4th Avenue & 25th Street

The four-way crossing of 4th Avenue and 25th Street is in Sunset Park (West), Brooklyn. Between 2021 and 2025, 21 police-reported crashes were recorded here, against a median of seven crashes for a Brooklyn corner. Our Lady of Czestochowa & St Casimir Church is 240 feet away, and P.S. 172 Beacon School of Excellence is 1,220 feet away. The nearest subway, 25 St, is about a minute on foot, for the R. Within a five-minute walk are ten public places, four of them religious buildings, and eight places to eat.

Safety record
11 hurt
21 police-reported crashes, 2021–2025
Nearest subway
25 St
60 feet · 1 min on foot · R
Nearest bus stop
860 feet
3 Av/25 St · B37
Within a walk
10 places
4 religious buildings, 3 day care or pre-K sites and 2 more kinds, within five minutes

Map

Layers
4th Avenue & 25th Street Nearby corners, linked

Getting there

How walks are measured

Subway

The nearest subway station is 25 St, 60 feet from this corner, about a minute on foot.

  1. 25 St R
    60 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 3 Av/25 St, 860 feet away, for the B37.

  • 2 routes within a ten-minute walk
  1. 3 Av/25 St B37
    860 feet
    B37

Next buses at this stop

  1. B37 …

Live arrivals

Cycling

  • 24 bicycle racks within 820 feet
  • 3 more bike-share stations within a five-minute walk

Nearest bike-share station

  1. 4 Ave & 26 St 24 docks in all
    270 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
    0.4 miles
  2. 831 3rd Avenue Charging for electric cars, six Level 2 chargers
    0.7 miles

Safety record

How crashes are counted

Between 2021 and 2025, police reported 21 crashes at this corner, more than the median of seven crashes for a Brooklyn corner.

  • 11 people injured
  • 0 people killed
  • 1 of those hurt, on foot
  • 3 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
11232
Community board
Brooklyn Community Board 7
City Council district
38
Police precinct
72
Neighborhood (City Planning area)
Sunset Park (West)
Elevation
31 feet above sea level

The streets

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

Homes

About 1,300 homes stand within 820 feet of this corner, a mix of apartment buildings and smaller houses.

Trees

NYC Parks records 30 trees within 330 feet; the most common is the London planetree.

Parking on the streets meeting here

How signs are read
  • 55 signs on these blocks
  • 19 different rules

The sign wording is DOT's, as recorded between August 2015 and November 2023; the 12 rules shown are the first by street and side, and the sign on the street decides.

North side of 25th Street

  • No parking 11 signs NO PARKING MONDAY 11:30AM-1PM
  • No parking 2 signs NO PARKING MONDAY-FRIDAY 8AM-6PM
  • No standing 3 signs NO STANDING MONDAY-FRIDAY 7AM-7PM
  • No standing 4 signs NO STANDING SCHOOL DAYS 7AM-4PM

South side of 25th Street

  • No parking 2 signs NO PARKING MONDAY-FRIDAY 8AM-6PM
  • No parking 7 signs NO PARKING WEDNESDAY 11:30AM-1PM
  • No standing 2 signs NO STANDING 10PM-8AM ALL DAYS
  • No standing 2 signs NO STANDING MONDAY-FRIDAY 7AM-7PM
  • Truck loading only 1 sign TRUCK LOADING ONLY
  • Truck loading only 1 sign TRUCK LOADING ONLY 7AM-6PM EXCEPT SUNDAY
  • Truck loading only 2 signs TRUCK LOADING ONLY MONDAY-FRIDAY 7AM-5PM
  • Truck loading only 2 signs TRUCK LOADING ONLY MONDAY-FRIDAY 8AM-6PM

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
    730 feet

Schools and places within a walk

How places are listed

Ten public places are within a five-minute walk.

  • 4 religious buildings
  • 3 day care or pre-K sites
  • 2 schools
  • 1 police station

Schools and child care

  1. The Little Brooklyn Pre-K Center at 219 25th Street Pre-K center
    360 feet
  2. The Little Brooklyn Pre-K Center at 173-177 25th Street Pre-K center
    400 feet
  3. Brooklyn Cultural Center of New York School-based preschool, ages 3 to 5 · Pre-K
    1,070 feet
Show all 5
  1. P.S. 172 Beacon School of Excellence School
    1,220 feet
  2. Al-Noor School
    1,310 feet

Houses of worship

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

Fire and police

  1. 72nd Precinct Police station
    1,310 feet

Supermarkets

  1. Ideal Food Basket Supermarket
    120 feet

Food stores and places to eat

Within a five-minute walk there are eight places to eat and ten food stores.

Nearby corners

The eight corners within a three-minute walk:

See every intersection along 25th 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.