4th Avenue & 20th Street

The four-way crossing of 4th Avenue and 20th Street is in Sunset Park (West), Brooklyn. Between 2021 and 2025, 20 police-reported crashes were recorded here, against a median of seven crashes for a Brooklyn corner. Al-Noor School is 140 feet away. The nearest subway, Prospect Av, is about three minutes on foot, for the R. Within a five-minute walk are 12 public places, six of them religious buildings, and 29 places to eat. A bike lane separated from traffic runs along 20th Street. About 1,700 homes stand within 820 feet, a mix of apartment buildings and smaller houses.

Safety record
7 hurt
20 police-reported crashes, 2021–2025
Nearest subway
Prospect Av
890 feet · 3 min on foot · R
Nearest bus stop
750 feet
3 Av/20 St · B37
Within a walk
12 places
6 religious buildings, 3 day care or pre-K sites and 1 more kind, within five minutes

Map

Layers
4th Avenue & 20th Street Nearby corners, linked

Getting there

How walks are measured

Subway

The nearest subway station is Prospect Av, 890 feet from this corner, about three minutes on foot.

  1. Prospect Av R
    890 feet
    R

Next trains at this station

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

Also within a walk

  1. 25 St R
    0.3 miles
    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/20 St, 750 feet away, for the B37.

  • 2 routes within a ten-minute walk
  1. 3 Av/20 St B37
    750 feet
    B37

Next buses at this stop

  1. B37 …

Live arrivals

Cycling

A bike lane separated from traffic runs on 20th Street.

  • 27 bicycle racks within 820 feet, 7 of them on-street corrals
  • 1 more bike-share station within a five-minute walk

Nearest bike-share station

  1. 21 St & 4 Ave 21 docks in all
    320 feet

By car

The nearest highway entrance is the ramp to the Prospect Expressway eastbound at 17th Street & Prospect Expressway, 0.3 miles by car along the streets.

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

Safety record

How crashes are counted

Between 2021 and 2025, police reported 20 crashes at this corner, more than the median of seven crashes for a Brooklyn corner.

  • 7 people injured
  • 0 people killed
  • 3 of those hurt, on a bike

The most recent crash recorded here was in January 2026.

What the city has done here

  • Leading pedestrian interval, October 2021

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
44 feet above sea level

The streets

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

Homes

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

Since 2014 at least 39 new affordable homes have been completed within 820 feet.

Trees

NYC Parks records 44 trees within 330 feet; the most common are the 'Green Vase' zelkova and the Japanese pagoda tree.

Parking on the streets meeting here

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

The sign wording is DOT's, as recorded between October 2021 and January 2024, and the sign on the street decides.

North side of 20th Street

  • No parking 10 signs NO PARKING MONDAY 11:30AM-1PM
  • No standing 4 signs NO STANDING ANYTIME
  • Truck loading only 7 signs TRUCK LOADING ONLY 7AM-7PM EXCEPT SUNDAY

South side of 20th Street

  • No parking 10 signs NO PARKING WEDNESDAY 11:30AM-1PM
  • No standing 1 sign NO STANDING HOTEL LOADING ZONE
  • No stopping 3 signs NO STOPPING ANYTIME
  • Truck loading only 2 signs TRUCK LOADING ONLY 7AM-7PM EXCEPT SUNDAY

East side of 4th Avenue

  • No parking 4 signs NO PARKING WEDNESDAY 11:30AM-1PM
  • No standing 2 signs NO STANDING SCHOOL DAYS 7AM-4PM
  • No stopping 3 signs NO STOPPING ANYTIME

West side of 4th Avenue

  • No parking 4 signs NO PARKING MONDAY 11:30AM-1PM
  • No stopping 2 signs NO STOPPING ANYTIME

Schools and places within a walk

How places are listed

Twelve public places are within a five-minute walk.

  • 6 religious buildings
  • 3 day care or pre-K sites
  • 3 schools

Schools and child care

  1. Al-Noor School
    140 feet
  2. Brooklyn Treehouse Preschool Preschool, ages 2 to 5 · Pre-K
    210 feet
  3. Brooklyn Cultural Center of New York School-based preschool, ages 3 to 5 · Pre-K
    230 feet
Show all 6
  1. Child care center at 646 5th Avenue School-based preschool, ages 3 to 5
    1,140 feet
  2. Hellenic Classical Charter School
    1,290 feet
  3. Hellenic Classical Charter School Park Slope School
    1,290 feet

Houses of worship

  1. St John Evangelist Church House of worship
    1,170 feet
  2. Our Lady of Czestochowa & St Casimir Church House of worship
    1,260 feet

Supermarkets

  1. Ideal Food Basket Supermarket
    0.3 miles
  2. Key Food Supermarket
    0.3 miles

Other stores

  1. Dollar Tree Store
    0.3 miles

Food stores and places to eat

Within a five-minute walk there are 29 places to eat and 15 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 20th 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, NYS Agriculture and Markets and USDA, retrieved September 18 – October 6, 2026.