4th Avenue & 2nd Street

The three-way junction of 4th Avenue and 2nd Street is in Park Slope, Brooklyn. Between 2021 and 2025, three police-reported crashes were recorded here, fewer than the median of seven crashes for a Brooklyn corner. Washington Skate Park is 550 feet away, and the Engine 239 firehouse is 1,200 feet away. The nearest subway, Union St, is about four minutes on foot, and three subway lines stop within a ten-minute walk. Within a five-minute walk are 19 public places, six of them day care or pre-K sites, and 34 places to eat.

Safety record
3 hurt
3 police-reported crashes, 2021–2025
Nearest subway
Union St
1,060 feet · 4 min on foot · R
Nearest bus stop
620 feet
4 Av/4 St · B103
Within a walk
19 places
6 day care or pre-K sites, 2 gardens and 7 more kinds, within five minutes

Map

Layers
4th Avenue & 2nd Street Nearby corners, linked

Getting there

How walks are measured

Subway

The nearest subway station is Union St, 1,060 feet from this corner, about four minutes on foot.

  • 3 lines within a ten-minute walk
  1. Union St R
    1,060 feet
    R

Next trains at this station

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

Also within a walk

  1. 4 Av-9 St F, G, R
    0.3 miles
    F G R

The MTA's permanent art catalog lists “CommUnion” (1994) by Emmett Wigglesworth at the Union St station.

Bus

The nearest bus stop is 4 Av/4 St, 620 feet away, for the B103.

  • 6 routes within a ten-minute walk
  1. 4 Av/4 St B103
    620 feet
    B103

Next buses at this stop

  1. B103 …

Live arrivals

Cycling

A marked bike lane runs on 2nd Street.

  • 38 bicycle racks within 820 feet, 2 of them on-street corrals
  • 4 more bike-share stations within a five-minute walk

Nearest bike-share station

  1. 4 Ave & 3 St 39 docks in all
    340 feet

By car

The nearest highway entrance is the ramp to the Prospect Expressway eastbound at 17th Street & Prospect Expressway, 0.9 miles by car along the streets.

  1. 300 Bergen Street Gas station
    0.8 miles
  2. 613 Baltic Street Charging for electric cars, five Level 2 chargers
    0.6 miles

Safety record

How crashes are counted

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

  • 3 people injured
  • 0 people killed

The most recent crash recorded here was in June 2026.

What the city has done here

  • Leading pedestrian interval, June 2020

About this corner

Where facts come from
ZIP code
11215
Community board
Brooklyn Community Board 6
City Council district
39
Police precinct
78
Neighborhood (City Planning area)
Park Slope
Elevation
22 feet above sea level

The streets

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

Homes

About 1,500 homes stand within 820 feet of this corner, a mix of apartment buildings and smaller houses.

Trees

NYC Parks records 39 trees within 330 feet; the most common are the thornless honeylocust and the pin oak.

Parking on the streets meeting here

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

The sign wording is DOT's, as recorded between August 2019 and June 2026, and the sign on the street decides.

North side of 2nd Street

  • Loading only 1 sign LOADING ONLY MONDAY-FRIDAY 7AM-7PM
  • No parking 6 signs NO PARKING MONDAY 11:30AM-1PM
  • No parking 1 sign NO PARKING MONDAY-FRIDAY 8AM-6PM

South side of 2nd Street

  • No parking 5 signs NO PARKING THURSDAY 11:30AM-1PM

East side of 4th Avenue

  • Metered parking 2 signs 2 HOUR METERED PARKING 9AM-7PM EXCEPT SUNDAY
  • No parking 4 signs NO PARKING WEDNESDAY 9AM-10:30AM
  • No stopping 4 signs NO STOPPING ANYTIME

ParkNYC pay-by-cell zone: 330955.

Landmarks and historic districts

Within 820 feet is one Individual Landmark, and three buildings in all are designated by the Landmarks Preservation Commission, recorded as American Round Arch. They were built in 1884.

  1. Somers Brothers Tinware Factory, 3rd Street Wing Designated landmark
    680 feet
  2. Somers Brothers Tinware Factory, Corner Pavilion Designated landmark
    760 feet
  3. Somers Brothers Tinware Factory, 3rd Avenue Wing Designated landmark
    790 feet

Schools, parks and places within a walk

How places are listed

Nineteen public places are within a five-minute walk.

  • 6 day care or pre-K sites
  • 2 gardens
  • 2 listed historic places
  • 2 parks
  • 2 religious buildings
  • 5 other places

Schools and child care

  1. Strong Place for Hope Day Care Preschool, ages 2 to 5 · Pre-K
    540 feet
  2. Let's Play and Learn Preschool, ages 2 to 5 · Pre-K
    910 feet
  3. P.S. 372 -The Children's School
    910 feet
Show all 8
  1. The Little Brooklyn Pre-K Center at 305-307 Third Avenue Pre-K center
    1,070 feet
  2. Juguemos a Cantar Preschool, ages 2 to 5 · Pre-K
    1,140 feet
  3. Regina's Playschool Pre-K
    1,160 feet
  4. Rivendell School
    1,280 feet
  5. NY Kids Club Preschool, ages 2 to 5
    1,310 feet

Parks, playgrounds and gardens

  1. Washington Park
    320 feet
  2. Washington Skate Park
    550 feet
  3. J.J. Byrne Playground
    830 feet
Show all 5
  1. Gil Hodges (Carroll Street Garden) Garden
    920 feet
  2. Garden of Union (Annie's Garden) Garden
    1,150 feet

Plazas and public spaces

  1. Public space at Whole Foods Public space
    1,110 feet

Libraries, museums and history

  1. Old Stone House of Brooklyn Listed historic place
    840 feet
  2. Public Bath No. 7 Listed historic place
    1,060 feet

Fire and police

  1. Engine 239 Fire station
    1,200 feet

Bank branches

  1. TD Bank Bank branch
    1,150 feet
  2. Bank of America Bank branch
    1,260 feet

Supermarkets

  1. Whole Foods Market Supermarket
    1,250 feet
  2. Associated Supermarkets Supermarket
    0.4 miles
  3. Foodtown Supermarket
    0.4 miles

Food stores and places to eat

Within a five-minute walk there are 34 places to eat and nine food stores.

Nearby corners

The eight corners within a three-minute walk:

See every intersection along 2nd Street or 4th Avenue.

Sources: NYC Technology and Innovation, NYPD, NYC DOT, MTA, NYC City Planning, New York City's bike-share system, NYS Environmental Conservation, US Department of Energy, NYC Housing Preservation and Development, Landmarks Preservation Commission, NYC Parks, NYC Health, FDIC, NYS Agriculture and Markets and USDA, retrieved September 18 – October 6, 2026.