4th Avenue & 46th Street

The four-way crossing of 4th Avenue and 46th Street is in Sunset Park (West), Brooklyn. Between 2021 and 2025, 35 police-reported crashes were recorded here, against a median of seven crashes for a Brooklyn corner. Trinity Lutheran Church Sunset Park is 120 feet away, and St Andrews Episcopal Church is 940 feet away. The nearest subway, 45 St, is about a minute on foot, for the R. Within a five-minute walk are 19 public places, ten of them religious buildings, and 44 places to eat.

Safety record
25 hurt
35 police-reported crashes, 2021–2025
Nearest subway
45 St
320 feet · 1 min on foot · R
Nearest bus stop
780 feet
3 Av/46 St · B37
Within a walk
19 places
10 religious buildings, 3 day care or pre-K sites and 4 more kinds, within five minutes

Map

Layers
4th Avenue & 46th Street Nearby corners, linked

Getting there

How walks are measured

Subway

The nearest subway station is 45 St, 320 feet from this corner, about a minute on foot.

  1. 45 St R
    320 feet
    R

Next trains at this station

Manhattan
1 line
  1. R …
Southbound
1 line
  1. R …

Also within a walk

  1. 53 St R
    0.3 miles
    R

Bus

The nearest bus stop is 3 Av/46 St, 780 feet away, for the B37.

  • 5 routes within a ten-minute walk
  1. 3 Av/46 St B37
    780 feet
    B37

Next buses at this stop

  1. B37 …

Live arrivals

Cycling

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

Nearest bike-share station

  1. 45 St & 4 Ave 24 docks in all
    320 feet

By car

The nearest highway entrance is the ramp to the Gowanus Expressway eastbound at 3rd Avenue & Connector, 1 mile by car along the streets.

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

Safety record

How crashes are counted

Between 2021 and 2025, police reported 35 crashes at this corner, more than the median of seven crashes for a Brooklyn corner.

  • 25 people injured
  • 0 people killed
  • 3 of those hurt, on foot
  • 9 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, July 2016

About this corner

Where facts come from
ZIP code
11220
Community board
Brooklyn Community Board 7
City Council district
38
Police precinct
72
Neighborhood (City Planning area)
Sunset Park (West)
Elevation
76 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 1901 and 1928.

Since 2014 at least 2 new affordable homes have been completed within 820 feet.

Trees

NYC Parks records 56 trees within 330 feet; the most common is the pin oak.

Parking on the streets meeting here

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

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

Meters are posted as 2 hour passenger vehicles Monday to Saturday 8am to 7pm on 4th Avenue (west side).

North side of 46th Street

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

South side of 46th Street

  • No parking 2 signs NO PARKING ANYTIME
  • No parking 6 signs NO PARKING FRIDAY 9:30AM-11AM
  • No parking 5 signs NO PARKING WEDNESDAY 11:30AM-1PM

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 1 sign NO PARKING ANYTIME
  • No parking 2 signs NO PARKING FRIDAY 9:30AM-11AM
  • No standing 2 signs NO STANDING SCHOOL DAYS 7AM-4PM
  • No stopping 4 signs NO STOPPING ANYTIME

ParkNYC pay-by-cell zones: 311403 and 338536.

Landmarks and historic districts

Within 820 feet is one Individual Landmark, and two buildings in all are designated by the Landmarks Preservation Commission, recorded as Romanesque Revival. They were built in 1886.

  1. 68th Police Precinct Station Stable Designated landmark
    680 feet
  2. 68th Police Precinct Station House Designated landmark
    740 feet

Schools, parks and places within a walk

How places are listed

Nineteen public places are within a five-minute walk.

  • 10 religious buildings
  • 3 day care or pre-K sites
  • 3 schools
  • 1 listed historic place
  • 1 older adult center
  • 1 playground

Schools and child care

  1. Sunset Park Children's School Infant, toddler and preschool care, ages 0 to 5 · Pre-K
    220 feet
  2. P.S. 001 the Bergen School
    530 feet
  3. Sunset Park Avenues Elementary School
    830 feet
Show all 6
  1. Global Innovators Academy School
    920 feet
  2. Bay Ridge Child Care Center Pre-K
    980 feet
  3. Colony South Brooklyn Houses Preschool, ages 2 to 5
    1,030 feet

Parks, playgrounds and gardens

  1. Pena Herrera Playground
    510 feet

Libraries, museums and history

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

Houses of worship

  1. Trinity Lutheran Church Sunset Park House of worship
    120 feet
  2. Fourth Ave Methodist Church Listed historic place
    220 feet
  3. St Andrews Episcopal Church House of worship
    940 feet
Show all 5
  1. St Michaels RC Church House of worship
    980 feet
  2. South Brooklyn Spanish Congregation Jehovah Witnesses House of worship
    980 feet

Community centers and public services

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

Supermarkets

  1. Bravo Supermarket
    670 feet
  2. CTown Supermarket
    1,170 feet
  3. Key Food Supermarket
    0.3 miles

Food stores and places to eat

Within a five-minute walk there are 44 places to eat and 30 food stores.

Nearby corners

The eight corners within a three-minute walk:

See every intersection along 46th 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, NYC Housing Preservation and Development, Landmarks Preservation Commission, NYC Parks, NYC Health, NYS Agriculture and Markets and USDA, retrieved September 18 – October 6, 2026.