4th Avenue & 27th Street

The four-way crossing of 4th Avenue and 27th Street is in Sunset Park (West), Brooklyn, and is also named Andrew DiOrio Boulevard by local law. Between 2021 and 2025, 23 police-reported crashes were recorded here, against a median of seven crashes for a Brooklyn corner. St Roccos RC Church is 290 feet away. The nearest subway, 25 St, is about two minutes on foot, and three subway lines stop within a ten-minute walk. Within a five-minute walk are nine public places, four of them religious buildings, and 11 places to eat.

Safety record
17 hurt
23 police-reported crashes, 2021–2025
Nearest subway
25 St
530 feet · 2 min on foot · R
Nearest bus stop
710 feet
3 Av/27 St · B37
Within a walk
9 places
4 religious buildings, 2 day care or pre-K sites and 3 more kinds, within five minutes

Map

Layers
4th Avenue & 27th Street Nearby corners, linked

Getting there

How walks are measured

Subway

The nearest subway station is 25 St, 530 feet from this corner, about two minutes on foot.

  • 3 lines within a ten-minute walk
  1. 25 St R
    530 feet
    R

Next trains at this station

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

Also within a walk

  1. 36 St D, N, R
    0.4 miles
    D N R

Bus

The nearest bus stop is 3 Av/27 St, 710 feet away, for the B37.

  • 3 routes within a ten-minute walk
  1. 3 Av/27 St B37
    710 feet
    B37

Next buses at this stop

  1. B37 …

Live arrivals

Cycling

  • 14 bicycle racks within 820 feet
  • 2 more bike-share stations within a five-minute walk

Nearest bike-share station

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

By car

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

  1. 833 4th 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 23 crashes at this corner, more than the median of seven crashes for a Brooklyn corner.

  • 17 people injured
  • 0 people killed
  • 9 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
23 feet above sea level

This corner is also named Andrew DiOrio Boulevard, a co-naming enacted on July 11, 2011 (Local Law 47 of 2011).

The streets

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

Homes

About 900 homes stand within 820 feet of this corner, a mix of apartment buildings and smaller houses.

Trees

NYC Parks records 35 trees within 330 feet; the most common is the London planetree.

The Department of Records' Honorary Street Names dataset has its own note on Andrew DiOrio Boulevard.

Parking on the streets meeting here

How signs are read
  • 46 signs on these blocks
  • 15 different rules
  • 3 active meters
  • 2 pay-by-cell zones

The sign wording is DOT's, as recorded between November 2019 and January 2024; the 12 rules shown are the first by street and side, and the sign on the street decides.

North side of 27th Street

  • No parking 2 signs NO PARKING ANYTIME
  • No parking 9 signs NO PARKING MONDAY 9:30AM-11AM
  • No standing 1 sign NO STANDING ANYTIME
  • Truck loading only 2 signs TRUCK LOADING ONLY MONDAY-FRIDAY 5AM-4PM

South side of 27th Street

  • No parking 9 signs NO PARKING TUESDAY 9:30AM-11AM
  • Truck loading only 1 sign TRUCK LOADING ONLY
  • Truck loading only 2 signs TRUCK LOADING ONLY MONDAY-FRIDAY 5AM-5PM
  • Truck loading only 1 sign TRUCK LOADING ONLY MONDAY-FRIDAY 7AM-5PM

East side of 4th Avenue

  • Metered parking 3 signs 2 HOUR METERED PARKING 8:30AM-7PM EXCEPT SUNDAY
  • No parking 3 signs NO PARKING 8AM-8:30AM EXCEPT SUNDAY
  • No stopping 4 signs NO STOPPING ANYTIME

West side of 4th Avenue

  • Metered parking 2 signs 2 HOUR METERED PARKING 8AM-7PM EXCEPT SUNDAY

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

Schools and places within a walk

How places are listed

Nine public places are within a five-minute walk.

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

Schools and child care

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

Libraries, museums and history

  1. Weir Greenhouse Listed historic place
    1,300 feet

Houses of worship

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

Fire and police

  1. 72nd Precinct Police station
    790 feet

Supermarkets

  1. Ideal Food Basket Supermarket
    570 feet

Food stores and places to eat

Within a five-minute walk there are 11 places to eat and 12 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 27th 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 Records, NYC Housing Preservation and Development, NYC Parks, NYC Health, NYS Agriculture and Markets and USDA, retrieved September 18 – October 6, 2026.