4th Avenue & 23rd Street

The four-way crossing of 4th Avenue and 23rd Street is in Sunset Park (West), Brooklyn. Between 2021 and 2025, ten police-reported crashes were recorded here, against a median of seven crashes for a Brooklyn corner. In 2025, 1,250 school-zone speed camera tickets were recorded here. Al-Noor School is 790 feet away. The nearest subway, 25 St, is about two minutes on foot, for the R. Within a five-minute walk are ten public places, four of them day care or pre-K sites, and 15 places to eat.

Safety record
10 hurt
10 police-reported crashes, 2021–2025
Nearest subway
25 St
580 feet · 2 min on foot · R
Nearest bus stop
920 feet
3 Av/23 St · B37
Within a walk
10 places
4 day care or pre-K sites, 4 religious buildings and 2 more kinds, within five minutes

Map

Layers
4th Avenue & 23rd Street Nearby corners, linked

Getting there

How walks are measured

Subway

The nearest subway station is 25 St, 580 feet from this corner, about two minutes on foot.

  1. 25 St R
    580 feet
    R

Next trains at this station

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

Also within a walk

  1. Prospect Av R
    0.3 miles
    R

Bus

The nearest bus stop is 3 Av/23 St, 920 feet away, for the B37.

  • 2 routes within a ten-minute walk
  1. 3 Av/23 St B37
    920 feet
    B37

Next buses at this stop

  1. B37 …

Live arrivals

Cycling

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

Nearest bike-share station

  1. 21 St & 4 Ave 21 docks in all
    560 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
    0.3 miles
  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 ten 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 May 2026.

What the city has done here

  • Leading pedestrian interval, June 2020

Camera tickets

How tickets are counted

In 2025, 1,250 school-zone speed camera tickets were issued for violations recorded at this corner, the 642nd most of the 1,957 corners in the city where any were issued.

In 2026 so far, through August 27, 167 more were issued.

Every corner with speed camera tickets

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
39 feet above sea level

The streets

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

Homes

About 1,600 homes stand within 820 feet of this corner, a mix of apartment buildings and smaller houses.

Since 2014 at least 14 new affordable homes have been completed within 820 feet.

Trees

NYC Parks records 48 trees within 330 feet.

Parking on the streets meeting here

How signs are read
  • 39 signs on these blocks
  • 10 different rules
  • 1 active meter
  • 1 pay-by-cell zone

The sign wording is DOT's, as recorded between August 2020 and December 2023, and the sign on the street decides.

North side of 23rd Street

  • No parking 10 signs NO PARKING MONDAY 11:30AM-1PM

South side of 23rd Street

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

East side of 4th Avenue

  • Metered parking 2 signs 2 HOUR METERED PARKING 8:30AM-7PM EXCEPT SUNDAY
  • No parking 2 signs NO PARKING 8AM-8:30AM EXCEPT SUNDAY
  • No parking 2 signs NO PARKING WEDNESDAY 11:30AM-1PM
  • No stopping 4 signs NO STOPPING ANYTIME

West side of 4th Avenue

  • No parking 1 sign NO PARKING ANYTIME
  • No parking 3 signs NO PARKING MONDAY 11:30AM-1PM
  • No stopping 4 signs NO STOPPING ANYTIME

ParkNYC pay-by-cell zone: 303323.

Schools and places within a walk

How places are listed

Ten public places are within a five-minute walk.

  • 4 day care or pre-K sites
  • 4 religious buildings
  • 1 listed historic place
  • 1 school

Schools and child care

  1. Brooklyn Cultural Center of New York School-based preschool, ages 3 to 5 · Pre-K
    550 feet
  2. The Little Brooklyn Pre-K Center at 219 25th Street Pre-K center
    720 feet
  3. The Little Brooklyn Pre-K Center at 173-177 25th Street Pre-K center
    730 feet
Show all 5
  1. Al-Noor School
    790 feet
  2. Brooklyn Treehouse Preschool Preschool, ages 2 to 5 · Pre-K
    990 feet

Libraries, museums and history

  1. Weir Greenhouse Listed historic place
    1,300 feet

Houses of worship

  1. Our Lady of Czestochowa & St Casimir Church House of worship
    490 feet
  2. St Roccos RC Church House of worship
    1,210 feet
  3. St John Evangelist Church House of worship
    1,300 feet

Supermarkets

  1. Ideal Food Basket Supermarket
    640 feet
  2. Key Food Supermarket
    0.5 miles

Other stores

  1. Dollar Tree Store
    0.5 miles

Food stores and places to eat

Within a five-minute walk there are 15 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 23rd Street or 4th Avenue.

Sources: NYC Technology and Innovation, NYPD, NYC Finance, 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, NYC Parks, NYC Health, NYS Agriculture and Markets and USDA, retrieved September 18 – October 6, 2026.