4th Avenue & 47th Street

The four-way crossing of 4th Avenue and 47th Street is in Sunset Park (West), Brooklyn. Between 2021 and 2025, 19 police-reported crashes were recorded here, against a median of seven crashes for a Brooklyn corner. In 2025, 519 school-zone speed camera tickets were recorded here. Fourth Ave Methodist Church is 110 feet away, and Global Innovators Academy is 1,170 feet away. The nearest subway, 45 St, is about two minutes on foot, for the R. Within a five-minute walk are 22 public places, ten of them religious buildings, and 42 places to eat.

Safety record
14 hurt
19 police-reported crashes, 2021–2025
Nearest subway
45 St
570 feet · 2 min on foot · R
Nearest bus stop
560 feet
49 St/4 Av · B11
Within a walk
22 places
10 religious buildings, 4 day care or pre-K sites and 6 more kinds, within five minutes

Map

Layers
4th Avenue & 47th Street Nearby corners, linked

Getting there

How walks are measured

Subway

The nearest subway station is 45 St, 570 feet from this corner, about two minutes on foot.

  1. 45 St R
    570 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
    1,270 feet
    R

Bus

The nearest bus stop is 49 St/4 Av, 560 feet away, for the B11.

  • 5 routes within a ten-minute walk
  1. 49 St/4 Av B11
    560 feet
    B11

Next buses at this stop

  1. B11 …

Live arrivals

Cycling

  • 32 bicycle racks within 820 feet
  • 2 more bike-share stations within a five-minute walk

Nearest bike-share station

  1. 47 St & 3 Ave 23 docks in all
    580 feet

By car

The nearest highway entrance is the ramp to the Gowanus Expressway eastbound at 3rd Avenue & Connector, 0.9 miles by car along the streets.

  1. 6102 4th Avenue Gas station
    0.7 miles
  2. 484 43rd Street Charging for electric cars, two Level 2 chargers
    0.5 miles

Safety record

How crashes are counted

Between 2021 and 2025, police reported 19 crashes at this corner, more than the median of seven crashes for a Brooklyn corner.

  • 14 people injured
  • 0 people killed
  • 2 of those hurt, on foot
  • 3 of those hurt, on a bike

The most recent crash recorded here was in February 2026.

What the city has done here

  • Leading pedestrian interval, July 2016

Camera tickets

How tickets are counted

In 2025, 519 school-zone speed camera tickets were issued for violations recorded at this corner, the 1,159th 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
11220
Community board
Brooklyn Community Board 7
City Council district
38
Police precinct
72
Neighborhood (City Planning area)
Sunset Park (West)
Elevation
78 feet above sea level

The streets

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

Homes

About 1,900 homes stand within 820 feet of this corner, a mix of apartment buildings and smaller houses. The buildings holding them mostly went up between 1903 and 1928.

Trees

NYC Parks records 55 trees within 330 feet; the most common is the pin oak.

Parking on the streets meeting here

How signs are read
  • 46 signs on these blocks
  • 19 different rules
  • 4 active meters
  • 4 pay-by-cell zones

The sign wording is DOT's, as recorded between September 2018 and June 2025; 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 47th Street

  • Metered parking 1 sign 2 HOUR METERED PARKING 9:30AM-7PM EXCEPT SUNDAY
  • No parking 1 sign NO PARKING 9AM-9:30AM EXCEPT SUNDAY
  • No parking 1 sign NO PARKING ANYTIME
  • No parking 6 signs NO PARKING THURSDAY 11:30AM-1PM
  • No parking 5 signs NO PARKING THURSDAY 8:30AM-10AM

South side of 47th Street

  • Metered parking 1 sign 2 HOUR METERED PARKING 8:30AM-7PM EXCEPT SUNDAY
  • No parking 2 signs NO PARKING ANYTIME
  • No parking 5 signs NO PARKING FRIDAY 8:30AM-10AM
  • 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

ParkNYC pay-by-cell zones: 331423, 333210, 337747 and 337748.

Landmarks and historic districts

Eleven buildings within 820 feet are designated by the Landmarks Preservation Commission, recorded as Romanesque Revival, and built between 1898 and 1903.

Schools, parks and places within a walk

How places are listed

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

  • 10 religious buildings
  • 4 day care or pre-K sites
  • 3 schools
  • 1 fire station
  • 1 library
  • 3 other places

Schools and child care

  1. Sunset Park Children's School Infant, toddler and preschool care, ages 0 to 5 · Pre-K
    110 feet
  2. P.S. 001 the Bergen School
    590 feet
  3. Sunset Park Avenues Elementary School
    1,090 feet
Show all 7
  1. Grand Street Settlement Preschool, ages 2 to 5
    1,120 feet
  2. Global Innovators Academy School
    1,170 feet
  3. Bayridge Child Care Center Preschool, ages 2 to 5
    1,240 feet
  4. Colony South Brooklyn Houses Preschool, ages 2 to 5
    1,280 feet

Parks, playgrounds and gardens

  1. Pena Herrera Playground
    410 feet

Libraries, museums and history

  1. Sixty-Eighth Police Precinct Station House and Stable Listed historic place
    1,070 feet
  2. Sunset Park Library
    1,180 feet

Houses of worship

  1. Fourth Ave Methodist Church Listed historic place
    110 feet
  2. Trinity Lutheran Church Sunset Park House of worship
    350 feet
  3. St Andrews Episcopal Church House of worship
    680 feet
Show all 5
  1. South Brooklyn Spanish Congregation Jehovah Witnesses House of worship
    1,160 feet
  2. St Michaels RC Church House of worship
    1,240 feet

Community centers and public services

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

Fire and police

  1. Battalion 40/Engine 201/Ladder 114 Fire station
    1,300 feet

Bank branches

  1. Chase Bank branch
    1,120 feet

Supermarkets

  1. Bravo Supermarket
    410 feet
  2. CTown Supermarket
    910 feet
  3. Key Food Supermarket
    0.3 miles

Food stores and places to eat

Within a five-minute walk there are 42 places to eat and 29 food stores.

Nearby corners

The eight corners within a three-minute walk:

See every intersection along 47th 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, NYC Housing Preservation and Development, Landmarks Preservation Commission, NYC Parks, NYC Health, FDIC, NYS Agriculture and Markets and USDA, retrieved September 18 – October 6, 2026.