4th Avenue & 26th Street

The four-way crossing of 4th Avenue and 26th Street is in Sunset Park (West), Brooklyn. Between 2021 and 2025, 23 police-reported crashes were recorded here, against a median of seven crashes for a Brooklyn corner. Weir Greenhouse stands 760 feet away, built in 1895, and the 72nd Precinct is 1,050 feet away. The nearest subway, 25 St, is about a minute on foot, and three subway lines stop within a ten-minute walk. Within a five-minute walk are eight public places, four of them religious buildings, and nine places to eat.

Safety record
15 hurt
23 police-reported crashes, 2021–2025
Nearest subway
25 St
280 feet · 1 min on foot · R
Nearest bus stop
900 feet
5 Av/26 St · B63
Within a walk
8 places
4 religious buildings, 2 day care or pre-K sites and 2 more kinds, within five minutes

Map

Layers
4th Avenue & 26th Street Nearby corners, linked

Getting there

How walks are measured

Subway

The nearest subway station is 25 St, 280 feet from this corner, about a minute on foot.

  • 3 lines within a ten-minute walk
  1. 25 St R
    280 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
    0.5 miles
    R
  2. 36 St D, N, R
    0.5 miles
    D N R

Bus

The nearest bus stop is 5 Av/26 St, 900 feet away, for the B63.

  • 2 routes within a ten-minute walk
  1. 5 Av/26 St B63
    900 feet
    B63

Next buses at this stop

  1. B63 …

Live arrivals

Cycling

  • 25 bicycle racks within 820 feet
  • 1 more bike-share station within a five-minute walk

Nearest bike-share station

  1. 4 Ave & 26 St 24 docks in all
    60 feet

By car

The nearest highway entrance is the ramp to the Prospect Expressway eastbound at 17th Street & Prospect Expressway, 0.6 miles by car along the streets.

  1. 833 4th Avenue Gas station
    0.3 miles
  2. 831 3rd Avenue Charging for electric cars, six Level 2 chargers
    0.5 miles

Safety record

How crashes are counted

Between 2021 and 2025, police reported 23 crashes at this corner, more than the median of seven crashes for a Brooklyn corner.

  • 15 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 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
27 feet above sea level

The streets

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

Homes

About 1,000 homes stand within 820 feet of this corner, a mix of apartment buildings and smaller houses. The buildings holding them mostly went up between 1910 and 1936.

Trees

NYC Parks records 26 trees within 330 feet; the most common are the London planetree and the pin oak.

Parking on the streets meeting here

How signs are read
  • 51 signs on these blocks
  • 13 different rules
  • 2 active meters
  • 2 pay-by-cell zones

The sign wording is DOT's, as recorded between October 2016 and January 2024; the 12 rules shown are the first by street and side, and the sign on the street decides.

North side of 26th Street

  • No parking 9 signs NO PARKING MONDAY 9:30AM-11AM
  • Truck loading only 5 signs TRUCK LOADING ONLY
  • Truck loading only 3 signs TRUCK LOADING ONLY MONDAY-FRIDAY 8AM-6PM

South side of 26th Street

  • No parking 4 signs NO PARKING MONDAY-FRIDAY 8AM-6PM
  • No parking 10 signs NO PARKING TUESDAY 9:30AM-11AM

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 ANYTIME
  • No stopping 4 signs NO STOPPING ANYTIME

West side of 4th Avenue

  • Metered parking 2 signs 2 HOUR METERED PARKING 8AM-7PM EXCEPT SUNDAY
  • No parking 2 signs NO PARKING 7:30AM-8AM EXCEPT SUNDAY
  • No standing 2 signs NO STANDING HOTEL LOADING ZONE

ParkNYC pay-by-cell zones: 336427 and 337166.

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
    760 feet

Schools and places within a walk

How places are listed

Eight public places are within a five-minute walk.

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

Schools and child care

  1. The Little Brooklyn Pre-K Center at 219 25th Street Pre-K center
    620 feet
  2. The Little Brooklyn Pre-K Center at 173-177 25th Street Pre-K center
    660 feet
  3. P.S. 172 Beacon School of Excellence School
    960 feet

Houses of worship

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

Fire and police

  1. 72nd Precinct Police station
    1,050 feet

Supermarkets

  1. Ideal Food Basket Supermarket
    310 feet

Food stores and places to eat

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

Nearby corners

The eight corners within a three-minute walk:

See every intersection along 26th 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.