4th Avenue & 41st Street

The four-way crossing of 4th Avenue and 41st Street is in Sunset Park (West), Brooklyn. Between 2021 and 2025, 34 police-reported crashes were recorded here, against a median of seven crashes for a Brooklyn corner. Sunset Park Prep is 370 feet away. The nearest subway, 45 St, is about four minutes on foot, and three subway lines stop within a ten-minute walk. Within a five-minute walk are 20 public places, eight of them schools, and 40 places to eat. About 1,600 homes stand within 820 feet, mostly built between 1910 and 1928, a mix of apartment buildings and smaller houses.

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4th Avenue & 41st Street Nearby corners, linked

Subway

The nearest subway station is 45 St, 990 feet from this corner, about four minutes on foot.

  • 3 lines within a ten-minute walk
  1. 45 St R
    990 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
    0.3 miles
    D N R

Bus

The nearest bus stop is 39 St/4 Av, 660 feet away, for the B35.

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

Next buses at this stop

  1. B35 …

Live arrivals

Cycling

  • 36 bicycle racks within 820 feet
  • 4 more bike-share stations within a five-minute walk

Nearest bike-share station

  1. 41 St & 4 Ave 23 docks in all
    70 feet

By car

The nearest highway entrance is the ramp to the Gowanus Expressway eastbound at 3rd Avenue & Connector, 1.2 miles by car along the streets.

  1. 842 5th Avenue Gas station
    0.5 miles
  2. 484 43rd Street Charging for electric cars, two Level 2 chargers
    0.3 miles

Between 2021 and 2025, police reported 34 crashes at this corner, more than the median of seven crashes for a Brooklyn corner.

  • 29 people injured
  • 0 people killed
  • 18 of those hurt, on a bike

The most recent crash recorded here was in December 2025.

What the city has done here

  • Leading pedestrian interval, July 2016
  • Accessible pedestrian signal, February 2026

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
53 feet above sea level

The streets

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

Homes

About 1,600 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 1928.

Trees

NYC Parks records 63 trees within 330 feet; the most common is the London planetree.

Parking on the streets meeting here

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

The sign wording is DOT's, as recorded between January 2016 and December 2024; the 12 rules shown are the first by street and side, and the sign on the street decides.

North side of 41st Street

  • Loading only 1 sign LOADING ONLY MONDAY-FRIDAY 7AM-7PM
  • No parking 5 signs NO PARKING MONDAY 9:30AM-11AM
  • No parking 6 signs NO PARKING THURSDAY 11:30AM-1PM
  • No standing 1 sign NO STANDING ANYTIME

South side of 41st Street

  • No parking 5 signs NO PARKING FRIDAY 9:30AM-11AM
  • No parking 5 signs NO PARKING WEDNESDAY 11:30AM-1PM
  • No standing 1 sign NO STANDING ANYTIME

East side of 4th Avenue

  • No parking 1 sign NO PARKING ANYTIME
  • No parking 1 sign NO PARKING FRIDAY 9:30AM-11AM
  • No stopping 4 signs NO STOPPING ANYTIME

West side of 4th Avenue

  • Metered parking 2 signs 2 HOUR METERED PARKING 8AM-7PM EXCEPT SUNDAY
  • No parking 2 signs NO PARKING 7:30AM-8AM EXCEPT SUNDAY

ParkNYC pay-by-cell zone: 310641.

Landmarks and historic districts

Within 820 feet are three Individual Landmarks, and four buildings in all are designated by the Landmarks Preservation Commission, recorded mostly as Romanesque Revival. They were built between 1886 and 1931.

  1. Sunset Park Court House Designated landmark
    410 feet
  2. 68th Police Precinct Station House Designated landmark
    570 feet
  3. 68th Police Precinct Station Stable Designated landmark
    640 feet

Schools, parks and places within a walk

How places are listed

Twenty public places are within a five-minute walk.

  • 8 schools
  • 4 religious buildings
  • 3 day care or pre-K sites
  • 1 fire station
  • 1 listed historic place
  • 3 other places

Schools and child care

  1. I.S. 136 Charles O. Dewey School
    370 feet
  2. Sunset Park Prep School
    370 feet
  3. Global Innovators Academy School
    550 feet
Show all 11
  1. Sunset Park Avenues Elementary School
    680 feet
  2. Bubmble Bee Daycare Preschool, ages 2 to 5
    860 feet
  3. Brooklyn Prospect Charter School - CSD 13.2 School
    970 feet
  4. Brooklyn Prospect Charter School - CSD 15 School
    970 feet
  5. P.S. 024 School
    1,170 feet
  6. P.S. 371 - Lillian L. Rashkis School
    1,220 feet
  7. Bayridge Child Care Center Preschool, ages 2 to 5
    1,250 feet
  8. Colony South Brooklyn Houses Preschool, ages 2 to 5
    1,290 feet

Parks, playgrounds and gardens

  1. Gonzalo Plasencia Playground
    650 feet
  2. Sunset Park
    870 feet

Libraries, museums and history

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

Houses of worship

  1. St Michaels RC Church House of worship
    360 feet
  2. Trinity Lutheran Church Sunset Park House of worship
    1,230 feet

Community centers and public services

  1. Older adult center at 4520 4th Avenue Older adult center
    1,190 feet

Fire and police

  1. Engine 228 Fire station · landmark
    810 feet

Bank branches

  1. TD Bank Bank branch
    670 feet

Supermarkets

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

Food stores and places to eat

Within a five-minute walk there are 40 places to eat and 23 food stores.

Nearby corners

The eight corners within a three-minute walk:

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.