4th Avenue & 39th Street

The four-way crossing of 4th Avenue and 39th Street is in Sunset Park (West), Brooklyn. Between 2021 and 2025, 50 police-reported crashes were recorded here, against a median of seven crashes for a Brooklyn corner. The Engine 228 firehouse is 450 feet away. The nearest subway, 36 St, is about three minutes on foot, for the D, N and R. Within a five-minute walk are 13 public places, eight of them schools, and 46 places to eat. About 1,000 homes stand within 820 feet, mostly built between 1910 and 1923, a mix of apartment buildings and smaller houses.

Safety record
36 hurt
50 police-reported crashes, 2021–2025
Nearest subway
36 St
850 feet · 3 min on foot · D, N, R
Nearest bus stop
140 feet
39 St/4 Av · B35
Within a walk
13 places
8 schools, 2 religious buildings and 3 more kinds, within five minutes

Map

Layers
4th Avenue & 39th Street Nearby corners, linked

Getting there

How walks are measured

Subway

The nearest subway station is 36 St, 850 feet from this corner, about three minutes on foot.

  • 3 lines at the nearest station
  1. 36 St D, N, R
    850 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 39 St/4 Av, 140 feet away, for the B35.

  • 4 routes within a ten-minute walk
  1. 39 St/4 Av B35
    140 feet
    B35

Next buses at this stop

  1. B35 …

Live arrivals

Cycling

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

Nearest bike-share station

  1. 41 St & 4 Ave 23 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
    0.3 miles
  2. 484 43rd Street Charging for electric cars, two Level 2 chargers
    0.4 miles

Safety record

How crashes are counted

Between 2021 and 2025, police reported 50 crashes at this corner, more than the median of seven crashes for a Brooklyn corner.

  • 34 people injured
  • 2 people killed
  • 8 of those hurt, on foot
  • 14 of those hurt, on a bike

The most recent crash recorded here was in May 2026.

What the city has done here

  • Accessible pedestrian signal, October 2015
  • Leading pedestrian interval, February 2016

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
42 feet above sea level

The streets

  • Up to two travel lanes
  • A designated truck route

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 1923.

Trees

NYC Parks records 27 trees within 330 feet; the most common is the pin oak.

Parking on the streets meeting here

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

The sign wording is DOT's, as recorded between March 2020 and May 2026; the 12 rules shown are the first by street and side, and the sign on the street decides.

North side of 39th Street

  • No parking 2 signs NO PARKING THURSDAY 11:30AM-1PM
  • No standing 7 signs NO STANDING ANYTIME
  • No standing 2 signs NO STANDING FIRE ZONE
  • No standing 2 signs NO STANDING SCHOOL DAYS 7AM-4PM

South side of 39th Street

  • No standing 4 signs NO STANDING ANYTIME
  • No standing 2 signs NO STANDING FIRE ZONE
  • No standing 5 signs NO STANDING MONDAY-FRIDAY 7AM-10AM

East side of 4th Avenue

  • Metered parking 1 sign 2 HOUR METERED PARKING 8:30AM-7PM EXCEPT SUNDAY
  • No parking 1 sign NO PARKING 8AM-8:30AM EXCEPT SUNDAY
  • No parking 1 sign NO PARKING FRIDAY 9:30AM-11AM
  • No stopping 4 signs NO STOPPING ANYTIME

West side of 4th Avenue

  • Metered parking 1 sign 2 HOUR METERED PARKING 8AM-7PM EXCEPT SUNDAY

ParkNYC pay-by-cell zones: 313826 and 338788.

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

Thirteen public places are within a five-minute walk.

  • 8 schools
  • 2 religious buildings
  • 1 fire station
  • 1 listed historic place
  • 1 playground

Schools and child care

  1. Brooklyn Prospect Charter School - CSD 13.2 School
    450 feet
  2. Brooklyn Prospect Charter School - CSD 15 School
    450 feet
  3. I.S. 136 Charles O. Dewey School
    590 feet
Show all 8
  1. Sunset Park Prep School
    590 feet
  2. P.S. 024 School
    650 feet
  3. P.S. 371 - Lillian L. Rashkis School
    700 feet
  4. Global Innovators Academy School
    1,070 feet
  5. Sunset Park Avenues Elementary School
    1,200 feet

Parks, playgrounds and gardens

  1. Gonzalo Plasencia Playground
    700 feet

Libraries, museums and history

  1. Sixty-Eighth Police Precinct Station House and Stable Listed historic place
    1,170 feet

Houses of worship

  1. St Michaels RC Church House of worship
    880 feet

Fire and police

  1. Engine 228 Fire station · landmark
    450 feet

Bank branches

  1. TD Bank Bank branch
    150 feet

Supermarkets

  1. Food Universe Supermarket
    0.3 miles
  2. Key Food Supermarket
    0.4 miles
  3. Bravo Supermarket
    0.5 miles

Food stores and places to eat

Within a five-minute walk there are 46 places to eat and 24 food stores.

Nearby corners

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

See every intersection along 39th 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.