-10:30AM
  • No stopping 2 signs NO STOPPING ANYTIME

Schools, parks and places within a walk

How places are listed

Eleven public places are within a five-minute walk.

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

Schools and child care

  1. P.S. 124 Silas B. Dutcher School
    490 feet
  2. Family Health Centers at NYU Langone Preschool, ages 2 to 5 · Pre-K
    520 feet
  3. Honeydew Drop Playhouse Preschool, ages 2 to 5
    610 feet
Show all 7
  1. Honeydew Nook Infant and toddler care, ages 0 to 2 · Pre-K
    610 feet
  2. Giocare Preschool, ages 2 to 5 · Pre-K
    840 feet
  3. Park Slope Schoolhouse Child Care Center Infant, toddler and preschool care, ages 0 to 5
    880 feet
  4. Cuddle Avenue Daycare 2 Infant and toddler care, ages 0 to 2
    1,040 feet

Parks, playgrounds and gardens

  1. Triangle Three Sixteen Park
    1,060 feet

Houses of worship

  1. Free Methodist Church House of worship
    360 feet

Bank branches

  1. Bank of America Bank branch
    1,050 feet

Supermarkets

  1. Key Food Supermarket
    0.3 miles

Pharmacies

  1. Walgreens Pharmacy
    0.4 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 nearest of the 10 corners within a three-minute walk:

See every intersection along 15th 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.