4th Avenue & 1st Street

The four-way crossing of 4th Avenue and 1st Street is in Park Slope, Brooklyn. Between 2021 and 2025, 16 police-reported crashes were recorded here, against a median of seven crashes for a Brooklyn corner. Gil Hodges (Carroll Street Garden) is 660 feet away, and GreenSpace Native Plant Community Garden and Environmental Center is 1,060 feet away. The nearest subway, Union St, is about three minutes on foot, and three subway lines stop within a ten-minute walk. Within a five-minute walk are 15 public places, four of them day care or pre-K sites, and 49 places to eat.

Safety record
10 hurt
16 police-reported crashes, 2021–2025
Nearest subway
Union St
800 feet · 3 min on foot · R
Nearest bus stop
880 feet
4 Av/4 St · B103
Within a walk
15 places
4 day care or pre-K sites, 3 gardens and 5 more kinds, within five minutes

Map

Layers
4th Avenue & 1st Street Nearby corners, linked

Getting there

How walks are measured

Subway

The nearest subway station is Union St, 800 feet from this corner, about three minutes on foot.

  • 3 lines within a ten-minute walk
  1. Union St R
    800 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
    0.4 miles
    F G R

The MTA's permanent art catalog lists “CommUnion” (1994) by Emmett Wigglesworth at the Union St station.

Bus

The nearest bus stop is 4 Av/4 St, 880 feet away, for the B103.

  • 6 routes within a ten-minute walk
  1. 4 Av/4 St B103
    880 feet
    B103

Next buses at this stop

  1. B103 …

Live arrivals

Cycling

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

Nearest bike-share station

  1. 4 Ave & 3 St 39 docks in all
    600 feet

By car

The nearest highway entrance is the ramp to the Prospect Expressway eastbound at 17th Street & Prospect Expressway, 0.9 miles by car along the streets.

  1. 300 Bergen Street Gas station
    0.7 miles
  2. 613 Baltic Street Charging for electric cars, five Level 2 chargers
    0.5 miles

Safety record

How crashes are counted

Between 2021 and 2025, police reported 16 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
  • 4 of those hurt, on a bike

The most recent crash recorded here was in February 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
39
Police precinct
78
Neighborhood (City Planning area)
Park Slope
Elevation
19 feet above sea level

The streets

  • Up to two travel lanes

Homes

About 1,700 homes stand within 820 feet of this corner, a mix of apartment buildings and smaller houses.

Trees

NYC Parks records 43 trees within 330 feet; the most common is the thornless honeylocust.

Parking on the streets meeting here

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

The sign wording is DOT's, as recorded between June 2015 and September 2026, and the sign on the street decides.

North side of 1st Street

  • No parking 6 signs NO PARKING MONDAY 11:30AM-1PM
  • No parking 2 signs NO PARKING WEDNESDAY 9AM-10:30AM
  • No standing 1 sign NO STANDING ANYTIME

South side of 1st Street

  • No parking 4 signs NO PARKING THURSDAY 11:30AM-1PM
  • No standing 4 signs NO STANDING ANYTIME
  • Truck loading only 1 sign TRUCK LOADING ONLY MONDAY-FRIDAY 7AM-1PM

East side of 4th Avenue

  • No parking 4 signs NO PARKING WEDNESDAY 9AM-10:30AM
  • No stopping 4 signs NO STOPPING ANYTIME

West side of 4th Avenue

  • No parking 7 signs NO PARKING FRIDAY 9AM-10:30AM
  • No stopping 4 signs NO STOPPING ANYTIME

Landmarks and historic districts

One building within 820 feet is designated by the Landmarks Preservation Commission, recorded as neo-Renaissance, and built between 1906 and 1910.

  1. Public Bath No. 7 Designated landmark
    750 feet

Schools, parks and places within a walk

How places are listed

Fifteen public places are within a five-minute walk.

  • 4 day care or pre-K sites
  • 3 gardens
  • 2 parks
  • 2 religious buildings
  • 2 schools
  • 2 other places

Schools and child care

  1. P.S. 372 -The Children's School
    650 feet
  2. Strong Place for Hope Day Care Preschool, ages 2 to 5 · Pre-K
    800 feet
  3. The Little Brooklyn Pre-K Center at 305-307 Third Avenue Pre-K center
    810 feet
Show all 6
  1. Rivendell School
    1,020 feet
  2. NY Kids Club Preschool, ages 2 to 5
    1,050 feet
  3. Let's Play and Learn Preschool, ages 2 to 5 · Pre-K
    1,160 feet

Parks, playgrounds and gardens

  1. Washington Park
    580 feet
  2. Gil Hodges (Carroll Street Garden) Garden
    660 feet
  3. Washington Skate Park
    810 feet
Show all 6
  1. Garden of Union (Annie's Garden) Garden
    900 feet
  2. GreenSpace Native Plant Community Garden and Environmental Center Garden
    1,060 feet
  3. J.J. Byrne Playground
    1,090 feet

Libraries, museums and history

  1. Old Stone House of Brooklyn Listed historic place
    1,100 feet

Bank branches

  1. TD Bank Bank branch
    890 feet
  2. Bank of America Bank branch
    1,000 feet

Supermarkets

  1. Whole Foods Market Supermarket
    0.3 miles
  2. Associated Supermarkets Supermarket
    0.3 miles
  3. Foodtown Supermarket
    0.5 miles

Food stores and places to eat

Within a five-minute walk there are 49 places to eat and nine food stores.

Nearby corners

The eight nearest of the 10 corners within a three-minute walk:

See every intersection along 1st 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.