4th Avenue & 24th Street

The four-way crossing of 4th Avenue and 24th Street is in Sunset Park (West), Brooklyn. Between 2021 and 2025, 15 police-reported crashes were recorded here, against a median of seven crashes for a Brooklyn corner. St Roccos RC Church is 950 feet away. The nearest subway, 25 St, is about a minute on foot, for the R. Within a five-minute walk are nine public places, four of them day care or pre-K sites, and 11 places to eat. About 1,700 homes stand within 820 feet, a mix of apartment buildings and smaller houses.

Safety record
12 hurt
15 police-reported crashes, 2021–2025
Nearest subway
25 St
320 feet · 1 min on foot · R
Nearest bus stop
870 feet
5 Av/24 St · B63
Within a walk
9 places
4 day care or pre-K sites, 4 religious buildings and 1 more kind, within five minutes

Map

Layers
4th Avenue & 24th Street Nearby corners, linked

Getting there

How walks are measured

Subway

The nearest subway station is 25 St, 320 feet from this corner, about a minute on foot.

  1. 25 St R
    320 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
    0.4 miles
    R

Bus

The nearest bus stop is 5 Av/24 St, 870 feet away, for the B63.

  • 2 routes within a ten-minute walk
  1. 5 Av/24 St B63 · Shelter
    870 feet
    B63
    Shelter

Next buses at this stop

  1. B63 …

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. 4 Ave & 26 St 24 docks in all
    530 feet

By car

The nearest highway entrance is the ramp to the Prospect Expressway eastbound at 17th Street & Prospect Expressway, 0.5 miles by car along the streets.

  1. 668 3rd Avenue Gas station
    0.4 miles
  2. 831 3rd Avenue Charging for electric cars, six Level 2 chargers
    0.6 miles

Safety record

How crashes are counted

Between 2021 and 2025, police reported 15 crashes at this corner, more than the median of seven crashes for a Brooklyn corner.

  • 12 people injured
  • 0 people killed
  • 1 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

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
36 feet above sea level

The streets

  • Up to two travel lanes
  • 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 3 new affordable homes have been completed within 820 feet.

Trees

NYC Parks records 37 trees within 330 feet; the most common is the London planetree.

Parking on the streets meeting here

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

The sign wording is DOT's, as recorded between August 2019 and December 2023; the 12 rules shown are the first by street and side, and the sign on the street decides.

North side of 24th Street

  • No parking 9 signs NO PARKING MONDAY 11:30AM-1PM

South side of 24th Street

  • No parking 2 signs NO PARKING ANYTIME
  • No parking 8 signs NO PARKING WEDNESDAY 11:30AM-1PM
  • Truck loading only 3 signs TRUCK LOADING ONLY MONDAY-FRIDAY 8AM-6PM
  • Truck loading only 1 sign TRUCK LOADING ONLY MONDAY-FRIDAY 9AM-6PM

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 1 sign NO PARKING WEDNESDAY 8AM-8:30AM
  • 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.

Landmarks and historic districts

One building within 820 feet is designated by the Landmarks Preservation Commission, recorded as Victorian, and built in 1895.

  1. Weir Greenhouse Designated landmark
    790 feet

Schools and places within a walk

How places are listed

Nine public places are within a five-minute walk.

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

Schools and child care

  1. The Little Brooklyn Pre-K Center at 219 25th Street Pre-K center
    460 feet
  2. The Little Brooklyn Pre-K Center at 173-177 25th Street Pre-K center
    480 feet
  3. Brooklyn Cultural Center of New York School-based preschool, ages 3 to 5 · Pre-K
    810 feet
Show all 5
  1. Al-Noor School
    1,050 feet
  2. Brooklyn Treehouse Preschool Preschool, ages 2 to 5 · Pre-K
    1,250 feet

Houses of worship

  1. Our Lady of Czestochowa & St Casimir Church House of worship
    280 feet
  2. St Roccos RC Church House of worship
    950 feet

Supermarkets

  1. Ideal Food Basket Supermarket
    380 feet

Food stores and places to eat

Within a five-minute walk there are 11 places to eat and 14 food stores.

Nearby corners

The eight corners within a three-minute walk:

See every intersection along 24th 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, NYS Agriculture and Markets and USDA, retrieved September 18 – October 6, 2026.