4th Avenue & 32nd Street

The four-way crossing of 4th Avenue and 32nd Street is in Sunset Park (West), Brooklyn. Between 2021 and 2025, 16 police-reported crashes were recorded here, against a median of seven crashes for a Brooklyn corner. In 2025, 439 school-zone speed camera tickets were recorded here. P.S. 172 Beacon School of Excellence is 770 feet away. The nearest subway, 36 St, is about four minutes on foot, for the D, N and R. Within a five-minute walk are seven public places, two of them religious buildings, and 23 places to eat.

Safety record
11 hurt
16 police-reported crashes, 2021–2025
Nearest subway
36 St
970 feet · 4 min on foot · D, N, R
Nearest bus stop
1,090 feet
3 Av/33 St · B37
Within a walk
7 places
2 religious buildings, 2 schools and 3 more kinds, within five minutes

Map

Layers
4th Avenue & 32nd Street Nearby corners, linked

Getting there

How walks are measured

Subway

The nearest subway station is 36 St, 970 feet from this corner, about four minutes on foot.

  • 3 lines at the nearest station
  1. 36 St D, N, R
    970 feet
    D N R

Next trains at this station

Manhattan
3 lines
  1. D …
  2. N …
  3. R …
Southbound
3 lines
  1. D …
  2. N …
  3. R …

Also within a walk

  1. 25 St R
    0.3 miles
    R

The MTA's permanent art catalog lists “An Underground Movement: Designers, Builders, Riders” (1998) by Owen Smith at the 36 St station.

Bus

The nearest bus stop is 3 Av/33 St, 1,090 feet away, for the B37.

  • 4 routes within a ten-minute walk
  1. 3 Av/33 St B37
    1,090 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. 30 St & 4 Ave 19 docks in all
    570 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. 833 4th Avenue Gas station
    1,060 feet
  2. 831 3rd Avenue Charging for electric cars, six Level 2 chargers
    1,310 feet

Safety record

How crashes are counted

Between 2021 and 2025, police reported 16 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
  • 4 of those hurt, on a bike

The most recent crash recorded here was in April 2026.

What the city has done here

  • Leading pedestrian interval, June 2020

Camera tickets

How tickets are counted

In 2025, 439 school-zone speed camera tickets were issued for violations recorded at this corner, the 1,262nd most of the 1,957 corners in the city where any were issued.

In 2026 so far, through August 27, 621 more were issued.

Every corner with speed camera tickets

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
21 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. The buildings holding them mostly went up between 1910 and 1931.

Since 2014 at least 45 new affordable homes have been completed within 820 feet.

Trees

NYC Parks records 32 trees within 330 feet; the most common is the littleleaf linden.

Parking on the streets meeting here

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

The sign wording is DOT's, as recorded between July 2017 and May 2026, and the sign on the street decides.

North side of 32nd Street

  • No parking 9 signs NO PARKING MONDAY 9:30AM-11AM
  • Truck loading only 3 signs TRUCK LOADING ONLY MONDAY-FRIDAY 7AM-7PM

South side of 32nd Street

  • No parking 10 signs NO PARKING TUESDAY 9:30AM-11AM
  • Truck loading only 2 signs TRUCK LOADING ONLY MONDAY-FRIDAY 8AM-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 2 signs NO PARKING WEDNESDAY 8AM-8:30AM
  • No stopping 4 signs NO STOPPING ANYTIME

West side of 4th Avenue

  • Metered parking 1 sign 1 HOUR METERED PARKING 8AM-7PM EXCEPT SUNDAY
  • Metered parking 1 sign 2 HOUR METERED PARKING 8AM-7PM EXCEPT SUNDAY
  • No parking 2 signs NO PARKING 7:30AM-8AM EXCEPT SUNDAY
  • No stopping 4 signs NO STOPPING ANYTIME

ParkNYC pay-by-cell zones: 305523 and 313647.

Schools, parks and places within a walk

How places are listed

Seven public places are within a five-minute walk.

  • 2 religious buildings
  • 2 schools
  • 1 playground
  • 1 police station
  • 1 post office

Schools and child care

  1. P.S. 172 Beacon School of Excellence School
    770 feet
  2. Sunset Park High School
    910 feet

Parks, playgrounds and gardens

  1. D'Emic Playground
    1,170 feet

Community centers and public services

  1. Bush Terminal Post Office
    1,110 feet

Fire and police

  1. 72nd Precinct Police station
    720 feet

Supermarkets

  1. Ideal Food Basket Supermarket
    0.4 miles

Food stores and places to eat

Within a five-minute walk there are 23 places to eat and 17 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 32nd Street or 4th Avenue.

Sources: NYC Technology and Innovation, NYPD, NYC Finance, 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, NYC Parks, NYC Health, NYS Agriculture and Markets and USDA, retrieved September 18 – October 6, 2026.