4th Avenue & 42nd Street

The four-way crossing of 4th Avenue and 42nd Street is in Sunset Park (West), Brooklyn. Between 2021 and 2025, 31 police-reported crashes were recorded here, against a median of seven crashes for a Brooklyn corner. In 2025, 345 school-zone speed camera tickets were recorded here. St Michaels RC Church is 140 feet away, and Fourth Ave Methodist Church is 1,250 feet away. The nearest subway, 45 St, is about three minutes on foot, and three subway lines stop within a ten-minute walk. Within a five-minute walk are 22 public places, seven of them religious buildings, and 37 places to eat.

Safety record
26 hurt
31 police-reported crashes, 2021–2025
Nearest subway
45 St
730 feet · 3 min on foot · R
Nearest bus stop
740 feet
3 Av/42 St · B37
Within a walk
22 places
7 religious buildings, 6 schools and 6 more kinds, within five minutes

Map

Layers
4th Avenue & 42nd Street Nearby corners, linked

Getting there

How walks are measured

Subway

The nearest subway station is 45 St, 730 feet from this corner, about three minutes on foot.

  • 3 lines within a ten-minute walk
  1. 45 St R
    730 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
  2. 53 St R
    0.5 miles
    R

Bus

The nearest bus stop is 3 Av/42 St, 740 feet away, for the B37.

  • 5 routes within a ten-minute walk
  1. 3 Av/42 St B37
    740 feet
    B37

Next buses at this stop

  1. B37 …

Live arrivals

Cycling

  • 38 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
    310 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
    0.4 miles
  2. 484 43rd Street Charging for electric cars, two Level 2 chargers
    1,150 feet

Safety record

How crashes are counted

Between 2021 and 2025, police reported 31 crashes at this corner, more than the median of seven crashes for a Brooklyn corner.

  • 26 people injured
  • 0 people killed
  • 2 of those hurt, on foot
  • 15 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, July 2016

Camera tickets

How tickets are counted

In 2025, 345 school-zone speed camera tickets were issued for violations recorded at this corner, the 1,398th most of the 1,957 corners in the city where any were issued.

In 2026 so far, through August 27, 128 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
59 feet above sea level

The streets

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

Homes

About 1,800 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 61 trees within 330 feet; the most common is the pin oak.

Parking on the streets meeting here

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

The sign wording is DOT's, as recorded between June 2017 and July 2024; the 12 rules shown are the first by street and side, and the sign on the street decides.

North side of 42nd Street

  • No parking 1 sign NO PARKING ANYTIME
  • No parking 6 signs NO PARKING MONDAY 9:30AM-11AM
  • No parking 5 signs NO PARKING THURSDAY 11:30AM-1PM

South side of 42nd Street

  • Authorized vehicles only 1 sign AVO POLICE DEPARTMENT
  • No parking 6 signs NO PARKING FRIDAY 9:30AM-11AM
  • No parking 5 signs NO PARKING WEDNESDAY 11:30AM-1PM
  • Truck loading only 1 sign TRUCK LOADING ONLY MONDAY-FRIDAY 7AM-5PM

East side of 4th Avenue

  • Authorized vehicles only 1 sign AVO POLICE DEPARTMENT
  • No parking 1 sign NO PARKING ANYTIME
  • No parking 2 signs 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

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
    170 feet
  2. 68th Police Precinct Station House Designated landmark
    320 feet
  3. 68th Police Precinct Station Stable Designated landmark
    380 feet

Schools, parks and places within a walk

How places are listed

Within a five-minute walk there are 22 public places.

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

Schools and child care

  1. Global Innovators Academy School
    290 feet
  2. Sunset Park Avenues Elementary School
    420 feet
  3. I.S. 136 Charles O. Dewey School
    630 feet
Show all 10
  1. Sunset Park Prep School
    630 feet
  2. Bay Ridge Child Care Center Pre-K
    990 feet
  3. Bubmble Bee Daycare Preschool, ages 2 to 5
    1,000 feet
  4. Colony South Brooklyn Houses Preschool, ages 2 to 5
    1,030 feet
  5. Brooklyn Prospect Charter School - CSD 13.2 School
    1,230 feet
  6. Brooklyn Prospect Charter School - CSD 15 School
    1,230 feet
  7. Sunset Park Children's School Infant, toddler and preschool care, ages 0 to 5 · Pre-K
    1,250 feet

Parks, playgrounds and gardens

  1. Sunset Park
    860 feet
  2. Gonzalo Plasencia Playground
    910 feet

Libraries, museums and history

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

Houses of worship

  1. St Michaels RC Church House of worship
    140 feet
  2. Trinity Lutheran Church Sunset Park House of worship
    970 feet
  3. Fourth Ave Methodist Church Listed historic place
    1,250 feet

Community centers and public services

  1. Older adult center at 4520 4th Avenue Older adult center
    930 feet

Fire and police

  1. Engine 228 Fire station · landmark
    1,070 feet

Bank branches

  1. TD Bank Bank branch
    930 feet

Supermarkets

  1. Food Universe Supermarket
    840 feet
  2. Key Food Supermarket
    1,250 feet
  3. Bravo Supermarket
    0.3 miles

Food stores and places to eat

Within a five-minute walk there are 37 places to eat and 19 food stores.

Nearby corners

The eight corners within a three-minute walk:

See every intersection along 42nd 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, Landmarks Preservation Commission, NYC Parks, NYC Health, FDIC, NYS Agriculture and Markets and USDA, retrieved September 18 – October 6, 2026.