4th Avenue & 38th Street

The four-way crossing of 4th Avenue and 38th Street is in Sunset Park (West), Brooklyn. Between 2021 and 2025, 57 police-reported crashes were recorded here, against a median of seven crashes for a Brooklyn corner. P.S. 024 is 380 feet away, and St Michaels RC Church is 1,140 feet away. The nearest subway, 36 St, is about two minutes on foot, for the D, N and R. Within a five-minute walk are 14 public places, seven of them schools, and 43 places to eat.

Safety record
30 hurt
57 police-reported crashes, 2021–2025
Nearest subway
36 St
590 feet · 2 min on foot · D, N, R
Nearest bus stop
110 feet
4 Av/39 St · B70
Within a walk
14 places
7 schools, 4 religious buildings and 3 more kinds, within five minutes

Map

Layers
4th Avenue & 38th Street Nearby corners, linked

Getting there

How walks are measured

Subway

The nearest subway station is 36 St, 590 feet from this corner, about two minutes on foot.

  • 3 lines at the nearest station
  1. 36 St D, N, R
    590 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. 45 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 4 Av/39 St, 110 feet away, for the B70.

  • 4 routes within a ten-minute walk
  1. 4 Av/39 St B70
    110 feet
    B70

Next buses at this stop

  1. B70 …

Live arrivals

Cycling

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

Nearest bike-share station

  1. 36 St & 4 Ave 30 docks in all
    590 feet

By car

The nearest highway entrance is the ramp to the Prospect Expressway eastbound at 17th Street & Prospect Expressway, 1.1 miles by car along the streets.

  1. 842 5th Avenue Gas station
    1,320 feet
  2. 831 3rd Avenue Charging for electric cars, six Level 2 chargers
    0.4 miles

Safety record

How crashes are counted

Between 2021 and 2025, police reported 57 crashes at this corner, more than the median of seven crashes for a Brooklyn corner.

  • 30 people injured
  • 0 people killed
  • 1 of those hurt, on foot
  • 6 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, September 2007
  • Safety Improvement Project, 2018

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
37 feet above sea level

The streets

  • Up to two travel lanes
  • A designated truck route
  • One of the streets is one-way

Homes

About 700 homes stand within 820 feet of this corner, a mix of apartment buildings and smaller houses. The buildings holding them mostly went up between 1906 and 1930.

Trees

NYC Parks records 28 trees within 330 feet; the most common is the littleleaf linden.

Parking on the streets meeting here

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

The sign wording is DOT's, as recorded between November 2015 and January 2024; the 12 rules shown are the first by street and side, and the sign on the street decides.

North side of 38th Street

  • No parking 2 signs NO PARKING ANYTIME
  • No parking 5 signs NO PARKING MONDAY THURSDAY MIDNIGHT-3AM
  • No standing 5 signs NO STANDING ANYTIME
  • No standing 2 signs NO STANDING SCHOOL DAYS 7AM-4PM

South side of 38th Street

  • No parking 6 signs NO PARKING TUESDAY FRIDAY MIDNIGHT-3AM
  • No parking 4 signs NO PARKING WEDNESDAY 11:30AM-1PM
  • No standing 2 signs NO STANDING ANYTIME
  • No standing 1 sign NO STANDING MONDAY-FRIDAY 7AM-5PM
  • Truck loading only 2 signs TRUCK LOADING ONLY MONDAY-FRIDAY 7AM-5PM

East side of 4th Avenue

  • No parking 2 signs NO PARKING WEDNESDAY 8AM-8:30AM
  • 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 zone: 339281.

Landmarks and historic districts

One building within 820 feet is designated by the Landmarks Preservation Commission, recorded as Romanesque Revival, and built in 1891.

Schools, parks and places within a walk

How places are listed

Fourteen public places are within a five-minute walk.

  • 7 schools
  • 4 religious buildings
  • 1 fire station
  • 1 playground
  • 1 trade or language school

Schools and child care

  1. P.S. 024 School
    380 feet
  2. P.S. 371 - Lillian L. Rashkis School
    440 feet
  3. Brooklyn Prospect Charter School - CSD 13.2 School
    540 feet
Show all 8
  1. Brooklyn Prospect Charter School - CSD 15 School
    540 feet
  2. I.S. 136 Charles O. Dewey School
    860 feet
  3. Sunset Park Prep School
    860 feet
  4. Sunset Park High School
    1,150 feet
  5. Blessing Medical Training Institute Trade or language school
    1,200 feet

Parks, playgrounds and gardens

  1. Gonzalo Plasencia Playground
    960 feet

Houses of worship

  1. St Michaels RC Church House of worship
    1,140 feet

Fire and police

  1. Engine 228 Fire station · landmark
    710 feet

Bank branches

  1. TD Bank Bank branch
    320 feet

Supermarkets

  1. Food Universe Supermarket
    0.3 miles
  2. Key Food Supermarket
    0.4 miles

Food stores and places to eat

Within a five-minute walk there are 43 places to eat and 19 food stores.

Nearby corners

The eight nearest of the 9 corners within a three-minute walk:

See every intersection along 38th 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, Landmarks Preservation Commission, NYC Parks, NYC Health, FDIC, NYS Agriculture and Markets and USDA, retrieved September 18 – October 6, 2026.